Ecstacy of Gold
written by Ennio Morricone
as performed by The San Francisco Symphony on S&M
arrangement for guitar by Phil Boyle


adaption for guitar; standard tuning


rythm guitar:
1a) Amin                       Cmaj                       Dmin  Fmaj
e------------------------- t ------------------------ t -1------1
B--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-- w -3-5---3-5---3-5---3-5-- w -3------1
G------2-----2-----2-----2 i -----5-----5-----5-----5 i -2------2
D------------------------- c ------------------------ c -0------3
A------------------------- e ------------------------ e ---------
E------------------------- - ------------------------   ---------
adaption of the piano part (0:34)
clean


melody guitar
1b) Harm
e-----------------------------------------------
B---------5~~~-8-5~~~---5--------5----5---------
G---------------------7---7-5--7---7----7-------
D-------7---------------------------------7-7~~~
A--12-------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
adaption of the muted horn melody riff at the beginning (0:34)


melody guitar
1c)
e-----12~~~-15-12~~~----12-----------12-----12---------
B--------------------15----15-13--15----15-----15------
G--14---------------------------------------------14-14
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
adaption of the violin part (1:21)



rythm guitar
2a) Amin                       Gmaj                       Cmaj   Bdim7
e------------------------- t ------------------------ t -0---------
B--0-1---0-1---0-1---0-1-- w -0-----0-----0-----0---- w -1------2-2
G------2-----2-----2-----2 i ---0-----0-----0-----0-- i -0------4-3
D------------------------- c -----0-----0-----0-----0 c -2------4-4
A------------------------- e ------------------------ e -3------2-2
E-------------------------   ------------------------   -----------
adaption of the piano part (0:58)
clean

melody guitar
2b) Harm
e--------------7--------------------------------
B---------5~~~---8~~~-5-8-5----5-8-5--8-----5~~~
G---------------------------7-----------5-7-----
D-------7---------------------------------------
A--12-------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------
adaption of the muted horn melody riff (0:58)


melody guitar
2c)
e-----12~~~-19-15~~~-12-15-12-----12-15-12--15-------12
B-----------------------------15---------------13-15---
G--14--------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------
adaption of the violin part (1:34)



rythm guitar
3a)
e------------------------------------------------------
B--1------5--------------------------------------------
G--2------5------7------------10----------------7-----7
D--2------5------7------------10------------6-9---10---
A--0------3------5------------8----12-10--7------------
E------------------------------------------------------
riff 3a is the lower string section (1:45)
still clean

melody guitar
3b)
e------------------------------------5------4-7-10-8--10
B----5~~~-8-5~~~---5--------5------5---8--5-------------
G----------------7---7-5--7------5----------------------
D--7---------------------------7------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------
riff 3b is the higher melody (1:45)



rythm guitar
4a)
G--2--2-------2-----2--5--5-------5-----5--7--7-------7-----7--10
D--2--2-------2-----2--5--5-------5-----5--7--7-------7-----7--10
A--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-
E----------------------------------------------------------------
riff 4a is when the full orchestra comes in (2:02)
crunch


melody guitar 1
4b)
e-----12-------15-12---------17------20-17-------
B-------------------------15--------------------- repeat
G--14--------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------
riff 4b) is the strings (higher melody) in the "echo" part of the melody
(2:02)

melody guitar 2
4c)
e---------------------------------5--------8-5---
B-----------5---------8-5------------------------
G-------------------------7-----7---------------- repeat
D---------7--------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------0
E------------------------------------------------
riff 4c) is the brass (lower melody) in the "echo" part of the melody
(2:02)