Leave The Past Behind tab by Fates Warning

"Leave the Past Behind"
performed by Fates Warning
from the album "Parallels"

Transcribed by Daryl Mitchell (hmprimerib@hotmail.com) 05/29/2001

Let me know if I mucked anything up, my typing is more prone to
error than my playing. =)

Check out http://www.fateswarning.com

Standard Tuning (A440)

clean guitar (play both sections a pair of times, free time feel)


E------------------------------------0---------------------------
B-----2-----0------2-----0--------0------------------------------
G------------------------------2---------------------------------
D--4-----4------4-----4-----2------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------


            "and here we are again.."
E------------------------------------0------------2--------------
B-----2-----0------2-----0--------0------------2-----------------
G------------------------------2------------4--------------------
D--4-----4------4-----4-----2------------4-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------


play 8x (play next unison lick after 2x)

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------
D--------------------------------2-------------------------------
A-----4-----2--4-----4-----2--4----------------------------------
E--2-----2--------2-----2----------------------------------------

play with above lick after it's second time

E--------------------------------0-------------------------------
B-----2--------2-----2--------2----------------------------------
G-----------4--------------4-------------------------------------
D--4-----4--------4-----4----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

snapped staccato chords to play over above licks (play 4x)

VERSION 1 (see version 2 below):
(I added drone tone for flavor :)

E--0-----7----0----0---------------------------------------------
B--9-----10---12---9---------------------------------------------
G--8-----9----11---8---------------------------------------------
D--6-----7----9----6---------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

chorus riff (play 3x)

E--0-----0---7-----0---0-----------------------------------------
B--9-----12--10----7---9-----------------------------------------
G--8-----11--9-----6---8-----------------------------------------
D--6-----9---7-----4---6-----------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

END VERSION 1

VERSION 2:
(can't make up my mind which fits better so)

E--4-----5----7----4---------------------------------------------
B--4-----5----7----4---------------------------------------------
G--6-----7----9----6---------------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

chorus riff (play 3x)

E--4-----7---5-----2---4-----------------------------------------
B--4-----7---5-----2---4-----------------------------------------
G--6-----9---7-----4---6-----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

END VERSION 2

chorus segue (ends the chorus and leads to verse riff)

E--0-----0---7-----0------2--------------------------------------
B--9-----12--10----12-----2--------------------------------------
G--8-----11--9-----11-----4--------------------------------------
D--6-----9---7-----9------4--------------------------------------
A-------------------------2--------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

verse (yes, it's the same as the free hand beginning)

               "it's time to make a change..."
E------------------------------------0---------------------------
B-----2-----0------2-----0--------0------------------------------
G------------------------------2---------------------------------
D--4-----4------4-----4-----2------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

E------------------------------------0------------2--------------
B-----2-----0------2-----0--------0------------2-----------------
G------------------------------2------------4--------------------
D--4-----4------4-----4-----2------------4-----------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

bridge (guitar 2 arpeggiates chords)
     "I stood at the door..."
E--------------4----2---4----------------2-----------------------
B--------------4----2---4----------------2-----------------------
G--2-----------6----4---6-------2--------4-----------------------
D--2-----------6----4---6-------2--------4-----------------------
A--0-----------4----2---4-------0--------2-----------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

play chorus riff again (so on and so forth)

all future parts are repeats of above with the exception of the
lead part which the rythm goes something like:

F#5  E5  D5    E5