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The Fall Of Reason
By Watchtower
From the 1989 Album Control And Resistance
_______________________
Transcribed by: Steve Rubaszek | KEY: |
Corrections by: Epitaph | |
| _ = Palm mute |
Email: Thrasher502@hotmail.com | |
| \ = slide |
| |
Version: final, as I think it is accurate | x = scrape |
January 9, 2008 | |
| ph - pinched harmonic |
Arranged by Watchtower |_______________________|
Tuning: Standard
This was hard. If anyone can point out any mistakes I would appreciate it.
There are a few harp effects and acoustic tracks that are similar to what Ron
plays on electric guitar, so I didn't bother to include them.
Time - 0:00
Riff 1a x3
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------6-5-|-------------5-8-7-|
|----------7-6-8-----|-------4-7-6-------|
|----8-7-9-----------|-3-6-5-------------|
|-10-----------------|-------------------|
____________ ___________
Riff 1b
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------6-5-|-------------5-8---|
|----------7-6-8-----|-------4-7-6-------|
|----8-7-9-----------|-3-6-5-------------|
|-10-----------------|-------------------|
_____________ ___________
Fig. 1
|-8----------|-8----------|------------|---------------|-----------|
|-8----------|---8--------|------------|---------------|-----------|
|-5----------|-----7------|------------|---------------|-----------|
|-5----------|-------5----|--5\--------|--9--9\--------|-----------|
|-0----------|------------|------------|--7--7\--------|-------x-x-|
|------------|------------|------------|---------------|-------x-x-|
Riff 2a
|-----------------------------------------|---------------0--------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------0--------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7--3--------0--------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3--------4--------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1----4-------0--0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------2--------------|
___ ______
Riff 2b
|-------------------------------------5-|----------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5--------------0-------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7----3-------0-------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-------4-------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1--1----4------0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2-------------|
___ ______
Riff 2c
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3--------2-3--2--0--------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1--1---1-----------0--0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
___ ______
Riff 2d
|-------------------------------------5-|-------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5-----------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7---3-----|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7-3-----|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|-------1--1--|
|---------------------------------------|-------------|
___ ___
Time - 0:50
Fig. 2 Fig 3a x4
|--0-------| |----------------------|
|--0-------| < |----------------------|
|--0-------| hold for three more bars |--------0-8-----------|
|--4-------| < |------------7-10------|
|--4-------| |-0-0-------------8-11-|
|--2-------| |----------------------|
Fig. 3b
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------0-8-----------|--------------0-8-----------|
|---------------------7-10------|------------------7-10------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------8-11-|-0-0--0-0-0-0----------8-11-|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
_______________ ____________
Fig 4 x2
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------8-----------|----------------8-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---8-11------|-0-0--0-0-0-0-8---8-11------|
|--------------------------8-11-|-----------------------8-11-|
_______________ ____________
Time - 1:16
Riff 1a
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------6-5-|-------------5-8-7-|
|----------7-6-8-----|-------4-7-6-------|
|----8-7-9-----------|-3-6-5-------------|
|-10-----------------|-------------------|
____________ ___________
Fig. 5 x2 (3b switched around)
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------0-8-----------|-----------------0-8-----------|
|------------------7-10------|---------------------7-10------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0----------8-11-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------8-11-|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
_____________ _______________
Fig. 6 x2 (4 switched around)
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------8-----------|-------------------8-----------|
|-0-0--0-0-0-0-8---8-11------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8---8-11------|
|-----------------------8-11-|--------------------------8-11-|
____________ _______________
Riff 1a with slightly different ending / time signature
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------6-5-|-------------5-8----------|
|----------7-6-8-----|-------4-7-6--------------|
|----8-7-9-----------|-3-6-5-------------0--0-0-|
|-10-----------------|--------------------------|
___________ __________ ______
Time - 1:33 - There's a man of conviction who's all too ready for waaaar...
Riff 2e (like others but different ending)
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7------------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
Riff 2f
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7----------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-----------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1--1--4--4-4-4----|
|---------------------------------------|--------------2--2-2-2----|
___
Fig. 7a x2 Fig. 7b ph ph
|---------------------| |------------------------|
|---------------------| |------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------4----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5---------5-------|
|---------------------| |------------------------|
|---------------------| |------------------------|
Riff 2e
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7------------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
Riff 2f
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7----------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-----------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1--1--4--4-4-4----|
|---------------------------------------|--------------2--2-2-2----|
___
Fill
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------| left speaker
|---------------------------|
|-5--5----5--5----5--5------|
|-3--3----3--3----3--3------|
| |
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-0--0----0--0----0--0------| right speaker
|-5--5----5--5----5--5------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
Time - 2:35 - An idea is falleeeeen...
