WORLDS BEYOND THE VEIL GUITAR TAB (ROUGH!) Tabbed by Leon Macey. Track two (title track!) from the album 'Worlds Beyond The Veil' (2003) This song is played on a 7 string Ibanez Universe on the record, but the rhythms can easily be played on a 6 string tuned to A#, if you observe the correct tuning intervals. Unlike most bands who use a 7 string like a 6 string guitar with an "extra" low string, we use it as a 6 string guitar with an "extra" top string, which means the tuning intervals are slightly different: Tuning (Low - High) A# D# G# C# F A# D# The below tab shows the rhythm parts only (the guitar on the right hand side on the album). I play the left hand channel which is at times something quite different, much more complex and varied, i.e. a nightmare to tab!!! The entire song is in 4/4. Notes for each riff are in brackets. I'll include notable things but I'm anticipating you'll be able to work some of the palm muting and more obvious stuff by ear. You'll need a heavy tone with a reasonable amount of midrange to get close to the tone on the record. There are varied chorus and flange effects throughout the song on the rhythm parts which you should be able to hear ;) I've not followed tab convention particularly, as I don't use tab myself, but this should be understandable more or less. Any questions, post them in the relevant thread on the Mithras forum: http://www.mithras.org.uk/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=1045 *****************START SONG***************** (DRUM FLAM INTRO) INTRO RIFF (tempo=264bpm) (Harmonics are marked by *. Bend all harmonics upwards slightly. Open 7th string notes are palm muted) REPEAT 4 TIMES: 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 3* 3* 3* 6: 4444333344446666 7: 000000000000 000000000000 000000000000 dudududududud BRIDGE RIFF (t=260) PT1 - REPEAT 4 TIMES: (Fret the chord shape and simply move up and down including the bottom string note on the upstrokes - picked down then up) 1: 2: 3: 11 12 9 10 4: 10 11 8 9 5: 8 9 6 7 6: 8 9 6 7 7: 9 7 d u d u PT2 - REPEAT 4 TIMES: (Slide the last phrase indicated by the -'s) 1: 2: 3: 11 12 9-10 4: 10 11 8-9 5: 8 9 6-7 6: 8 9 6-7 7: 9 7 000000000000 d u d VERSE RIFF (t=264)(Harmonics are marked by *. Bend all harmonics upwards slightly. Open 7th string notes are palm muted) REPEAT 4 TIMES: 1: 2: 3: 4: 3* 3* 3* 5: 3* 3* 3* 6: 4444333344446666 7: 000 000 000 000 000 000 REPEAT BRIDGE RIFF PT1 8 TIMES (Miss out very last chord when short drum solo kicks in) VORTEX RIFF (t=260) PT1 - REPEAT 4 TIMES 1: 2: 18 3: 16 4: 15 5: 13 6: 13 7: 000000000000 PT2 - REPEAT TWO TIMES (Allow the chords marked with the * to ring out) 1: * 2: 18 18 3: 16 16 4: 15 15 5: 13 13 6: 13 13 7: 000000000000 000000000000 PT3 (Allow the chords marked with the * to ring out, run at end stretched out for easy viewing) 1: * * 2: 18 18 18 18 3: 16 16 16 16 4: 15 15 15 15 12 12 5: 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 6: 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 7: 000000000000 000000000000 000000000000 PT4 (Allow the chords marked with the * to ring out then slide down towards low end of neck where marked with -. Run at end stretched out for easy viewing) 1: * - 2: 18 18 18 18 - 3: 16 16 16 16 - 4: 15 15 12 12 15 15 - 5: 13 13 12 12 12 12 13 13 - 6: 13 13 12 12 12 12 12 12 13 13 - 7: 000000000000 000000000000 (GUITAR SOLO KICKS IN LHS) (t=258) REPEAT PT1 4 TIMES REPEAT PT2 SEVEN TIMES PT5 - PLAY ONCE (Allow the chords marked with the * to ring out then slide down towards low end of neck where marked with -) 1: * 2: 18 18 - 3: 16 16 - 4: 15 15 - 5: 13 13 - 6: 13 13 - 7: 000000000000 SLUDGE RIFF (T=206) PLAY 8 TIMES (Start slide at bottom of bottom string, and pick pinch harmonic then simultaneously slide the harmonic up to fret 13 and then bend it for the "woo-ee-oooo" sound. The slide in this riff can be extremely hard on the fingers so beware!) 1: 2: 3: 4: 5: 2 1 6: * ~ 4 0 3-4-3 2 1 7:(1)---13 2 0 1-2-1 0 0 d d d d d (GUITAR SOLO) - PLAY SLUDGE RIFF 8 TIMES (T=200) (GUITAR AND DRUM SOLO BREAK) - NO RHYTHM GUITAR (t=262) LEON GUITAR 1 BAR INTRO (t=264) REPEAT VORTEX RIFF PT1 3 TIMES, PT2 2 TIMES, PT3 1 TIME, PT 4 1 TIME (hold chord at end instead of sliding down) GUITAR SOLO STARTS (t=262 reducing to t=260 through start of solo REPEAT VORTEX RIFF PT1 4 TIMES, PT2 6 TIMES (hold last chord) EPIC RIFF (t=240 reducing to t=224 in 4 bars) (palm mute heavily at relevant points) PLAY 2 TIMES 1: 2: 3: 4: 4 - 3 - 4 4 - 6 4 4 - 3 - 4 4 - 6 8 4 3 5: 2 - 1 - 2 2 - 4 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 2 2 - 4 6 2 1 6: 2 - 1 - 2 2 - 4 2 2 2 2 - 1 - 2 2 - 4 6 2 1 7: 0 0 0 d d d d d d d d d d REPEAT EPIC RIFF 4 TIMES (t=222 reducing to t=216 slowly) REPEAT EPIC RIFF 4 TIMES (t=216) REPEAT EPIC RIFF 2 TIMES (t=202) END CHORDS (played on last repetition of epic riff) 1: 2: 3: 4: 8 9 8 5: 6 7 6 6: 6 7 6 7: d d d