Akira Yamaoka - Theme Of Laura Chords & Tabs

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			     Silent Hill 2 "Theme Of Laura" by Akira Yamaoka
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Tabbed by: Campusanis
Email: kevin dot thoma at freenet dot de

Tuning: Standard EADGBe

Intro: Play 2x
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---(2)-2--2--2---2-2/4--4--4---4-5--5--5---5-5h7-5---4---------------------|
A|---(3)-3--3--3---3-3/5--5--5---5-7--7--7---7-7---7---5---------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Lead in:

e|------0---0---2---2---3---3-2--2-0--7--7--5-0---7---7----------------------|
B|----0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Lead "Chorus":

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3/5--0-----0--------------0----------------3-----------------------|
G|------0---------2-----0------0------2----------------4---------------------|
D|----2----------------------4-------------2--2/5----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------3/5--0-----0--------------0------3--3/5----------------------------|
G|------0---------2-----0------0------2--------------4-----------------------|
D|----2----------------------4-----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Middle Part (you can add a few strums on the Em to mimic the drums if you're playing 
Play 4x

e|---------------------2-----------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|----2----------------2-----------------|   No break or short pause here!
A|----2----------------2-------4---3---2-|
E|---------------------------------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/akira_yamaoka/theme_of_laura_tab_ver_2.html ]
e|----3----2-----3----2--2-2h3-2-0------------------3------------------------|
B|-------------1---------------------0---------------------------------------|
G|-----------2---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----3----2-----3----2--2-2h3-2-0---3/5-----12-0*-3-3-3-0-3-5-3-2-----------|
B|-------------1-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------2---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
* This should be 2nd fret but playing the string open here is easier and doesn't sound 
bad.

e|----------0-3-5-0----3--2-3-3/5--0-----------0-3-5-0----3--2-3-3--0--------|
B|------1-3--------------------------------1-3-------------------------------|
G|----2----------------------------------2-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------0-3-5-0----3--2-3-3-0-3-4-----0-4-5-7----12--10------------------|
B|------1-3------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Play 4x

e|----3-3-3-2-2-3-3/5---0-------2---3-3-2-3-----3-2-0-----0---------0--------|
B|--------------------------0-0---0---------3-----------0---4-4-2-4----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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e|----2-3-5----3-2-0---------|
B|--------------------0------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|


[Replay Intro]

e|----0-2-3----2-0------0-2-0--------0-2-3----2-3-5----5-3-2----2-3-2--------|
B|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Replay Lead "Chorus"]

Finally, replay Middle Part but let the Em9 ring out at the 4th time.
Just to make sure, Em9 is this:

e|--2--|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--2--|
A|--2--|
E|-----|


| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| () only play first time
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