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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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Queensryche Silent Lucidity Lyrics
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Hush now, don't you cry,
wipe away the teardrop from your eye.
You're lying safe in bed,
it was all a bad dream spinning in your head.
Your mind tricked you to feel the pain,
Of someone close to you leaving the game (of life).
So here it is, another chance, wide awake you face the day.
The dream is over, or has it just begun....?
There's a place I like to hide,
If you open your mind for me,
a doorway that I run through in the night.
you won't rely on open eyes to see.
Relax child, you were there,
The walls you built within
but only didn't realise that you were scared.
come tumbling down and a new world will begin.
It's a place where you will learn
Living twice at once you learn,
to face your fears, retrace the years,
you're safe from pain in the dream domain,
and ride the whims of your mind.
a soul set free to fly.
Commanding in another world,
A round trip journey in your head,
suddenly you hear and see this magic new dimension....
master of illusion, can you realise your dream's alive
I.................will be watching over you
I.................am gonna help to see you through
I.................will protect you in the night
I.................am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity....
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...
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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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