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JEFF WAYNE’S THE WAR OF THE WORLDS – “DEAD LONDON (PART 2)”.
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Tabbed by: S.Johnson 2008.

Tuning:E,A,D,G,B,E.

Overdriven guitar.
…… “a gold chain and a watch scattered on the pavement”.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------(9)/(10)--------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------(7)/(8)---------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
             BU (TH)LD slowly
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---10---12(14)---(12)--------10--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
               BU slowly (with sustaining feedback) “UH…LA!”
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------6(7)------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----/(8)-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   …..”That mighty desert of houses”….
                                      BU           LD slowly            BU
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------17(18)(18)—(18)(17)-----16-15-16.—17(18)--|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

       (rake)BU slowly
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6(7)----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------X-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----8---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    “The wailing took possession”…..
                     < (volume pedal swell)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------7-------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------7~---------------------|
A|-------------------8-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|




 
                      BU slowly               BU slowly      (rake)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------15-------------|
G|----------7---8----8(10)------------10----12(14)------------X--------------|
D|---------------------------------------8.-------------------X--------------|
A|----/(8)----8--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

         BU slowlyLD slowly  BU slowly      (clean guitar)BU slowly 
e|----11(12)(11)-----12(13)--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------11----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------9(10)------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   ….”But as still as the first”….

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------(9)-\-(10)-----------------------------------|
D|------------------------------(7)-\-(8)------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

“I scrambled on the top of Primrose Hill”……..
         BN (I use an E-bow on the high setting over the neck pick-up).
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------/(7)-----/(19)-\(15)-/(17)~----\(12)/(14)/(15)/(17)\(14)~------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

MAIN INTRO THEME REPRISE
(Distotion guitars)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---/(7)-7---5-----------------------------/(5)-5---3-----------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------7--5-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5--7-|
D|---/(7)-7---5-----------------------------/(5)-----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------7--------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| /  slide up   | \  slide down | h  hammer-on  | p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato    | +  harmonic   | x  Mute note
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