 Watchtower - "Control And Resistance" Guitar Tab
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| Control & Resistance |
| By Watchtower |
| From the 1989 Album Control And Resistance |
| Transcribed by Steve Rubaszek / MetalThrashingMad |
| and Ryan Hidrio / Hidrio |
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| Email - Steve - Thrasher502@hotmail.com |
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| Email - Ryan - ryanhidrio@hotmail.com |
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| Version - 1.0 - October 28, 2007 |
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| Song written by Watchtower |
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| Tuning - All guitars are in standard |
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| ________________________________________ |
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| | KEY: | |
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| | _ = Palm mute x = scrape | |
| | | |
| | / = slide up \ = slide down | |
| | | |
| | h = hammer-on p = pull-off | |
| | | |
| | ph = pinched harmonic \ | |
| | \ = dive with | |
| | nh = natural harmonic \ bar | |
| | | |
| | ~ = vibrato _ = palm mute | |
| |________________________________________| |
| |
| |
| *When Riff 1a is repeated at 0:32, the 3rd and 7th frets |
| are not palm - muted as they were the first time around. |
| |
| *The chords on all the "Chord fig." sections are played |
| on two guitars, split separately in the recording. |
| |
|==============================================================================|
Intro - 0:00
|-----------------|---------------8-|
|-----------------|---------6p5-----|
|-----------------|-------0-----6---|
|-----8-----8---8-|---8-9-----------|
|-0-6---0-6---6---|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------------------|-----------|-----------------|
|----------------------|------10---|-----------------|
|----------------------|-10-9----9-|-----3-4-----3-4-|
|---10-9-------10-9----|-----------|-----------------|
|--------10---------10-|-----------|-2-------2-------|
|-11--------11---------|-----------|---3-------3-----|
|-----------------|-----4------------|------------------------|
|---------------3-|-4-5--------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|---------nh-------|---[laser gun noises]---|
|-----------------|---------5--------|------------------------|
|-2---------------|------------------|------------------------|
|---3-0-3-2-0-4---|------------------|------------------------|
Riff 1a - 0:24
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------6-|
|-----7---7-----7---7-----7---7-----3---3-----------0h3h6-4---|
|-5-5---5---5-5---6---6-6---------------------0h3h6-----------|
|---------------------------5---5-5---1---1-1-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
___________________________________________
Riff 1b
|------------------------------------------nh------|
|-------------------------------------------5------|
|-----7---7-----7----[rest]----7---7---------\-----|
|-5-5---5---5-5------------------5---5-5------\----|
|----------------------------------------------\---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
_______________ _________
Repeat Riff 1a
Riff 1c
|---------------------------------------------10------------------|
|------------------------------------------------9----------------|
|-----7---7-----7---7-----7---7--------------------8-9-10---------|
|-5-5---5---5-5---6---6-6-----------8---8-----------------8-------|
|---------------------------5---5-5-------------------------10-11-|
|-------------------------------------6---6-6---------------------|
___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
Repeat Riff 1a
Repeat Riff 1c
Fill 1 - 0:52
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-----5---5----------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-----77-----5-------77----5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3--66----66-----6--3----66---|
_________ ________ __________
Riff 2a
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------12------12\11-----11-10-|
|------16\------12-----9-10----9-10-------8-9-------|
|------14\------10----------------------------------|
|-0000-----0000-------------------------------------|
____ ____
Riff 2b x3 - 0:58
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12------12\11-----11-10-|
|--------16\------12-----9-10----9-10-------8-9-------|
|--------14\------10----------------------------------|
|-0-0000-----0000-------------------------------------|
______ ____
Fill 2
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------8-|
|-----10/9-----9/8---[rest]-------9-----10-------|
|-7-8------6-7----------------7-7---7-7----7-7---|
|------------------------------------------------|
___ ___ ___
Repeat Riff 2b x3
Repeat Fill 2
Riff 3 x3 - 1:22 Riff 4
|----------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|-6--------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------7---7--------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-1-0-3-1-0--------------------|
|-4-4444--4---4--------| |-------------------------4-3-2-1------------|
|---------5---5--5555--| |---------------------------------5-4-3-2-3~-|
____ ____
Repeat Riff 3 x3 |-------|
Repeat Riff 4 |-------|
Repeat Riff 3 x3 |-------|
Repeat Riff 4 |-------|
