#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# HEADLESS GAME As recorded by Edguy (From the 1999 Album THEATER OF SALVATION) Transcribed by /X/M Words and Music by Tobias Sammet Em 0 2 2 0 0 0 D x x 0 2 3 2 C x 3 2 0 1 0 B x 2 4 4 4 x G 3 2 0 0 0 3 Am x 0 2 2 1 0 F 1 3 3 2 1 1 Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Rhythm' Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead' Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Keyboard' Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead II' Intro Q=124 Em C 4/4 Gtr III W W W | | / / Gtr I PM--------------------------------------------- H E a Q. s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |----------------||------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------||o-----------------------|-----------------------| |----------------||------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------||------------------------|-----------------------| |----------------||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--------xs19---||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| D B W W | | / / ---------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------------|| Verse $ Em C W W | | / / PM---------------------------------------------- s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-------------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||o--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||---0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| | | Gtr II | E E Q H W ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-17---------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-------------------------|-----------------------| ||--------------------------|-----------------------| D B W W | | / / ---------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------|| | | W W |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| Bridge Em W W | | / / PM--------------------------------------------- s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e ||------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------| ||------------------------|-----------------------| ||------------------------|-----------------------| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| G D W W | | / / ---------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----o|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---------------------------|| Pre-Chorus G D C W W W W W +W | | | | / / / / E E Q H W E E Q H W W +W |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-5-----------|-7--------|-5--------|-(5)----|| |-7-----------|-5--------|-3-----------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|| |-5-----------|-3--------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| Chorus W W W W ||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||o----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|----------|----------|------| ||-----------|-5--------|----------|-7----| ||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5----| ||--0--------|----------|-3--------|------| 1. 2. To Coda W W W +W +W |----------|----------|----------|-------------||--------| |----------|----------|----------|------------o||--------| |----------|----------|----------|-------------||--------| |----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)---------||-(7)----| |-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)--------o||-(5)----| |-0--------|----------|----------|-------------||--------| Guitar Break Gtr I PM-------------------------------------------------- s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-| | | Gtr II | ~~~ ~~~ | H. Q H. Q |--------------------------|-15----------------17-----| |-17----------------19-----|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| -------------------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--4-----4-4-4---4--4--4-4-4-4-4-| |--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-----2-2-2---2--2--2-2-2-2-2-| |--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------------------------| | | ~~ ~~ | W Q. +E H |-19---------------------|-19b20========(19)r==19---------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------------| PM-------------------------------------------------- s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-| | | ~~~ ~~~ | H. Q H. Q |--------------------------|-15----------------17-----| |-17----------------19-----|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| D.S. al Coda ----------------------------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|--4-----4-4---4----4--4--4-4--4-4--4----|| |--2--2-2-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-|--2-----2-2---2----2--2--2-2--2-2--2----|| |--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-|----------------------------------------|| | | ~~~ ~~~ ~~ | Q. E Q. E Q +E +E Q E E |-15--------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------19---19--------15-|-15b17======(15)r(15)---15--------15----|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------16---------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|----------------------------------------|| Guitar Solo & Am D Gtr III W W | | / / W W |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|--7-------------| |--7-------------|--5-------------| |--5-------------|----------------| | | E. E. E H E. E. E H |----------------|----------------| |-/6--5----------|-/6--5----------| |--------5-------|--------5-------| |----------7-----|----------7-----| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| G C D G |------3------| W +H Q Q Q | | | | | / / / / / |------3------| W +H Q Q Q |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|--------5-----7-------------| |--5-------------|-(5)----3-----5-------5-----| |--3-------------|-(3)------------------3-----| | | E. E. E H +H S S S S S S S S |----------------|----------------------------| |-/6--5----------|----------------------------| |--------5-------|--------5-------7-------4---| |----------5-----|-(5)------5-5-----5-5-----5-| |----------------|----------------------------| |----------------|----------------------------| Am