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CHANCE (Bassline)
As recorded by Savatage
(From the 1994 Album HANDFUL OF RAIN)
Transcribed by Adder_XYU@hotmail.com
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
Intro Chimes Strings Build-Up
Q=68 Q=80
4/4 15/16 4/4
Gtr I
Wx15 Wx6 Wx3 H Q E S Wx14
|-------------|------------||-------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------|------------||o------------|-------------o||---------|
|-------------|------------||o------------|-------------o||---------|
|-------------|------------||-------------|--------------||---------|
Begin Section II
Q=90
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------2-0-----------|
|-------------------|-------------2-1-0-2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------3-|
Verses
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q W
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
||o-------------5--|-------------5--|----------------|-3----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------5--|-------------5--|----------------|-3----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|------|
Pre-Chorus
E E E E S S E E E +W E E E E S S E E E +W
||--------------------|-------------||-------------------|--------|
||o-------------------|------------o||-------------------|--------|
||o-------------------|------------o||-------------------|--------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)---------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)----|
Q. E +H W W
|---------------|----------|------|
|-5-------------|----------|------|
|------5-(5)----|-3--------|-5----|
|---------------|----------|------|
Chorus
E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7---o||
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0--||
E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|
E E S S E E S S S S S S E E S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7---|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-|
Breakdown (End Sec. II)
Q=80
W +H. S S S S W +W
|----------|----------------12h14p|=12--------|-(12)----|
|----------|----------12h14-------|-----------|---------|
|----------|----------------------|-----------|---------|
|-3--------|-(3)------------------|-----------|---------|
2/4 4/4
Wx6 H W
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|
Begin Section III
Q=96
7/4 6/4
Q. Q. H Q Q 3x Q. Q. H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------o||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------6--o||------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5\---0----5----6------||-5\---0----5----6-0-6-0-|-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/savatage/chance_btab.html ]
Q=90
4/4
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Vocals Back In
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 3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
"I Fear You..."
E E E E S S E E E S S E E E E S S E S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0-------0-0-------|-0-0--------------------|
+E E E E S S E E E S S E E E E S S E S S
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(7)-7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
|-----------0-0-------|-0-0--------------------|
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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
Canon (Starts "Father...")
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||-----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||-----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Outro
Q=96
7/4
Q. Q. H Q Q 3x Q. Q. H E E E E
||------------------------||-------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-------------------------|
||o-------------------6--o||-------------------------|
||--5\---0----5----6------||-5\---0----5----6-0-6-0--|
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E W.
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-|-5-----*|
Duration Legend
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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
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| - 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