Riff 3a x3
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------7---------------|--7-------7-------------|
|-7--x-x--7--x---9--9--7--|--7--x-x--7--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---9--9--7--|--5--x-x--5--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---7--7--5--|--5--x-x--5--x--7--7--7-|
A face frozen with feaaar err errrrr
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--x-x--3--x--------------|--3--x-x--3--3--------------|
|-3--x-x--3--x--------------|--3--x-x--3--3--------------|
|-1--x-x--1--x--------------|--1--x-x--1--1--------------|
|---------------1-0-1-0-3-5-|----------------1-0-1-0-3-5-|
___________ ___________
By a bitter mentalityyyyy
Riff 3b (different second part)
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------7---------------|--7-------7-------------|
|-7--x-x--7--x---9--9--7--|--7--x-x--7--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---9--9--7--|--5--x-x--5--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---7--7--5--|--5--x-x--5--x--7--7--7-|
|---------------------------------|----------|----0----|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------|----3----|-----------------------|
|---------------------------------|---REST---|----4----|-fades-out,-bass-------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2--|----------|----5----|---harmonics,-soloing,-|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2--|----------|----0----|------------et--cetera-|
|-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1---0--|----------|----0----|-----------------------|
__________________________
4:53
Riff 4
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-9-8-6---------------|
|---------------------|-------9-7-6---------|
|-----6-5-3---6-5-3---|-------------9-7-6---|
|-3-6-------6-------6-|-------------------9-|
___________________
Riff 1a FAST x7
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----------------6-5-|-------------5-8-7-|
|----------7-6-8-----|-------4-7-6-------|
|----8-7-9-----------|-3-6-5-------------|
|-10-----------------|-------------------|
____________ ___________
5:11
Fig. 8a x 21 or something, I may have lost count
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------8-----------|
|-----------------8---8-11------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------8-11-|
_______________
Fig. 8b Same as 8a, just skip the last two notes
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------------8---------|
|-----------------8---8-11----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------|
_______________
5:47
Fig. 9 x2 Fig. 7b
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------0--0----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5------5--5----------|
|---------------------| |--------------------0--0-0-|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
______
Riff 2e (like others but different ending)
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7------------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
Riff 2f
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-----------0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2---2----2--------|
___ _____
|-------------------------------------5-|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7----------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-----------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1--1--4--4-4-4----|
|---------------------------------------|--------------2--2-2-2----|
Fill
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------REST-------------| left speaker
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--5----5--5----5--5------|---------------------------|
|-3--3----3--3----3--3------|---------------------------|
| |
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-0--0----0--0----0--0------|----------REST-------------| right speaker
|-5--5----5--5----5--5------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
Time - 6:24 - An idea is falleeeeen...
Riff 3a x3
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------7---------------|--7-------7-------------|
|-7--x-x--7--x---9--9--7--|--7--x-x--7--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---9--9--7--|--5--x-x--5--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---7--7--5--|--5--x-x--5--x--7--7--7-|
A face frozen with feaaar err errrrr
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3--x-x--3--x--------------|--3--x-x--3--3--------------|
|-3--x-x--3--x--------------|--3--x-x--3--3--------------|
|-1--x-x--1--x--------------|--1--x-x--1--1--------------|
|---------------1-0-1-0-3-5-|----------------1-0-1-0-3-5-|
___________ ___________
By a bitter mentalityyyyy
Riff 3b (different second part)
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-7-------7---------------|--7-------7-------------|
|-7--x-x--7--x---9--9--7--|--7--x-x--7--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---9--9--7--|--5--x-x--5--x--9--9--9-|
|-5--x-x--5--x---7--7--5--|--5--x-x--5--x--7--7--7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2--|---------------|
|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3---2--|---------------|
|-1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1---0--|--------0--0-0-|
__________________________ ______
6:55
Another riff 2 variation...
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7---------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4----4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2----2-2-2-|
___
Fig. 9 x2 Fig. 7b
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------0--0----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5------5--5----------|
|---------------------| |--------------------0--0-0-|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
______
And another...
|-------------------------------------5-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7------------------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3-------------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1---1---4------3----0-0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2---2--1----------|
___ _____
Fig. 9 x2 Fig. 7b
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------0--0----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5------5--5----------|
|---------------------| |--------------------0--0-0-|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
______
...aand another
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7----------------------bend---|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3--------------------half--|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4-------------step-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2--22222--3--3-----|
___ _____
Fig. 9 x2 Fig. 7b
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------0--0----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5------5--5----------|
|---------------------| |--------------------0--0-0-|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
______
7:38
Another riff 2a variation... same as one at 6:55
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------12--12------7-----|-7-7---------------------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7-x-x-|-7-7--3------------------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5-x-x-|-5-5--1---1---4----4-4-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------2----2-2-2-|
___
Fig. 9 x2 Fig. 7b
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
|-0----0------0---0---| |-0----0------0--0----------|
|-5----5------5---5---| |-5----5------5--5----------|
|---------------------| |--------------------0--0-0-|
|---------------------| |---------------------------|
_______
And finally the last...
|-------------------------------------5-|------------------------0---------|
|---------------------------------------|-5----------------------3---------|
|-----------------------12--12------7---|---7--------------------2---------|
|-14-x-x-14-14\-x-x-10--10--10------7---|-----7--3---------------0---------|
|-12-x-x-12-12\-x-x--8---8---8--0-0-5---|--------1---1---4--6-7--0---------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------2--4-5------------|
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