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Author/Artist: Queensryche
Title: Breaking The Silence
Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
Email: grans@earthlink.net
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---8--------8--------8--------6----6----6----8--------8-------8-----6----6----|
---7--------7--------7--------5----5----5----7--------7-------7-----5----5----|
---0--------0--------0-----------------------0--------0-------0---------------|
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intro
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-x---------------3------2----------------3------2----------------3-------2----|
-x-\-------------0------0----------------0------0-----3----------0-------0----|
-x----------------------------------------------------1-----------------------|
-------------3-------3---------0--1--3-------3---------------3-------3--------|
pick scrape
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-----------3----5----------3-----2--------------3------2---------------3------|
-----------0----3----------0-----0--------------0------0-----3---------0------|
----------------3--------------------------------------------1----------------|
-0--1--3--------1-------3-----3--------0--1--3------3---------------3-----3---|
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-2---0------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-0---0---3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------3--------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------1--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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----------6--------------------6-----------------------------------------------|
-------3--------------------3--------------3-------2------3--------------------|
----5--------------------5--------------3----------3------3--------------------|
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-3--------------------3--------------1-----------------------------------------|
verse riff pm----------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------5---------6---8-----5-------5---5-----3-----------------|
--4---------4---------8---------8---8-----6-------6---6-----4-----------------|
--3---------3---------7---------7-/-7-----5-------5---5-----3-----------------|
--1---------1---------0---------0---0-----------------------------------------|
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prechorus riff
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------------------5-------------------------------5---5-----5---5-------------|
----5-------------5---------------5-------5-------3---3-----5---5-----5-------|
----5--------3----3--------3------5-------5-----------------3---3-----5-------|
----3--------1----3--------1------3-------3---------------------------3-------|
chorus
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-----------------------------------6-----4------------------------------------|
----------5--------------3---------5-----3------------------------------------|
----------5--------------5---------3-----1------5-----------------------------|
-----3----3--------3-----5---------3-----1------5-----------------------------|
-----1----3--------1-----3----------------------3-----------------------------|
---------5b6r5----------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------6--------------------------------------------------------------|
-5-/-7-----------5---5b7------ph5-b6-r5---3-p-2-h-3---------------------------|
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Guitar Interlude
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----------------------3---------------------5------3--------------------------|
-------------3---5----1---5-----------------3------1--------------------------|
-------------1---3--------3----3----------------------------------------------|
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pre solo de eep un der ground. . .
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/q/queensryche/43023.html ]
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-------------------------------------------------------3--4--6--4--3---3--4---|
-^3-----\-------5b7r5--3--5b7r5--/-2h3h5--3p2h3h5--------------------5--------|
---------\--------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------\-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------\------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo
-----------------------------ph6----------------------------------------------|
-6--4--3---3--4--6--4--3-----------------ph6----------------------------------|
---------5---------------5--------5---5-----------\------/\-------------------|
-----------------------------------------------ph3-\----/--\------------------|
----------------------------------------------------\--/----\-----------------|
-----------------------------------------------------\/------\----------------|
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-------------------------------------------------6----------------------------|
-------------------------------------------3-5-7-----5--5h7-5--7-10-7----10---|
-------------------------------------3-5-7----------------------------10------|
---------------------3-3-3--5-5--6-6------------------------------------------|
-3-3-3--5-5-5--6-6-6----------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------18--17----17----|
----------------------------------15v-------------18--15-------------15-------|
-12-10----10-12-14--12b14r12--10-------------------------15-------------------|
-------12---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-----17----------16------------------------------------------------------------|
-15------15--14------14---14--15--11--13--10--11---8-\-3-----------------------|
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------------------------------------------------------------/-3----------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------/---------3---5-----|
----------------------------------------------------------/-----------------6--|
pm-----------------------------------------------------| bar scoop
------------------------------------------15--13--15b17--r15--13--15b17--r15--|
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-5--2--3--0--2-----5------------/\--------------------------------------------|
-----------------------ph3\----/--\-------------------------------------------|
----------------3----------\--/----\------------------------------------------|
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-13--17--13----13v--15--13--12--13--12--13--15--13--12--13--12--8--12--12--8--|
------------15----------------------------------------------------------------|
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----8----8--12--8----8--------------------------------------------------------|
-10---10----------10---10v---8--10--11--13b15r13------------------------------|
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--------------------------------------------------------------------6------4--|
--------------------------------------------------------------------5------3--|
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-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---5----1----5----3-----3---------------------|
-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---3---------3----------1---------------------|
can't look back . . .
--------6--5---------------------------------------------6--5-------8---------|
-------------6------------------------------------------------6-/-8---8-------|
-5-6-7----------5----b7-----r5--5---5--7-b8-r7----5h6h7-----------------------|
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Last Interlude
--------------------------------15------10--10-----8---8----------------------|
-8--11--13--15-b-17-b17--15--15----15---13--13-----11--11---------------------|
------------17---19--19-----------------12--12-----10--10---------------------|
----------------------------------------10--10-----8---8----------------------|
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we know you did it.
h - hammer on
p - pull off
* - trill
b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - fret-hand muting
^ - natural harmonics
ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
-\----------/-----------------------------|
Lines going diagonally up and down --\--------/-------------|
These mean whammy bar --\------/----------|
- --\----/-------|
\ - bar down
/- bar up
