Silence

Song

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SILENCE - BY THE TEA PARTY

From the album The Edges of Twilight on EMI records

Transcribed by Mark Wiebe

Tuned from low to high D G D G B D

This song has some other weird instruments in it but

this is how I play the guitar part (he probably uses

a twelve string on the album.) This transcription is

probably not to accurate and you'll have to listen to

the song for the timing but I think it should give you

the basic idea.

Fig.1

|-----------------|
|-8-6--8-6--8-6-8-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-|
|-----------------|

Fig.2

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3/6-4-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Fig.3

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-0-1/4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---0-1-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|

Fig.4

|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-3/5-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3/5-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-------------------3-3/5-|

Fig.5

|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-3/5-2--2-2-2-2-2--3-3/6-|
|-0---0--0-0-0-0-0--------|
|-------------------3-3/6-|

Fig.6

|---------------------|
|-5h6-6-6--3-3-3-3--0-|
|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
|-0---0-0--0-0-0-0--0-|
|-------------------0-|
|---------------------|

Fig.7

|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|

Fig.8

|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-10-9-7-5-3-7-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------------|

Fig.9

|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-|
|-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|--------------------------------|

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How it goes together

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Fig.1 x 4

Fig.2 Silent spirit walks before me

Fig.3 With her beauty and with her eyes

Fig.2 Heaven help me I feel I'm fading

Fig.3 I should be rest here for a while

Fig.1 x 4

Fig.2 In the dream time I'm awakened

Fig.3 As my senses seize the night

Fig.2 Heaven help me I'm forsaken

Fig.3 I should rest here for a while

Fig.4 Fig.5 Fig.4 Fig.6

Fig.7 And lie in the bed you've made ophelia

Fig.8 Dry are the lips that lost their taste of love

Fig.7 Drown in the waters that would give you life

Fig.8 Cry as this lamentation thrusts its knife

Fig.9 x 8 In silence... silence... silence

Fig.1 x 4

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Send comments, criticism to

rwiebe@mindlink.bc.ca

From: lmsmith@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (Larry M. Smith)

Date: 16 Jul 1995 17:21:58 GMT

Subject: TAB: Silence by the Tea Party

Here's something I've been working at for a little while now.

Song: SILENCE

Artist: THE TEA PARTY

Tabbed by: KRIST SMITH

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This song uses another cool tuning (I think it's something like open Gsus2/D

or something):

e tuned down to d

B tuned down to A

G left the same

D left the same

A tuned down to G

E tuned down to D

There are a lot of instruments in on this, so I'm VERY likely wrong. This

is just MY interpretation. The timing is probably wrong (I'm not that good).

It's just four dashes (-) for every quarter note. This is just a guess, but

I think it's in 4/4 timing (please correct me).

INTRO:

(4 times)

Bb G Bb G F G

d|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
G|o-3-0-0-3-0-0---0-o|
D|o-3-0-0-3-0-0-3-0-o|
A|--3-0-0-3-0-0-5-0--|
E|--------------3----|

VERSE:

(G)

(Strum these)

d|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A|---2---3---6---5--|--8---6---5---3--|--2---3---6---5--|--2---3---0-------|
G|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
D|o--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0---0--|--0---0---0------o|
A|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|

Si-lent spirit watch me for me with her beauty and with her eyes

Heaven help me I feel I'm fading I should rest here for a while

(INTRO riff again)

VERSE riff over

In the springtime I'm awakened as my spirits sieze the night

Heaven help me I'm foresaken I should rest here for a while

BRIDGE:

(For the beginning, just improvise by playing assorted notes on the B (A)

string and the two lower ones open [like the verse], but remember to keep

them in scale-just fool around with it).

(4 times)

(G)

d|---9---9---9---9-10--|-9----------------------|
A|--10--10--10--10-10--|10-12-10--8---12---10---|
G|o--0---0---0---0--0--|-0--0--0--0----0----0--o|
A|o-(0)-(0)-(0)-(0)(0)-|(0)(0)(0)(0)--(0)--(0)-o|
D|---------------------|------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------|

(I don't know the lyrics. Anyone?)

(8 times)

d|------------------|
A|--5-----7-----8---|
G|o-0-----0-----0--o|
A|o-0-----0-----0--o|
D|------------------|
E|------------------|

-

In si - lence

In si - lence

si - lence

INTRO riff

VERSE 1 again

INTRO riff twice over

-

In silence

In silence

silence!

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Well, that's my interpretation.

Corrections/lyrics are requested. Anyone want to take the time to type

out the lyrics of the rest of the songs from the CD liner? (I don't have it)

From: sc.kramer@technet.iaf.nl

Date: Sat, 19 Aug 95 10:14:26

Subject: lyr:silence.tab (Tea Party)

SILENCE by THE TEA PARTY

Here are the lyrics (please append to SILENCE.TAB by Krist Smith) :

Silent spirit walks before me

With her beauty and with her eyes

Heaven help me

I feel I'm fading

I should be rest here

For a while

In the dreamtime I'm awakened

As my senses seize the night

Heaven help me

I'm forsaken

I should rest here

For a while

And lie in the bed you've made ophelia

Dry are the lips that lost their taste of love

Drown in the waters that would give you life

Cry as this lamentation thrusts its knife

In silence

In silence

SILENCE