21st Century Shizoid Man

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  • First the chords:
    The main chordal riff in 4/4:
    1 2 3 4|1 2 3 4
  • C A# C D# A# C |F F# G
     
    Alternate used before vox:
  • 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
    C A# C D# F G |13---14---15-|
    |16*--17*--18*| *Bend each 1 whole step
  • |-------------|
    |-------------|
    |-------------|
  • |-------------|
     
    Vocal Section Chord from hell:
  • Interpretations of this chord are legendary, this one sounded best to me:
    x
    8
  • 8
    10
    10
  • 8
    Cat's foot etc...
     
  • Exit main chordal riff:
    F F# G : Repeat 6 times, increase tempo then...
     
  • Unison run section 1 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)
     
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
  • |----------------------------|--------------------------|
    |--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-------------|
    |5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-----------3---3-4-|
  • |--------------------------5-|--------------4-5---5-----|
    |----------------------------|--------------------------|
    |----------------------------|--------------------------|
  •  
    |----------------------------|------------------6---6-7-|
    |--------4-5-6---------------|--------4-5-6-7-8---8-----|
  • |5-5-5-5-------5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-------------------|
    |--------------------------5-|--------------------------|
    |----------------------------|--------------------------|
  • |----------------------------|--------------------------|
     
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
  • |----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
    |----------------------------|--------------/tri\--/tri\--/tri\--/tri\-|
    |--------3-4-5---------------|--------3-4-5-0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3--0-3-3-|
  • |5-5-5-5-1-2-3-5-5-5-5-4-3---|5-5-5-5-1-2-3----------------------------|
    |3-3-3-3-------3-3-3-3-2-1-0-|3-3-3-3----------------------------------|
    |--------------------------3-|-----------------------------------------|
  • Play chords loose and sloppy tri=triplets
     
    Unison run section 2 (rhythm sorta notated by the 1-2-3-4)
  •  
    1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
    |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  • |11-------11-------11----------------|11-------11-------11----------------|
    |---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
    |---------------------------------13-|---------------------------------13-|
  • |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
     
  • |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    |---------------------------------10-|11-------11-------11----------------|
    |12-------12-------12-------11-12----|---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----|
  • |---13-15----13-15----13-15----------|---------------------------------13-|
    |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
  •  
    |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
    |11-------11-------11----------------|
  • |---11-12----11-12----11-12-11-10----| Vibrato and Feedback like a Madman
    |---------------------------------13-\-/-\->then you're on your own...
    |------------------------------------| ...for this is the Solo from Hell :)
  • |------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
     
    ...And speaking of hell, here are the inhumanly fast parts...
  •  
    Fast1*
    |--------------------------------------------3-|
  • |------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---|
    |----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5-------|
    |--------3---3-5---5-----------5---------------|
  • |--1-3-5---5-----------------------------------|
    |3---------------------------------------------|
    *The rhythm is correct so if you play the triplet at the indicated time
  • (and allow 1 note length) you should be dead on.
    The notes themselves are pretty close but open to interpretation...
     
  • Fast2**
    |--------------------------------------------3---------------|
    |------------------------/tri\-------3---3-6---2-1-----------|
  • |----------------3---3-5-3-5-3---3-5---5------------3-0------|
    |--------3---3-5---5-----------5-------------------------3-0-|
    |--1-3-5---5-------------------------------------------------|
  • |3-----------------------------------------------------------|
    **Same as * except last 7 notes are definitely correct
     
  • Fast3
    |------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------|
  • |--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-----------|
    |--1-3-5-------------------------3-0-------|
    |3-----------------------------------4-3-1-|
  • |------------------------------------------|
     
    Mute1
  • |------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------|
    |------------------------------------------|
  • |--------3-0-7-0-5-0-3-0-5-0-7-0-3-0-------|
    |--1-3-5-----------------------------4-3-1-|
    |3-----------------------------------------|
  •  
    Stop & Go
    |----1-----1-|----1-------|----1-3-------------|----1-3-------------|
  • |1-3---1-3---|1-3---3-2-1-|1-3-----2-1---------|1-3-----2-1---------|
    |------------|------------|------------3-0-----|------------3-0-----|
    |------------|------------|----------------3-0-|----------------3-0-|
  • |------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|
    |------------|------------|--------------------|--------------------|
     
  • The order for the inhumanly fast section:
    Fast1, Fast2, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go, Mute1, Mute1, Fast3, Fast1, Stop&Go
     
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