Tabs
Silent Lucidity
by Queensryche
from Empire
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h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
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Rhythm Figures:
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Rhy Fig 1:
E MajorE|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5|
BB|-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
G+G|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
Rhy Fig 1a:
E MajorE|---7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|
BB|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
G+G|------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 2:
E MajorE|---2-----2------------------|
BB|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3|
G+G|-----------------0-----0----|
D MajorD|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|
Rhy Fig 2a:
E MajorE|---2-----2--------------------|
BB|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|
G+G|-----------------0-----0-----0|
D MajorD|-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 2b:
E MajorE|---2-----2--------------------|
BB|-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|
G+G|-----------------0-----0-----0|
D MajorD|-------2-----2-----2-----2----|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-0----------------------------|
Rhy Fig 3:
E MajorE|---0-----0--------------------|
BB|---------------3-----3-----3--|
G+G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 4:
E MajorE|---0-----0--------------------|
BB|---------------3-----3-----3--|
G+G|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
D MajorD|------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 5:
E MajorE|------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------|
G+G|---4-----4-----2-----2-----2--|
D MajorD|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|
A augmentedA|------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
Rhy Fig 6:
E MajorE|--------------------------------|
BB|---8-------8-----6-----6-----6--|
G+G|-----8-------8-----8-----8-----8|
D MajorD|-------8-------8-----8-----8----|
A augmentedA|-6-------6----------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------|
Rhy Fig 7:
E MajorE|------------------------------|
BB|---3-----3-----5-----5-----5--|
G+G|-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5|
D MajorD|-------5-----5-----5-----5----|
A augmentedA|-3----------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------|
| | - phrases, not measures
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Chord voicings:
EADGBE EADGBE
Cadd9: power x320XX strum x3203X
C6: power x322xx strum x32210
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Lyrics/Arrangement:
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Opening:
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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 ...
Cadd9Cadd9 (see notes)
E MajorE|-----|--------|--------------|
BB|---3-|--------|--------------|
G+G|---0-|--Rest--|--------0-----|
D MajorD|---5-|--------|----0h2-------|
A augmentedA|-----|--------|--------------|
E MajorE|-----|--------|--------------|
The ... ...begun
Rhy Fig 5 twice | Rhy Fig 2c twice
<Interlude>
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Verses (1 & 2):
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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 augmentedA ...
Rhy Fig 4 twice
suddenly ...
master... ...alive
2nd time: (you can be the guide, but)
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Chorus:
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D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 (
C6C6) see notes
E MajorE|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--|
BB|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--|
G+G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D MajorD|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------3----3----3----3-----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|
I.... Will..
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 (C6C6)
E MajorE|----2----3----5----5\---0----7----5----3--|
BB|----3----3----5----3----3----0----0----3--|
G+G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D MajorD|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------3----3----5----3----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|
I.... Am..
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 (C6C6)
E MajorE|----2----3----5----5\---0----5----3----2--|
BB|----3----3----5----3----3----3----3----3--|
G+G|----2----2----2----2----0----0----0----2--|
D MajorD|-0----0----0----0-------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------3----3----3----3-----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|
I.... Will..
D MajorD Cadd9Cadd9 (C6C6)
E MajorE|----2----3----5\--------------------------|
BB|----3----3----5-----3---------------------|
G+G|----2----2----2-----0-----9---7---5-----5-|
D MajorD|-0----0----0----0---2----10---9---5-----5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------3----------------7----|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------|
I.... Am..
Rhy Fig 1b twice
<Interlude>
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Solo:
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slight
|palm mute|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10---8--3/5---------5------5/7\5--|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------5-----5----------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
repeat this
|<-part->|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8--10b12r10--12b15r12--10b12r10--8--3/--7b8r7-5---4(See notes)-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|
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 ..
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(2nd verse)
(Repeat Chorus)
Finale:
Rhy Fig 1b 5 times then pluck :
E MajorE 7
BB 0
G+G x
D MajorD 5
A augmentedA x
E MajorE x
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Notes:
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FROM DALE LINDSEY:
INTRO: A augmentedA 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 Cadd9Cadd9 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 MajorD and using his pinky to trace out
the melody line on the high E MajorE 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+G string instead of the 4th. Whichever
you think sounds best.
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FROM DAVID SCHMITT:
EXTRA LITTLE NOTES: Play an E MajorE 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 majorC or a C6C6 chord.
Technically, it's supposed to be a C6C6 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.
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ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Silent Lucidity' by Queensrÿche, a heavy metal band formed in 1981 from Washington, USA. Queensrÿche is known for their reflective metal music.