IQ: The last human gateway From: Tales from the lush attic Written by IQ Transcribed by marcusenochsson@hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Phew, I've just tabbed the whole song. It's Saturday, 3:07 pm, and it's cloudy outside. But what do you care about that. I simply felt the urge to contribute something to the world, and this tab seemed like a nice thing. It was nice, and tough. A 20-minute song takes some time to get right, and I haven't, really. But I'm still kinda' proud I've made it, and if you desperately want to contact me, try to E-mail me at Macahan@bigfoot.com Well, here it is. A really good song. A really, really good song, really. A song so good you can listen to snippets of it again and again for a handful of days for tabbing it not getting bored, but liking it even more. Intro and first part of verse, like: N.H. G I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I I--------------------------------12-------12-------------12---------------I I---12----12----12----12----12------------12------12-----------12----12---I I------------------------------12-------------7---------------------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------------------I Across the plateau no clouds storm the sky, Above the riverbed the world's run dry, I beat the air, for those who hear, arpeggio on G Am Bm G Am Bm Em And through the night my call goes out unheard, G Am Bm G Am Bm Em I cry for company and get no word, C(III) D(V) Em(VII) C D Em The silent groan, God only knows, C G I stand alone. The wind devides the empty shells below, Deep in the valley night begins to grow, The memory, the best of me, From out the shadows something takes my hand, To lead me homeward through a foreign land, The silence grown, the palest eyes, I'm the only one. Martin plays a fast riff, Mike plays some reverby stuff like: C D G C D G I--3--2--3--I quite I--------3--2--3--I I-----------I a I-0-1-3-----------I I--------4--I few I--------------4--I I-----------I times I-----------------I I-----------I and I-----------------I I-----------I then: I-----------------I A mother's son, a father's pride, How can I run and where to hide? I close my eyes and hope tonight, My healing flesh will be all right; A baby cries, another ghost, A different side to claim the most, My blood gone black and down to dust, So save my soul or let me die, I'm still alive. When the next part begins, a disted guitar hits a G 4 times, and a D 4 times The following riff (let's call it riff 1) is not I--------------------------------------I------------------I-----I I-.----------------------------------.-I-.--------------.-I-----I I--------------------------------------I------------------I-----I twice I-.----------5--3--2--0--2-----------.-I-.--------3---3-.-I---5-I I---5--7--3-----------------3--5-5-5---I---5-5--3---3-----I-5---I I--------------------------------------I------------------I-----I ...but something like that. I'm on the other side, Shaken down, lovely but cockeyed, No wonder I feel nervous, Lord, they don't deserve us anyway. I want to burn these wings, You can see how it's happening, Still they're telling me to smack the enemy, It's killing time! solo; not so far from: I---------------------------------------------------------------------I I----------------------------------3~-1-0--5p3------------------------I I-------2--4h5p4--0----------------------------5-4-2-0----------------I I--5~~---------------0------0h2p0-----------------------55----88------I I----------------------------------------------------------55----88---I I---------------------------------------------------------------------I I----------------------------------------------------8--------I I--------------------------------------------8h10p8-----------I I---7~--10~----------------7h10p7--10h12p10-------------10----I I-----------10~--10h12p10-------------------------------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------I I-------------------------------------------------------------I I------------------10p8-----8-------------------------------------I I-----------12p10--------11-----------7h8h10----------------------I I--11p9-------------------------12------------7--9----------------I I-------12------------------------------------------10~-----------I I-----------------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------------------------------------------I ...with FX in it Riff 1 for: I should have known before, Only bad's half as good as dead, I can't go any faster, stuck like alabaster, White as I know. But end riff 1 with: I-------I I-------I I-------I I---5-7-I I-5-----I I-------I After that, with Martin's haunting keyboard in the foreground, Mike plays a (A-barr‚) D C D E E D C D E E (E-barr‚) G G G A A G G G A A -sequence three times, followed by E G A G A G A G A E and I---16--16--14h16p14-12h14p12-9h12p9-7b~--------------------------I I-----------------------------------------10b(12)r8--8-10-8-------I I-----------------------------------------------------------11-9~-I I-----------------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------------------------------------------I