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From: mwr@mel.dit.csiro.au (Mark Rawling)

Here is an improved version of this superb song by Fates Warning.
It sets the whole theme for the brilliant Ivory Gate of Dreams.
I'm gonna go out on a limb and claim (near) note-for-note perfection
on this one. (There's a challenge for all you critics)

Thanks to Tim Messick for his original tab and for his great taste.
messick@maui.cs.ucla.edu
          ===================================================
 
              THE IVORY GATE OF DREAMS, Part I: Innocence
 
                            Fates Warning
 
                     Off the album "No Exit" (1988)
 
          ===================================================


Acoustic, in classical style (nylon strings, preferably), ringing out.

Tuning: All down one semitone: 6 - 1 = Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb


------------5-------3--1-----3-$----0---1-$---0---------------------------
-------1/3-------------------0-$--------3-$-------3--1--------------------
-------2/4-------------------0-$--------2-$----------------2-$------------
-----------------------------2-$--------0-$----------------2-$------------
---0-------------------------------------------------------0-$------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------5-------3--1-----3-$----0---1-$---0---------------------------
-------1/3-------------------0-$--------3-$-------3--0--------------------
-------2/4-------------------0-$--------2-$----------------------2--------
-----------------------------2-$--------0-$-------------------2-----------
---0-------------------------------------------------------0--------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---0-$--------------7--5-$------------------------------------------------
---0-$----6---8--------5-$----------------8--7-$---5\-3-6---------5-$-----
---5-$-----------------5-$-------------------7-$------------------5-$-----
---5-$-----------------7-$-------------------6-$---------------5----------
---3-$------------------------8--7~-------------------------3-------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

---0-$--------------7--5-$------------------------------------------------
---0-$----6---8--------5-$----------------8--7-$---5~~~\(3)--3----0-------
---0-$-----------------5-$-------------------7-$--------------------------
---5-$-----------------7-$-------------------6-$--------------------------
---3-$------------------------8--7~---------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Figure 1:

   Guitar I:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------1---------------1---------------0---------------0--------|
|-----------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------|
|-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------------|
|---0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------3---------------3---------------1--------------------|
|                                                                        |  
|  Guitar II:                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------0---1~~-------------0------------------------------------|
|-----------2-----------------------------------2-0-2--------------------|
|-------2*----------------------------------------------2----------------|
|---0**------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      * 1st time only                                                      
     ** 2nd time only                                                      
                                                                         
   Guitar I:                                                              
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------1---------------1---------------0------------------------|
|-----------2---------------2---------------2-------0--------------------|
|-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2----------------|
|---0---------------3---------------2-----------------------2------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------3--------|
|                                                                        |  
|  Guitar II:                                                            |  
|---------------------------------------------------0---1---0------------|
|---------------0---1~~-------------3~----------1-3----------------------|
|-----------2------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------2*---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---0**------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
      * 1st time only
     ** 2nd time only

End Figure 1

Repeat Figure 1

Outro:

   Guitar I:
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-----------------------4--------------------------|
|---------------2-----------2-----------2-----------2--------------------|
|---------4-----------------------4-----------------------4--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                        |  
|  Guitar II: (picked with a slight delay)                               |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4~\---------0-----------2~----------------4~------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

--------------------------------------------------------0-$---------------
--------------------------------------------------------0-$---------------
----------------------------------------0---------------0-$---------------
----------------------------4---------------------------4-$---------------
----------------2---------------------------------------2-$---------------
----0---------------------------------------------------0-$---------------


                           =======///=======


That's it, but here are figure 1 and the outro for one guitar ...

Figure 1:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------1---1-----------1---0-----------0---------------0----------
-----------2---------------2---------------2-----0-2-------2--------------
-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------------
---0----------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------3---------------3---------------1----------------------
                                                            
---------------------------------------------------0---1---0--------------
---------------1---1-----------1---3-----------1-3------------------------
-----------2---------------2---------------2-------0----------------------
-------2---------------2---------------2---------------2------------------
---0---------------3---------------2-----------------------2--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------3----------

End Figure 1

Outro:

--------------------------------------------------------------------------
----4*----------0*---4------2*---------------4----------------------------
---------------2-----------2-----------2-----------2----------------------
---------4-----------------------4-----------------------4----------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
---2----------------------------------------------------------------------
     * Pick with a spare finger and slight delay
         
-------------------------------------------------------0-$----------------
-------------------------------------------------------0-$----------------
---------------------------------------0---------------0-$----------------
---------------------------4---------------------------4-$----------------
---------------2---------------------------------------2-$----------------
---0---------------------------------------------------0-$----------------


Legend
======
  ~~   = vibrato
  ^    = bend  (amount marked above staff; 1/2 = half step, 1 = whole step)
  v    = unbend (without re-picking note)
  $    = arpeggiated chord
  \, / = slides
  p11  = pull off to fret 11
  h13  = hammer on to fret 13
         ....etc.....


Have fun. I think this album (No Exit) is one of the best musical experiences
of all time ... so I think I'm going to go listen to it right now!

-Tim

--
Tim Messick                                "In our lIFe.........there's IF,  
messick@cs.ucla.edu                         In our beLIEfs......there's LIE,
                                            In our buSINess.....there's SIN,
                                            In our boDIEs.......there's DIE."

And I agree!!!
(Get a load of Anarchy Divine, Cold Daze and Quietus)

-Mark

History:
========
Tim Messick    messick@cs.ucla.edu   ??/??   Original transcription
Mark Rawling   mwr@mel.dit.csiro.au  12/94   Corrections, single guitar parts
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