Sacred Sound tab by IQ

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Advanced

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                                          Artist - IQ
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                                      Song - Sacred Sound
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                                      Album - Dark Matter
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                                      Tabbed By - Ayreon77
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This is a long song 11:40 minutes long. Its been difficult one too tab out.
because there are so many verses and choruses, and solos in between.
So I hope i did it justice and someone finds it helpful and useful.


INTRO - Keyboards
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Cymbals
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SECTION 1 - Play through the Verses
**********                           these 3 high note
01:28                        are played on another guitar
[----------------------------------22----19-\s---------------------------]
[-------------------------------------20-------------------repeat this---]
[---s---s---s---s---s-----s---s---s---s-----s---s--6--6--6--6-section 1--]
[-10\-10\-10\-10\-10\---12\-12\-12\-12\---10\-10\--6--6--6--6-through----]
[-8-\-8-\-8-\-8-\-8-\---10\-10\-10\-10\---8-\-8-\--4--4--4--4-out verses-]
[------------------------------------------------------------------------]

Verse 1
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Even after all the days are gone
Even though the writer knows he`s wrong
Still the words are written and recalled
In the empty isolated halls
Held in high regard, he comes again
Surface gone from under me, no more security
The future lies erased
These are the last remaining days

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02:04
Guitar Notes
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[-------------------10-12-13-12-10----]
[-12--13-10---12-13----------------10-]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]


[-12----10-----------------------------s--s-]
[----13-------10-----13---15---17----20\19\-]
[----------12-----10---12---14----17--------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------------]

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02:14
Verse 2
********
Repeat SECTION 1
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If in doubt about the meaning meant
Make this one decision your defense
Stay alive to calculate the dead
Lines of color radiate ahead
Silence now descends upon the earth
Can`t deny the evidence
Not now, not even once
The future lies erased
These are the last remaining days

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02:50
Guitar Notes
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[-------------------10-12-13-12-10----]
[-12--13-10---12-13----------------10-]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------------]


[-12----10-----------------13-12-10---s-]
[----13----10-13----10--------------13\-]
[----------------12-----10--------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------------]

 Extremely fast part
[----------------------------------------|-------------------------------]
[-----------h--h--p--p-------------------|---------------------------s---]
[--h--h----9-11-12-11-9---p--p-----------|-------------------12-14-14\16-]
[-9-11-12---------------12-11-9---p----b-|---p-----s---12-14-------------]
[-------------------------------12-10-12-|-12-10-12\14-------------------]
[----------------------------------------|-------------------------------]


[-------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------]
[-------|---h--p------------|-----------------------------------------s--]
[-14-12-|-11-12-11------s---|---h--p------14--------16-14-----17-16-17\19]
[-------|----------14-12\14-|-12-14-12-------17-14--------14-------------]
[-------|-------------------|----------14--------------------------------]
[-------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------]


[---------------------------------|----------------------------]
[--b-r-------------------13-15-17-|-18-15-17-13-15-10--b--r--s-]
[-16---12-------12-14-16----------|-------------------12-----\-]
[---------12-14-------------------|----------------------------]
[---------------------------------|----------------------------]
[---------------------------------|----------------------------]

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SECTION 2
**********
 Surface gone from under me       no  more security
[---------------------------|---------------------------]
[------------------------11-|--------------11-13-11-----]
[-12--12--13--10--12--13----|-12--12--13-------------13-]
[---------------------------|---------------------------]
[---------------------------|---------------------------]
[---------------------------|---------------------------]

     The future  lies erased      These are the last remaining days
[----------------------------|------------------------------------s-]
[----------------------------|--------------11----------11--15--14\-]
[-12--12--13--10--12--13-----|-12--12---13------12--13--------------]
[----------------------------|--------------------------------------]
[----------------------------|--------------------------------------]
[----------------------------|--------------------------------------]

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03:27
CHORUS
*******
The only thing I`ll take
While I`m alive and half awake
Is what I`ve made, no surrender set to fade
The only thing I want is taken out and rained upon
Heart beaten down
No surrender to the sacred sound

