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HEADLESS GAME
As recorded by Edguy
(From the 1999 Album THEATER OF SALVATION)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by Tobias Sammet
Em
0 2 2 0 0 0
D
x x 0 2 3 2
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
B
x 2 4 4 4 x
G
3 2 0 0 0 3
Am
x 0 2 2 1 0
F
1 3 3 2 1 1
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Keyboard'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead II'
Intro
Q=124
Em C
4/4
Gtr III
W W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
PM---------------------------------------------
H E a Q. s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|----------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|--------xs19\---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D B
W W
| |
/ /
---------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------||
Verse
$
Em C
W W
| |
/ /
PM----------------------------------------------
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q H W
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-17\---------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------|
D B
W W
| |
/ /
---------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------||
|
| W W
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
Bridge
Em
W W
| |
/ /
PM---------------------------------------------
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G D
W W
| |
/ /
---------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
G D C
W W W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
E E Q H W E E Q H W W +W
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-5-----------|-7--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-7-----------|-5--------|-3-----------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-5-----------|-3--------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
Chorus
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|-5--------|----------|-7----|
||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5----|
||--0--------|----------|-3--------|------|
1. 2.
To Coda
W W W +W +W
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||--------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------o||--------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------||--------|
|----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)---------||-(7)----|
|-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)--------o||-(5)----|
|-0--------|----------|----------|-------------||--------|
Guitar Break
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~ ~~~
| H. Q H. Q
|--------------------------|-15----------------17-----|
|-17----------------19-----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--4-----4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4-4-4-|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---2--2--2-2-2-2-2-|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------|
|
| ~~ ~~
| W Q. +E H
|-19---------------------|-19b20========(19)r==19---------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|
|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|
|
| ~~~ ~~~
| H. Q H. Q
|--------------------------|-15----------------17-----|
|-17----------------19-----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
----------------------------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--4-----4-4---4----4--4--4-4--4-4--4----||
|--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-|--2-----2-2---2----2--2--2-2--2-2--2----||
|--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-|----------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~ ~~
| Q. E Q. E Q +E +E Q E E
|-15--------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------19---19--------15-|-15b17======(15)r(15)---15--------15----||
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------16---------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo
&
Am D
Gtr III
W W
| |
/ /
W W
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|--7-------------|
|--7-------------|--5-------------|
|--5-------------|----------------|
|
| E. E. E H E. E. E H
|----------------|----------------|
|-/6--5----------|-/6--5----------|
|--------5-------|--------5-------|
|----------7-----|----------7-----|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
G C D G
|------3------|
W +H Q Q Q
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|------3------|
W +H Q Q Q
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|--------5-----7-------------|
|--5-------------|-(5)----3-----5-------5-----|
|--3-------------|-(3)------------------3-----|
|
| E. E. E H +H S S S S S S S S
|----------------|----------------------------|
|-/6--5----------|----------------------------|
|--------5-------|--------5-------7-------4---|
|----------5-----|-(5)------5-5-----5-5-----5-|
|----------------|----------------------------|
|----------------|----------------------------|
Am D
W W
| |
/ /
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/e/edguy/112213.html ]
W W
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|--7---------------|
|--7-------------|--5---------------|
|--5-------------|------------------|
|
| E. E. E H E. E. E Q. E
|----------------|------------------|
|-/6--5----------|-/6--5------------|
|--------5-------|--------5------4--|
|----------7-----|----------7-------|
|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|
F G C G
|-------3-------|
W +H Q Q Q
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|-------3-------|
W +H Q Q Q
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------5-----------------|
|-3-------------|-(3)------5------3--------5--------|
|-1-------------|-(1)------3---------------3--------|
|
| H.. S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------7---9-10---|
|-5---------2-0-|--2-----2s7-9-10---9-10------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------------|
Am
W
|
/
W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-7---------------------------------------|
|-5---------------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5h8p5-----5h8p5-----5h8p5-----5h8p5-----|
|-------5-5-------5-5-------5-5-------5-5-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
D
W
|
/
W
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5h10p5-----5h10p5-----5h10p5-----5h10p5-----|
|--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
G
W
|
/
W
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-5-------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------------------|
|
| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-8h12p8-----8h12p8-----8h12p8-----8h12p8-----|
|--------8-8--------8-8--------8-8--------8-8-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
C D G
|------3-------|
+H Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
|------3-------|
+H Q Q Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5-----7---------------|
|-(5)-----------------3-----5--------5------|
|-(3)--------------------------------3------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13p8---12p8---10p8-12p8-----10p8-----12p8-|
|------8------8-----------8--------8--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Am D
W W
| |
/ /
W W
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|--7------------------|
|-7-------------|--5------------------|
|-5-------------|---------------------|
|
| Q +Q H E E E H +E
|---------------|---------------------|
|-8--(8)S=10----|-10s12-10-12----(12)-|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|
F G
W W
| |
/ /
W W
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------|-5-------------------------------|
|--1-----------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|
| E E E Q. +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12s13-12-13----(13)\-0-0-|-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
Am
W +W +W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
W +W +W +W
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-7---------------|-(7)--------------------------|-(7)--------|-(7)----||
|-5---------------|-(5)--------------------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
|
| Gtr IV
| |---3---|
| E +Q H +E q q q E +E +E E W +W
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-3-(3)s=5----(5)-|--5b6-5b6-5b6-5b6==(5)r(5)p3--|--5---------|-(5)----||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
|-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------||
Verse
Em
Gtr III
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------------------
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C
W +W
| |
/ /
----------------------------------------------|
s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e 4x
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
Pre-Chorus
G D C
W W W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
E E Q H W E E Q H W W +W
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
|-------------|----------|-5-----------|-7--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
|-7-----------|-5--------|-3-----------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-5-----------|-3--------|-------------|----------|----------|--------||
Out-Chorus
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|----------|----------|
||-----------|----------|----------|----------|
||-----------|-5--------|----------|-7--------|
||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5--------|
||--0--------|----------|-3--------|----------|
W W W +W 3x
|----------|----------|----------|---------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------o||
|----------|----------|----------|---------||
|----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)-----||
|-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----o||
|-0--------|----------|----------|---------||
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|-5--------|----------|-7--------|
|-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5--------|
|-0--------|----------|-3--------|----------|
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|----------|----------|--------*|
|----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)----*|
|-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-0--------|----------|----------|--------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
