Edguy – Headless Game (Guitar Tab)
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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
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/ /
---------------------------------------------|
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
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/ /
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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-|---------------------------||
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| W W |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------------|--------------------------o|| |-----------------------|---------------------------||
Bridge
Em
W W
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/ /
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
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/ /
---------------------------------------------|
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
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/ / / /
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-|--------------------------------|
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| ~~ ~~ | 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-|----------------------------------------||
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| ~~~ ~~~ ~~ | 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
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/ / / /
|------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-------------|---------------------|
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| Q +Q H E E E H +E |---------------|---------------------| |-8--(8)S=10----|-10s12-10-12----(12)-| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------| |---------------|---------------------|
F G
W W
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/ /
W W |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------------| |--3-----------------------|-5-------------------------------| |--1-----------------------|-3-------------------------------|
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| 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
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/ /
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
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/ /
----------------------------------------------|
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--------|----------|----------|--------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths