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Innocence Tab by Fates Warning

Innocence tab by Fates Warning

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Here is an improved version of this superb song by Fates Warning.
It sets the whole theme for the brilliant Ivory Gate of Dreams.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and claim (near) note-for-note perfection
on this one. (There's a challenge for all you critics)

Thanks to Tim Messick for his original tab and for his great taste.
messick@maui.cs.ucla.edu
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              THE IVORY GATE OF DREAMS, Part I: Innocence

                            Fates Warning

                     Off the album "No Exit" (1988)
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
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Acoustic, in classical style (nylon strings, preferably), ringing out.

Tuning: All down one semitone: 6 - 1 = Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb


------------5-------3--1-----3-$----0---1-$---0---------------------------
-------1/3-------------------0-$--------3-$-------3--1--------------------
-------2/4-------------------0-$--------2-$----------------2-$------------
-----------------------------2-$--------0-$----------------2-$------------
---0-------------------------------------------------------0-$------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------5-------3--1-----3-$----0---1-$---0---------------------------
-------1/3-------------------0-$--------3-$-------3--0--------------------
-------2/4-------------------0-$--------2-$----------------------2--------
-----------------------------2-$--------0-$-------------------2-----------
---0-------------------------------------------------------0--------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---0-$--------------7--5-$------------------------------------------------
---0-$----6---8--------5-$----------------8--7-$---5\-3-6---------5-$-----
---5-$-----------------5-$-------------------7-$------------------5-$-----
---5-$-----------------7-$-------------------6-$---------------5----------
---3-$------------------------8--7~-------------------------3-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---0-$--------------7--5-$------------------------------------------------
---0-$----6---8--------5-$----------------8--7-$---5~~~\(3)--3----0-------
---0-$-----------------5-$-------------------7-$--------------------------
---5-$-----------------7-$-------------------6-$--------------------------
---3-$------------------------8--7~---------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Figure 1:

   Guitar I:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------1---------------1---------------0---------------0--------|
|-----------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------|
|-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------3---------------3---------------1--------------------|
|                                                                        |
|  Guitar II:                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0---1~~-------------0------------------------------------|
|-----------2-----------------------------------2-0-2--------------------|
|-------2*----------------------------------------------2----------------|
|---0**------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      * 1st time only
     ** 2nd time only

   Guitar I:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------1---------------1---------------0------------------------|
|-----------2---------------2---------------2-------0--------------------|
|-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------------|
|---0---------------3---------------2-----------------------2------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
|                                                                        |
|  Guitar II:                                                            |
|---------------------------------------------------0---1---0------------|
|---------------0---1~~-------------3~----------1-3----------------------|
|-----------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0**------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      * 1st time only
     ** 2nd time only

End Figure 1

Repeat Figure 1

Outro:

   Guitar I:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-----------------------4--------------------------|
|---------------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------------------|
|---------4-----------------------4-----------------------4--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                        |
|  Guitar II: (picked with a slight delay)                               |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4~\---------0-----------2~----------------4~------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------0-$---------------
--------------------------------------------------------0-$---------------
----------------------------------------0---------------0-$---------------
----------------------------4---------------------------4-$---------------
----------------2---------------------------------------2-$---------------
----0---------------------------------------------------0-$---------------


                           =======///=======


That's it, but here are figure 1 and the outro for one guitar ...

Figure 1:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------1---1-----------1---0-----------0---------------0----------
-----------2---------------2---------------2-----0-2-------2--------------
-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------------
---0----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------3---------------3---------------1----------------------

---------------------------------------------------0---1---0--------------
---------------1---1-----------1---3-----------1-3------------------------
-----------2---------------2---------------2-------0----------------------
-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------------
---0---------------3---------------2-----------------------2--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------3----------

End Figure 1

Outro:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----4*----------0*---4------2*---------------4----------------------------
---------------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------------
---------4-----------------------4-----------------------4----------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---2----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Pick with a spare finger and slight delay

-------------------------------------------------------0-$----------------
-------------------------------------------------------0-$----------------
---------------------------------------0---------------0-$----------------
---------------------------4---------------------------4-$----------------
---------------2---------------------------------------2-$----------------
---0---------------------------------------------------0-$----------------


🏷Legend
======
  ~~   = vibrato
  ^    = bend  (amount marked above staff; 1/2 = half step, 1 = whole step)
  v    = unbend (without re-picking note)
  $    = arpeggiated chord
  \, / = slides
  p11  = pull off to fret 11
  h13  = hammer on to fret 13
         ....etc.....


Have fun. I think this album (No Exit) is one of the best musical experiences
of all time ... so I think I'm going to go listen to it right now!

-Tim

--
Tim Messick                                "In our lIFe.........there's IF,
messick@cs.ucla.edu                         In our beLIEfs......there's LIE,
                                            In our buSINess.....there's SIN,
                                            In our boDIEs.......there's DIE."

And I agree!!!
(Get a load of Anarchy Divine, Cold Daze and Quietus)

-Mark

History:
========
Tim Messick    messick@cs.ucla.edu   ??/??   Original transcription
Mark Rawling   mwr@mel.dit.csiro.au  12/94   Corrections, single guitar parts

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