Close To The Edge

From: Scott Evans 

 





Ta-da!  Here it is.  The transcription for all of Yes'

"Close to the Edge".  Let me give a little advice for 

folks that want to play it:



- Some parts are really easy to play, but overall the song

  will take a fair amount of work to get down.  

- for those hard parts, the transcription alone won't do it.

  you'll need to  listen to the song (probably a zillion 

  times) to get Chris' phrasing down.  It's tough!  And his

  tone doesn't make it any easier (trust me on this one).



Anyway, there's two or three little fills that I missed. 

Sorry.  If anyone has any comments on this, please mail me.

Enjoy!



scott evans

thrash@virginia.edu





			    CLOSE TO THE EDGE

			           Yes



---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---

-------------------------0---2---|---2---3---5---7---8---11---12---14----|---

-------------0---1---4-----------|---------------------------------------|---

-0---1---3-----------------------|---------------------------------------|---





			 	      riff A (real fast)

-9---10---12---14---15---18---19~~~-||---------------------------------------

------------------------------------||*--------------------------------------

------------------------------------||*--7-5-4--8-7-5--10-8-7--12-10-8-------

------------------------------------||---------------------------------------





                           (8x)

--------6------7-6----9-7-6----||--------------------------------------------

-8-7-5----8-7------8----------*||---------------------------------8-7-5------

------------------------------*||--7-5-4--8-7-5--10-8-7--12-10-8-------------

-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------



mysterious fill                   riff A  (2x)

-6-?-?-?-9----|-----------------||-----------||------------------------|-----

--------------|-----------------||*---------*||------------------------|-----

--------------|-----------------||*---------*||--7-7-5-4--7-7-5-4---7--|-----

--------------|-----------------||-----------||-------------------0----|-----

               vocal (aaaaahhhh)



	     riff A  (3x)

------------||----------||---------------------------------------------------

------------||*--------*||---------------------------------------------------

------------||*--------*||----------------------------------------0--0-0-0-0-

------------||----------||--0--0-0-0-0--1--1-1-1-1--3--3-3-3-3---------------

  aahhhhhhh





----------------------------------------------------|------------------------

---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------------

-1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|------------------------

----------------------------------------------------|------------------------





-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------







---------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-10-10-----

-12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------







-12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-15-15---18-18-18-18-18-18-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------







-----------------------|--------------------------------------7---|----------

-19-19-19-19-19-19~~~~-|--------7---------8---------10------------|----------

-----------------------|--7--8------7--8------7--8------7--8------|----------

-----------------------|------------------------------------------|----------





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

--------------3-\-(1)----|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|------

----------------------1--|-----3--2--0--|-----3--2--0--|-----------6--|------

-------------------------|--------------|--3-----------|--3--1--3-----|------







----------|-------------------|--------------------|------------|-----------|

-0--------|---8---8------6----|---6---6-------8----|-0----------|-----------|

----3--1--|-6---6------6---6--|-4---4-------8---6--|----3--2--0-|---3--2--0-|

----------|----------4--------|-----------6--------|------------|-3---------|







-------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------

-------------|--12-12-12-12-12-12---10-10-10-10-10-10---8--8-8--8-8---|------

----------6--|--------------------------------------------------------|------

-3--1--3-----|--------------------------------------------------------|------







-----8------------|------6------------|------------|------------|-----------|

---8---8---6------|----6---6---8------|------------|------------|-----------|

-6-----------6----|--4-----------8----|--5--4--3---|-2--0-----2-|-----------|

---------------4--|----------------6--|------------|-------3----|---1-------|







               h      h                        h                  h      h

-------------12^14--12^14-|------------------12^14-|------------12^14--12^14-

--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------

-0-0--/12\-0--------------|-0--0--/12\--0--0-------|-0-0-/12\-0--------------

--------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------







                     h      h                          h   (4x)

||-----------------12^14--12^14--|-------------------12^14---||--------------

||*------------------------------|--------------------------*||--------------

||*--0--0--/12\--0---------------|-0--0--/12\--0--0---------*||--------------

||-------------------------------|---------------------------||--------------

  verse



  _________      ____________                 

 | 1.           | 2.                           

-----------||-||-------------------|------------11~~~~~~~~---||--------------

----------*||-||*-------------7----|---h---9-7-----9~~~~~~--*||--------------

----------*||-||*-7--7-(0)--5---5--|--5^7-------------------*||--------------

---3-------||-||-------------------|-------------------------||--------------

              chorus





                                                                        (4x)

||---------------|--------------|-------------------------|----------------||

||*--------------|--------------|---------7-5-------------|--h--------2-3-*||

||*--8-----5--3--|------h-------|--8-x-7------7-5-3-5-----|-3^5-3---3-----*||

||---------------|--5--3^5--1---|----------------------1--|----------------||







||----------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~---||--------------------------

||*----------------5----|------/-7-9------------*||--------------------------

||*--5--5--(0)---3---3--|----------------7~~~~--*||--------------------------

||----------------------|------------------------||--------------------------

  chorus 2







----------------------------------|------------------------------------------

----------------------------------|------------------------------------------

-8----7--5------3---2----0--------|------------------------------------------

------------------------------3---|---1~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------

seasons...                            now that it's all over and done...



