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MEMORY
As recorded by Avantasia
(From the 2002 Album THE METAL OPERA PT.II)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Tobias Sammet
E5
x 7 9 9 x x
A5
5 7 7 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
E5open
0 2 2 x x x
D5
x 5 7 7 x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jens Ludwig (Edguy) - Rhythm '
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jens Ludwig (Lead 1)'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jens Ludwig (Lead 2)'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Bass'
Intro
Moderately Fast Q=169
N.C.(E)
4/4
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------0---|---0-------------|-------------0---|---0-------------|
|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|
|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|
|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|
C5 D5 B5 C5 A5 B5
PM PM PM PM PM PM ~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-------------0---|---0-------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|-5----7----4--|-(4)-5-(5)--2----4----||
|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--([2])--||
|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|--------------|----------------------||
N.C.(E)
PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--------------0---|---0-------------|-------------0---|---0--------------|
||--2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0------|
||o-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0------|
||----0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0--|
1.,2.
C5 D5 B5 C5 A5 B5 B5
PM PM PM PM PM PM ~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------o||
|-------------0---|---0-------------|--------------|-----------------------||
|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|-5----7----4--|-(4)-5-(5)--2----4-----||
|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--([2])--o||
|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|--------------|-----------------------||
3.
C5 B5 C5 D5
PM PM PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q Q Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------||
|-------------0---|---0-------------|--------------|------------||
|-2---0---2---0-2-|---0---4---0-----|-5----4----5--|-7----------||
|-2---0---2-----2-|-------4---0-----|-3----2----3--|-5----------||
|---0---0---0-----|-0---0---0---0-0-|--------------|------------||
1st and 2nd Verses
N.C.(E)
PM------------------------------| PM PM| PM PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-2-----0---3---2-|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-2-----0---3---2-|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C5 D5 B5 C5 A5 B5
PM----------------------------| ~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-5----7----4--|-(4)-5-(5)--2----4----|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--([2])--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|----------------------|
PM------------------------------| PM PM| PM PM----------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----0---3---2-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-----0---3---2-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C5 D5 B5 C5 A5 B5
PM----------------------------| ~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|----------------------||
|-2---------------|-----------------|-5----7----4--|-(4)-5-(5)--2----4----||
|-2---------------|-----------------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--([2])--||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|----------------------||
(A)
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------5---------|-----------------|-------5---------|
|-7-----5-----7---|-8-----------8---|-7-----5-----7---|-8-----------8---|
|---5-5---5-5---5-|---5-5---5-5---5-|---5-5---5-5---5-|---5-5---5-5---5-|
(B) (C) B5 D5
PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM PM| PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------4--7--||
|-9-----7-----9---|-10-----9-----10---|-9-----7-----9---|-10-----2--5--||
|---7-7---7-7---7-|----7-7---7-7----7-|---8-8---8-8---8-|--------------||
Chorus
$
E5 C5 D5 B5
4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-9--------|-5--------|-7--------|-4----|
|-7--------|-3--------|-5--------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
To Coda
C5 A5 D5 B5 D5
W W W +H Q Q
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
|-5--------|-2--------|-7--------|-(7)----4--7--|
|-3--------|-0--------|-5--------|-(5)----2--5--|
|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
E5 C5 D5 B5
4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-9--------|-5--------|-7--------|-4----|
|-7--------|-3--------|-5--------|-2----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
C5 A5 D5
W W W +W
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-2--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|-3--------|-0--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|----------|----------|--------|
1. 2.
C5 C5
PM--------------|
W +W E E E E S S E E E E E Q H E E Q H
|----------|------------|-------------------|--------------||-------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|-------------o||-------------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|--------------||-------------||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-------------------|-5------------||-5-----------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-----------o||-3-----------||
|----------|------------|-------------------|--------------||-------------||
Bass Solo
N.C.
