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From: Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford)





This is the accoustic intro to this song as I play it - dont know if its right..





                       Silent Lucidity - Queensryche

                          Tabbed by Mike Bremford





E+-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---+-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---+

B+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

G+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+

D+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

A+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

E+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





E+-----2-----2---------------------+-----2-----2---------------------+

B+-------0-----0---3-----3-----3---+-------0-----0---3-----3-----3---+

G+-------------------0-----0-------+-------------------0-----0-------+

D+-2-------2-----2-----2-----2-----+-2-------2-----2-----2-----2-----+

A+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

E+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





E+-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---+-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5---+

B+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

G+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+

D+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

A+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

E+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





E+-----2-----2---------------------+-----2-----2---------------------+

B+-------0-----0---3-----3-----3---+-------0-----0---3-----3-----3---+

G+-------------------0-----0-------+-------------------0-----0-------+

D+-2-------2-----2-----2-----2-----+-2-------2-----2-----2-----2-----+

A+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

E+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+











+-----0-----0---------------------+-----0-----0---------------------+

+-----------------3-----3-----3---+-----------------3-----3-----3---+

+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





+-----0-----0---------------------+-----0-----0---------------------+

+-----------------3-----3-----3---+-----------------3-----3-----3---+

+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





+-----0-----0---------------------+-----0-----0---------------------+

+-----------------3-----3-----3---+-----------------3-----3-----3---+

+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+





+-----0-----0---------------------+-----0-----0---------------------+

+-----------------3-----3-----3---+-----------------3-----3-----3---+

+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+-------0-----0-----0-----0-------+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+-0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----+

+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+











+----------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+----------+-----0-----0---------------------+-----0-----0---------------------+

+--------0-+-------0-----0---2-----2-----2---+-------0-----0---2-----2-----2---+

+-0--0h2---+-------------------0-----0-------+-------------------0-----0-------+

+----------+---------------------------------+---------------------------------+

+----------+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+-3-------3-----3-----3-----3-----+



 etc... Goes on and on.



  Cheers... Mike















From: schmittd@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (David Schmitt)



"Silent Lucidity" by Queensryche

Total Time 5:46

August 17, 1994



This is my first attempt at tab, so give me a little freedom

here...



**************************************************************

Rhythm Figures:



Rhy Fig 1:

---7-----7-----5-----5-----5|

-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

----------------------------|

-5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

----------------------------|

----------------------------|



Rhy Fig 1a:

---7-----7-----5-----5-----5--|

-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|

------------------------------|

-5-----5-----5-----5-----5----|

------------------------------|

------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 2:

---2-----2------------------|

-----0-----0---3-----3-----3|

-----------------0-----0----|

-2-----2-----2-----2-----2--|

----------------------------|

----------------------------|



Rhy Fig 2a:

---2-----2----------------------|

-----0-----0---3-----3-----3----|

-----------------0-----0-----0-0|

-2-----2-----2-----2-----2------|

--------------------------------|

--------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 2b:

---2-----2--------------------|

-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|

-----------------0-----0-----0|

-2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|

------------------------------|

------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 2c:

---2-----2--------------------|

-----0-----0---3-----3-----3--|

-----------------0-----0-----0|

-------2-----2-----2-----2----|

------------------------------|

-0----------------------------|



Rhy Fig 3:

---0-----0--------------------|

---------------3-----3-----3--|

-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|

------------------------------|

-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|

------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 4:

---0-----0--------------------|

---------------3-----3-----3--|

-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|

------------------------------|

-0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 5:

------------------------------|

------------------------------|

---4-----4-----2-----2-----2--|

-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0|

------------------------------|

-3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|



Rhy Fig 6:

--------------------------------|

---8-------8-----6-----6-----6--|

-----8-------8-----8-----8-----8|

-------8-------8-----8-----8----|

-6-------6----------------------|

--------------------------------|



Rhy Fig 7:

------------------------------|

---3-----3-----5-----5-----5--|

-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5|

-------5-----5-----5-----5----|

-3----------------------------|

------------------------------|



|  | - phrases, not measures

***************************************************************

SOLO:

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------

-8--10^12^10--12^15^12--10^12^10--8--3--3^5-----5---5-----

----------------------------------------------5---5-------

----------------------------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------------



                                        repeat this

                                           |<- part ->|

------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------|

-5/7/5-----8--10^12^12--12^15^12--10^12^10---8--/7^8^5---4-4|

------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------|

------------------------------------------------------------|



^ - hammer OR release

/ - slide

***************************************************************

Chords:

          (from lowest to highest strings)

     D: power  xx023x    strum  x00232

     C: power  x320xx    strum  x32010

     C6: power  x322xx   strum  x32210



     I know that Queensryche loves barre chords, but I play it

with open chords since the song needs space.  Long drawn out open

chords are mighty powerful in creating that 'dreamy, spatial'

feeling.  

