INTRO (00:29)
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Riff A.........................|
PART 1 (01:09-01:55)
Gtr 1 w/riff A
JOURNALIST: Next morning a crowd gathered on the common, hypnotised by the unscrewing of
cylinder. 2 feet of shining screw projected when suddenly, the lid fell off.
Gtr 2: (w/wah wah)
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G|-----------------3b4==r3b4~~~~--|----------------%----------------------|
D|-5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6~~~~--|----------------%----------------------|
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Fill 1....................................................................|
Gtr 1 w/riff A
Gtr 2 w/fill 1
JOURNALIST: Two luminous, disc-like eyes appeared above the rim. A huge rounded bulk,
than a bear, rose up slowly, glistening like wet leather, its lipless mouth quivered and
and snakelike tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated.
PART 2 (01:55-03:15)
Gtr 2(wah wah off): (w/dist)
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D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-|
A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------|
G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---|
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B|-4-3-4---------------------------------9~~~-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------6/8----------------------------------|
D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6---------------------------------------|
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Riff B...................|Riff C...|
PART 2a (03:15-03:33)
Vcl : A few young men crept closer to the pit. A tall funnel rose,
Gtr2: Riff B Riff C
Vcl : then an invisble ray of heat leapt from man to man and there was a
Gtr2: Riff B
Vcl : bright glare as each was instantly turned to fire. Every tree and bush
Gtr2: Riff B
Vcl :became a mass of flames at the touch of the savage, unearthly heat ray.
Gtr2:Riff C Riff B
PART 3 (03:33-05:26)
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Riff D...............................................................(x4).|
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G|-/13-13-13-13\--1-|
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E|------------------|
Gtr 2: (w/dist)
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D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-|
A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------|
G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---|
D|-------------2-2------4-4-----------------------------------------------|
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E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-4-3-4----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
PART 4 (05:26-05:47)
w/riff B
Vcl:People clawed their way off te common, and I ran too. I felt I was being toyed with,
that when I was on the verge of safety this mysterious death would leap after me and
me down. At last I reached Maybury hill, and in the dim coolness of my home, I wrote an
for my newspaper before I sank into a restless, haunted sleep.
PART 5 (05:47-06:47)
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B|-------------0--o||-------|------|-Gtr-3-------------|-----|-------------|
G|-------------4~~~||-------|------|-------------------|-----|-------------|
D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-----||-0-1-0-|------|-------------------|-----|-------------|
A|----------------o||-------|------|-------------------|-----|-------------|
E|-----------------||-------|------|-TP...............||-----|TP..........||
PART 6 (06:47-07:55)
Vcl : I woke to alien sounds of hammering from the pit, and turned to the railway
to buy the paper.
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G|------|-------------------|-----|
D|------|-------------------|-----|
A|------|-------------------|-----|
E|------|-TP...............||-----|
Around me, the daily routine of life, working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely
it had for countless years.
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D|------|-------------------|-----|
A|------|-------------------|-----|
E|------|-TP...............||-----|
On Horsell Common, the martians continued hammering and stirring, sleepless,
at work on the machines they were making. Now and again a light, like the beam of a warships'
swept the common, and the heat ray was ready to follow.
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D|------|-------------------|
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|-13---10---15---10-|
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|-TP...............||
PART 7 (07:55-09:12)
Gtr 3 w/riff D (see P3)
SOLO (behind riff D)
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B|------------------------------------13h15p13h15p13h15--------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12-9\|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12-13b15==========\---------|
G|-/9~~=====\-/10h12p10h12p10h12----------------------------------\--------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------\-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------\------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------\-----|
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B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-/14===\/12===\/10===\-10h12p10h12p10h12\10p7h10p7-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------7\--------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------\-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------\------------------|
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B|----------------------------------------13b15-13-10----------------------|
G|-10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12h14p12p10-------------12p10~~~~~\----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------\---------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------\--------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------\-------|
e|--20b22===r---20b22===r-20b22r--20p17----17------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------20----20p17----19------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------21----21p19------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------21p19h21\--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------\|
e|------{19}\---------------------------------------------------------12h15|
B|------{19}\\---------------------------------------12h15p12h15p12h15-----|
G|------{19}\\\--------------------12h14p12h14p12h14-----------------------|
D|------{19}\\\\-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|------{19}\\\\\----------------------------------------------------------|
E|------{19}\\\\\\---------------------------------------------------------|
w/bar.....|
e|------------------------------------------------22b24---------[22]~~~----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------12b14~~~~\-------14p12---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------\------------14p12---------------------------------------|
A|-----------------\-------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------\------------------------------------------------------|
w/bar.......|
PART 8 (09:12-09:15)
Gtr 2:(w/dist)
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D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-|
A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------|
G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---|
D|-------------2-2------4-4-----------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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B|-4-3-4---------------------------------9~~~-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------6/8----------------------------------|
D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6---------------------------------------|
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Part 9 (09:51-10:50)
Vcl : In the afternoon, a company of soldiers came through and deployed along the edge
the common, to form a cordon,
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D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------|
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E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............|
That evening there was a violent crash, and I realised with horror that my home was now
range of the martians heat ray.
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G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------|
D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------|
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E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............|
At dawn, a falling star with a trail of green mist, landed with a flash like summer
This was the second cylinder.
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B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------|
G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------|
D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------|
A|-------------------------|------|------------------|
E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............|
PART 10 (Outro)
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G|-/13-13-13-13\--1-|
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B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------|
G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------|
D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------|
A|-------------------------|------|------------------|
E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............|
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B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------|
G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------|
D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------|
A|-------------------------|------|------------------|
E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............|
Fade
Legend:
b = bend
r = release bend
= = hold bend
% = repeat section
~ = vibrato
/ = slide up
\ = slide down (multiple mean long slides)
h = hammer on
p = pull off
TP = tremolo picking
{n} = natural harmonic
[n] = artificial harmonic (pinch)
w/bar = wammy dive
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