Biography:
John Powell (born 18 September 1963) is an English composer, best known for his scores to motion pictures. He has been based in Los Angeles since 1997 and has composed the scores to over fifty feature films. He is particularly known for his scores for animated films, including Antz, Chicken Run, Shrek (all three co-composed with Harry Gregson-Williams), Robots, Happy Feet (and its sequel), three Ice Age sequels, Rio, and the How to Train Your Dragon film series, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for the first film.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
In case there's any confusion, the intro is the bit that Stoick whistles. The song starts off
pretty slow and gradually picks up speed; by the key change it is quite fast.
[Intro]
e|---------0---------0----3--------------0|---------0---------0----3-------------|
B|--------------3--------------3----1-----|--------------3--------------3-------1|
G|----2-----------------------------------|----2---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|---------0---------0----3--------------0|-----------------------0---------0----|
B|--------------3--------------3----1-----|--------3----1----3---------1---------|
G|----2-----------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[Stoick]
Am G Am
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
G C
With ne'er a fear of drowning
Am G Am
And gladly ride the waves of life
G F Am
If you will marry me
Am G Am
No scorching sun, nor freezing cold
G C
Will stop me on my journey
Am G Am
If you will promise me your heart
F
And love-
[Valka]
F G
And love me for eternity
Am G Am
My dearest one, my darling dear
G C
Your mighty words astound me
Am G Am
But I've no need of mighty deeds
G F Am
When I feel your arms around me
[Stoick]
Am G Am
But I would bring you rings of gold
G C
I'd even sing you poetry
Am G Am
And I would keep you from all harm
G F Am
If you would stay beside me
[Valka]
Am G Am
I have no use for rings of gold
G C
I care not for your poetry
Am G Am
I only want your hand to hold
[Stoick]
G F Am
I only want you near me
[Both]
Bm A Bm
To love and kiss, to sweetly hold
Bm A D
For the dancing and the dreaming
Bm A Bm
Through all life's sorrows and delights
A G Bm
I'll keep your love inside me
Bm A Bm
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
Bm A D
With ne'er a fear of drowning
Bm A Bm
And gladly ride the waves of life
A G Bm
If you will marry me
This is an amazing song and I really hope it catches on. So do your part! Learn it! Play it!
Put it on Youtube!
pretty slow and gradually picks up speed; by the key change it is quite fast.
[Intro]
e|---------0---------0----3--------------0|---------0---------0----3-------------|
B|--------------3--------------3----1-----|--------------3--------------3-------1|
G|----2-----------------------------------|----2---------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|---------0---------0----3--------------0|-----------------------0---------0----|
B|--------------3--------------3----1-----|--------3----1----3---------1---------|
G|----2-----------------------------------|---------------------------------2----|
D|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
[Stoick]
Am G Am
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
G C
With ne'er a fear of drowning
Am G Am
And gladly ride the waves of life
G F Am
If you will marry me
Am G Am
No scorching sun, nor freezing cold
G C
Will stop me on my journey
Am G Am
If you will promise me your heart
F
And love-
[Valka]
F G
And love me for eternity
Am G Am
My dearest one, my darling dear
G C
Your mighty words astound me
Am G Am
But I've no need of mighty deeds
G F Am
When I feel your arms around me
[Stoick]
Am G Am
But I would bring you rings of gold
G C
I'd even sing you poetry
Am G Am
And I would keep you from all harm
G F Am
If you would stay beside me
[Valka]
Am G Am
I have no use for rings of gold
G C
I care not for your poetry
Am G Am
I only want your hand to hold
[Stoick]
G F Am
I only want you near me
[Both]
Bm A Bm
To love and kiss, to sweetly hold
Bm A D
For the dancing and the dreaming
Bm A Bm
Through all life's sorrows and delights
A G Bm
I'll keep your love inside me
Bm A Bm
I'll swim and sail on savage seas
Bm A D
With ne'er a fear of drowning
Bm A Bm
And gladly ride the waves of life
A G Bm
If you will marry me
This is an amazing song and I really hope it catches on. So do your part! Learn it! Play it!
Put it on Youtube!
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