Band: Fates Warning track: The Eleventh Hour album: _Still Life_ tuning: Standard E-A-D-G-B-E Author: Nathan Rood Guitar I: Light entrance, try using volume swells along with some chorus or delay to emulate the sound. Bernie V. plays this. --------------------6--5---3-----|----6---8--------------13----- -----3---4--3--1-----------------|----8---6-------10/11--------- ---------------------------------|------------------------------ ---------------------------------|------------------------------ ---------------------------------|------------------------------ ---------------------------------|------------------------------ Guitar II: This is the clean part that is repeated throughout the verses. Matheos plays this. --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ----------0-------0--------------0-------3--------------------- -------0-----0/1--------1-----0-----0/1------------------------ ---------------------3----------------------------------------- ----3----------------------3----------------------------------- Next, hold down these chords and play this pattern: Fmaj Gmin Fmin -------------1-------------------3--------------------------------- ----------------1----------------3-------------1-----------3--1---- -------------------2-------------3-----------2--------2/3--------3- ----------3--------------------5----------3--------3--------------- -------3--------------------5-------------------------------------- ----1--------------------3-------------1--------------------------- Then, it repeats to the above phrase. Next, the transition to the heavy part. Kick distortion on, and both parts play this: Gmin Ebmaj ------3---3------------------------------------------------------- ------3---3-------8------------------------------------------------ ------3---3-------8------------------------------------------------ ------5---5-------8------------------------------------------------ ------5---5-------6------------------------------------------------ ------3---3------------------------------------------------------- Guitar II then repeats the clean part once, then the transition chords are repeated again. Next up, the heavy part: Guitar II, Matheos: --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --\0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---8-0-0-0---7-0-0-0-0-- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------|-----------------------------------------3-----------------|---- ------------------|--------------------------------------------6--4--3--4--6--|---- -5-0-0-0-0--7-----|---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|--0- ---------------3--|-----------------------------------------------------------|---- ------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---- ------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|---- And, repeat. During the above line, Guitar I plays this next series of chords. Then during the verses, both guitars play it. Gmin Dmin Gmin Ebmaj Fmin -------3----------5--------------3------------------1------------ -------3-------------6-----------3-------8----------1------------ -------3----------------7--------3-------8----------1------------ -------5-------------------------5-------8----------------------- -------5-------5-----------------5-------6----------------------- ----3-------------------------3-----------------1---------------- Next comes the guitar part over which Ray sings the "0hh-ohh-ohhs". Both guitars play this. As above, it helps to hold the barre chords when you play this series. G#maj Fmin C#maj -----------------------------------------1--------------------------- --------------------------4-----------------1--------------6--------- ---------5-----------------------------1-------1--------------6------ ------------6-----------------------3-------------------6--------6--- ------6--------6-------5---------3-------------------4--------------- ---4----------------3---------1-------------------------------------- ---------3-----------------1-------------|--- Then, repeat. After the key change, ---------4--------------1-----1----------|--- just scoot each of these notes 2 ---------5-----------3-----------3-------|--- frets up on the fretboard. ------5-----------3-----------------3----|--- ---3-----------1-------------------------|--- ---------------------------------------1-|--- Ray sings "Nothing's easy anymore!" and then comes this heavy line. Listen to the recording here, because the timing is tricky. ----------------------3-|------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------6-----4----|------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------6-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------|--------------------------------1--1------------------------1--3-- ---3---4--------3-------|------------1--1---3--4---3--4-----------------1----2-3-4--------- ------------------------|--1---3--4-----------------------------1--3--4-------------------- Coming out of this pattern, repeat to the beginning of the heavy part. Like I said before, after the second time through there is a slight key change. All you must do is play the same patterns 2 frets up. At the end of the key change section, this passage is played in order to segue back to the beginning. --------------------------------------- --------------8------------------10---- -----------8-----8-----------10-------- --------------------8------------------ ----5--6-----------------8------------- --------------------------------------- Then, the original Guitar II line is played. The last verse is sung quietly over it, and the song ends with a resounding G minor chord.