HORSELL COMMON AND THE HEAT RAY Jeff Wayne INTRO (00:29) e|-----------------------------| B|-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------| D|-----------------------------| A|-------------------------2---| E|-0-2-3-4--3-4----3-4-3-4---4-| Riff A.........................| PART 1 (01:09-01:55) Gtr 1 w/riff A JOURNALIST: Next morning a crowd gathered on the common, hypnotised by the unscrewing of cylinder. 2 feet of shining screw projected when suddenly, the lid fell off. Gtr 2: (w/wah wah) e|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------| B|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------| G|-----------------3b4==r3b4~~~~--|----------------%----------------------| D|-5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6~~~~--|----------------%----------------------| A|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------|---------------------------------------| Fill 1....................................................................| Gtr 1 w/riff A Gtr 2 w/fill 1 JOURNALIST: Two luminous, disc-like eyes appeared above the rim. A huge rounded bulk, than a bear, rose up slowly, glistening like wet leather, its lipless mouth quivered and and snakelike tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated. PART 2 (01:55-03:15) Gtr 2(wah wah off): (w/dist) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------4~~~-------------4~~~---------------------4~~~-------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-| A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------| G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---| D|-------------2-2------4-4-----------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-4-3-4---------------------------------9~~~-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------------6/8----------------------------------| D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6---------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff B...................|Riff C...| PART 2a (03:15-03:33) Vcl : A few young men crept closer to the pit. A tall funnel rose, Gtr2: Riff B Riff C Vcl : then an invisble ray of heat leapt from man to man and there was a Gtr2: Riff B Vcl : bright glare as each was instantly turned to fire. Every tree and bush Gtr2: Riff B Vcl :became a mass of flames at the touch of the savage, unearthly heat ray. Gtr2:Riff C Riff B PART 3 (03:33-05:26) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/13\-1-1 0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/15~~~\13-13-13-13\-1-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Riff D...............................................................(x4).| e|------------------| B|------------------| G|-/13-13-13-13\--1-| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|------------------| Gtr 2: (w/dist) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------4~~~-------------4~~~---------------------4~~~-------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-| A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------| G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---| D|-------------2-2------4-4-----------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|----------------------------------| B|-4-3-4----------------------------| G|----------------------------------| D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6-| A|----------------------------------| E|----------------------------------| PART 4 (05:26-05:47) w/riff B Vcl:People clawed their way off te common, and I ran too. I felt I was being toyed with, that when I was on the verge of safety this mysterious death would leap after me and me down. At last I reached Maybury hill, and in the dim coolness of my home, I wrote an for my newspaper before I sank into a restless, haunted sleep. PART 5 (05:47-06:47) e|-------------7~~~||x4-----|Synth-|-13---10---15---10-|Synth|-13-10-15-10-| B|-------------0--o||-------|------|-Gtr-3-------------|-----|-------------| G|-------------4~~~||-------|------|-------------------|-----|-------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-----||-0-1-0-|------|-------------------|-----|-------------| A|----------------o||-------|------|-------------------|-----|-------------| E|-----------------||-------|------|-TP...............||-----|TP..........|| PART 6 (06:47-07:55) Vcl : I woke to alien sounds of hammering from the pit, and turned to the railway to buy the paper. e|Synth-|-13---10---15---10-|Synth| B|------|-------------------|-----| G|------|-------------------|-----| D|------|-------------------|-----| A|------|-------------------|-----| E|------|-TP...............||-----| Around me, the daily routine of life, working, eating, sleeping, was continuing serenely it had for countless years. e|Synth-|-13---10---15---10-|Synth| B|------|-------------------|-----| G|------|-------------------|-----| D|------|-------------------|-----| A|------|-------------------|-----| E|------|-TP...............||-----| On Horsell Common, the martians continued hammering and stirring, sleepless, at work on the machines they were making. Now and again a light, like the beam of a warships' swept the common, and the heat ray was ready to follow. e|Synth-|-13---10---15---10-| B|------|-------------------| G|------|-------------------| D|------|-------------------| A|------|-------------------| E|------|-TP...............|| |-13---10---15---10-| |-------------------| |-------------------|x3 |-------------------| |-------------------| |-TP...............