Repeat Riff 3 x3 -> |-------|
Repeat Riff 4, then this at the end -> |-/15~~-|
Repeat Riff 2b x3 - 1:56
Riff 2b with harmonic at the end
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------ph---|
|-----------------------------12------12\11-----11-10-10\--|
|--------16\------12-----9-10----9-10-------8-9------------|
|--------14\------10---------------------------------------|
|-0-0000-----0000------------------------------------------|
______ ____
Chorus 1 x2 - 2:09
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4----4/5--|-4-----4-----4-----5-----5--|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4----4/5--|-4-----4-----4-----5-----5--|
|-2--22-2--22-2--22-2/3--|-2--22-2--22-2-22-2/3--|-2--22-2--22-2--22-3-----3--|
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
Chorus 2
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4------5----5--|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4-----4/5--|-4-----4-----4------5----5--|
|-2--22-2--22-2--22-2/3--|-2--22-2--22-2-22--2/3--|-2--22-2--22-2--2-2-3----3--|
| __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ |
| |
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11-----12---12-|
|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11-----12---12-|
|-9--99----99----99------|----99----99----99------|----99----99----9-9---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___
Chorus 3
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5-|-4-----4-----4-----4/5-|-4-----4-----4------5---5---5-|
|-4-----4-----4-----4/5-|-4-----4-----4-----4/5-|-4-----4-----4------5---5---5-|
|-2--22-2--22-2--22-2/3-|-2--22-2--22-2-22--2/3-|-2--22-2--22-2--2-2-3---3---3-|
| __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___ |
| |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-11----11---11---11/12-|-11----11---11---11/12-|-11----11---11-----12--12--12-|
|-11----11---11---11/12-|-11----11---11---11/12-|-11----11---11-----12--12--12-|
|----99----99---99------|----99----99---99------|----99---99----9-9------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------------|
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ ___
Riff 4a x4 - 2:39 Riff 4b x2
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
|---6-----6-----4-----6-----6-----| |---9-----9-----7-----9-----9-----|
|---6-----6-----4-----6-----6-----| |---9-----9-----7-----9-----9-----|
|-4---4-4---4-4-----4---4-4---4-4-| |-7---7-7---7-7-----7---7-7---7-7-|
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
_ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ _ ___ ___ _ ___ ___
Riff 4c - x2
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---10-----10-----------10-----10-----|
|---10-----10---10\8~---10-----10-----|
|-8----8-8----8-------8----8-8----8-8-|
|-------------------------------------|
_ ___ _ _ ___ ___
Riff 4d - 2:57
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----|---8-----8-8-8-------8---8----|
|-------------------------8-----|---8-----8-8-8-------8---8----|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|-6---6-6-------6-6-6---6---6\-|
______________________ ___ _ _______________ _
Fill 3 (hint: use three fingers)
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|---4-----5-----6----|
|-1---3-2---4-3---5--|
|--------------------|
Riff 5a x2 - 3:02
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----3h5h6p5p3-------------------|----3h5h6p5p3---------------------|
|--------------4---4--4---4-4----|--------------4---4--------4------|
|------------------4--4---4-4----|------------------4--------4------|
|-4----------------2--2-2-2-2-2--|-4----------------2--2-2-2---2-2--|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
_ _ _____ ___
Riff 5b
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----5h7h8p7p5-------------------|----5h7h8p7p5---------------------|
|--------------7---7--7---7-7----|--------------7---7--------7------|
|------------------7--7---7-7----|------------------7--------7------|
|-7----------------5--5-5-5-5-5--|-7----------------5--5-5-5---5-5--|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
_ _ _____ ___
Riff 5c
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----6h8h9p8p6-------------------|----6h8h9p8p6---------------------|
|--------------8---8--8---8-8----|--------------8---8--------8------|
|------------------8--8---8-8----|------------------8--------8------|
|-8----------------6--6-6-6-6-6--|-8----------------6--6-6-6---6-6--|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
_ _ _____ ___
Riff(s) 6 - 3:20
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------8-8-8-8-8-6-----------8-----|---8-----8-8-8-6---8-----8-------|
|-\8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-----------------|-----------8-8-6---8-----8-------|
|-\6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4---6-6-6-6---6-6-|-6---6-6-------------6-6---6-6-6-|
_______ ___ _ ___ ___ _____
Repeat Fill 3
Repeat Riff 5a x2
Repeat Riff 5b
Repeat Riff 5c
Repeat Riff 6
Repeat Fill 3
Pre-solo - 3:50
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----7---7-----8---8-----7---7-----10---10-----|
|-5-5---5---5-5---6---6-6---5---5-5----8----8-8-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7---7-----8---8-----7---7-----10---10-----|
|---5---5-5---6---6-6---5---5-5----8----8-8-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
_ ___ _ ___ _ ___ _ ___
[solo]
Riff 7 - 4:45
