Breaking The Silence tab by Loreena Mckennitt

Tabs with lyrics

Song Title: 	Breaking the Silence
Album: 		Parallel Dreams
Transcription:	David Msika ([email protected])

Notation:

|  	Measure separation
|| 	end of the line
// 	separation
(the left and the right side of the separation are not played back to back)
x/x Slide (make your finger slide rapidly from the first note to the second one)
x~~~x	play the same note several time rapidly
xhxpx	h stands for hammer (don't strike the second note, but slam your
finger on it)
p stands for pull-up (don't strike the third note, but release your finger
from the second note's fret)
x2	Play twice and then move on to the rest of the song

Intro

E MajorE||-8~~~8--//-------------------//-------------6/8---------||
BB||--------//---------------8---//-----------8-----6-------||
G+G||--------//-------------8-----//---------8---------8-----||
D MajorD||--------//--------8-10-------//----8/10-------------10--||
A augmentedA||--------//---8-10------------//-------------------------||
E MajorE||--------//-------------------//-------------------------||

E MajorE||---------------8-10-11-8----//--------------------------||
BB||-------------8--------------//-------------------11-8---||
G+G||-----------8----------------//----8---------8-10--------||
D MajorD||------8-10------------------//---------8-10-------------||
A augmentedA||-8-10-----------------------//------10------------------||
E MajorE||----------------------------//--------------------------||

main guitar part (repeated throughout the whole song)

E MajorE||-------3--------3-|-------3----4----3--||
BB||-----4--------4---|-----4--------------||
G+G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------||
D MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
A augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
E MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

Some variations are played on the arpeggios:

E MajorE||-----3--------3---|-------3----4----3--||
BB||-------4--------4-|-----4--------------||
G+G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------||
D MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
A augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
E MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

E MajorE||-------3----------|-------3----4----3--||
BB||---4----------4---|-----4--------------||
G+G||-----5------3---3-|---3----------------||
D MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
A augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
E MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

Guitar solo

E MajorE||--------|---------------------------------------||
BB||-7-8----|----------------11-9-8-----8-8-8-8-8---||
G+G||-----10-|-----------8-10--------10--------------||
D MajorD||--------|------8-10-----------------------------||
A augmentedA||--------|-8-10----------------------------------||
E MajorE||--------|---------------------------------------||

E MajorE||---11-10-------|----------11-13-11-10-----------||
BB||--x------13-11-|----11-13-------------13--------||
G+G||-x-------------|-12-----------------------------||
D MajorD||---------------|--------------------------------||
A augmentedA||---------------|--------------------------------||
E MajorE||---------------|--------------------------------||

	Very, very fast!
   ________________________________
   |				  |

E MajorE||-------------------------8-10-11-----------------||
BB||------------------8-9-11-----------------------8-||
G+G||-------------8-10----------------------8-10-11---||
D MajorD||------8-9-10----------------------8-10-----------||
A augmentedA||-8-10--------------------------------------------||
E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------||

E MajorE||----------8-10-----------------------------------||
BB||-8-8-8-11----------------------------------------||
G+G||------------------I'm missing the last measure---||
D MajorD||------------------(because I'm sloppy :)---------||
A augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------||
E MajorE||-------------------------------------------------||