Savatage – Chance (Bass Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb)

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#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# As recorded by Savatage (From the 1994 Album HANDFUL OF RAIN) Transcribed by [email protected] Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled'
 Intro         Chimes         Strings Build-Up
  Q=68                         Q=80
 4/4                                       15/16           4/4
  Gtr I
  Wx15          Wx6            Wx3          H    Q  E S     Wx14
|-------------|------------||-------------|--------------||---------|
|-------------|------------||o------------|-------------o||---------|
|-------------|------------||o------------|-------------o||---------|
|-------------|------------||-------------|--------------||---------|

 Begin Section II
  Q=90
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E S S S S S S E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------2-0-----------|
|-------------------|-------------2-1-0-2---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------3-|

   Verses
    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    W
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
||o-------------5--|-------------5--|----------------|-3----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|------|

  E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------|
|-------------5--|-------------5--|----------------|-3----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|------|

   Pre-Chorus
    E E E E S S E E E   +W             E E E E S S E E E   +W
||--------------------|-------------||-------------------|--------|
||o-------------------|------------o||-------------------|--------|
||o-------------------|------------o||-------------------|--------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)---------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-(3)----|

  Q.   E +H       W          W
|---------------|----------|------|
|-5-------------|----------|------|
|------5-(5)----|-3--------|-5----|
|---------------|----------|------|

 Chorus
  E E S S E E S S S S S S   E E S S E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|

  E E S S E E S S S S S S   E E S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7---o||
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0--||

  E E S S E E S S S S S S   E E S S E E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|

  E E S S E E S S S S S S   E E S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----|-7-7-----7-7-----7-7---|
|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-|-----0-0-----0-0-----0-|

 Breakdown (End Sec. II)
  Q=80
  W          +H.       S  S  S  S    W           +W
|----------|----------------12h14p|=12--------|-(12)----|
|----------|----------12h14-------|-----------|---------|
|----------|----------------------|-----------|---------|
|-3--------|-(3)------------------|-----------|---------|

              2/4    4/4
  Wx6          H      W
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|
|------------|------|------|

   Begin Section III
    Q=96
   7/4                                               6/4
    Q.   Q.   H    Q  Q   3x Q.   Q.   H    E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o----------------------o||------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------6--o||------------------------|--------------------------|
||--5\---0----5----6------||-5\---0----5----6-0-6-0-|-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0--|

  Q=90
 4/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

 Vocals Back In
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  3x
|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

 "I Fear You..."
  E E E E S S E E E   S S E E E E S S  E S S
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
|-0-------0-0-------|-0-0--------------------|

  +E  E E E S S E E E   S S E E E E S S  E S S
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-(7)-7-5-7-----7-5-7-|-----7-5-7-8-7-8-10-8-7-|
|-----------0-0-------|-0-0--------------------|

    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

   Canon (Starts "Father...")
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
||-----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
||-----------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

   Outro
    Q=96
   7/4
    Q.   Q.   H    Q  Q   3x Q.   Q.   H    E E E E
||------------------------||-------------------------|
||o----------------------o||-------------------------|
||o-------------------6--o||-------------------------|
||--5\---0----5----6------||-5\---0----5----6-0-6-0--|

 6/4
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   W.
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-------------------------|-------*|
|-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-6-0-|-5-----*|
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 <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 ----------- | - 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