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A Thousand Years

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AI reference · supporting evidence Fingerpicked · 6/8 · about 60 BPM

Complete compact accompaniment arrangement in 6/8 at 80 BPM. Use a repeating six-note fingerpicked figure for most sections, with each chord event generally occupying one dotted-quarter pulse (half a bar); paired events therefore share a bar. The arrangement uses 152 bars, approximately 228 seconds of accompaniment, with the remaining recording time plausibly covered by sustained vocal/instrumental phrasing and held final chords.

Timing check: 152 bars × 1.5 seconds = 228 seconds, or 0.80× the 285-second verified recording; extended vocal holds, instrumental sustain, and final-ring time account for the remaining duration.

Expected about 190 bars; arranged 148.0 bars (about 222 seconds, recording 285 seconds).
Intro and instrumental: strings 6-3-2-3-1-3 Verse: strings 6-3-2-3-1-3 Chorus: strings 6-3-2-3-1-3
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Key
A
Tempo
60 BPM

Built from 1 playable source, using ultimate-guitar as the structural base.

B+D/·/·/· | D×/·/U×/· | B+1+2+U/·/U×/· | B+1+2+U/·/U×/· | D×/·/U×/· | B+D/·/·/· · full bar · Applies to: Intro, Verse, Instrumental, Bridge, Outro D/·/·/· | B+D/·/U/· | D/·/U/· | D/·/·/· | B+D/·/U/· | D/·/U/· · full bar · Applies to: Chorus

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[Intro]  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |[Verse] |  |Heart beats fast |  |Colors and promises |How to be brave   |  |  |How can I love when I'm afraid to fall |  |But watching you stand alone |  |   |All of my doubt suddenly goes away somehow  |  |  |One step closer[Chorus] |  | I have died every day waiting for you |  |Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you |  |For a thousand years |  |I'll love you for a thousand more[Verse] |  |Time stands still |  |Beauty in all she is |  |I will be brave |  |  |  |I will not let anything take away |  |What's standing in front of me | Every breath |  |   | Every hour has come to this| |  |One step closer[Chorus] |  |  |  |I have died every day waiting for you |  |  |  |Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you |  |For a thousand years |  |  |  |I'll love you for a thousand more |  |  |  |And all along I believed I would find you |  |  |  |Time has brought your heart to me |  |  |  |I have loved you for a thousand years |  |  |  |I'll love you for a thousand more[Instrumental] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |[Bridge] |  |  |  |One step closer |  |  |  |One step closer[Chorus] |  |  |  |I have died every day waiting for you |  |  |  |Darling, don't be afraid, I have loved you |  |For a thousand years |  |  |  |I'll love you for a thousand more |  |  |  |And all along I believed I would find you |  |  |  |Time has brought your heart to me |  |  |  |I have loved you for a thousand years |  |  |  |I'll love you for a thousand more[Outro] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | |  |  |  |