YES - "tales from a topographic oceans" Tablature
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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:23:37 -0500
From: TitanObel <uzsrbw@uni-bonn.de>
Subject: y/yes/tales_from_a_topographic_ocean.tab
Yes
"Tales from Topographic Oceans"
(guitar parts by Steve Howe; Words by Jon Anderson)
(acoustic guitar tab)
transcribed by Torsten Lasse
contact: uzsrbw@uni-bonn.de
File name: "yes-tales_from_t_o.txt" ((Version 1))
These transcribtion contains several (acoustic guitar) parts from the "Tales..."
-Album as I hear them; for this transcribtion I used the Steve Howe recording of
it (guitar and vocals) which you can find at the "Yes, Friends and Relatives"-
Album (a really bad album). Following along with the record (Original or Howe-
Version) is a very good idea...
Perhabs I will complete this version with the rest of the interresting guitar
parts of the original album in a few years...
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Index:
1. Intro ("The Revealing Science of God")
2. and
3. Parts after the Intro (:
4. Guitar part from "The Remembering" (As the silence of season...)
5. a.,b.,c. and d. Acoustic part of "The Ancient"
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I. "p" pull of
II. "h" hammer on
III. -*-
--- (repeat)
-*-
1.Intro
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------------------|
----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----...and so on...------------|
-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------------------------|
2.
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
--9--8----------------|-7--6----------------|--9--8----------------|
--------9-------------|-------7-------------|--------9-------------|
----------------6-----|---------------4-----|----------------6-----|
--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5-|--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
--7--6----------------|-9--8----------------|-7--6-----------------|
--------7-------------|-------9-------------|-------7--------------|
----------------4-----|---------------6-----|---------------4------|
--5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5-|-7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5--|
3.
----------------------|---------------------|-0--0--2--4----5--7---
----------------------|---------------------|-0--------------------
--9--8----------------|-7--6-----5--4-------|-1--1--2--4---6--8----
--------9-------------|-------7--------5----|-2--------------------
----------------6-----|---------------------|-2--------------------
--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5-----5--3-----3----|-0--------------------
--5--4-------------|-0--0--2--4----5--7--5--4-------------|--------
-----5-------------|-0----------------------5-------------|--------
-6---4-------------|-1--1--2--4---6--8--6---4-------------|--------
-----6-------------|-2----------------------6-------------|--------
-----7-------------|-2----------------------7-------------|--------
-------0-0-0--0--0-|-0------------------------0-0-0--0--0-|--------
-0--0--2--4--------5-------7-------9-------11----------------------
-0-----------------------------------------------------------------
-1--1--2--4-------6-------8--------9-------11----------------------
-2-----------------------------------------------------------------
-2-----------------------------------------------------------------
-0----------0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----0--0---0-------------
-12---12--12--12--12-----12-|---12--12--12--12--------------|------
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------
-13--13--h14-p13--11--9--12-|-12--14--12--11--9(slide down)-|------
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------
----------------------------|----------------------------(3)|------
4. (repeat this part several times with a short rest a marked note
(x) in one version; 7/8 !!)
(Vocals: As the silence of season...)
----------|----------x0---------------|---------------------|------
----------|-------1-----0-------------|-------1---0---------|------
*---------|---2-------------0---------|---2---------0------*|------
----0--2--|3--------------------0--2--|3----------------0---|------
*---------|---------------------------|--------------------*|------
-(3)---3--|-1---1---1-3---3---3----3--|-1---1---1-3---3---3-|------
5. This is the complete transcribtion of the acoustic part of "The
Ancient". Try to realise it with the original song...
5.a. Intro
-------0--2-----0--0--0----0--5-p2h5p5-----------------------------
-2--3--------2------2--2---------------5-3-2-0-0-------------------
-----------------------------------------------4-------------------
---------------------------0-------------------2-------------------
-------0--------4----4--4------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
5.b. (Vocals: Does the leaves of green stay greener...)
--------0-----2--0-----------0-------------------------------------
--2--3-----2--------3--2--3-----3--0-------------------------------
---------------------------------------1--2--4---------------------
--------------0----------------------------------------------------
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--2--4--2----------------------------------
-----------------------------------4---0--2--4---------------------
--------0-----2--0--------0----0--0--0-----------------------------
--2--3-----2--------3--2-------------------------------------------
-----------------------------7--7--7--7----------------------------
--------------0----------------------------------------------------
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--4----------------------------------------
-----------------------------7---7--7--7(slide down to 3)----------
5.c. Refrain
Strumming:
G C G C
...And I heard a milliom voices singing
G F
acting to the story....
(Vocals: Does one child know the secret...)
--------0-----2--0--------0-------------0-------------------------
--2--3-----2--------3--2-----3-------2-----3-----2----------------
-------------------------------4--1----------4-1------------------
--------------0------------------------------------...and so on...
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--4--2-------0--4--2-----0----------------
-------------------------------4--0----------4-0------------------
5.d. "Lalala"-Part: A/E/A/E/A...... (strumming)
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File created by Torsten Lasse, March 2000
File name: yes-tales_from_t_o.txt ((Version 1))
For further information or tips contact: uzsrbw@uni-bonn.de
If you have transcribed other parts please contact me...
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