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                            T H E   G A T H E R I N G

                                       -

                                R E S C U E   M E
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                             HOW TO MEASURE A PLANET
                            (c)  Century Media - 1998
                             http://www.gathering.nl/


                                Standard Tuning
                                    E A  D G


                                 Tempo = 121 BPM
                              Time Signature = 4/4


                          -----------------------------
                                 Transcribed by

                                 PADDY MCMULLAN
                           stinkypoohpants@yahoo.co.uk

                                  For Andrea C.

                                   Version 1.0
                               18th November 2008
                             -----------------------

                             Tablature Symbols Used:


 p         -  Pull-Off
 h         -  Hammer-On
 (/)       -  Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 \         -  Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 /         -  Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
 ( )       -  Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
 REST      -  Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space



================================================================================
Verse 1: Play once
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  1                   2                   3
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--3----------------|--(3)--------------|--3----------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 4                   5                   6
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(3)--------------|--0----------------|--(0)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 7                   8                   9
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 10                  11                  12
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(3)--------------|--3----------------|--(3)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 13                  14                  15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--0----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 16                  17                  18
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(0)--------------|--3----------------|--(3)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 19                  20
|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------||
|--3----------------|-(3)-----5--7--7--7--7--||
|-------------------|------------------------||



================================================================================
Chorus: Play once
================================================================================

  1                     2                          3
||---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------5------|---------------------|
||--0---------------0--|--0------0--(5/7)-----7\ -|--0---------------0--|
||---------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|

 4                       5                      6
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--0------0--7--5----0--|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|--3------3--3------3--|--3------3--3------3--|

 7                      8                             9
|----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|-----0 h 2--5--2 p 0--2 h 5--|--0---------------0--|
|--3------3--3------3--|--3--------------------------|---------------------|

 10                          11                     12
|---------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------5--------|----------------------|-----------------------|
|--0------0--(5/7)------7\ -|--0------0--0------0--|--0------0--7--5----0--|
|---------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

 13                     14                     15
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--3------3--3------3--|--3------3--3------3--|--3------3--3------3--|

 16
|-------------------------||
|-------------------------||
|-------------7--3--0--5--||
|--3------3/ -------------||



================================================================================
Verse 2: Play once
================================================================================

  1                     2                     3
||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||--0---------------0--|--0--------5---------|--0---------------0--|
||---------------------|------------------3--|---------------------|

 4                   5                     6
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--0----------------|--0---------------0--|--0----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|

 7                   8                   9
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--3----------------|-(3)---------------|--3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 10                       11                  12
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(3)----0--6-------  \--|--0----------------|-(0)---------------|
|-----3------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 13                  14                  15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--0----------------|-(0)---------------|--3----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

 16                  17                  18
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------||
|--3----------------|--3----------------|--3------5--7--7--7--7--||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------||



================================================================================
Play the Chorus once, replacing the last bar with the following:
================================================================================


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



================================================================================
Section 2.1: Play once
================================================================================


||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|
||--0----------------|-(0)-------5h7--------|--0----------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|-------------------|


|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-------7--------|--10----------------|-(10)------0--------|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--5----------------|-(5)---------------|--0----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-------7--------|--0----------------|-(0)-------7--------|
|--------------------|-------------------|--------------------|


|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--------------------|
|--10----------------|-(10)------12--------|--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|--10----------------|


|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|----------------------||
|-(10)------3----3--3--||



================================================================================
Section 2.2: Play once [ Tempo = 131 BPM ]
================================================================================

  1                        2
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5 \ 3----3--3 / |

 3                        4
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------5-----|
|------------------------|-----------(3/5) h 7-----7--|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5-------------------|

 5                          6
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------5--7--|
|--------------------------|-----------(3/5) h 7--------|
|--3----3--3--0 h 3--3--3--|-(3)-3--3-------------------|

 7                        8
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------5--7--|
|------------------------|-----------(3/5) h 7--------|
|--3----3--3--3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3-------------------|

 9                        10
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--|
|------------------5-----|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----------|--------------------------|

 11                       12
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|------------------5-----|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----------|--------------------------|

 13                       14
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5-------5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------3-----|--------------------------|

 15                         16
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------5h7--|-(7)-5---------------------|
|--0----0--0--0----0-------|--------7--5---------------|
|--------------------------|--------------8 \ 3--3--3--|

 17                       18
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------7--|-(7)-7--7--7--7--5--5--5--|
|------------------5-----|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----------|--------------------------|

 19                        20
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

 21                       22
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------5--7--|
|------------------------|--------------5--7--------|
|--3----3--3--3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3--------------|

 23                       24
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0----0--0--0----0--0--|-(0)-0--0--0--0-----------|
|------------------------|-----------------3--3--3--|

 25                       26
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--|

 27                       28
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

 29                       30
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3----3--3--3----3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

 31                       32
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5----5--5--5----5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--3--3--3--|

 33                         34
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--0--3--5--0--3--5--0--3--|--5--3--5--3--5--3--0--3--|

 35                         36
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--3--0--0--3--5--0--3--|--5--3--5--3--5--3--0--3--|

 37                         38
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|-(3)-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|

 39                         40
|--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|-(5)-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--||--5----------------||



Hold the last bar's note for 4 bars, then rest for a further 4 bars before
continuing to the next section.



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Verse 3: Play twice [ Tempo = 118 BPM ]
================================================================================


||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||--0----------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|
||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|--(0)--------------|--3----------------|--(3)--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


|-------------------|-------------------| |
|-------------------|-------------------|*|
|--(3)--------------|--(3)--------------|*|
|-------------------|-------------------| |



================================================================================
Play Chorus 1 once
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================================================================================
Play Section 2.1 once, replacing the last bar with the following
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||--------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------||-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------||--0----------------|
||--10----------------|-(10)--------------||-------------------|


|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------|--(0)--------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||



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End
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Tab summary:        Verse 1 x 1
                    Chorus x 1
                    Verse 2 x 1
                    Chorus x 2
                    Section 2.1 x 1
                    Section 2.2 x 1
                    Verse 3 x 2
                    Chorus x 1
                    Section 2.1 x 1

                    END

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