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The Apparition

Fates Warning
Tab
4.6(4)

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Song

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Song: The Apparition

Artist: Fates Warning

Album: The Spectre Within

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (dudemcrude@yahoo.com)

Date started tab: 4/6/02

Date finished tab: 4/6/02

Tuning: Eb (one half step down)

Notation Key

v: vibrato

t: tremolo bar

^: bend

.: palm mute

~: trill

p: pull-off

h: hammer-on

x: ghost note

/: slide up

\: slide down

Comments: Kick-ass song. I think the tab came out great, but I probably have a couple of small mistakes in there too. If you find any that annoy you, feel free to point them out to me and I'll try to fix 'em. :)

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Intro

e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------9-----
A|----------4---------4---------4---------4---------4------7-----
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0-----

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fig. 1

e|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
B|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
G|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
D|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------
A|---------4-----4-4--|---------4-----7-6--|-----------------------
E|--222222-2-222-2-2--|--222222-2-222-5-4--|-----------------------

...... ... ...... ...

Fig. 2

e|-----------------------------------------|--------|----------------
B|-----------------------------------------|--------|----------------
G|-----------------------------------------|--------|----------------
D|-----------------------------------------|--7--7--|----------------
A|--4-4-4-4-7-6--4-4-4-4-7-6--4-4-4-4-7-6--|--7--7--|--5--5--5-5-----
E|--2-2-2-2-5-4--2-2-2-2-5-4--2-2-2-2-5-4--|--5--5--|--3--3--3-3-----

Verse ends 1&3 end 2

e|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|--------|-----------
B|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|--------|-----------
G|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|--------|-----------
D|-------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------|--7--9--|--7--------
A|--4-----4-----4-----4-2--|--4-----4-----7-7-5-5-7-7-5-5--|--4-----4------|--5--7--|--5--7-----
E|--2-222-2-222-2-222-2-0--|--2-222-2-222-5-5-3-3-5-5-3-3--|--2-222-2-222--|--------|-----5-----

... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Chorus (take me away, take me away...)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------------------------------
A|--2-----7-----2-----4-----4-----4-6-7--------------------------
E|--0-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-0-0-2-4-5--------------------------

. . . . . . . . . .

(last time play this)

e|-----------------------|---------------------------------------
B|-----------------------|---------------------------------------
G|-----------------------|---------------------------------------
D|-----------------------|---7-----------------------------------
A|--2-----7-----2-----4--|---7-----------------------------------
E|--0-0-0-5-0-0-0-0-0-2--|---5-----------------------------------

Fig. 3

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------8-7------------------
A|--5-4-------------5-4-------------5-4-------------6-5---8-7---6--------
E|--3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----0-6-5-0-4-0------

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fig. 3a

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--6-5-------------3-5-------------6-5-----------------------------------
E|--4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-6-4-3-2-1-3-------

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fig. 4

e|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
B|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
A|--2-4---------|--7-4----------|--5-4---------|--2-----5--------
E|--0-22222222--|--5-222222222--|--3-22222222--|--0-0-0-3-3-3----
e|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
B|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
G|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
D|--------------|---------------|--------------|-----------------
A|--2-4---------|--7-4----------|--5-4---------|--7----5-7-5-----
E|--0-22222222--|--5-222222222--|--3-22222222--|--5----3-5-3-----

Fig. 5

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
G|-----|-----|-----|--6--|--7--|--9--|---------------------------
D|--4--|--7--|--2--|--6--|--7--|--9--|---------------------------
A|--4--|--7--|--2--|--4--|--5--|--7--|--2-4--------7----5-7-5----
E|--2--|--5--|--0--|-----|-----|-----|--0-2222222--5555-3-5-3----

last time play this

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
G|-----|-----|-----|--6--|--7--|--9--|-11------------------------
D|--4--|--7--|--2--|--6--|--7--|--9--|-11------------------------
A|--4--|--7--|--2--|--4--|--5--|--7--|--9999999999---------------
E|--2--|--5--|--0--|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------

Fig. 6

e|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
B|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------------------------
G|--7--|--9--|--4--|-----|--7--|--9--|--11-----------------------
D|--7--|--9--|--4--|--7--|--7--|--9--|--11-----------------------
A|--5--|--7--|--2--|--7--|--5--|--7--|---99999999999-------------
E|-----|-----|-----|--5--|-----|-----|---------------------------

Fig. 6b

e|-----|-----|---------------------------------------------------
B|-----|-----|---------------------------------------------------
G|--7--|--9--|--11-----------------------------------------------
D|--7--|--9--|--11-----------------------------------------------
A|--5--|--7--|---999999999999------------------------------------
E|-----|-----|---------------------------------------------------

Fig. 7 (under solo)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|--11-----11------------11-----11-------------12----------------
D|--11-----11------------11-----11-------------12----------------
A|---99999--999999999999--99999--999-10-12-10--10----------------
E|---------------------------------------------------------------

Fig. 8

e|-----------------------------|---------|---------|-------------
B|-----------------------------|---------|---------|-------------
G|-----------------------------|---------|---------|-------------
D|-----------------------------|---------|---------|-------------
A|--4-----4-------------4------|--5-2-5--|--7-5-7--|-------------
E|--22222-2222222222222-22222--|--3-0-3--|--5-3-5--|-------------

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