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
|----------|----------|----------|------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-------||
Bridge
G5 F5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|
Eb5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------||-8--------|-(8)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------||-6--------|-(6)----|
|----------|------------||----------|--------|
Bb5 C5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-8--------|-(8)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|----------|--------|
G5 F5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|
G5 F5
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|
E5 E
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ o / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II
W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-8tr9----------------|-8tr9----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-9tr10---------------|-9tr10---------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|-10p8---10p8---10p8---10p8---10p8---10-|
|------9------9------9------9------9----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--9p7----9p7----9p7----9p7----9p7----9-|
|------9------9------9------9------9----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/avantasia/memory_tab.html ]
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|-10p8---10p8---10p8---10p8---10p8---10-||
|------9------9------9------9------9----||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--9p7----9p7----9p7----9p7----9p7----9-||
|------9------9------9------9------9----||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo - J.Ludwig
A5 F5
Gtr I
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
A +H E +E E E +E A +E E E Q. E
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-12b13==(12)----12r(12)p10-12-|-(12)-12b13-(12)-12-10-12----12-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
| A +H E +E E E +E A +E E E Q. E
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--8b10===(8)-----8r=(8)p=6--8-|--(8)--8b10--(8)--8--6--8-----8-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G5 E5
W W
| |
/ /
~~
E E E E E E E E A +Q +E S S H
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|-12-10-10-8-8---------|------------------------------|
|--------------10-10-9-|-10b12==(10)r=(10)-10p9-10----|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| E E E E E E E E A +Q +E S S H
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|--8--6--6-------------|------------------------------|
|----------9-9--7--7-5-|--7b9====(7)r==(7)--7p5--7----|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
F5 D5 G5
W W W +W
| | | |
/ / / /
~~
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q a +H +Q. S S W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|------------13--|-12----10--------|----------------------------|-------|
|-------9--------|-------------12--|-10b12==(10)r===(10)---10p9-|-------|
|-10-------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-12----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|
| ~~
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q a +H +Q. S S W
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|------------10--|--8--------------|----------------------------|-------|
|-------5--------|-------10-----9--|--7b9====(7)r====(7)----7p5-|--4----|
|--7-------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------------|-------|
A5 F5
W W
| |
/ /
~~
S S E E S S E E E E W
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-15h17p15----15h17p15----15-17-|-15--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|----------17----------17-------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|
| ~~
| S S E E S S E E E E W
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-12h13p12----12h13p12----12-13-|-12--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|----------14----------14-------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
|-------------------------------|-----------|
G5 E5
W W
| |
/ /
~~
S S E E S S E E E E W
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-15h17p15----15h17p15----15-17-|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|----------17----------17-------|-17----|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|
| ~~
| S S E E S S E E E E W
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-12h13p12----12h13p12----12-13-|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|----------14----------14-------|-14----|
|-------------------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------|
F5
W
|
/
S S E E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-15h17p15----15h17p15----15-17-|
|-------------------------------|
|----------17----------17-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| S S E E S S E E E E
|-------------------------------|
|-12h13p12----12h13p12----12-13-|
|-------------------------------|
|----------14----------14-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D5 G5
W W +W
| | |
/ / /
~~ ~~ ~~
H a +H H e q T T S W
|-------19b20-(19)----|-19----19-17--15h17p15-|-------|
|-15------------------|-----------------------|-18----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|
| ~~
| H a +H H e q T T S W
|-------15b17-(15)----|-15----15-13--12h13p12-|-------|
|-12------------------|-----------------------|-15----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|-------|
F5
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------15-17-15----15-20p15----15-17-15-------|
|-15-17-18----------18----------18----------18-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------17-18-17----17-20p17----17-18-17-------|
|-16-17-19----------19----------19----------19-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
G5 F5
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------15-17-15----15-22p15----15-17-15-------|----------15-17-15----15-20p15----15-17-15-----|
|15-17-18----------18----------18----------18-17-|-15-17-18----------18----------18----------18-17|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------17-18-17----17-22p17----17-18-17-------|----------17-18-17----17-20p17----17-18-17-----|
|16-17-19----------19----------19----------19-17-|-16-17-19----------19----------19----------19-17|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G5 F5
W W
| |
/ /
S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------15-17-15-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-15-17-18----------18-17-15----|-8p6h8h10p6h8h10p8h10p8h10S12p8h10h12p10S|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------17-18-17-------------|-5p3h5h=6p3h5h=6p5h=6p5h=6S=8p5h=6h=8p=6h|
|-16-17-19----------19-17-16----|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G5
W
|
/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10h12h13p10S12h13p12h13p12h13S15p12h13h15S17--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--8p=6h=8h10p=6S=8h10p=8h10p=8h10S12p=8h10h12S13--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
A5
W
|
/
A +H E +E E A +E
|-19b20-(19)----19b20r(19)-17-------------|
|-----------------------------20b22==(20)-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| A +H E +E E A +E
|-15b17-(15)----15b17r(15)-13-------------|
|-----------------------------17b18==(17)-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
+W
|
/
~~~~
+E E A +E E A H
|--------------17--------------------17---------17-----||
|-(20)r------------20b22-(20)------------20b22-(20)----||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~
| +E A +E A +E A +E A +H
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-(17)r-17b18-(17)-17b18-(17)-17b18-(17)-17b18-(17)----||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
D.S. al Coda
D5 Bb5 C5
Q Q H W W
|------------|----------|-------||
|------------|----------|-------||
|-7----------|-3--------|-5-----||
|-7----------|-3--------|-5-----||
|-5----------|-1--------|-3-----||
|------------|----------|-------||
Outro-Chorus
&
E5 C5 D5 B5
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||--9--------|-5--------|-7--------|-4----|
||o-7--------|-3--------|-5--------|-2----|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
C5 A5 D5 B5 D5
W W W +H Q Q 3x
|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|----------|----------|----------|--------------o||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|-5--------|-2--------|-7--------|-(7)----4--7---||
|-3--------|-0--------|-5--------|-(5)----2--5--o||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
