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--- tabs:satanic_messiah [2008/10/09 23:15]
carnac44 created
+++ tabs:satanic_messiah [2010/11/17 11:32]
thank_you_mario fixed some incorrect chords for a more accurate version - wasnt sure if i should edit yours, so there is a third option now (more piano friendly than the first)
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 Satanic Messiah
+tabbed by mike/howardfinkel
+F# F#7 D B
+F#        F#7             B             C#  (riff on B string, 4-6)
 I saw the posters popping up around the city
+B    #                   F#   C#
 Pale blue and washed out red
+F#      F#7         B                C# (riff on B string, 4-6)
 I went down to the arena pushing through
-Hoping I'd run into you
+B    C#         F#       C#
+     Hoping I'd run into you
+B                C#                  Ebm    G#
 Sweet freshly scrubbed smell of the crowd
+B          C#                F#    C#
 All the excitement in their eyes
+B            Bb7           Ebm                     G#
 We were all made young when he stepped onto the stage
+B       C#       Ebm              G#
 Like an animal escaping from his cage
+C#         F#
 Raise the trumpet
+           B
 Sound the drum
+            F#                C#               F#
 He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
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 Sound the drum
 He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
+F# F#7 D B F#
 </code>
+<code>
+In my opinion, this is much easier to play on guitar with a capo on the second fret. All I've done here is
+transcribe all of the chords in the original tab down 2 half steps
+E E7 C A
+E         E7              A             B  (riff on B string, 2-4)
+I saw the posters popping up around the city
+A    B                   E    B
+Pale blue and washed out red
+E      E7          A                B (riff on B string, 2-4)
+I went down to the arena pushing through
+A    B          E        B
+     Hoping I'd run into you
+A                B                   C#m    F#
+Sweet freshly scrubbed smell of the crowd
+A          B                 E    B
+All the excitement in their eyes
+A            Ab7           C#m                     F#
+We were all made young when he stepped onto the stage
+A       B        C#m              F#
+Like an animal escaping from his cage
+B         E
+Raise the trumpet
+           A
+Sound the drum
+            E                 B                E
+He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
+All of us too dazed to leave when it was over
+Dawdled by the vendors for a minute
+Gathered underneath a summer sky
+I was hoping you'd pass by
+But though I didn't see you that day or the next
+I'm pretty sure that you were there
+Making your way along the young and happy horde
+Headed down to your reward
+Raise the trumpet
+Sound the drum
+He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
+E E7 C A E
+</code>
+<code>
+Satanic Messiah
+tabbed by mike/howardfinkel - edited by jesse
+Here's a version if you want to play it on piano - more accurate chords, not quite as simple to play on guitar.
+F# F#7 D B
+F#        F#7             B             C#
+I saw the posters popping up around the city
+B    C#                   F#   C#/G#
+Pale blue and washed out red
+F#      F#7         G#m                C#
+I went down to the arena pushing through
+B    C#         F#       F#/G#
+     Hoping I'd run into you
+B                C#                  Ebm    G#
+Sweet freshly scrubbed smell of the crowd
+B          C#                F#    F#/G#
+All the excitement in their eyes
+G#m            Bb7           Ebm                     G#
+We were all made young when he stepped onto the stage
+G#m       C#sus4       Ebm              G#
+Like an animal escaping from his cage
+C#         F#
+Raise the trumpet
+           B
+Sound the drum
+            Bsus2                C#               F#
+He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
+All of us too dazed to leave when it was over
+Dawdled by the vendors for a minute
+Gathered underneath a summer sky
+I was hoping you'd pass by
+But though I didn't see you that day or the next
+I'm pretty sure that you were there
+Making your way along the young and happy horde
+Headed down to your reward
+Raise the trumpet
+Sound the drum
+He whom the prophets spoke of long ago has come
+F# F#7 D B F#
+</code>

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