[-----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[-----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[-10-9---s--|-10-12-9------s--|-10-12-9---s--|-----------]
[------10\8-|---------10-12\8-|---------10\8-|-8-12-8-10-]
[-----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[-----------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]

                       from here play this on the second time around
                      |----------------|
                      |                |
[----------|----------|do not----]     [----------|-----s--]
[----------|----------|-play this]     [----------|-15-13\-]
[----------|----------|--2nd-time]     [----------|--------]
[-15-12-14-|-17-14-15-|-14-14----]     [-19-15-17-|--------]
[----------|----------|-------15-]X2   [----------|--------]
[----------|----------|----------]     [----------|--------]


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04:06
Keyboards & Organ - F
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04:24
VERSE 3
********
Repeat Section 1
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When the vision cuts across the sky
There is no reflection in my eye
All the undertakes talk the same
Saving pressure and appointing blame
States of independence form anew
Can`t deny the evidence, not now, not even once  (PLAY SECTION 2 FROM HERE)
The future lies erased
These are the last remaining days

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05:00
Chorus
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[--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[-10-12-9---s--|-10-12-9------s--|-10-12-9---s--|-----------]
[---------10\8-|---------10-12\8-|---------10\8-|-8-12-8-10-]
[--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]
[--------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------]


[----------|----------|----------]
[----------|----------|----------]
[----------|----------|----------]
[-15-12-14-|-17-14-15-|-14-14----]
[----------|----------|-------15-]
[----------|----------|----------]


[------------|---------------|------------|----------]
[------------|---------------|------------|----------]
[-9-11-8--s--|-9-11-8---br---|-9-11-8--s--|----------]
[--------9\7-|--------9-9--7-|--------9\7-|-7-11-7-9-]
[------------|---------------|------------|----------]
[------------|---------------|------------|----------]


[---------|----------|----------|----------|------s-]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|-14-12\-]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|--------]
[-13-9-11-|-14-11-13-|-16-13-14-|-18-14-16-|--------]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|--------]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|--------]

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This part i think plays distorted chords Slightly Muted

05:39                                                guitar 2 2nd time 6:09
                                |repeat from here X3 guitar 3 3rd time 6:18
[-------------------------------|------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------|------------------------------------------]
[-------------------------------|--------4-4-4---------6-6-6---------8-8-8-]
[--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|-2-2-2--4-4-4--4-4-4--6-6-6--6-6-6--8-8-8-]
[--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2---|-2-2-2--2-2-2--4-4-4--4-4-4--6-6-6--6-6-6-]
[--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-X2|-0-0-0---------2-2-2---------4-4-4--------]


[-------------------]
[-------------------]
[---------10-10-10--]
[--8-8-8--10-10-10--]
[--8-8-8---8--8--8--]
[--6-6-6------------]

06:09
Guitar 2 - All Palm Muted
*********
[---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------------]
[---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------------]
[---------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------------]
[---------4-5-4-|---------6-7-6-|-----------8-9-8-|-------------10-9----]
[---4-5-7-------|---6-7-9-------|----8-9-11-------|----10-11-13------13-]
[-7-------------|-9-------------|-11--------------|-13------------------]X2

06:18
Guitar 3 - this maybe a keyboard. but you can play it for guitar too.
*********
[--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------]
[--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------]
[-9------------|-11-----------|--13---------------|-15---------------s---]
[---------9----|---------11---|------------13-----|------------15----\20-]
[--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------]
[--------------|--------------|-------------------|----------------------]

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06:29
Keyboards & Bells - Bbm
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06:59
BRIDGE
*******
Bbm   D#m          Bbm      D#m
Light shatters the skeleton circus
Bbm                C#     Bbm
And the carnival`s deadly host
Bbm  D#m     Bbm     D#m
No   memory, nothing remembered
Bbm                   C#      Bbm
From the pages of the Book of Ghosts
G#m        D#m    Bbm      F
Though the system stays in place
C    G         D      A
What if I`m no longer safe
Bbm   F       Bbm           D#m
Night falling gathers at my heels
Bbm                       C#   Bbm
Lines the contours of the cold parade
Bbm    D#m         Bbm        D#m
Search everywhere, nothing is revealed
Bbm                   C#   Bbm
Fear creeps along the cavalcade
G#m         D#m       Bbm   F
Through the fields of evergreen
C       G     D    A
Passing by as if unseen
G#m        D#m    Bbm       F
Though the system stays the same
C       G      D      f
What if I`m no longer sane.

