Queensrÿche

Breaking The Silence

Queensrÿche


Tom: D


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 intro                                                                        

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 pick scrape                                                                  

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 verse riff        pm--------                                                 

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 prechorus riff                                                               

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 chorus                                                                       

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 Guitar Interlude                                                             

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 pre solo   de  eep  un  der ground. . .                                      

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 Guitar Solo                                                                  

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 can't look back . . .                                                        

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 Last Interlude                                                               

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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
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Lines going diagonally up and down   --\--------/-----
These mean whammy bar                     --\------/-------
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\ - bar down
/- bar up