Waiting For 22 Chords & Tabs
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Author/Artist: Queensryche
Title: Waiting For 22
Album: Operation: Mindcrime
Transcribed by: Raven
Email: grans@earthlink.net
For this awesome piece, I first have written down all of the Rhythm Guitar parts played by Michael Wilton, and then all the Solo parts played by Chris DeGarmo.
-------------0---------|---------------0----------------------0---------------
-------3-------3-----3*|*-----------0-----0----------------0-----0------------
----2-----2------2-----|--------11-----------11--------11-----------11--------
-0---------------------|-----9----------------------9-------------------------
----------------------*|*-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------|--7----------------------7----------------------------
Part I - Michael Wilton
-------------0--------------------0-------------------------------------------
----------0-----0--------------0-----0-----------------0----------------------
-------6-----------6--------6-----------6-----------0-----0--------------0----
----5--------------------5-----------------------4-----------4--------4-------
----------------------------------------------2--------------------2----------
-3--------------------3--------------------0--------------------0-------------
----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------
-0-------------------------------------------------*|----------3--------------
----0-----------------0--------------------0--------|-------0---------0-------
-------4--------4--0-----0--4--------4--0-----0--4--|----4---------------4----
-------------4--------------------4----------------*|-2------------2----------
----------2--------------------2--------------------|-------------------------
Part II- Wilton
------------------------------------------2----------------------------0------
----------------3-----------------------------------3-------------------------
-------------0------0------------------0------0-------------------------------
----------4------------4------------0------------0------------------2---------
-------0---------------------------------------------------------2------------
---------------------------------3----------------------------0-----------0---
--------------|----------------------------------------------------------3----
-3------------|----------2-----------------------2----------------------------
-------0------|-------0--------0--------------0--------0--------------0-------
--------------|----4-----------------4-----4-----------------4-----0----------
--------------|-2-----------2-----2-----0-----------0-----0-------------------
----0---------|-------------------------------------------------3-------------
Part III- Wilton
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/q/queensryche/waiting_for_22_tab.html ]
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----2-----------------------3-------|*-----------0-----------0----------------
----------0-----------------------0-|---------0-----------0-----------0-------
-------------------2----------------|------4-----------4-----------4-----4----
----------------2-------------------|*--2-----------3-----------4-------------
-3-----3-----0-----------0-----0----|-----------------------------------------
Part IV- Wilton
-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------
-0----------*|----------------------------------------------------------------
----0--------|--------4--6b-7---r6--------------------------------------------
-------4-----|-----------------------5---2v-----------2--/--4-----------------
----------4-*|----------------------------------------2-----4-----------------
-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------
Part I - Chris DeGarmo
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--15--15--15--15--14-\-7-\-5v-----------15--15--15--15--14--10-\-8v-----------
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Part II- DeGarmo
-----------------^12----------------------------------------------------------
-8-/-12------0---^12----------------------------------------------------------
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-------------------*b9------r-----/-4-----------------------------------------
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*pre-bend this right after harmonics
---------------------------------------------------------/14------14--12--21--
-/-7--8--10--8---7--7--\--3--3--/--5v------------7h8p7--------12--------------
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Part III and IV- DeGarmo
-12---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----14v-----12--14--15----15--15--15-b17-r15---14--12--\--14------11--11-----
-------------7---9---11----11--11--11-b13-r11----9---7--\---9--11--11--11-----
----------------------------------------------------------------6-------------
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Lower guitar is overdubbed harmony parts
-----14------14-------17-------19-------22--21v-------------------------------
-12--12--12--12-/-14------/17------/19------23v-------------------------------
-11------11-------------------------------------------------------------------
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DONG!! to My Empty Room
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
-\----------/----
Lines going diagonally up and down --\--------/-----
These mean whammy bar --\------/-------
- --\----/------
\ - bar down
/- bar up
