[Intro]

[Galloping bass (G-G-G-F#-G) under clean arpeggios (Em-D-C-D)]

[harmonic whistle on high E string]

[Spoken]

“Half a league… half a league… half a league onward…”

[Verse 1] [(Gallop rhythm 180 bpm)]

Half a league, half a league, half a league onward

Into the Valley of Death rode the six hundred

Cannons to right of them, cannons to left of them

Cannons in front of them volley’d and thunder’d

[Pre-Chorus] [(Half-time)]

Storm’d at with shot and shell

Boldly they rode and well

[Chorus][ (Big unison riff: Em – D – C – B)]

Into the jaws of Death!

Into the mouth of Hell!

Rode the six hundred!

Six hundred!

[Verse 2]

Flash’d all their sabres bare, flash’d as they turn’d in air

Sabring the gunners there, charging an army while all the world wonder’d

Plunged in the battery-smoke, right through the line they broke

Cossack and Russian reel’d from the sabre stroke, shatter’d and sunder’d

[Chorus]

Into the jaws of Death!

Into the mouth of Hell!

Rode the six hundred!

Six hundred!

[Bridge 1][ (Tempo drops to 90 bpm, clean guitars, minor-key lament)]

Then they rode back, but not…

Not the six hundred…

Cannons behind them still volley’d and thunder’d

Horse and hero fell… all that was left of them

[Instrumental][Twin-lead harmony gallop]

[Melody 1 - Phrygian dominant run descending from B]

[Melody 2 - 3rds above, overlapping every 2 beats]

[Guitar 1 solo – screaming bends, dive-bombs on “the jaws of Death” motif]

[Guitar 2 solo – rapid legato pulls over the same gallop, ending in harmonic squeals]

[Verse 3] [(Back to full gallop, vocals half-screaming)]

When can their glory fade? O the wild charge they made!

All the world wonder’d

Honour the charge they made, honour the Light Brigade

Noble six hundred!

[Final Chorus] [(Double-time feel, gang vocals in parentheses)]

Into the jaws of Death! (Ride! Ride!)

Into the mouth of Hell! (Ride! Ride!)

Six hundred ride into eternity!

THE LIGHT BRIGADE!

[Outro Epic]

[Vocals soaring high A):]

“Ride… into eternity… THE LIGHT BRIGADE!”

[Three-part overlapping harmonies: vocals: main melody]

[Guitar 1 and Guitar 2: harmony a 3rd below, then a 6th above on final “Brigade!”]

[Bass gallop continues under fading feedback and war-drum rolls]

[Final chord: massive open E power chord with pick-slide into silence]