Band: Liquid Tension Experiment
Song: Universal Mind
Tabber: Li-Heng Chan
Date: 8/10/05
Standard tuning
*=palm-mute
~=vibrato
^=bend
r=bend+release
Important:
One guitar did all the overdubs on this song, so i'll split it into two guitar parts
All the rhythm parts and most of the solo parts are tabbed out, but you will all the parts to play the whole song
This tab was completely ear-transcribed by me
Intro repeat x3 00:00
-17-13----------13-17-13----------------------13-17-13-
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-------15-14-15----------15-14----------14-15----------
-------------------------------15-14-15----------------
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Intro end fill
-20-15----------15-20-15
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-------17-15-17---------
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Then repeat the intro again
Intro end fill 2
-20---------18----------17----------15----------
---18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18-
------17----------17----------17----------17----
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Main riff 00:24
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-7------------5~-9-5-7------------5-9---------5-7------------5~-9-5-7------------5-
----------5-7-----------------5-7-----5~--5h7------------5-7-----------------5-7-5-
---5~-7-8--------------5~-7-8---------------------5~-7-8--------------5~-7-8-----3-
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* * * * * * 3---3 * * * * * * ^Let ring
Then guitar 1 repeats the "Main riff"
Solo (over the main riff) w/wah guitar 2 00:36
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-------12-12h13~-11^-12p10------------------------------------------12-12h13~-
-12-12---------------------12p10-11^-11~-10~---------------11h12h13-----------
---------------------------------------------10-12-13^-12~--------------------
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Solo(continued)
-----------14^-13-----------16^----19^----20~--
-14^-13-----------15----15~-----14-------------
--------14-----------14----------------17------
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Riff 2 Guitar 1 00:49
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-5------------3~-7-3-5------------3-7---------3-5------------3-~-7-3-5------------3~
----------3-5-----------------3-5-----3~--3h5------------3-5------------------3-5---
---3~-5-6--------------3~-5-6---------------------3~-5-6---------------3~-5-6-------
3---3
Riff 3 (keyboard solo) 01:01
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-7----------------------5--------------------7---------------------7---3---5-
-7-------8------5-------5------7---8--3------7-------8------5------7---3---5-
-5-------8------5-------3------7---8--3------5-------8------5------5---1---3-
---------6------3--------------5---6--1--------------6------3----------------
Guitar 1 repeats Riff 3, Guitar 2 plays 01:13
Solo
-------12-12h13~-12-10--16^-15-13-12-13-15-------------------------------13~-13-12-10
----15-------------------------------------13------13-15~-----15----17--------------
-14--------------------------------------------10-----------14---14----14------------
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Solo (continued)
-14^-12-----16~-20-17-15----------------------------17-20-18~-17-15------------------
--------10---------------17-18-17-15-13----13-15-18-----------------18~-16-15-13----
----------------------------------------14----------------------------------------15~
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Intro repeat x3 01:28
-17-13----------13-17-13----------------------13-17-13-
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-------15-14-15----------15-14----------14-15----------
-------------------------------15-14-15----------------
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Intro end fill
-20-15----------15-20-15
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-------17-15-17---------
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Then repeat the intro again
Intro end fill 2
-20---------18----------17----------15----------
---18----18----18----18----18----18----18----18-
------17----------17----------17----------17----
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Main riff (dubbed an octave above) 01:40
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-7------------5~-9-5-7------------5-9---------5-7------------5~-9-5-7------------5-
----------5-7-----------------5-7-----5~--5h7------------5-7-----------------5-7-5-
---5~-7-8--------------5~-7-8---------------------5~-7-8--------------5~-7-8-----3-
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* * * * * * 3---3 * * * * * * ^Let ring
Fill 01:51
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-3^-
Riff 1 x3 01:52
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-7-5-7----------------7-5-7---------7-5-7----------------7-5r----
-7-5-7--3-5~----------7-5-7--3-5~---7-5-7-3-5~-----------7----5r-
-5-3-5-------1-3--3-4-5-3-5---------5-3-5-------1-3--3-4-5-------
Riff 2 02:31
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-4-2-4------0-2-------4-2-4---------4-2-4-------0-2------4-------
-4-2-4-0-2~-0-2-------4-2-4--0-2~---4-2-4-0-2~--0-2------4-5r-2r-
-2-0-2--------0---0-1-2-0-2---------2-0-2---------0--0-1-2-------
Riff 1 02:56
Riff 2 03:21
Bridge x2 04:30
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----------4-6-4----7---6-4-----------------4-6-4--
