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Collateral Damage Tab by Morse Steve Band

Collateral Damage tab by Morse Steve Band

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Collateral Damage by Steve Morse
              off the Coast to Coast album

This song ins't that tough as far as Steve Morse's guitar work goes. There
are a few tricky parts but I got most of it.
This is the intro, play it 2 times                          figure 1
e-------------------------------t-p-h--------------------t-p--h---------e
b---------------------------------^-^---t-p-h---t-p--h-----^--^---------b
g*--------t-p-h--t-p-h--t-p-h---12-9-11---^-^-----^--^---15-12-13-------g
d*-t-p-h----^-^----^-^----^-^-----------12-9-11-15-12-13----------------d
a----^-^--12-7-9-11-7---12-9-10-----------------------------------------a
e--12-5-7------------10-------------------------------------------------e

e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------e
b-t-p----------h--t-p--p----------|-------------------------------------b
g---^------------^--^--^---------*|-------------------------------------g
d-15-13~~~~~~--13-15-13-12~~~~~~-*|-------------------------------------d
a---------------------------------|-------------------------------------a
e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------e
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This is the other cool tapping part, Steve and the bass mirror each other.
                                       figure 1b
e---------------------------------------------------|-------------------e
b--t-h-h-t-h-h--------------------------------------|-------------------b
g*---^-^---^-^-t-h-h-t-h-h-t-h-h-t-h-h-------------*|-------------------g
d*--9-4-7-9-4-5--^-^---^-^---^-^---^-^-t-h-h-t-h-h-*|-------------------d
a---------------9-4-7-9-4-5-7-2-5-7-2-3--^-^---^-^--|-------------------a
e---------------------------------------7-2-5-7-2-3-|-------------------e

Here the guitar hangs with the oper E and the bass does some stuff with
touch harmonics
            bass touch harmonics
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b                                                                       b
g                                                                       g
d                                                                       d
a                                                                       a
e-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-e

Now the guitar gets to do some touch harmonics, on the album Steve does it
so clean that you can hardly tell they are harmonics at all
* touch harmonics are made by fretting a note in first position and then
while holding your pick with your middle and thumb fingers and hitting the
note as a harmonic with you index finger in second position.
               b+r        /                          Guitar touch harmonics
e-------------/--\-3-5------------------------------------------e
b------------4-------------3~~~~~--/\---------------------------b
g--35-----------------------------2------/\-----------------g
d----------------------------------------------54245d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e



e---------------------------------------/10\------------------------e
b---------------------810810----10~~~~~~~~~~~-------b
g-----------79--------------------------------------------------g
d-79------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e

Now the bass and guitar weave rhythems back and forth, its hard to explane
you will just have to listen to the track your self.
    Riff 1
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g------------------------------------2-4^6-4~~~-------------------------g
d------2---------------------------4------------------------------------d
a----2---5-2^5-4~~~--------------5--------------------------------------a
e--3--------------------------------------------------------------------e

e-----------------------------------------|-e
b-----------------------------------------|-b
g------------------------------------2-4^6|-g
d------2---------------------------4------|-d
a----2---5-2^5-4~~~--------------5--------|-a
e--3--------------------------------------|-e
  riff 1b
e---------------------------------------------------------|-e
b---------------------------------------------------------|-b
g*-----6-4-2~~----------------------------------7--------*|-g
d*------------------5-4-2~~------11-9-7~~-----7--11-9~~--*|-d
a----2------------5------------9------------9-------------|-a
e--0------------3------------7----------------------------|-e
                                                          figure 2
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b--9-7---7--------------------------------------------------------------b
g------9---9-7-9-7----7-------------------------------------------------g
d------------------11---11-9-11-9-7-9-7-----7---------------------------d
a----------------------------------------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7------a
e-------------------------------------------------------------10---10-9-e

e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e--10-9-7-9-7-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--e

Now there is the sick walking bass line and the guitar holds the E for a
while

 this part is kind of like a bridge, so thats what weÕll call it
                                              Bridge
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b----/----------------------------------------------/-------------------b
g--11~~--11-9-12~~--11-9-------9-11-9~~-----------11--12~~~-9-11-9~~~~--g
d------------------------12~~-----------12-11-9~~-----------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
                                                        /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e-------------/------------------------------------12-11----------------e
b-----10-12-12--12-10------10-12-10~~---/\-------12---------------------b
g--11-----------------12~~------------11---9-11~~-----------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e

This is where it gets faster. This is also a really cool lick.      figure
3
            /~~~\                                               /~~
e||---7--11-10----10-8~~-10-8------10-------------------11-14-14----14--e
b||-/7------------------------10~~----8-7~~----------12-----------------b
g||-----------------------------------------------11--------------------g
d||--------------------------------------------13-----------------------d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------e

e--12-----------------12-13-14-15-14-13-12------------------------------e
b-----15~~~--12-13-15----------------------15-14-13-12------------------b
g------------------------------------------------------13-11\-----------g
d------------------------------------------------------------\----------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
             /~~~\                                             /~~
e----7--11-10-----10-8~-10-8----10---10----------------11-14-14---14--12e
b--/7------------------------10~---8----7~~---------12------------------b
g------------------------------------------------11---------------------g
d---------------------------------------------13------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e

e-------||
b--15~~~||
g-------||
d-------||
a-------||           play figure 2
e-------||

