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Collateral Damage

Steve Morse Band
Tab

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Song

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Date: Tue, 28 Oct 1997 11:24:21 -0700

From: alex pereira <al@leggett.k12.ca.us>

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

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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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 13:23:32 -0700

From: alex pereira <al@leggett.k12.ca.us>

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

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