D W W | | / / W W |----------------|------------------| |----------------|------------------| |----------------|------------------| |----------------|--7---------------| |--7-------------|--5---------------| |--5-------------|------------------| | | E. E. E H E. E. E Q. E |----------------|------------------| |-/6--5----------|-/6--5------------| |--------5-------|--------5------4--| |----------7-----|----------7-------| |----------------|------------------| |----------------|------------------| F G C G |-------3-------| W +H Q Q Q | | | | | / / / / / |-------3-------| W +H Q Q Q |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------5-----------------| |-3-------------|-(3)------5------3--------5--------| |-1-------------|-(1)------3---------------3--------| | | H.. S S Q.. S S S S S S S S S |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|------------------------7---9-10---| |-5---------2-0-|--2-----2s7-9-10---9-10------------| |---------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------|-----------------------------------| Am W | / W |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-7---------------------------------------| |-5---------------------------------------| | | |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-5h8p5-----5h8p5-----5h8p5-----5h8p5-----| |-------5-5-------5-5-------5-5-------5-5-| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| D W | / W |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-7-------------------------------------------| |-5-------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| | | |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-5h10p5-----5h10p5-----5h10p5-----5h10p5-----| |--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5--------5-5-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| G W | / W |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-5-------------------------------------------| |-3-------------------------------------------| | | |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-8h12p8-----8h12p8-----8h12p8-----8h12p8-----| |--------8-8--------8-8--------8-8--------8-8-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| C D G |------3-------| +H Q Q Q | | | | / / / / |------3-------| +H Q Q Q |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |---------------------5-----7---------------| |-(5)-----------------3-----5--------5------| |-(3)--------------------------------3------| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-13p8---12p8---10p8-12p8-----10p8-----12p8-| |------8------8-----------8--------8--------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| Am D W W | | / / W W |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|--7------------------| |-7-------------|--5------------------| |-5-------------|---------------------| | | Q +Q H E E E H +E |---------------|---------------------| |-8--(8)S=10----|-10s12-10-12----(12)-| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| F G W W | | / / W W |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--3-----------------------|-5-------------------------------| |--1-----------------------|-3-------------------------------| | | E E E Q. +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |-12s13-12-13----(13)-0-0-|-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-3-3-3-| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| Am W +W +W +W | | | | / / / / W +W +W +W |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-7---------------|-(7)--------------------------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|| |-5---------------|-(5)--------------------------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|| | | Gtr IV | |---3---| | E +Q H +E q q q E +E +E E W +W |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-3-(3)s=5----(5)-|--5b6-5b6-5b6-5b6==(5)r(5)p3--|--5---------|-(5)----|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| |-----------------|------------------------------|------------|--------|| Verse Em Gtr III W +W | | / / Gtr I PM---------------------------------------------- s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e ||------------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| C W +W | | / / ----------------------------------------------| s s e e s s e e s s e s s e e s s e e s s e 4x |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------o|| |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|| Pre-Chorus G D C W W W W W +W | | | | / / / / E E Q H W E E Q H W W +W |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| |-------------|----------|-5-----------|-7--------|-5--------|-(5)----|| |-7-----------|-5--------|-3-----------|-5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|| |-5-----------|-3--------|-------------|----------|----------|--------|| Out-Chorus W W W W ||-----------|----------|----------|----------| ||o----------|----------|----------|----------| ||-----------|----------|----------|----------| ||-----------|-5--------|----------|-7--------| ||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5--------| ||--0--------|----------|-3--------|----------| W W W +W 3x |----------|----------|----------|---------|| |----------|----------|----------|--------o|| |----------|----------|----------|---------|| |----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)-----|| |-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----o|| |-0--------|----------|----------|---------|| W W W W |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|-5--------|----------|-7--------| |-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5--------| |-0--------|----------|-3--------|----------| W W W +W |----------|----------|----------|--------*| |----------|----------|----------|--------*| |----------|----------|----------|--------*| |----------|-5--------|-7--------|-(7)----*| |-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----*| |-0--------|----------|----------|--------*| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths