MegaMan to the Rescue!
Intro riff
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|-5h7-------5h7-------5h7-X-X-|
|-------0-0-------0-0-----0-0-|
Chord progression
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|-9----5------------------|
|-9----5----5----9---9--7-|
|-7----3----5----9---9--7-|
|-0---------3----7---7--5-|
Let them ring the first two times, play them all thrashy and punk-like the next
four, and then two more times letting them ring (i think).
This doesn't stay in the same key center (part of the reason it has such a cool
release coming back to the E), so i played E mixolydian over the E and the B-A
progression, and C Lydian over the C and the G. Also, while i play them as straight
power chords, the harmony suggests that the C is actually a Cmaj7, hence the Cmaj7
arpeggio (played as an Em resolving to C, if that helps) i drop over it in the
beginning ofd the solo, (Thought it sounded kinda cool, just wanted to draw some
extra attention to it. :o) ) and the fact i play C lydian over it. Just some
theory for you guys, thought it might make this a bit more meaningful...
harmonic line hinting at the melody before it actually comes out
(all natural harmonics unless otherwise indicated)
*touch the node on the e string, 5th fret to make it jump an octave
|-12-(5)-------------------|-----------------------|-----|
|---------5-------12--12---|-12---5-------12--12---|-----|
|-------------5------------|----------5------------|-----|
|------------------------7-|-----------------------|-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------5-|-----|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|-5---|
Melody (and harmony, played as two tracks)
2x
|----------10----10-|------------------------|------|
|-/9----9--12----12-|------------------------|------|
|-/9----9-----------|-11--h12---/16--16--14--|-13\--|
|-------------------|-12--(12)--/17--17--16--|-14\--|
|-------------------|------------------------|------|
|-------------------|------------------------|------|
The Soloing: (everything from this point on is doubled, one track panned hard left,
the other hard right. Made me force myself to actually arrange this one. :o)
sweep--------------|
|---19p15---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------17------------------|-----------------|-------------15--14--|
|------------16---------------|-----------------|-------14-16---------|
|---------------15------------|-----------------|-14/16---------------|
|------------------19p15~~~---|-14h15p14~~~~~~--|---------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
sweep-----|
|----------------------|-16b17r------------|
|-15p14--------17~~~~\-|---------17p13~~---|
|-------14-------------|-------------------|
|----------14----------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----12h13h15-13h15p13p12----13-12-|
|-14----------------------14-------|
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*begin tapping with this bar*
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|-12h13h15--13--12h13p12------|-------------|
|-------------------------14--|-13~~--------|
|-----------------------------|-------14~~--|
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ok, i've slacked enough, gotta get back to my reading. just tap for a while here, then play a nice slow melody you should have no trouble figuring out, and sustain that last e over the intro riff again and you've saved the day. Fun, huh?