***************************************************************   

Lyrics/Arrangement:



Opening: Rhy Fig 1 twice | Rhy fig 2 | Rhy fig 2a |



Rhy Fig 1 twice                              

Hush now, don't you cry,   



             Rhy Fig 2                  Rhy Fig 2a

wipe away the teardrop from your eye.



Rhy Fig 1a twice              

You're lying safe in bed, 



                    Rhy Fig 2b twice

it was all a bad dream spinning in your head.



Rhy Fig 3 twice

Your mind tricked you to feel the pain,



                Rhy Fig 4 twice

Of someone close to you leaving the game (of life).



Rhy Fig 3 twice                                   Rhy Fig 4

So here it is, another chance, wide awake you face the day. 



               &&

The dream is over, or has it just begun....?



Rhy Fig 5 twice | Rhy Fig 2c twice





Rhy Fig 5 twice

There's a place I like to hide, 

If you open your mind for me,



               Rhy Fig 2c twice

a doorway that I run through in the night.

you won't rely on open eyes to see.



Rhy Fig 5 twice

Relax child, you were there, 

The walls you built within



               Rhy Fig 2c twice

but only didn't realise that you were scared.

come tumbling down and a new world will begin.



Rhy Fig 3 twice

It's a place where you will learn

Living twice at once you learn,



                  Rhy Fig 4 twice

to face your fears, retrace the years,

you're safe from pain in the dream domain,



and ride the whims of your mind.

a soul set free to fly.



Rhy Fig 3 twice

Commanding in another world,

A round trip journey in your head,



          Rhy Fig 4 twice

suddenly you hear and see this magic new dimension....

master of illusion, can you realise your dream's alive 



2nd time: (you can be the guide, but)





D                C6

I.................will be watching over you



D                C6

I.................am gonna help to see you through



D                C6

I.................will protect you in the night



D                C6 $$$       2nd time &&&

I.................am smiling next to you, in silent lucidity....



Rhy Fig 1b twice





Rhy Fig 6 twice (Begin solo)| Rhy Fig 7 twice | 

Rhy Fig 6 twice | Rhy Fig 7 twice | (rhythm section rest)



Voice: Visualise your dream,

     Record it in the present tense,

     Put it into a permanent form, 

     If you persist in all efforts,

     You can achieve a dream come true...

     ...a dream come true...

     ...a dream come true...

(Go to 2nd verse)



---------------------------------------------------------------

$$$ Play (along with "am smiling next to you")

------------------------|

------------------------|

-9--7--5-----5----------|

10--9--5-----5----------|

----------7-------------|

------------------------|



&& Strum :

     E x

     B 3

     G 0

     D 5

     A x

     E x



&&& Rhy Fig 1b 5 times  and pluck :

               E 7

               B 0

               G x

               D 5

               A x

               E x







***************************************************************

Notes:

EXTRA LITTLE NOTES: Play an E at the 5th fret of the second

string right before "Your mind tricked you to feel the pain."

After "or has it just begun...?" hammer an E from the open D

string followed by an open G string before entering Rhy Fig 5.



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 (my two versions o'

tab confirm this), 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 (see below).  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.



STRING ARRANGEMENT: I have no idea what the string arrangement is

(done by Michael Kamen of _Robin Hood_, etc, etc fame), nor do I

even have a clue.  I would like to play them on my 'board, so if

anybody knows it, I would be glad if they sent it my way.



***************************************************************

Sources:

Lyrics: _Selections from Empire_ and Dave

Music: _Guitar_ magazine with Silent Lucidity tab (EVH cover), 

     _Selections from Empire_, Dave, his six-string acoustic,

     and a CD player programmed to play Track 8 from 

     _Empire_ 20 times.



Hope you all liked it.  As this is my first tab, comments, as

always, are appresciated.  Flame, as always, is not.



Play on.....



Dave "Let's have a new album, it's been FOUR years!!" Schmitt

Email: schmittd@freenet.fsu.edu



-- 



Dave Schmitt

Email:schmittd@freenet.fsu.edu

     



From: quick@maths.ox.ac.uk (Martyn Quick)

Subject: Re: TAB: 'Silent Lucidity'



>This is my first attempt at tab, so give me a little freedom

>here...

>

>**************************************************************

>Rhythm Figures:

>

>Rhy Fig 1:

>---7-----7-----5-----5-----5|

>-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

>----------------------------|

>-5-----5-----5-----5-----5--|

>----------------------------|

>----------------------------|

Isn't this played as:



---7-----7-----5-----5-----5|

-----0-----0-----0-----0----|

-0-----0-----0-----0-----0--|

----------------------------|

----------------------------|

----------------------------|



and similarly for Rhy.Fig.1a. This is the way I play it and seems a little

easier. (Thanks for the rest of the post!)



Martyn Quick (quick@maths.ox.ac.uk)



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