Steve Morse Band - Collateral Damage Chords & Tabs

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:24:21 -0700
From: alex pereira 
To: randell@serial.music.uiowa.edu
Subject: Re: Steve Morse Band "Collateral Damage" off the coast to coast a

>               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 we?ll 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--12-|e
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_band/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 don?t 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

* the guitar solo connects with figure 3, they?re on the same scale.


I you have any questions or comments on this transcription E- mail me at
al@leggett.k12.ca.us.
Also any other Steve Morse fans out there? or better yet any Steve Morse
fans with any trascriptions of either Steve Morse Band or Dixie Dregs, if
so post them on the olga, or e-mail them to me.

Alex

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:23:32 -0700
From: alex pereira 
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: Add: guitar solo tab for Collateral Damage by Steve Morse

    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

Thats the solo, every note of it. Any questions e-mail me at
al@leggett.k12.ca.us

Alex