Collateral Damage Chords & Tabs
Collateral Damage by Steve Morse
off the Coast to Coast album
This song ins't that tough as far as Steve Morse's guitar work goes. There
are a few tricky parts but I got most of it.
This is the intro, play it 2 times figure 1
e-------------------------------t-p-h--------------------t-p--h---------e
b---------------------------------^-^---t-p-h---t-p--h-----^--^---------b
g*--------t-p-h--t-p-h--t-p-h---12-9-11---^-^-----^--^---15-12-13-------g
d*-t-p-h----^-^----^-^----^-^-----------12-9-11-15-12-13----------------d
a----^-^--12-7-9-11-7---12-9-10-----------------------------------------a
e--12-5-7------------10-------------------------------------------------e
e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------e
b-t-p----------h--t-p--p----------|-------------------------------------b
g---^------------^--^--^---------*|-------------------------------------g
d-15-13~~~~~~--13-15-13-12~~~~~~-*|-------------------------------------d
a---------------------------------|-------------------------------------a
e---------------------------------|-------------------------------------e
This is the other cool tapping part, Steve and the bass mirror each other.
figure 1b
e---------------------------------------------------|-------------------e
b--t-h-h-t-h-h--------------------------------------|-------------------b
g*---^-^---^-^-t-h-h-t-h-h-t-h-h-t-h-h-------------*|-------------------g
d*--9-4-7-9-4-5--^-^---^-^---^-^---^-^-t-h-h-t-h-h-*|-------------------d
a---------------9-4-7-9-4-5-7-2-5-7-2-3--^-^---^-^--|-------------------a
e---------------------------------------7-2-5-7-2-3-|-------------------e
Here the guitar hangs with the oper E and the bass does some stuff with
touch harmonics
bass touch harmonics
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b b
g g
d d
a a
e-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-e
Now the guitar gets to do some touch harmonics, on the album Steve does it
so clean that you can hardly tell they are harmonics at all
* touch harmonics are made by fretting a note in first position and then
while holding your pick with your middle and thumb fingers and hitting the
note as a harmonic with you index finger in second position.
b+r / Guitar touch harmonics
e-------------/--\-3<15>-5<17>------------------------------------------e
b------------4<16>-------------3<15>~~~~~--/\---------------------------b
g--3<15>5<17>-----------------------------2<14>------/\-----------------g
d----------------------------------------------5<17>4<16>2<12>4<16>5<17>d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
e---------------------------------------/10<22>\------------------------e
b---------------------8<20>10<22>8<20>10<22>----10<22>~~~~~~~~~~~-------b
g-----------7<19>9<21>--------------------------------------------------g
d-7<19>9<21>------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
Now the bass and guitar weave rhythems back and forth, its hard to explane
you will just have to listen to the track your self.
Riff 1
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g------------------------------------2-4^6-4~~~-------------------------g
d------2---------------------------4------------------------------------d
a----2---5-2^5-4~~~--------------5--------------------------------------a
e--3--------------------------------------------------------------------e
e-----------------------------------------|-e
b-----------------------------------------|-b
g------------------------------------2-4^6|-g
d------2---------------------------4------|-d
a----2---5-2^5-4~~~--------------5--------|-a
e--3--------------------------------------|-e
riff 1b
e---------------------------------------------------------|-e
b---------------------------------------------------------|-b
g*-----6-4-2~~----------------------------------7--------*|-g
d*------------------5-4-2~~------11-9-7~~-----7--11-9~~--*|-d
a----2------------5------------9------------9-------------|-a
e--0------------3------------7----------------------------|-e
figure 2
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b--9-7---7--------------------------------------------------------------b
g------9---9-7-9-7----7-------------------------------------------------g
d------------------11---11-9-11-9-7-9-7-----7---------------------------d
a----------------------------------------10---10-9-10-9-7-9-7----7------a
e-------------------------------------------------------------10---10-9-e
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------b
g-----------------------------------------------------------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e--10-9-7-9-7-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--e
Now there is the sick walking bass line and the guitar holds the E for a
while
this part is kind of like a bridge, so thats what weÕll call it
Bridge
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
b----/----------------------------------------------/-------------------b
g--11~~--11-9-12~~--11-9-------9-11-9~~-----------11--12~~~-9-11-9~~~~--g
d------------------------12~~-----------12-11-9~~-----------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e-------------/------------------------------------12-11----------------e
b-----10-12-12--12-10------10-12-10~~---/\-------12---------------------b
g--11-----------------12~~------------11---9-11~~-----------------------g
d-----------------------------------------------------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
This is where it gets faster. This is also a really cool lick. figure
3
/~~~\ /~~
e||---7--11-10----10-8~~-10-8------10-------------------11-14-14----14--e
b||-/7------------------------10~~----8-7~~----------12-----------------b
g||-----------------------------------------------11--------------------g
d||--------------------------------------------13-----------------------d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------e
e--12-----------------12-13-14-15-14-13-12------------------------------e
b-----15~~~--12-13-15----------------------15-14-13-12------------------b
g------------------------------------------------------13-11\-----------g
d------------------------------------------------------------\----------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
/~~~\ /~~
e----7--11-10-----10-8~-10-8----10---10----------------11-14-14---14--12e
b--/7------------------------10~---8----7~~---------12------------------b
g------------------------------------------------11---------------------g
d---------------------------------------------13------------------------d
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------a
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------e
e-------||
b--15~~~||
g-------||
d-------||
a-------|| play figure 2
e-------||
And now its the bass solo, so heres the backround guitar part
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/steve_morse/collateral_damage_tab.html ]
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--0---2---3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------/-----------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--0---1---3~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||-------/--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||a
e||--0---3------------------------------------------------------------||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------------------||d
a||--4-5-6-7--0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~||a
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
Nows where the super thrash riff comes in, this part is pretty hard!