I-----------------------------------------------------------------I G F G F G F G F D C D C6(xx5555) D C D C6 Bm Am Bm A Bm Am Bm A D C D C6 D C D C6 Bm Am Bb Gm Bb Gm Bb Gm Gm Dm D# Em Bm Am Em after some Martin-time with a no-guitar part, something goes this way: I---------------------------2--/7--5--3--0-----2-/7-------------------------I I-------------------------3-----------------3------------------------3~/5~~-I I------------------0-2-4~---------------------------------------------------I I------------2/4~-----------------------------------------------------------I I--2~-----2-----------------------------------------------------------------I I------3----------------------------------------------5~b(7)r5p3--0---------I I-------------------------------10~---8~-7----------10~---------------I I---------------------------10-------------8~----10-----13~-12--------I I-----0---2----4--7-9-12-11------------------------------------12~\0--I I---2---4---5---7-----------------------------------------------------I I---------------------------------------------------------------------I I---------------------------------------------------------------------I And when Mike has had the time to change from the to an acoustic guitar a very beautiful arpeggio comes like this: I-----------3----------------2----------------0---------I I-------0-----0---0------0-----0----0-----------1---1---I I-----0---0-----0------0---0-----0--------0-------0-----I I---2---------------0-------------------2---2-----------I I-------------------------------------3-----------------I I-------------------------------------------------------I I-------0--------0---------0---------------0---------------------------------I I-----1--------1---------1---1-----------1---1---------------play-it---------I I---0--------0---------2-------2-------0-------0--------------three----------I I--------------------2-----------2---2-----------2-------------times---------I I-3-------2--------0---------------------------------------------------------I I----------------------------------3---------------1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-0-1-3-1-I The third time, play A-----------------------------------I E--2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0-2-3--I twice We stand in lines of old, staying cold, Swallow all the anger, Releases get away, coming down, Across the fields of amber, To the water, ocean far below. A D E (actually no guitar, except the tabbed notes) As the mirror to the sun, D A D E D The colour of the evening, never let go, G----2/9~~~b(11)r9------------I Hold my stomach, keep it tight, G--6------I D----7----I A------7--I They're pulling out the breathing, let it go; C F G If you ever change your mind, F C F G Don't be caught alone, no, it's only me, With all the hopes and fears combined, It's hard to care for living anymore, A D E A I wouldn't let you down again. And here comes the best part: I--------12--10h12p10-9~--10--9p7--10-9-7--I I----10------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------I three times I------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------I I------------------------------------------I E-------12--10h12p10-9h10p9-7h9p7-5h7p5-5p0h5p0h5p0h5p0h5~~-----I B---10----------------------------------------------------------I A D E Inspired by hunger, fired by lust, D A D E D I sold the children's faces, painted gold, G--2/9~~~~~~~~~~~~~---I Something moving taking hold, Is gathering but never growing old, C F G F I did everything I could just to say, C F G F Believe me, you're not alone, But with the winter in my bones, Oh what else can I do now? It's only me, A D E D I wouldn't let you down again. -------------- 1-3 I 4 I-------------17-------------I--------------------------I I-.------------------------.-I--------------------------I I---18-19-18------18-19-18---I--------------------------I twice I-.------------------------.-I-----7--9--/11\9--7-------I I----------------------------I--7------------------7----I I----------------------------I--------------------------I A F#m E F#m A F#m E F#m A F#m Hm E F#m Hm A F#m Hm E F#m Hm A and then the weird no-guitar-G/Am-part: Break back to back lately, Oh and how they moved when I was younger than this, Get my spirit caught beneath the surface, See me play dead today, I love my daydreams, leave my doldrums, Armies of priests All come to practice their party pieces, Am G Pounding like metal from side to side, To shoot, to save, Am And risk that horizon, G No smoke can shield, it stays unhealed, Am Safe in our stillness, G At last we see him rise from out the earth. 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I-------------------------I I--15~~~--10~--13-12------I I--------------------12~--I I-------------------------I I-------------------------I I-------------------------I D---10----12~--I I knew these plains before the world was mine, D---10----12~--I With no escape in mind, I'll be resigned, D-5--7---9----5---7-------9-I Inside alone, I know for sure, D---5~---I The future's all gone. 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