repeat this
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-5/7/5-----8--10^12^12--12^15^12--10^12^10---8--/7^8^5---4-4|
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^ - hammer OR release
/ - slide
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Chords:
(from lowest to highest strings)
D: power xx023x strum x00232
C: power x320xx strum x32010
C6: power x322xx strum x32210
I know that Queensryche loves barre chords, but I play it
with open chords since the song (Texts of songs ) needs space. Long drawn out open
chords are mighty powerful in creating that 'dreamy, spatial'
feeling.
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Lyrics/Arrangement:
Voice: Visualise your dream,
Record it in the present tense,
Put it into a permanent form,
If you persist in all efforts,
You can achieve a dream come true...
...a dream come true...
...a dream come true...
(Go to 2nd verse)
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$$$ Play (along with "am smiling next to you")
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-9--7--5-----5----------|
10--9--5-----5----------|
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&& Strum :
E x
B 3
G 0
D 5
A x
E x
&&& Rhy Fig 1b 5 times and pluck :
E 7
B 0
G x
D 5
A x
E x
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Notes:
EXTRA LITTLE NOTES: Play an E at the 5th fret of the second
string right before "Your mind tricked you to feel the pain."
After "or has it just begun...?" hammer an E from the open D
string followed by an open G string before entering Rhy Fig 5.
CHORUS: depending on my mood, I either play whole note power
chords or strum (eighth notes) the chords. Depending on what
sounds good at the time, I play either a C or a C6 chord.
Technically, it's supposed to be a C6 chord (my two versions o'
tab confirm this), but some days it just doesn't sound right.
PLAYING: Chris DeGarmo plays a spanish, nylon 6-string acoustic
for the rhythm part. I'm pretty sure a normal 6-string and a 12-
string join in along the way. As the the song (Texts of songs ) progresses, I
think a 6-string electric (clean) comes in. Another electric
comes in for the solo (see below). I always play this song (Texts of songs ) with
a steel 6-string and it sounds fine. If you play with steel
strings play without a pick: it sounds better IMHO. Any nylon
string players probably want to follow DeGarmo's part with a
pick. This info is just IMHO, not written in stone.
SOLO: Playing the heavily repeated part of the solo on acoustic
is kinda tough (which is what I always play the entire song (Texts of songs ) with). It never really sounds right. I freelance that part just
about every time I play it. If you have an electric with a
tremolo bar (sp) and all the effects (I think Chris DeGarmo likes
chorus, octave, and overdrive, but don't hold me to that), you
can make it sound perfect.
STRING ARRANGEMENT: I have no idea what the string arrangement is
(done by Michael Kamen of _Robin Hood_, etc, etc fame), nor do I
even have a clue. I would like to play them on my 'board, so if
anybody knows it, I would be glad if they sent it my way.
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Sources:
Lyrics: _Selections from Empire_ and Dave
Music: _Guitar_ magazine with Silent Lucidity tab (EVH cover),
_Selections from Empire_, Dave, his six-string acoustic,
and a CD player programmed to play Track 8 from
_Empire_ 20 times.
Hope you all liked it. As this is my first tab, comments, as
always, are appresciated. Flame, as always, is not.
Play on.....
Dave "Let's have a new album, it's been FOUR years!!" Schmitt
Email: [email protected]
