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- The Bard's Song - The Hobbit
- by Blind Guardian
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- * Words and music by Blind Guardian 1992
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- Legend
- fb - full bend (2 frets)
- fbr - full bend then release
- (12)r- hold note for while then release
- *..* - repeat everything in between
- tr~ - trill
- h p - hammer-on pull-off
- (12) - notes in brackets are placed to note long notes (ie between bars)
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- Time Signature: 3/4 time
- tempo: crotchet = 160 (approx.)
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- Intro: played twice
- |--------|------------|--------|------------|
- |--------|------------|--------|------------|
- |--------|------------|--------|------------|
- |--------|------------|--------|------------|
- |-3--5-7-|-5--------5-|-5--7-9-|-7--------7-|
- |-1--3-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7-|-5--5-5-5-5-|
- P.M..] P.M..]
-
- double time
- |------------------------|------------------------|
- |------------------------|------------------------|
- |------------------------|------------------------|
- |-9-------7-------5------|-7-------5-------4------|
- |-7--7-7--5--5-5--3--3-3-|-5--5-5--3--3-3--2--2-2-|
- |------------------------|------------------------|
- P.M.. .... .... .... .... ....
- 1st time
- |-------------------|-----||
- |-------------------|-----||
- |-------------------|-----||
- |-5-------4---------|--2--||
- |-3--3-3--2--2-2--5-|--0--||
- |-----------------3-|-----||
- P.M.. ...
-
- 2nd time only Fill 1
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------|| |------||
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------|| |------||
- |*-2----2-|-0--2-4-*|-3--5-7-|----|-3--5-7-|-4--5-7-|| |-7fb~-||
- |*----2---|--------*|--------|-5~-|--------|--------|| |------||
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------|| |------||
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------|| |------||
- | | | | | | ||
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------||
- |---------|---------|--------|----|--------|--------||
- |*--------|--------*|--------|----|--------|--------||
- |*-2------|--------*|-3------|----|-3------|-4------||
- |--0------|-5-------|-1------|-5--|-1------|-2------||
- |---------|-3-------|--------|-3--|--------|--------||
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- Verse 1
- with fill 1
- |-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
- |-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
- |-----------|------4----------|------3----|----4----|
- |------2----|-2-------5-------|-0-------2-|-2----5--|
- |-0-------3-|-----------------|-----------|---------|
- |-----------|-----------------|-----------|---------|
- Out in the distance There's so much gold, The
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- |--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
- |--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
- |--------------|--------4----|--------3----|----4---|
- |--------2-----|---2-------5-|---0-------2-|-2----5-|
- |---0-------3--|-------------|-------------|--------|
- |--------------|-------------|-------------|--------|
- treasure that I've found is more than enough
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- 1/2 time
- |----------|--------------|---|-----||
- |----------|--------------|---|-----||
- |----------|--------------|---|-----||
- |----------|--------------|---|-----||
- |-5--------|-(5)----------|-2-|-(2)-||
- |-3--------|-(3)----------|-0-|-(0)-||
- Far to the hill we've to go
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- Chorus 1
- |--------|--------|------------|--------|
- |--------|--------|------------|--------|
- |--------|----4---|----3-------|----4---|
- |----2---|-2----5-|-0----2-----|-2----5-|
- |-0----3-|--------|------------|--------|
- |--------|--------|------------|--------|
- O - ver mountain and seas
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- |-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
- |-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
- |-----------|-------4------|-----3----|----4---|
- |------2----|--2-------5---|-0------2-|-2----5-|
- |-0-------3-|--------------|----------|--------|
- |-----------|--------------|----------|--------|
- To the old hill Where the old dragon sleeps
-
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |-3--5-7-|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
- |-1--3-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|
- P.M..] P.M..]
- Bl - i - nd in the dark dungeon's night. So
-
- |----------|---------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|---------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|---------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|---------|--------|-2---------|
- |-3--------|-5-------|-2------|-0---------|
- |-1--------|-3-------|-0------|-----------|
- God please take me a-way from here. And
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- |------|---------|---------|-----------||
- |------|---------|---------|-----------||
- |------|---------|---------|-----------||
- |------|---------|---------|-2---------||
- |-3----|-5-------|-2-------|-0---------||
- |-1----|-3-------|-0-------|-----------||
- Gollum shows the way right out
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- Solo 1 - Top part is copied one octave above (octave harmonizing) throughout
- and any single tab sections in solo 1.