--------4-------44---4-------------------4-------4
-2-0202--------------------2-0220202-0-2----------
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* **** ** * * *******
Bridge 2 x2 04:43
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-2-022022-4~-5~-2-0220202-0-2
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* ****** * ******* * *
Bridge (keyboard solo) 04:57
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-4--------6--------7---------4----------------------------
-4--------6--------7---------4---------7---------5--------
-2--------4--------5---------2---------7---------5--------
---------------------------------------5---------3--------
^Let ring these chords
Bridge (keyboard solo continued) 05:11
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-4--------6--------7---------9---------7---------5-
-4--------6--------7---------9---------7---------5-
-2--------4--------5---------7---------5---------3-
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Bridge solo 05:25
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17-19-
-----------------------------------------------------------------17-----------------17-19-------
-------------------------------------16--------------------16-16----16-16-------16--------------
----------16-------------------16-17----17-16-17----16-17-----------------16-16-----------------
-17-16-17----17-16-17----16-17-------------------17---------------------------------------------
----------------------17------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bridge solo(continued)
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-19-19-19-19-19-14-15-14----15---------------------------------------------------
-------------------------14----14-14-14----14------------------------------------
----------------------------------------14----14-14-14----14---------------------
-------------------------------------------------------14----14----14----14----14
----------------------------------------------------------------14----14----14---
Melodic Solo 05:39
-----------------------------------10------------------------------------------------------
-----17-15~--14-15-17-15--14-12-10----10----------------------------12-14-15--14~-17-15-13-
------------------------------------------12-11-------14-14~--12h14------------------------
-14~--------------------------------------------12-14--------------------------------------
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Melodic Solo(continued)
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-12-10-----13-12-10------------
-------12-----------12---------
-----------------------12h14-10
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Bridge 05:50 x4
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-------3-2-------2-3---------5-7-8-5---8-7--------------------------
-5---5-----3-------------3-5---------5-----8---10-7------------5-7-8
---5---------5-6-----1-3---------------------8------8--6-5-6-8------
Bridge(continued) 06:19 x2
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---------------2-----2-3-----5-3-2-0-----
-------3-5-----------------2---------3-2-
-5---------0-3---0-5-----0---------------
---5-6-----------------------------------
Keyboard solo 06:26 x2
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-----5---3---------------5---
-0---5---3-------5---3---5---
-0---3---1-------5---3---3---
-------------0-1-3---1-------
Codetta fill 06:41
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---------------2-----2-3-----5-2---5-7-3---9-----9-10-
-------3-5-----------------2-----3-------5---7-8------
-5---------0-3---0-5-----0----------------------------
---5-6------------------------------------------------
Fill 06:47 tr
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---------------13-15-----17-18--17-15-13----------17-18-13h15p13h15p13h15-11-10------------------
----10-12-------------14-----------------15-14----------------------------------12-14-15-14-12-14
------------14---------------------------------15------------------------------------------------
-13----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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----------------15-------15-17----15-17-18----------15-17-15-17-18-20~------20~
----------17-18----17-18-------18----------15-17-18----------------------------
-15-17-19----------------------------------------------------------------------
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(This section is VERY fast!!)
Then play the intro riffs (including intro end fill and end fill 2) at 07:00 x2
Coda (piano led ragtime coda) x4 07:25
-13-13--10--6-6--8
-13-13--10--6-6--8
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^In short bursts
Circus ending (dubbed with keyboard) 07:39
-13-12-11-12-11-10-9-8-7-8-10-9-8-9-8-7-6-5-4-5-8---------8---------
--------------------------------------------------8-8-7-8---8-8-7-8-
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--------------------------------------------5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12-13-14-15-17-13
------------------------------------5-6-7-8----------------------------------
----------------------------5-6-7-8------------------------------------------
--------------------6-7-8-9--------------------------------------------------
-----------7-8-9-10----------------------------------------------------------
-8-9-10-11-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ending notes
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