Tabs
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 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
********************************************************************** 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 ...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> ******************************** 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 augmentedA ... Rhy Fig 4 twice suddenly ... master... ...alive 2nd time: (you can be the guide, but) ******************************** Chorus: ********************************
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> ******************************** Solo: ******************************** 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 .. ******************************** (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 ********************************************************************** Notes: ********************************************************************** 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. ********************************************************************** 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. **********************************************************************
ⓘ 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.