- A5 E5 D5 E5
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-15fb~-----|-15fb~--|-15--17-18-|-17--15-12-|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- | | | | I'm |
- |-----12----|----7---|-----------|-----------|
- |-10-----13-|-5----8-|-6---8--10-|-8---10-12-|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-----------|
-
- A5 E5 D5 E5
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- |-15fb~-----|-15fb~--|-15--17-15-|--------------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|-16-----------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------11-12-|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- | Alive | | | |
- |-----12----|----7---|-----------|--------------|
- |-10-----13-|-5----8-|-6---8--10-|-8---10-12----|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
- |-----------|--------|-----------|--------------|
-
- F#5 C5 B5 B5
- |-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|
- |-----------|-------12-|---------------------|----------|
- |--------14-|-12-14----|-11-11h12p11-9-11-12-|-11-------|
- |-11--12----|----------|---------------------|----11-12-|
- |-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|
- |-----------|----------|---------------------|----------|
-
- F#5 C5 B5(with fill 2) D5 A5
- |--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|
- |--------------|------|----------------|-------12-|-14--15-14-|
- |-----------14-|-12---|-14fb-----------|-(14)r----|-----------|
- |-11--12-14----|----9-|----------------|----------|-----------|
- |--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|
- |--------------|------|----------------|----------|-----------|
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- G5 B5(with fill 2) D5 A5 G5
- |----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
- |-------------14-|-----------------|-------12-|-14--15-14-|-----------|
- |-14fbr-14-11----|--14fb-----------|-(14)r----|-----------|-14fb------|
- |----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-------8-7-|
- |----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
- |----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------|-----------|
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- Bflat5 Bflat5 D5 D5 Bflat5 Bflat5
- |------|------------|------|--------|--------|--------tr~-|
- |------|--------tr~-|------|--------|--------|-10--8-6h8--|
- |----7-|-9-10-9h10--|-9--7-|--------|----7---|------------|
- |-8----|------------|------|-7--8-7-|-8------|------------|
- |------|------------|------|--------|--------|------------|
- |------|------------|------|--------|--------|------------|
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- D5 D5 C5 Bflat5 G5
- |------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|
- |------|-8fb-|-13-------|--------tr~----|-------------------------|
- |-9--7-|-----|----12-14-|-15--14h15-----|----------14-15-14h15p14-|
- |------|-----|----------|------------17-|-14-15-17----------------|
- |------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|
- |------|-----|----------|---------------|-------------------------|
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- G5 Fill 2 Fill 3
- |----------------|| |------------------|----------|| |----||
- |----------------|| |------------------|----------|| |----||
- |----14----------|| |------------------|-11-12-11-|| |----||
- |-17----17-15-14-|| |-11-12-11h12p11-9-|----------|| |-15-||
- |----------------|| |------------------|----------|| |----||
- |----------------|| |------------------|----------|| |----||
- The
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- Verse 2
- with fill 3
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|------------|
- |-7---------7-|----------------|-7-------7---|-5--------5-|
- |-5--5-5-5--5-|-7--------7-----|-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|
- |-------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-------------|------------|
- P.M.. P.M.. P.M.. P.M..
- Dying Dragon brought trouble and pain And
-
- |--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
- |--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
- |--------------|------------|-------|-----|---------|
- |--------------|-5--------5-|-7-----|-----|---------|
- |-5--------5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|-5-----|-3---|-5-------|
- |-3--3-3-3-3---|------------|-------|-1---|-3-------|
- P.M.. P.M..
- horror to the halls of stone, I'll take the
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- guitar1 is copied octave above
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |-7-9-10-|-9h10p9-5---|-7-9-10---|-12-10h12p10-9-||
- |--------|----------5-|----------|---------------||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- | | | | ||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |--------|------------|----------|---------------||
- |-7------|-(7)--------|----------|---------------||
- |-5------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-8-------------||
- |--------|------------|-5--------|-6-------------||
- mighty stone, And leave the dwarves behind
-
-
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- Chorus 2
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-7--9--10----|-9h10p9-5-------|-7--9--10----|-12-10h12p10-9-|
- |-------------|----------5-----|-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- | | | | |
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-------------|----------------|-------------|---------------|
- |-7---------7-|----------------|-7-------7---|-5--------5----|
- |-5--5-5-5--5-|-7--------7-----|-5-5-5-5-5---|-3--3-3-3-3----|
- |-------------|-5--5-5-5-5-----|-------------|---------------|
- P.M.. P.M.. P.M.. P.M..
- Ice and fire and forest we passed, and
-
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |-10--12--14---|-12-10h12p10-9-|-7-9----|-----|---------||
- |--------------|---------------|-----10-|-8-7-|--5-7-8--||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- | | | | | ||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |--------------|---------------|--------|-----|---------||
- |--------------|-5--------5----|-7------|-----|---------||
- |-5--------5---|-3--3-3-3-3----|-5------|-8---|-5-------||
- |-3--3-3-3-3---|---------------|--------|-6---|-3-------||
- P.M.. P.M..
- horror in the halls of stone
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-
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- Interlude
- tempo: double time *guitar1 is copied octave above
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |*------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-9-9-9---7-7-7---5-5-5---|-4--5-4h5p4--------------|
- |-------------------------|------------5------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- | | |
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
- |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
-
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-4------4----4-----------|-5--7--5h7p5--4--5-------|
- |-----7-----7-------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- | | |
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
-
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-9-9-9---7-7-7---5-5-5---|-4--5-4h5p4--------------|
- |-------------------------|------------5------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- | | |
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
- |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
-
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-4------4--5--7p5p4------|-------------------------||
- |-----7-------------------|-7-----------------------||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- | | ||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-------------------------|-------------------------||
- |-------------------------|-2-----------------------||
- |-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------||
- P.M.................. P.M..................
