Silent Lucidity by Queensryche from Empire ********************************************************************** h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend string up r - release bend / - slide up \ - slide down ********************************************************************** Rhythm Figures: ********************************
Rhy Fig 1: E|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0----| G|----------------------------| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5--| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Rhy Fig 1a: E|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5--| B|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0| G|------------------------------| D|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| Rhy Fig 2: E|---2-----2------------------| B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3| G|-----------------0-----0----| D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2--| A|----------------------------| E|----------------------------| Rhy Fig 2a: E|---2-----2--------------------| B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--| G|-----------------0-----0-----0| D|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| Rhy Fig 2b: E|---2-----2--------------------| B|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--| G|-----------------0-----0-----0| D|-------2-----2-----2-----2----| A|------------------------------| E|-0----------------------------| Rhy Fig 3: E|---0-----0--------------------| B|---------------3-----3-----3--| G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0| D|------------------------------| A|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----| E|------------------------------| Rhy Fig 4: E|---0-----0--------------------| B|---------------3-----3-----3--| G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0| D|------------------------------| A|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----| E|------------------------------| Rhy Fig 5: E|------------------------------| B|------------------------------| G|---4-----4-----2-----2-----2--| D|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0| A|------------------------------| E|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----| Rhy Fig 6: E|--------------------------------| B|---8-------8-----6-----6-----6--| G|-----8-------8-----8-----8-----8| D|-------8-------8-----8-----8----| A|-6-------6----------------------| E|--------------------------------| Rhy Fig 7: E|------------------------------| B|---3-----3-----5-----5-----5--| G|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5| D|-------5-----5-----5-----5----| A|-3----------------------------| E|------------------------------| | | - phrases, not measures ********************************************************************** Chord voicings: EADGBE EADGBE Cadd9: power x320XX strum x3203X C6: power x322xx strum x32210 ********************************************************************** Lyrics/Arrangement: ********************************************************************** Opening: ******************************** Rhy Fig 1 twice | Rhy fig 2 | Rhy fig 2a | Rhy Fig 1 twice Hush .. Rhy Fig 2 Rhy Fig 2a wipe .... Rhy Fig 1a twice You're .., Rhy Fig 2a twice it ... Rhy Fig 3 twice Your .., Rhy Fig 4 twice Of .. Rhy Fig 3 twice Rhy Fig 4 So ... Cadd9 (see notes) E|-----|--------|--------------| B|---3-|--------|--------------| G|---0-|--Rest--|--------0-----| D|---5-|--------|----0h2-------| A|-----|--------|--------------| E|-----|--------|--------------| The ... ...begun Rhy Fig 5 twice | Rhy Fig 2c twice ******************************** Verses (1 & 2): ******************************** Rhy Fig 5 twice There's ... If you ... Rhy Fig 2b twice a ... you ... Rhy Fig 5 twice Relax ... The ... Rhy Fig 2b twice but ... come ... Rhy Fig 3 twice It's a ... Living ... Rhy Fig 4 twice to face ... you're ... and ... a soul ... Rhy Fig 3 twice Commanding ... A ... Rhy Fig 4 twice suddenly ... master... ...alive 2nd time: (you can be the guide, but) ******************************** Chorus: ******************************** D Cadd9 (C6) see notes E|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--| B|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--| G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--| D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------| A|---------------------3----3----3----3-----| E|------------------------------------------| I.... Will.. D Cadd9 (C6) E|----2----3----5----5\---0----7----5----3--| B|----3----3----5----3----3----0----0----3--| G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--| D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------| A|----------------------3----3----5----3----| E|------------------------------------------| I.... Am.. D Cadd9 (C6) E|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--| B|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--| G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--| D|-0----0----0----0-------------------------| A|---------------------3----3----3----3-----| E|------------------------------------------| I.... Will.. D Cadd9 (C6) E|----2----3----5\--------------------------| B|----3----3----5-----3---------------------| G|----2----2----2-----0-----9---7---5-----5-| D|-0----0----0----0---2----10---9---5-----5-| A|--------------------3----------------7----| E|------------------------------------------| I.... Am.. Rhy Fig 1b twice ******************************** Solo: ******************************** slight |palm mute| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10---8--3/5---------5------5/7\5--| D|-----------------------------------------------5-----5----------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| repeat this |<-part->| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10--8--3/--7b8r7-5---4(See notes)-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| Rhy Fig 6 twice (Begin solo)| Rhy Fig 7 twice | Rhy Fig 6 twice | Rhy Fig 7 twice | (rhythm section rest) Spoken: Visualise .. Record .. Put .., If .., You ..... ...a .... ...a .. ******************************** (2nd verse) (Repeat Chorus) Finale: Rhy Fig 1b 5 times then pluck : E 7 B 0 G x D 5 A x E x ********************************************************************** Notes: ********************************************************************** FROM DALE LINDSEY: INTRO: A lot of my information comes from actually watching the band perform live and on video. When my version differs from the chords of the original submitter, I try to give both. From watching and listening to Queensryche, I believe they use the Cadd9 form a lot. CHORUS: Mike Wilton strums the chords while Chris Degarmo plays the tabbed part. He (Chris) picks down on the base note and up for the melody, starting out in an open D and using his pinky to trace out the melody line on the high E string. It sounds better when you get a little slide back from the fifth fret before the open note (that is what the '\'s mean). I really can't tell how many strings he actually plays on the upstroke, but I have played it with 1, 2 or all 3 strings ringing out and it sonds good either way. Letting more strings sound is very helpful if you have only a 6-string as he is palying a 12-string. The bass notes are based almost entirely on visual information (they can't be heard on the album), but they seem to sound right when playingsolo. It is all a matter of personal preference and your playing situation. SOLO: By the end of the solo the strings/keyboard almost swamps out the guitar, and it ends on a different note, so you are playing with no keyboard, you may want to play the keyboard ending instead. Try ending on the 7th fret on the G string instead of the 4th. Whichever you think sounds best. ********************************************************************** FROM DAVID SCHMITT: EXTRA LITTLE NOTES: Play an E at the 5th fret of the second string right before "Your mind tricked you to feel the pain." CHORUS: depending on my mood, I either play whole note power chords or strum (eighth notes) the chords. Depending on what sounds good at the time, I play either a C or a C6 chord. Technically, it's supposed to be a C6 chord, but some days it just doesn't sound right. PLAYING: Chris DeGarmo plays a spanish, nylon 6-string acoustic for the rhythm part. I'm pretty sure a normal 6-string and a 12-string join in along the way. As the the song progresses, I think a 6-string electric (clean) comes in. Another electric comes in for the solo. I always play this song with a steel 6-string and it sounds fine. If you play with steel strings play without a pick: it sounds better IMHO. Any nylon string players probably want to follow DeGarmo's part with a pick. This info is just IMHO, not written in stone. SOLO: Playing the heavily repeated part of the solo on acoustic is kinda tough (which is what I always play the entire song with). It never really sounds right. I freelance that part just about every time I play it. If you have an electric with a tremolo bar (sp) and all the effects (I think Chris DeGarmo likes chorus, octave, and overdrive, but don't hold me to that), you can make it sound perfect. **********************************************************************
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Silent Lucidity by Queensrÿche