|| PART 7 (07:55-09:12) Gtr 3 w/riff D (see P3) SOLO (behind riff D) e|-15b17==========r-12h15p12h15p12h15--------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------13h15p13h15p13h15--------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12-9\| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------10h12p10h12p10h12-13b15==========\---------| G|-/9~~=====\-/10h12p10h12p10h12----------------------------------\--------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------\-------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------\------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------\-----| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-/14===\/12===\/10===\-10h12p10h12p10h12\10p7h10p7-----------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------7\--------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------\-------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------\------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------13b15-13-10----------------------| G|-10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12p10h12h14p12p10-------------12p10~~~~~\----------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------\---------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------\--------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------\-------| e|--20b22===r---20b22===r-20b22r--20p17----17------------------------------| B|--------------------------------------20----20p17----19------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------21----21p19------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------21p19h21\--| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------\-| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------\| e|------{19}\---------------------------------------------------------12h15| B|------{19}\\---------------------------------------12h15p12h15p12h15-----| G|------{19}\\\--------------------12h14p12h14p12h14-----------------------| D|------{19}\\\\-----------------------------------------------------------| A|------{19}\\\\\----------------------------------------------------------| E|------{19}\\\\\\---------------------------------------------------------| w/bar.....| e|------------------------------------------------22b24---------[22]~~~----| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------12b14~~~~\-------14p12---------------------------------------------| D|----------------\------------14p12---------------------------------------| A|-----------------\-------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------\------------------------------------------------------| w/bar.......| PART 8 (09:12-09:15) Gtr 2:(w/dist) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------4~~~-------------4~~~---------------------4~~~-------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1------1-1-2---0-1-0-1-0-1------0-1-0-1-0-1-| A|-----------------------------------------2------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------4-4-------------------2-4-4----0-2-4---4-5-5--5\-0-----5\---------| G|-4~~~---------------------4---------------------------------------3~~---| D|-------------2-2------4-4-----------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-4-3-4---------------------------------9~~~-----------------------------| G|-----------------------------------6/8----------------------------------| D|--------5b6==r5b6==r5b6r5b6==r5b6---------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| Part 9 (09:51-10:50) Vcl : In the afternoon, a company of soldiers came through and deployed along the edge the common, to form a cordon, e|-------------------------|Synth-|-13---10---15---10| B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------| G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------| A|-------------------------|------|------------------| E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............| That evening there was a violent crash, and I realised with horror that my home was now range of the martians heat ray. e|-------------------------|Synth-|-13---10---15---10| B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------| G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------| A|-------------------------|------|------------------| E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............| At dawn, a falling star with a trail of green mist, landed with a flash like summer This was the second cylinder. e|-------------------------|Synth-|-13---10---15---10| B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------| G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------| A|-------------------------|------|------------------| E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............| PART 10 (Outro) e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/13\-1-1 0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/15~~~\13-13-13-13\-1-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------| B|------------------| G|-/13-13-13-13\--1-| D|------------------| A|------------------| E|------------------| e|-------------------------|Synth-|-13---10---15---10| B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------| G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------| A|-------------------------|------|------------------| E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/13\-1-1 0h1-1-1-1/13\12~~~~~/15~~~\13-13-13-13\-1-| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------|Synth-|-13---10---15---10| B|-------------0-----------|------|-Gtr-3------------| G|-------------4~~---------|------|------------------| D|-0-1-0-1-0-1-------------|------|------------------| A|-------------------------|------|------------------| E|-------------------------|------|-TP...............| Fade Legend: ------- b = bend r = release bend = = hold bend % = repeat section ~ = vibrato / = slide up \ = slide down (multiple mean long slides) h = hammer on p = pull off TP = tremolo picking {n} = natural harmonic [n] = artificial harmonic (pinch) w/bar = wammy dive END