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Queensryche - Silent+lucidity

Date: 17 Aug 1994
From: Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford)
From: schmittd@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (David Schmitt)
From: quick@maths.ox.ac.uk (Martyn Quick)
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 20:38:23 -0400
From: Dale Lindsey 
Subject: q/queensryche/silent_lucidity.tab

                          Silent Lucidity
                           by Queensryche
                            from Empire

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h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
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Rhythm Figures:
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Rhy Fig 1:
E|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
G|----------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Rhy Fig 1a:
E|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|
B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
G|------------------------------|
D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 2:
E|---2-----2------------------|
B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3|
G|-----------------0-----0----|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|

Rhy Fig 2a:
E|---2-----2--------------------|
B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|
G|-----------------0-----0-----0|
D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 2b:
E|---2-----2--------------------|
B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|
G|-----------------0-----0-----0|
D|-------2-----2-----2-----2----|
A|------------------------------|
E|-0----------------------------|

Rhy Fig 3:
E|---0-----0--------------------|
B|---------------3-----3-----3--|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
D|------------------------------|
A|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
E|------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 4:
E|---0-----0--------------------|
B|---------------3-----3-----3--|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
D|------------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
E|------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 5:
E|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|---4-----4-----2-----2-----2--|
D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
A|------------------------------|
E|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|

Rhy Fig 6:
E|--------------------------------|
B|---8-------8-----6-----6-----6--|
G|-----8-------8-----8-----8-----8|
D|-------8-------8-----8-----8----|
A|-6-------6----------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 7:
E|------------------------------|
B|---3-----3-----5-----5-----5--|
G|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5|
D|-------5-----5-----5-----5----|
A|-3----------------------------|
E|------------------------------|

|  | - phrases, not measures


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Chord voicings:
                   EADGBE           EADGBE
     Cadd9: power  x320XX    strum  x3203X
     C6:    power  x322xx    strum  x32210

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Lyrics/Arrangement:
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Opening:
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Rhy Fig 1 twice | Rhy fig 2 | Rhy fig 2a |

Rhy Fig 1 twice
Hush ..

              Rhy Fig 2                  Rhy Fig 2a
wipe ....

Rhy Fig 1a twice
You're ..,

              Rhy Fig 2a twice
it ...

Rhy Fig 3 twice
Your ..,

              Rhy Fig 4 twice
Of ..

Rhy Fig 3 twice                          Rhy Fig 4
So ...

  Cadd9 (see notes)
E|-----|--------|--------------|
B|---3-|--------|--------------|
G|---0-|--Rest--|--------0-----|
D|---5-|--------|----0h2-------|
A|-----|--------|--------------|
E|-----|--------|--------------|
The ...         ...begun


Rhy Fig 5 twice | Rhy Fig 2c twice


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Verses (1 & 2):
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Rhy Fig 5 twice
There's ...
If you ...

               Rhy Fig 2b twice
a ...
you ...

Rhy Fig 5 twice
Relax ...
The ...

               Rhy Fig 2b twice
but ...
come ...

Rhy Fig 3 twice
It's a ...
Living ...

               Rhy Fig 4 twice
to face ...
you're ...

and ...
a soul ...

Rhy Fig 3 twice
Commanding ...
A ...

              Rhy Fig 4 twice
suddenly ...
master...    ...alive

2nd time: (you can be the guide, but)

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Chorus:
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D                         Cadd9 (C6) see notes
E|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--|
B|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--|
G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A|---------------------3----3----3----3-----|
E|------------------------------------------|
I....                        Will..

D                         Cadd9 (C6)
E|----2----3----5----5\---0----7----5----3--|
B|----3----3----5----3----3----0----0----3--|
G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A|----------------------3----3----5----3----|
E|------------------------------------------|
I....                        Am..

D                         Cadd9 (C6)
E|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--|
B|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--|
G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A|---------------------3----3----3----3-----|
E|------------------------------------------|
I....                        Will..


  D                   Cadd9 (C6)
E|----2----3----5\--------------------------|
B|----3----3----5-----3---------------------|
G|----2----2----2-----0-----9---7---5-----5-|
D|-0----0----0----0---2----10---9---5-----5-|
A|--------------------3----------------7----|
E|------------------------------------------|
I....                    Am..

Rhy Fig 1b twice


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Solo:
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                                                slight
                                              |palm mute|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10---8--3/5---------5------5/7\5--|
D|-----------------------------------------------5-----5----------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

                                         repeat this
                                         |<-part->|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10--8--3/--7b8r7-5---4(See notes)-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Rhy Fig 6 twice (Begin solo)| Rhy Fig 7 twice |
Rhy Fig 6 twice | Rhy Fig 7 twice | (rhythm section rest)

Spoken: Visualise ..
        Record ..
        Put ..,
        If ..,
        You .....
        ...a ....
        ...a ..

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(2nd verse)

(Repeat Chorus)

Finale:
Rhy Fig 1b 5 times then pluck :

E 7
B 0
G x
D 5
A x
E x

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Notes:
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FROM DALE LINDSEY:

INTRO: A lot of my information comes from actually watching the band
perform live and on video. When my version differs from the chords
of the original submitter, I try to give both. From watching and
listening to Queensryche, I believe they use the Cadd9 form a lot.

CHORUS:  Mike Wilton strums the chords while Chris Degarmo plays the
tabbed part. He (Chris) picks down on the base note and up for the
melody, starting out in an open D and using his pinky to trace out
the melody line on the high E string. It sounds better when you get
a little slide back from the fifth fret before the open note (that is
what the '\'s mean). I really can't tell how many strings he actually
plays on the upstroke, but I have played it with 1, 2 or all 3 strings
ringing out and it sonds good either way. Letting more strings sound
is very helpful if you have only a 6-string as he is palying a
12-string. The bass notes are based almost entirely on visual
information (they can't be heard on the album), but they seem to
sound right when playingsolo. It is all a matter of personal
preference and your playing situation.

SOLO: By the end of the solo the strings/keyboard almost swamps out
the guitar, and it ends on a different note, so you are playing with
no keyboard, you may want to play the keyboard ending instead. Try
ending on the 7th fret on the G string instead of the 4th. Whichever
you think sounds best.

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FROM DAVID SCHMITT:

EXTRA LITTLE NOTES: Play an E at the 5th fret of the second string
right before "Your mind tricked you to feel the pain."

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, 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 progresses, I think a
6-string electric (clean) comes in. Another electric comes in for the
solo.  I always play this song 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 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.

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