And now its the bass solo, so heres the backround guitar part

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--0---2---3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------/-----------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--0---1---3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||e

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------/--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||a
e||--0---3------------------------------------------------------------||e


e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------------------||d
a||--4-5-6-7--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||a
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e


Nows where the super thrash riff comes in, this part is pretty hard!






e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--6-7-8-9--h----5-7-6-------------------h----5-7-6--------0--/-2---||d
a||--4-5-6-7--^--5-------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5-7----4-----/||a
e||----------5-7---------------7-6---3-0--5-7-----------------------3-||e

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||------h----5-7-6-------------------h----5-7-6------6-7-8-9---h----5||d
a||------^--5-------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5--4-5-6-7---^--5--||a
e||--0--5-7---------------7-6---3-0--5-7-----------------------5-7----||e

e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--7-6-------------------h----5-7-6-------0--/-0--/-2---------------||d
a||------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5-7---4----4------/-----------||a
e||------------7-6---3-0--5-7----------------------------3--0---------||e




e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||---h----5-7-6--------------------h----5-7-6--------6-7-8-9---------||d
a||---^--5-------7-5-7------0--/----^--5-------7-5-7--4-5-6-7---------||a
e||--5-7---------------7-6----3--0-5-7--------------------------------||e



Thats everything except the guitar solo, which I know but I donÕt have the
time to transcribe right now but I will in the near future.

This is the order of the song
Figure 1
figure1b
bass touch harmonics
guitar touch harmonics
riff1
riff1b
figure2
walking bass line
bridge
figure 3
figure 2
bass solo
super shed riff
guitar solo
*figure 3 twice
figure 1
figure 1b
fade out

* the guitar solo connects with figure 3, theyÕre on the same scale.


I you have any questions or comments on this transcription E- mail me at
al@leggett.k12.ca.us.
Also any other Steve Morse fans out there? or better yet any Steve Morse
fans with any trascriptions of either Steve Morse Band or Dixie Dregs, if

Alex



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    full      full             full           full                    1/2
e||---|.....---|~~~~~~~~~~~~----/........\------|~~~~~~~~~------------/-||e
b||---|-----\--|---------------/--15------\-----|--------------------/--||b
g||--14------\14-------------14---------14-\---14------------------11---||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e


                                             A.H.              full
e||---p------------p---------------------p---------------------/~~~~~~~~||e
b||---^----p-------^---------------------^-------------------15---------||b
g||-11-7---^-----11-9\-7------7~~~~~~~~-9-7-9\--------------------------||g
d||------12-9-------------9-------------------\-------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
                                        A.H. pitch:B


e||~~~~~~-12-------12---------------------------------------------------||e
b||----------15-14----15-14-13-12----------------------12---------------||b
g||-------------------------------15-14-13-12-13-14-15----15-14-13-12---||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------14||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e


        full         full
e||----/------------/-------------/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-14--13--12--11------||e
b||--14\----------19---(19)\----17---------------------------------15-14||b
g||12---\-------------------\-------------------------------------------||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||----------/----------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--------x/-----------------------------------------------------------||e



e||--------------------------------------------------------p------------||e
b||-12----15-14-12-----------------------------------------^------------||b
g||----16----------15-14----15----14----12-11---9-----11-11-9-----------||g
d||----------------------14----14----14------------12----------12--9--11||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
                        full
e||----------------------/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------14-15-16-17-16-15||e
b||--------------------15---------------------14-15-17------------------||b
g||---------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||10\----x\-----x\-----------------------------------------------------||a
e||---\-----\------\----------------------------------------------------||e
              full        1 1/2
              /           /
e||14-------17\---------19-------19--18-17------------------------------||e
b||---17-15----\---------------------------20-17----20\12----12---------||b
g||---------------------------------------------18-------13----15-14--12||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||-----------------x/--------------------------------------------------||e




e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||---------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||---12-11-9----9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------14-15-16-||g
d||14---------12--------------------------------------14-16-18----------||d
a||------------------------------------------14-16-17-------------------||a
e||---------------------------------14-16-17----------------------------||e


                                         1/2
                                         /
e||---------------------------17-18-19-21----------21-19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-||e
b||------------------17-19-20-------------------------------------------||b
g||---------16-18-19----------------------------------------------------||g
d||16-18-19-------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e


               full                       p
                /                    /\   ^
e||(19)\------22----(22)---(22)\---14-(14)-12---------------------------||e
b||-----\-17--------------------\--------------15-14--12-------12---8-7-||b
g||-----------------------------------------------------15-14----------9||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e


                                            semiharmonic
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||---------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||7--------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--9-8-7---7---5-6----------------------------------------------------||d
a||--------9---7-----7---5-4-------0-----0--1--2~~----------------------||a
e||--------------------7------7--6---3-4--------------------------------||e

Thats the solo, every note of it. Any questions e-mail me at
al@leggett.k12.ca.us

Alex

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