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------6------------6----------------6------------6--|
|---------------5------------5----------------5------------5--|
|---------------3------------3----------------3------------3--|
|--------------------------3----------------3------------3----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0------|
_____________ _______ ___________ _______
Fill 4
|---------------------|
|-6------6------6-----|
|-5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|
|-3-5-5--3-5-5--3-5-5-|
|---3-3----3-3----3-3-|
|---------------------|
Chord fig. 1
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----|
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----|
|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----|-3-3----3-3----3-3----3-3----|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4-4-x--4-4-x--4-4-x--4-4-x--|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4-4-x--4-4-x--4-4-x--4-4-x--|
|-1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1----|-2-2-x--2-2-x--2-2-x--2-2-x--|
Chord fig. 2
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|
|-7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----|-7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----|
|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8----|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--|
|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8----|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--|
|-6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6----|-6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--|
Repeat Chord fig. 1 - 5:02
Repeat Chord fig. 2
Chord fig. 3 - 5:12
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|-2-2---------------------------|
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|-2-2-----6-6-------6-6---------|
|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----|-3-3-7-7-5-5-7-7-7-5-5-7---7-7-|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4-4-7-7-----7-7-7-----7---7-7-|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4-4---------------------------|
|-1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1----|-2-2---------------------------|
___ _____ _ ___
Repeat Chord fig. 2
Chord fig. 4
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|------9p6---8p5---7p4---6p3---5p2---4p1---3-|
|-1-1----1-1----1-1----1-1----|----7-----7-----6-----5-----4-----3-----2---|
|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----|--------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3-x--3-3----|-4------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1-x--1-1----|-2------------------------------------------|
Chord fig. 6 - 5:26
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----| |--0---|
|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----|-6-6----6-6----6-6----6-6----| |--0---|
|-7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----|-7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----| |--1---|
|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8----|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--| |--2---|
|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8----|-8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--8-8-x--| |--2---|
|-6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6----|-6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--6-6-x--| |--0---|
Repeat Riff 2b x4
Riff 3b x3 - 5:45 Riff 4
|----------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|-6--------------------| |--------------------------------------------|
|-6-------7---7--------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-1-0-3-1-0--------------------|
|-4-------4---4--------| |-------------------------4-3-2-1------------|
|---------5---5--5555--| |---------------------------------5-4-3-2-3~-|
____
Repeat Riff 3b x3 |-15----|
Repeat Riff 4 |-15----|
Repeat Riff 3b x3 |-------|
Repeat Riff 4 |-------|
Repeat Riff 3b x3 -> |-------|
Repeat Riff 4, then this at the end -> |-------|
Repeat First Intro Riff - 6:18
Intro riff slightly altered
|-----------------|----------------8-|
|-----------------|---------66-5-----|
|-----------------|-------0------6---|
|-----8-----8---8-|---8-9------------|
|-0-6---0-6---6---|-6----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
Repeat Chorus 1 x2
Chorus outro - 6:38
|------------------------|----------------9-------------------|
|------------------------|-----------8-11---11-8--------------|
|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11--------------11-8---------|
|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11-------------------12-9----|
|----99----99----99------|----99---------------------------10-|
|------------------------|------------------------------------|
__ __ __ __
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------12-|
|---------11-11-11-11-11/--12----12-|
|-9~~------9--9--9--9--9/--10-------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------13--13-|
|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11---11---11---11---12--12-|
|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11----11----11---11/12-|-11---11---11---11----------|
|----99----99----99------|----99----99----99------|---99---99---99-------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __
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