                                            ___________     

                                     (4x)  | 1.

||--------------|---p--------|----------||-------------||--------------------

||*-------------|--5^4---h---|---------*||------------*||--------------------

||*---------h---|-------5^7--|---------*||------------*||--------------------

||---8\7---3^5--|------------|--0---0---||--3----------||--------------------

  verse 2



  _______________

 | 2.                     bizarre

------------|-----------|----------|-------------------|--------|------------

------------|-----------|----------|----------h---5----|--------|------------

-7----------|--5--------|----------|---h-----5^7-----7-|--------|------------

------------|-----------|---5-3-5--|--3^5--5-----------|-3-5-3--|------------

                         (down at the edge...)



                                                         mystic fill       

------------|-----------|------------|------------------|-------------|------

------------|-----------|------------|----------h----5--|-------------|------

-7----------|--5--------|---h----3---|---h-----3^5-7----|----?--------|------

------------|-----------|--3^5-5---5-|--3^5-5-----------|-------------|------

                          







------------|-----------|-----------------------|------------|---------------

------------|-----------|--7--------------------|------------|---------------

-7----------|--5--------|----7-5--------5--7~~~~|--5-4-------|---------------

------------|-----------|---------7--8----------|-------5-3--|---------------







---------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------

----------9-7--------------|-----------4-5--|--------------------|-----------

-10--x-9------9-7--5-7-----|--7-5----5------|-10--7---5----------|------------

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







---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------

----------9-7--------------|----------4-5--|---------------------------------

-10--x-9------9-7--5-7-----|--7-5---5------|---------------------------------

------------------------3--|---------------|---------------------------------







||--------------------|------------11~~~~~~~~---||--------------------------|

||*--------------7----|-------9-7------9~~~~~--*||--------------------------|

||*--7--7-(0)--5---5--|--5/7-------------------*||-10--9--7--5--4--2--0-----|

||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------3--|

 chorus





                                                           (4x)

|---------||-----------------------------|-------------------||--------------

|---------||*----------------------------|--3-2-0--h-p------*||--------------

|---------||*---0-2---3-2-0--------------|--------2^3^2-----*||--------------

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

  guitar 





----------------------------|----------------------------------------------||

----------------------------|----------------------------------------------||

---0-2---3-2-0--------------|----------------------------------------------||

-3-----3-------3--5-3-0--1--|--0~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------||





8:30 - 14:10 overblown keyboard/vocal thing (rest your hands)



                                  (a few times)

||-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|

||*-----------------------------------------*||---------------5-------3-----|

||*----------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--*||---2-----0-------------------|

||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------||-----------------------------|





                       h      h                      h   (4x)

||-------------------12^14--12^14--|---------------12^14---||----------------

||*--------------------------------|----------------------*||----------------

||*--0--0---/12\--0----------------|---0--0--/12\---------*||----------------

||---------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------

  solo



  ______________________________________________________

 | 1.

------------------|--------------------|---------------||--------------------

------------------|--------------------|--------------*||--------------------

-7--------5-------|--0-----0-----0-----|--7--------5--*||--------------------

------------------|-----0-----0-----0--|---------------||--------------------



  _____________

 | 2.                                       (4x)

------------------||--------------|---p--------||--------------------|-------

------------------||*-------------|--5^4-------||-5---5---5---5---5--|-------

-7-------5--------||*---------h---|-------5/7--||---5---5---5---5----|-------

------------------||----8\7--3^5--|------------||--------------------|-------







                       h      h                      h   (3x)

||-------------------12^14--12^14--|---------------12^14---||----------------

||*--------------------------------|----------------------*||----------------

||*--0--0---/12\--0----------------|---0--0--/12\---------*||--2---2---2-----

||---------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------









---------|---------------------|---------7-5-------h-----|-----------2-3----|

---------|---5---3---2---0-----|---8--7------7-5--3^5----|-5--3----3--------|

-1-------|------------------1--|-----------------------1-|------------------|

---------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|





||-----------------------||----------------|--------------------------------|

||*---------------------*||----------------|---really quiet (if any) bass---|

||*--10---8---10---12---*||---13---15------|---during this part, beats me---|

||-----------------------||----------------|--------------------------------|

                           seasons will...





                                                         (3x) 

---------------------------||-------------------------------||

---------------------------||*-----------------------------*||

-1------------3------------||*---8---7---5---3--------1----*||

---------------------------||-------------------------------||

seasons will pass you by     i get up...