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--6-7-8-9--h----5-7-6-------------------h----5-7-6--------0--/-2---||d
a||--4-5-6-7--^--5-------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5-7----4-----/||a
e||----------5-7---------------7-6---3-0--5-7-----------------------3-||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||------h----5-7-6-------------------h----5-7-6------6-7-8-9---h----5||d
a||------^--5-------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5--4-5-6-7---^--5--||a
e||--0--5-7---------------7-6---3-0--5-7-----------------------5-7----||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--7-6-------------------h----5-7-6-------0--/-0--/-2---------------||d
a||------7-5-7-----0--/----^--5-------7-5-7---4----4------/-----------||a
e||------------7-6---3-0--5-7----------------------------3--0---------||e
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||-------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||-------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||---h----5-7-6--------------------h----5-7-6--------6-7-8-9---------||d
a||---^--5-------7-5-7------0--/----^--5-------7-5-7--4-5-6-7---------||a
e||--5-7---------------7-6----3--0-5-7--------------------------------||e
Thats everything except the guitar solo, which I know but I donÕt have the
time to transcribe right now but I will in the near future.
This is the order of the song
Figure 1
figure1b
bass touch harmonics
guitar touch harmonics
riff1
riff1b
figure2
walking bass line
bridge
figure 3
figure 2
bass solo
super shed riff
guitar solo
*figure 3 twice
figure 1
figure 1b
fade out
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full full full full 1/2
e||---|.....---|~~~~~~~~~~~~----/........\------|~~~~~~~~~------------/-||e
b||---|-----\--|---------------/--15------\-----|--------------------/--||b
g||--14------\14-------------14---------14-\---14------------------11---||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
a.H. full
e||---p------------p---------------------p---------------------/~~~~~~~~||e
b||---^----p-------^---------------------^-------------------15---------||b
g||-11-7---^-----11-9\-7------7~~~~~~~~-9-7-9\--------------------------||g
d||------12-9-------------9-------------------\-------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
a.H. pitch:b
e||~~~~~~-12-------12---------------------------------------------------||e
b||----------15-14----15-14-13-12----------------------12---------------||b
g||-------------------------------15-14-13-12-13-14-15----15-14-13-12---||g
d||-------------------------------------------------------------------14||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
full full
e||----/------------/-------------/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-14--13--12--11------||e
b||--14\----------19---(19)\----17---------------------------------15-14||b
g||12---\-------------------\-------------------------------------------||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||----------/----------------------------------------------------------||a
e||--------x/-----------------------------------------------------------||e
e||--------------------------------------------------------p------------||e
b||-12----15-14-12-----------------------------------------^------------||b
g||----16----------15-14----15----14----12-11---9-----11-11-9-----------||g
d||----------------------14----14----14------------12----------12--9--11||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
full
e||----------------------/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---------14-15-16-17-16-15||e
b||--------------------15---------------------14-15-17------------------||b
g||---------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||10\----x\-----x\-----------------------------------------------------||a
e||---\-----\------\----------------------------------------------------||e
full 1 1/2
/ /
e||14-------17\---------19-------19--18-17------------------------------||e
b||---17-15----\---------------------------20-17----20\12----12---------||b
g||---------------------------------------------18-------13----15-14--12||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||-----------------x/--------------------------------------------------||e
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||---------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||---12-11-9----9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------14-15-16-||g
d||14---------12--------------------------------------14-16-18----------||d
a||------------------------------------------14-16-17-------------------||a
e||---------------------------------14-16-17----------------------------||e
1/2
/
e||---------------------------17-18-19-21----------21-19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-||e
b||------------------17-19-20-------------------------------------------||b
g||---------16-18-19----------------------------------------------------||g
d||16-18-19-------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
full p
/ /\ ^
e||(19)\------22----(22)---(22)\---14-(14)-12---------------------------||e
b||-----\-17--------------------\--------------15-14--12-------12---8-7-||b
g||-----------------------------------------------------15-14----------9||g
d||---------------------------------------------------------------------||d
a||---------------------------------------------------------------------||a
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
semiharmonic
e||---------------------------------------------------------------------||e
b||---------------------------------------------------------------------||b
g||7--------------------------------------------------------------------||g
d||--9-8-7---7---5-6----------------------------------------------------||d
a||--------9---7-----7---5-4-------0-----0--1--2~~----------------------||a
e||--------------------7------7--6---3-4--------------------------------||e
