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,
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_ver_3.html ]
----------------------0-------------|-----------------------------------------|
----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