Author/Artist: Styx Title: Grand Illusion (Solo) Album: Grand Illusion Transcribed by: J. Chitty Email: 08jchidester@davis.k12.ut.us There is a excellent tab of this song on MXTABS.NET written by, well, I don’t know. I would like to give credit but I couldn’t find a name on the tab. Anyway, it’s a great tab, it’s got everything but the solos, so put this one together with that one and you have a perfect tab of this song. NOTE: in the tab of Grand Illusion on MXTABS.NET, there is one mistake. Guitar 1 on the bridge has it’s notes written 1 fret to high just on the first stanza. Just pay attention and study it and you’ll get what I mean. NEXT SONG: Lady – Styx Guitar Solo 1 (1:51) *12fretsabove e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------5/6-8b10—{6v}------------------| D|-----------6--6-8v--------------------6--------------------------------| A|-----------------------------6--7--8-----------------------------------| E|*[1]\\\\\\-------------6—9---------------------------------------------| *(-3 1/2) Semi-PM . . . . . . e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------------11—13b14—11b12—r11---------| G|-8b9--6v--6-8p6v---8-6v--6-x-5h6p5-x-13--13----------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-/14b16r14--11v---------11----------11---------11----------------------| G|------------------13b15------b14b15-----b14b15-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ^1/4 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-13b15-r--13\--6--8--6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8—6-----------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| ^1/4 e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------{6}--------------------------------------6v---------------| D|{8v}---6--8------------------------------------6--8--------------------| A|-----------------4b6r4\------1------1--4--6/8--------------------------| E|--------------------------4----4---------------------------------------| SemiPM . . . . e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-6b8r6\\\--------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------4--4--4-6v-\-----------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------1--3/8b10--6vv---------------------------| D|------------------------1--3-------------------------------------------| A|---------------1--2--3-------------------------------------------------| E|------0--1--4----------------------------------------------------------| SemiPM . . . . . . . e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------6----------------------------| G|---------------------------------------8-------------------------------| D|-6v--6h8p6--x--5h6p5---3h5--1---1-3/-8---------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-6h8p6h8p6--8-10r8--6----------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------8vv-----------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| End of Guitar Solo 1 Guitar Solo 2 (3:02) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------16--18--19--19/21v-----------------------------------| G|-/18--18v-----18-------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-21---19---18-19p18----16---18h19p18p16--------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------18v----------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-18--17--18--18b20--r18--18-17-18v-------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------17-15p14-14h15p14----14-15p14--15p14--------------------------| G|-18\14---------------------16-----------------16-14--------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------14v----------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10--9v--/14-14-14v--/16-16-16v--/18-18-18v--21-18--21b23r21v--21-21v--| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------21b23-21v----21--18--21b23r21v-21------------------| B|-18---21-18--21-18-----------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------17--15b17v------------------------------------| B|-/16--14--15b17v---17-17-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A 2nd guitar does this at the same time (timing is matched up with above)| e|-------------------17-17-21--19b21v------------------------------------| B|----------20b22--------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| End of Guitar Solo 2 Guitar Solo 3 (3:32) e|-------------6---------------------------------------------------------| B|-----9b11v------9--11r9--6---------------------------------------------| G|x\--------------------------8--10r8--8—10--8b9-8—6h8p6v----------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| KEY/LEGEND | / slide up | \ slide down | // slide up to infinity | \\ slide down to infinity | h hammer-on | p pull-off | b bend | ^ microbend | PM... Palm mute – notes w/the dots directly beneath them are P.M. | v vibrato | x Mute note | x\ pick slide down | x/ pick slide up | ~ let ring |(+1/2) up (+)or down (-)on whammy bar, number is how much (1/2=1 fret) |(5) Ghost note (you don’t have to play it, but it sounds okay) | <> natural harmonic (finger touches string lightly above fret- usually the 5th, 7th, or 12th fret) | [] artificial harmonic (picked at 5, 7, or 12 frets above the note being played, thumb follows through with pick attack) | {} pinch harmonic (thumb follows through in pick attack at place where the pinch harmonic is found)