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The Quest

Alestorm

MetalAdvanced for beginners10 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

FmDiagram coming soon
DbDiagram coming soon
AbDiagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
C×○○
Dm××○
F
BbmDiagram coming soon
BbDiagram coming soon
GmDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Fm  Db  Ab  Eb 
        Fm  Db  Ab  C 
        Dm  Fm  C  Fm 
 
F 
From lands across the sea 
    Eb 
We have returned once more 
Db 
    With countless treasures plundered 
Eb 
From those distant shores 
F 
But now the time has come 
    Eb 
Our destiny at hand 
      Db 
With cannonfire and battlecry 
    C 
We will reclaim this land 
Bbm 
Misery and slaughter 
        Fm 
We left burning in our wake 
  Ab 
A legacy of torment 
    C 
Is rightfully ours to take 
   Fm        Eb     Db 
We sail the endless oceans 
   Fm       Eb     Bb 
We sail the raging seas 
    Fm       Eb    Db 
The quest is never ending 
   Fm          Eb    F 
It leads us to destiny 
Bridge: Dm (x4) fm (x4) dm (x4)  ebm 
Fm                           Eb 
The endless quest is calling us another 
      Db 
Time 
                       Eb 
The jolly roger in the sky is our sign 
Fm                       Eb 
The mountains shook, the seas began to boil 
Db 
    As we set out again 
 C 
To conquer foreign soil 
Bbm 
Misery and slaughter 
        Fm 
We left burning in our wake 
  Ab 
A legacy of torment 
    C 
Is rightfully ours to take 
   Fm       Eb      Db 
We sail the endless oceans 
   Fm       Eb     Bb 
We sail the raging seas 
    Fm       Eb    Db 
The quest is never ending 
   Fm          Eb    F 
It leads us to destiny 
 
( Dm  Bb  C  F ) 
( Db  Eb  Fm  F ) 
 
Solo Db  Eb  Fm 
       Db  Eb  Bb 
       Db  Eb  F  Eb 
       Db  C  Bb  Bb  C 
 
( Fm  Db  Ab  Eb ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  C ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  Eb ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  C ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  Eb ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  C ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  Eb ) 
( Fm  Db  Ab  C ) 
 
Bbm 
Misery and slaughter 
        Fm 
We left burning in our wake 
  Ab 
A legacy of torment 
    C 
Is rightfully ours to take 
   Fm       Eb      Db 
We sail the endless oceans 
   Fm       Eb     Bb 
We sail the raging seas 
    Fm       Eb    Db 
The quest is never ending 
   Fm          Eb    F 
It leads us to destiny 
    Gm      F       Eb 
We sail the endless oceans 
    Gm       F      C 
We sail the raging seas 
    Gm        F    Eb 
The quest is never ending 
    Gm         F    Gm 
It leads us to destiny 
 
Final Eb  F  Gm

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Chord set

Fm · Db · Ab · Eb · C · Dm · F · Bbm · Bb · Gm

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.