FOCUS
Sylvia
tabbed by: oRion_friend_of_misery (oRion_friend_of_misery@metallica.com)
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| Tab explanation: |
| / : slide up |
| : slide down |
| ~ : vibrato |
| _ : slight vibrato to let note last |
| h : hammer on |
| p : pull of |
| b : bend note up to note between () |
| r : release note |
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on ly the solo, i'm searching for the opening riff, and i will post it later
i can tell you jan starts with an F chord at 13th fret
this tab is far from correct cuz jan akkerman uses a lot of variations
any comments are very welcome.
have fun
Intro Riff
First Solo
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|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-/17~-15-14-14h15p14----------------|----------------------15p14-----------------|
|--------------------17p15-15-14h15~~|-14----14-15-------15-------17-15h17--------|
|------------------------------------|----17-------17-15-------------------15~~~~~|
|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
/-very-fast-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-----/17-15h1412h15p14-14-15p14------------------------------|
|---------17-15----------------------------17-15-15b(16)15~~~15_________|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro Riff again
Second Solo : similar as Solo 1 but with some slight differences
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|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-/17~-15-14-14h15p14----------------|----------------------14b(15)rbr-----------------|
|--------------------17p15-15-14h15~~|-14----14-15-------15------------17-15h17--------|
|------------------------------------|----17-------17-15------------------------15~~~~~|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
/-very-fast-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-----/17-15h1412h15p14-14-15p14------------------------------|
|---------17-15----------------------------17-15-15b(16)15~~~15_________|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
[organ interfere]
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---15-15-15-15-15h16p15-13-16-15~~~~|
|-/17-15-14-14h15p14----------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------17p15-15-14h15~~|-15---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-----------------------------------17-17-17-17-17h18p17-15~-13-13-|
|------17p16-16~-16h17p16-14---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------17-17p16h17~17-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-/17~-15-14-14h15p14----------------|----------------------14b(15)rbr-----------------|
|--------------------17p15-15-14h15~~|-14----14-15-------15------------17-15h17--------|
|------------------------------------|----17-------17-15------------------------15~~~~~|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
/-very-fast-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-----/17-15h1412h15p14-14-15p14------------------------------|
|---------17-15----------------------------17-15-15b(16)15~~~15_________|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Third Solo:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15-15-----------------------------------17-17-17-17-17h18p17-15~-18p17-|
|------17p16-16~-16h17p16-14---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------17-17p16h17~17-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|---14-14-14-14-14h15p14-12---|
|-17-17-15p14-14~14h15p14-----------------|--------------------------15-|
|------------------------16p14-14~13h14~~|-14--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-/17~-15-14-14h15p14----------------|----------------------14b(15)rbr-----------------|
|--------------------17p15-15-14h15~~|-14----14-15-------15------------17-15h17--------|
|------------------------------------|----17-------17-15------------------------15~~~~~|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
/-very-fast-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-15-14-----/17-15h1412h15p14-14-15p14------------------------------|
|---------17-15----------------------------17-15-15b(16)15~~~15_________|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro Riff with fade out after several times
Sylvia - by Focus
Jan Akkerman and Thijs Van Leer
Intro chords tablature by Julian Evans (j.b.evans@ntlworld.com)
Intro chords - it's important that they're played in these positions...
Where '$' represents the chopping riff over strings deadened (muted)
by the palm of the strumming hand (you'll get it).
F F C C G G Ab Ab Ab Ab Eb Eb Bb Bb Bb Bb
|--13--13--$--12--12--10--10--$--11--11--8--8--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
|--13--13--$--13--13--12--12--$--13--13--9--9--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
|--14--14--$--12--12--12--12--$--13--13--8--8--$--12--12--7--7--7--7--|
|--15--15--$--X---X---12--12--$--13--13--X--X--$--13--13--8--8--8--8--|
|--15--15--$--X---X---10--10--$--11--11--X--X--$--13--13--8--8--8--8--|
|--X---X---$--X---X---X---X---$--X---X---X--X--$--11--11--6--6--6--6--|
... The tune
|--8-65-5-5-6-5-----------------------------6-5---------8
|----------------8-6-65/6-65---5/6-----6-6-----8-6-8-- etc etc...
|------------------------------7-----7-5---------------5
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
A '' means slur down
A '/' means slur up
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