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Show Me The Way - Styx
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Tabbed by:atmetcalfe
Email:[email protected]
This is a great song, and there are too few tabs for it.
I think tjcoleman95 had the right idea on the solos but got the strings mixed up.
I know the solos aren't exactly correct but they are in key so they shouldn't clash.
For the walkdown I changed the position of the chords to make it easier for me to play.
Also in the second verse the acoustic guitar plays arpeggios but I'm not sure how
that goes as of now.
Tuning:Standard EADGBe
Verse:
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F# Abmin Bbmin Ebmin B
Every night I say a prayer, in the hopes that
C#
there's a heaven
F# Abmin Bbmin Ebmin B
but everyday I'm more confused as the saints
C#
turn into sinners
Ebmin*** (This is a walkdown with Ebmin)
All the heroes and legends I knew as a child
B C#
have fallen to idols of clay
F# Abmin Bmin Ebmin B
And I feel this empty space inside, so afraid
C#
that I've lost my faith
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Chorus:
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F# C# B
Show me the way
F# C# B
Show me the way
F# Bbmin Ebmin
Take me tonight to the river and wash my
Abmin C#
illusions away
F#
show me the way
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Then you just play through the second verse the same way. After that the
distorted guitar comes in.
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Chorus:
F# C# B F# (*) C# B
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6----4-----------------x~--6-----4--------------------------|
D|-----4-------6----4-------------4---x~--6-----4--------------------------|
A|-----4-------4----2-------------4---x~--4-----2--------------------------|
E|-----2--------------------------2----------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------6---6/8----9---11---------------------------|
A|-----/9----8----6----4-------6---6/8----9---11---------------------------|
E|-----------------------------4---4/6----7---9----------------------------|
Then there's this little fill-in JY does
e|------16b18---------18r16------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------/16--14---12tr14----11~------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb Ebmin-C#-B
And if I see a light, should I believe
Abmin C#
Tell me how will I know
Next comes the solos. The first I think sounds best when played as acoustic with some reverb.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------12~-|
G|-----9~----11~----11/13-13-14----13--11~------9~------11/13-14--11~------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------12------14~----12--11--12~-----|
G|---9~-----11~---11/13-13-14--13-11---14----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----14-12-11-12-11-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------13--11--13--11---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------13--11~----------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here's JY's electric solo:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----12b14~-----12--11--12-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------13b15----13b15---13---11------|
D|-------------------------------11--13--11----------------------------13--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------16b18---16b18---16--14-|
B|----------------------------14--14b16-----16r14--------------------------|
G|--------------10---11---13-----------------------------------------------|
D|-------11--13------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------16/21-21-----21b23-----21b23---21b23----21b23----18--------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----18------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--21----21---19~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the solo over the ending chorus
e|------16b18---18r16--14------21b23---18---------18-----------18---21-----|
B|----------------------------------------21--19------21-19-21-------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---21b23-----23r21~--------18--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------21------21---19~----------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Here's the walkdown:
D#m D#m#7 D#m7 D#m6
e|--------6-------2--------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------7-------3----------------------------7--------------7------------|
G|--------8-------3----------------------------6--------------5------------|
D|--------8-------1----------------------------8--------------4------------|
A|--------6------------------------------------6--------------6------------|
E|--------6----------------------------------------------------------------|
Chords:
F# Abmin Bbmin Ebmin B C#
e|---2----| e|---4----| e|--------| e|--------| e|--------| e|--------|
B|---2----| B|---4----| B|---2----| B|---7----| B|---4----| B|---6----|
G|---3----| G|---4----| G|---3----| G|---8----| G|---4----| G|---6----|
D|---4----| D|---6----| D|---3----| D|---8----| D|---4----| D|---6----|
A|---4----| A|---6----| A|---1----| A|---6----| A|---2----| A|---4----|
E|---2----| E|---4----| E|--------| E|--------| E|--------| E|--------|
Bb
e|--1-----|
B|--3-----|
G|--3-----|
D|--3-----|
A|--1-----|
E|--1-----|
(*)This is something that I think I hear and that I throw in the chorus.
It's a very quick and subtle pick slide.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| r Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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