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- Verse 3
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
- |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
- Trolls in the dark, The
-
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
- dark took them all
-
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-2-----------------------|-------------------------|
- |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-----------------------|
- |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
- Caught in the wood, By the
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- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-------------------------|
- |-------------------------|-2-----------------------|
- |-5-----------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
- |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
- P.M.................. P.M..................
- wooden king's men, But
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- normal time * start of 2nd solo
- |------------|------------------|-----------|-------||
- |------------|------------------|-----------|-------||
- |------------|------------------|-----------|-*-----||
- |-2----------|------------------|-----------|-2-----||
- |-0----------|-5----------------|-2---------|-0-----||
- |------------|-3----------------|-0---------|-------||
- now I'm a - lone, 'Cause I've made up my mind
-
-
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- Solo 2
- normal time
- A5 E5 D5 E5
- |------|------|----12-13-12h13p12----12-|-----------------|
- |-15fb-|-15fb-|-15----------------15----|-15-13-12-13-----|
- |------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|
- |------|------|-------------------------|--------------14-|
- |------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|
- |------|------|-------------------------|-----------------|
-
- A5 E5 D5 E5
- |-----------|-10-----10-|-12-13-12h13p12-10-12-|----|
- |-13-----13-|-12-----12-|-13-15-13h15p13-12-13-|-12-|
- |-14-----14-|-----------|----------------------|----|
- |-----14----|-----14----|----------------------|----|
- |-----------|-----------|----------------------|----|
- |-----------|-----------|----------------------|----|
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- G5 G5 E5 E5 Fill 4
- |-15fb-|-(15)-15-13-|-12-------------|------12-10-|| |-12-||
- |------|------------|----15-13-12-13-|-12---13-12-|| |-13-||
- |------|------------|----------------|------------|| |----||
- |------|------------|----------------|------------|| |----||
- |------|------------|----------------|------------|| |----||
- |------|------------|----------------|------------|| |----||
-
-
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- Chorus 3
- with fill 4
- |------------|--------|------------|----------|
- |------------|--------|------------|----------|
- |------------|----4---|----3-------|----4-----|
- |----2-------|-2----5-|-0----2-----|-2----5---|
- |-0----3-----|--------|------------|----------|
- |------------|--------|------------|----------|
- By the spell of gold, The
-
- |---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
- |---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
- |---------------|-------4------|-----3-------|----4---|
- |------2--------|--2-------5---|-0------2----|-2----5-|
- |-0-------3-----|--------------|-------------|--------|
- |---------------|--------------|-------------|--------|
- king under the mountain will risk a great war,
-
- |----------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |----------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |----------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |----------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |-3--5-7---|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
- |-1--3-5---|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|
- P.M..] P.M..]
- Oh what a fool, He's losing control, So
-
- |----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|-----------|--------|-----------|
- |----------|-----------|--------|-2---------|
- |-3--------|-5---------|-2------|-0---------|
- |-1--------|-3---------|-0------|-----------|
- I am trying to find a way,
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- with solo 3
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |--------|------------|-------------|------------|
- |-3--5-7-|-5--------5-|-5--7-9------|-7--------7-|
- |-1--3-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-|-3--5-7------|-5--5-5-5-5-|
- P.M..] P.M..]
- Bl - i - nd in the dark dungeon's night. Then
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- |---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
- |---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
- |---------|---------------|---------|-----------|
- |---------|---------------|---------|-2---------|
- |-3-------|-5-------------|-2-------|-0---------|
- |-1-------|-3-------------|-0-------|-----------|
- darkness comes from the northern side, And
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- |------|-----------|---------|-----------||
- |------|-----------|---------|-----------||
- |------|-----------|---------|-----------||
- |------|-----------|---------|-2---------||
- |-3----|-5---------|-2-------|-0---------||
- |-1----|-3---------|-0-------|-----------||
- Thorin clears his m - i - nd.
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- Solo 3
- |-13fb~-|-13--17 19-|-20fb-20-22-|-22fb~-|
- |-------|-----------|------------|-------|
- |-------|-----------|------------|-------|
- |-------|-----------|------------|-------|
- |-------|-----------|------------|-------|
- |-------|-----------|------------|-------|
-
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
- |-17-15h17p15-13-|-15-13h15p13-12-|-13-12h13p12----|-15fbr-13----|
- |----------------|----------------|-------------14-|----------14-|
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------|
-
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-13fb~-------||
- |-17-15h17p15-13-|-15-13h15p13-12-|-13-12h13p12----|-------------||
- |----------------|----------------|-------------14-|-------------||
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
- |----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------||
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-
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- Outro
- acoustic guitars
- this riff is played throughout with fills 5+6 coming in
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|------4----|------3----|----4----||
- |------2----|-2-------5-|-0-------2-|-2----5--||
- |-0-------3-|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
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- Fill 5
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-9---------|--7--5--7--|-9-------||
- |-7---------|-----------|-----------|-10-10-9-||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
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- Fill 6
- |-8---------|-12--------|-12-10--8--|-7--8--7-||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
- |-----------|-----------|-----------|---------||
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- The End.
- Any comments, remarks?