Queensryche - Speak Chords & Tabs

 

Speak Chords & Tabs

Queensryche Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Tab

Speak Tab

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Author/Artist: Queensyche
Title: Speak
Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
Email: grans@earthlink.net

Thanks to several people from the Official Michael Wilton Website ..  and
the Whip himself . . .for clues on figuring out the opening riff and rhythm parts.
 "Make your hand like a spider . . .."

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 intro riff

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-16---------16----------14---------14-------------16---------16---------16----|
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--------16---------16-----------12---------12---------14---------17-----------|
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-16----------16---------16---------16---------16--------16-----------16-------|
-----0-0-14------0--14------0--14------0--14-----0--14-----0--0--14------0----|
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-----16--------16---------14--------14--------------16---------14-------------|
-14------0--14-----0--12------0--12-------0--0--14------0--12--------0--10----|
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-12--------10--------9--------7-------5--------4v-----------------------------|
-----0--9------0--7-----0--5----0--4-----0--2---------------------------------|
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----5--7--------7---------5--7--------5-------|-------------------------------|
-0--------0--8----0--0--0-------0--7-----0--0-|-------------------------------|
 main riff/verse riff. Palm mute it, duh          these are the verse fills:

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---5-7------7----7-----------------7------------------------------------------|
-0-----0--8---00-8-----------------5------------------------------------------|
 religion is to blame   ...with a gun       then, the chorus

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-2----4----2-----4----5---4-|--------------------------------------------2---|
-3----5----3-----5----5---5-|----5----5----7----------5---5---5---7---9--2-*-|
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 SPEAK TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!     Speak the world . . . the word is all of us
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queensryche/speak_tab_ver_2.html ]
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--5------4-----5-----7--------5-----4------4---4------5-----4-----7---7---7---|
--2------2-----2-----4--------2-----2------2---2------2-----2-----4---5---7---|
------0-----0-----0--------------0-----3---3---0---------0-----0--------------|
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 Bridge "Seven years of power"

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-5----4-----5----5--5----5---4------------------------------------------------|
-2----2-----5----5--5--------4------------------------------------------------|
-0----0-----3----3--3--------2------------------------------------------------|
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--------16---------17---------16--------17--------16--------------------------|
-0--14------0--14------0--14-----0--14-----0--14------0--14-------------------|
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 Yey!! Another Guitar Solo

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---------------------------14----14-12-14-11-12-11-12-11----11----------------|
---------------------------------------------------------14----14-12-10---9---|
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----------------------------------^9\------/-------0--9------0--9------0--9---|
---------10------10--12--10--12------\----/-----------------------------------|
-10--12------12-----------------------\--/------------------------------------|
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                                 I'll have a natural harmonic with whammy.

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-12--------10--------12-------14----------15----------17----20b22r20v---------|
-----0--9------0--9-------12------12--12------12--12--------------------------|
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-----17-20-17----17-----------------------------------------------------------|
-20-----------20----20-17-20----17----17-20-17----17--------------------------|
-----------------------------19----19----------19----19-17-19-17----17----17--|
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-19-19b21r19-17-19--------------------------17----17-16-17-14-16-14-12-14-----|
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---------------------------------------------15------14-0-14----0-14----0-14--|
-14b16r14-12-11-12-11-------------------0-12----0-12--------------------------|
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-17------17-b19v--------------------------------------------------------------|
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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                     --\------/----------|
          -                                    --\----/-------|
\ - bar down
/- bar up