Ritchie Blackmore "Lovely Joan (The Spirit Flies Free)"
Artiom, artiom@belarus.net
Ritchie Blackmore 
Title: "Lovely Joan (The Spirit Flies Free)"
Album: "Blackmore's Kingdom" '98             
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The song seems to be celtic ballad, so take care
that notes under beat marks will be accented
(emphazed) pretty noticeably (more accented
under | - less under ,). This concerns only
riffs A, A2 & B. C & D are lyric and flowing,
you can even play 'em as separate song.
For all riffs let strings ring thruout.

/ - slide up/down
h  - hammer on
p  - poul off
~  - vibrato
s  - strum (always downward), written above affected row. 
Cx - barre at x-th fret, written under affected row.

||o-o||
||---||  repeat twice parts concluded in such bracets.
||o-o||

Here's the song sequence. Where not specified the opposite,
only guitar plays.

Allegro, 4/4

Riff A, 2 times
Riff B
Riff B, guitar + citar, end of Riff ad lib
Riff B, guitar + flute
Riff B, guitar + flute + citar
Riff A, 2 times
Riff A2
Riff C, 2 times, from here a bit slower
Riff D
Riff D, guitar + flute
Riff A, 2 times, from here at original tempo
Riff B, 2 times, guitar + flute + cello(?)
Riff A, 2 times
Guitar solo over Riff A

Riff A

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------0-----------3-----5-----5--7--8--5--------|
|---1-----------3-----------5--------------5-----|
|2--------2/-4--------4--5--------------------5--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
C0

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------0-----------3-----5-----5--7-3-----------|
|---1-----------3-----------5--------------5-----|
|2--------2/-4--------4--5--------------4--------|
|------------------------------------2--------2--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Riff A2
                      slow down after slide step-by-step
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------0-----------3--------------0--0-----2-----|
|---1-----------3--------------0-----------------|
|2--------2/-4--------------0--------------------|
|---------------------4-2-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
C0                       

Riff B. Note that rhytm changes at the end of riff.
        There's no error.
 s
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|---------2--3-----------------------------------|
|5-----5-----------0h-3--3--1-----------------0--|
|4-----------------------------2--0--2-----2-----|
|2--------------------------------------2--------|
|------------------------0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
C2 (x32030@1)               C0    

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------|
|1-----1h-3--1p-0--------3-----3p-1--------------|
|---0--------------2--0-----2--------2-----2-----|
|------------------------0---------------2-------|
|3-----------------------------------0-----------|
|------------3-----------------------------------|
    
             s
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|0--------2--3-----5p-3--2-----------------------|
|---1--------3-----------3-----------------------|
|------2-----4-----------------2-----2-----------|
|------------5-----------0-----------0-----------|
|0-----------5-----------------------0-----------|
|------------3-----------------------------------|
             C3 (03xxxx@1)        C0

 |     ,     |     ,     ,     |     ,     |     ,
|------------0--2--3-----------------------------------|
|---0--1-----------------0h-3--1-----------------------|
|2--------2--------------------------2-----2-----2-----|
|2-----------2-----------------------------2-------(2)-|
|0-----------------------------0-----------0-----0-----|
|------------------------------------------------------|

Riff C. 
 s                         s  
 |     ,       |     ,     |     ,     |    ,
|3-------0h2p0----0------------------------------|
|---0----------3-----3p-0--3----------------0----|
|------0----------------------0--------2---------|
|2-------------------------------0---------------|
|--------------------------2--------2------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


 s                         s  
 |     ,       |     ,     |     ,     |    ,
|3-------0h2p0----0--------5---------------------|
|---0----------3-----3p-0-----3------------------|
|------0-------------------------0----------0----|
|2-------------------------4--------4-----4------|
|--------------------------------------5---------|
|------------------------------------------------|
                           C4 (x33010@1)
Riff D.
 s
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|3-----------0--------0--------------------------|
|------5-----------3-----1--------0--------------|
|5-----------------------0-----------0-----2--0--|
|------------------------0--2p-0-----------------|
|3-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------3-----------------------|
 C3 (03xxxx@1)        C0

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|---------------------0--------------------------|
|---------0--1p-0h-1-----3-----------------3-----|
|2-----------------------4-----4-----4-----------|
|---2--------------------------4-----4-----------|
|0-----0-----------------2-----------2-----------|
|------------------------------------------------|
                         C2 (x32030@1)  s
   |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
||-------------------2-----3p-2--------------------|
||o5--------5--3-----------------5--3--------------|
||-5--5-----------2--------------------4--------4--|
||-5-----5-----0-----------2--------------5p-2-----|
||o3-----------------------------------2-----------|
||-------------------------------------------------|
   C3 (03xxxx@1)        C0           C2 (x32030@1)                        s        slow down second time
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|5--------4--2-----0--2--2--2p-1h-2--------------||
|---5-----------2--------2-----------2--------2--||
|3-----3-----0-----------2--------------2-------o||
|3-----------------------0-----------0-----0-----||
 C3 (03xxxx@1)        C0

Guitar solo

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|5-----5h-7--8--7--5-----5-----------------------|
|---------------------8--------------------------|
|------------------------------9-----7--------7--|
|------------------------------------------10----|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
        
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|9-----------5~~~~~------------------------------|
|---7--5--7--------7--5--7~~~~~~~~5--------p-----|
|------------------------------------7~~~~~75----|
|---------------------------------------------8--|

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------4--|
|------------------7--5-----------5--7--5--7-----|
|------------5--7--------7~~~~~7-----------------|
|5--------8--------------------------------------|

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------5-----------|
|------------------------5~~~~~~~~~~~---5-----5--|
|5-----4--5--7--4--5--7--------------------7-----|
|---7--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

 from here start to fade out, both riff & solo
 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|5~~~~~~~~~~~8p-7p-5--------------------7--8-----|
|---------------------8--5-----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|12----------15p12-10-12-12----------12p10-------|
|------------------------------------------13-12-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

 |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------|
|13p12-10----12p10-------10----------------------|
|------------------12-------12-9-----9-----------|
|---------------------------------------12-10-12-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

  |     ,     |     ,     |     ,     |     , 
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|9-----------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------12-12-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||

btw, if someone pick up part for flute - 
please send it to me.

Corrections are welcome.
Artiom P. Morozov,
artiom@belarus.net