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08:14
Keyboards - F# E D C# X2
**********  F# Weird bit
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09:10
Guitar Solo
************                               Tricky bit
[-----------------------------------------|-----------]
[--br-----------s----s-------h-b-r--------|--p-p------]
[--9-8---7--6--6\11--\13-9--8-9---8--7--6-|-9-7-6--p--]
[-----------------------------------------|-------9-7-]
[-----------------------------------------|-----------]
[-----------------------------------------|-----------]


[----------------------------------|---------------------------------------]
[----------------------------------|---------------------------------------]
[--brp-----9--s-----b-------h-p----|------brp-----9--s-----b-------h-p-----]
[--9--7-9----9\11---9-9-7--6-7-6---|-7----9--7-9----9\11---9-9-7--6-7-6----]
[--------------------------------9-|------------------------------------9--]
[----------------------------------|---------------------------------------]

09:47                                      rake         h
[----------------------|-----7------------|----------7-7-10-7-------h-p----]
[-------------7-9-10---|--h----7----------|---7-9-10----------10-9-7-9-7---]
[---------7-6--------9-|-8-9-----9-8--7-6-|--7---------------------------9-]
[--s--6-7--------------|------------------|-7------------------------------]
[-6\9------------------|------------------|--------------------------------]
[----------------------|------------------|--------------------------------]

10:01             Extremely hard part (Not certain its right)
[-----7----------|----------------h-h--p-p-----------------------]
[--h----7--------|--h-h----h-h---7-9-10-9-7--p-p----h-h-p-p------]
[-8-9-----9-8--7-|-6-7-9--6-7-9-------------9-7-6--6-7-9-7-6--p--]
[----------------|-------------------------------------------9-7-]
[----------------|-----------------------------------------------]
[----------------|-----------------------------------------------]

10:10                               Trill......
[---------------------------------|----------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|----------------------------------------]
[-brp-----9--s-----b-------h-p----|--h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p-h-p---brp-----9--s----]
[-9--7-9----9\11---9-9-7--6-7-6---|-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-7-9-7--9--7-9----9\11--]
[-------------------------------9-|----------------------------------------]
[---------------------------------|----------------------------------------]

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10:23
Keyboards
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10:47
CHORUS
*******
[---------------|------------------|---------------|---------]
[---------------|------------------|---------------|---------]
[-11-13-10---s--|-11-13-10------s--|-11-13-10---s--|---------]
[----------11\9-|----------11-13\9-|----------11\9-|-13-9-11-]
[---------------|------------------|---------------|---------]
[---------------|------------------|---------------|---------]


[----------|----------|----------|----------]
[----------|----------|----------|----------]
[----------|----------|----------|----------]
[-15-11-13-|-16-13-15-|-18-15-16-|-15-15----]
[----------|----------|----------|-------16-]
[----------|----------|----------|----------]
                            pinch harmonic
                                PH
[-----------------|--------------------|-----------------]
[-----------------|--------------------|-----------------]
[-11-11-13-10--s--|-11-13-10-----b-r---|-11-11-13-10--s--]
[-------------9\7-|----------11-11---9-|-------------9\7-]
[-----------------|--------------------|-----------------]
[-----------------|--------------------|-----------------]


[---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|------s-]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|-16-14\-]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------]
[-13-9-11-|-15-11-13-|-16-13-15-|-18-15-16-|-20-16-18-|--------]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------]
[---------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------]

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Outro
11:27
Keyboards
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This is a nice IQ song. Hope someone finds it use full. Enjoy...............