Tabs
Ayreon - Day 20: Confrontation
Tuning - Acoustic in Standard
Heavy Electric is 7 String (but part can be played by 6 string omitting low C majorC)
Synth-like Intro:
with modulation effects (can be played with 7 string)
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------2-----|-------4-----------4-----|-------0-----------2-----|
D MajorD|----2-----------2--------|----2-----------2--------|----4-----------4--------|----0-----------0--------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------0--------0--|-2--------2--0--------0--|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--------------|-------------------------|-3--------3--2--------2--|
Guitar Lick During Intro:
w/ distortion, delay
e|-------12NH--------------------------------------|
BB|-12NH--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------| repeated throughout
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|
Lyrics for 8 bars with intro, then Heavy guitar comes in.
Heavy Guitar Theme 1:
Play 2x before
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--5--------5--|-7--------7--5--------5--|-3--------3--2--------2--|
|
| Slide guitar
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
G+G|-/9-------------------7--|-/9----------------------|-/4-------------------2--|-0-------------------/7--|
D MajorD|-/9-------------------7--|-/9----------------------|-/4-------------------2--|-0-------------------/7--|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Dual Vocal Part Returns:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------2-----|-------4-----------4-----|-------0-----------2-----|
D MajorD|----2-----------2--------|----2-----------2--------|----4-----------4--------|----0-----------0--------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------0--------0--|-2--------2--0--------0--|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--------------|-------------------------|-3--------3--2--------2--|
Heavy Guitar Theme Repeat:
Play 2x with some more lyrics
Guitar 1
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--5--------5--|-7--------7--5--------5--|-3--------3--2--------2--|
|
| Slide guitar
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|
G+G|-/9-------------------7--|-/9----------------------|-/4-------------------2--|-0-------------------/7--|
D MajorD|-/9-------------------7--|-/9----------------------|-/4-------------------2--|-0-------------------/7--|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Acoustic Theme:
(2:24) Strum Chords to rhythm in in recording
e|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
BB|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
G+G|-3--------------|-3--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|
D MajorD|-4--------------|-4--------------|-8--------------|-8-------------|-6-------------|-6-------------|
A augmentedA|-4--------------|-4--------------|-8--------------|-8-------------|-6-------------|-6-------------|
E MajorE|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
"Welcome to reality..."
e|-3--------------|-3--------------|-0--------------|-2-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|
BB|-4--------------|-5--------------|-0--------------|-3-------------|-1-------------|-5-------------|
G+G|-5--------------|-5--------------|-0--------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-5-------------|
D MajorD|-5--------------|-5--------------|-2--------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
A augmentedA|-3--------------|-3--------------|-2--------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|
"Light up and show the world..."
e|-2--------------|-2--------------|
BB|-5--------------|-4--------------|
G+G|-4--------------|-4--------------|
D MajorD|-4--------------|-4--------------|
A augmentedA|-2--------------|-2--------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|
"Rise up and show the world"
Heavy Guitar Gallop:
*Play 1st bar rhythm throughout with each following chord
Gb5Gb5 Bb5Bb5
e|----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G+G|----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A augmentedA|-4----4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4---4-4-|-4-------------------|-8------------------|-8------------------|
E MajorE|-2----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2---2-2-|-2-------------------|-6------------------|-6------------------|
BB|----------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
Ab5Ab5 C5C5
e|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
BB|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
G+G|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|
A augmentedA|-6------------------|-6------------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|
E MajorE|-4------------------|-4------------------|-3---------------|-3----------------|
BB|--------------------|--------------------|-1---------------|-1----------------|
Acoustic Theme Returns:
(3:30) Strum Chords with Heavy guitar playing chords indicated above tab lines
Gb5Gb5 Bb5Bb5 Ab5Ab5
e|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
BB|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
G+G|-3--------------|-3--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-5-------------|-5-------------|
D MajorD|-4--------------|-4--------------|-8--------------|-8-------------|-6-------------|-6-------------|
A augmentedA|-4--------------|-4--------------|-8--------------|-8-------------|-6-------------|-6-------------|
E MajorE|-2--------------|-2--------------|-6--------------|-6-------------|-4-------------|-4-------------|
"Welcome to reality..."
C5C5 E5E5 D5D5 F5F5 C5C5
e|-3--------------|-3--------------|-0--------------|-2-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|
BB|-4--------------|-5--------------|-0--------------|-3-------------|-1-------------|-5-------------|
G+G|-5--------------|-5--------------|-0--------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-5-------------|
D MajorD|-5--------------|-5--------------|-2--------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
A augmentedA|-3--------------|-3--------------|-2--------------|-0-------------|-3-------------|-3-------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|-0--------------|---------------|-1-------------|---------------|
"Light up and show the world..."
B5B5
e|-2--------------|-2--------------|
BB|-5--------------|-4--------------|
G+G|-4--------------|-4--------------|
D MajorD|-4--------------|-4--------------|
A augmentedA|-2--------------|-2--------------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|
"Rise up and show the world"
(4:12) Synth-Like Intro plays again
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------2-----|-------4-----------4-----|-------0-----------2-----|
D MajorD|----2-----------2--------|----2-----------2--------|----4-----------4--------|----0-----------0--------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------0--------0--|-2--------2--0--------0--|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--------------|-------------------------|-3--------3--2--------2--|
(5:00) Play Heavy Guitar Theme 1 again 4x:
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E MajorE|-0--------0--2--------2--|-3--------3--5--------5--|-7--------7--5--------5--|-3--------3--2--------2--|
Outro:
Play straight 16ths:
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A augmentedA|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|
E MajorE|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Outro Pt 2:
Hold chords this time, play 2x to end
e|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-2---------------4---------------|-5-----------------7----------------|
E MajorE|-0---------------2---------------|-3-----------------5----------------|
e|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-9---------------7---------------|-5-----------------4----------------|
E MajorE|-7---------------5---------------|-3-----------------2----------------|
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