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WELCOME TO THE MASQUERADE
As recorded by Thousand Foot Krutch
(From the 2009 Album WE;LCOME TO THE MASQUERADE)
Transcribed by Nate Massari Words and Music by Trevor McNevan, Steve Augustine & Joel Bruyere
Gtr I (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Dist. Rythmn'
Gtr II (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Dist. Rythmn 2'
Gtr III (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Clean Gtr.'
Gtr IV (B F# B E G# C#) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=155
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------2-2---|---------2-3-3-2-|-----------2-2---|------------------|
|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3---3---2-3-3-2-|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3-5-3-5-3-5-2-3--|
|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3---3---0-1-1-0-|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3-5-3-5-3-5-2-3--|
|-0---0---5-----5-|-3---3-----------|-0---0---5-----5-|-3-5-3-5-3-5-2-3--|
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------2-2---|---------2-3-3-2-|-----------2-2---|----------------|
|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3---3---2-3-3-2-|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3-5-5---3-3----|
|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3---3---0-1-1-0-|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3-5-5---3-3----|
|-0---0---5-----5-|-3---3-----------|-0---0---5-----5-|-3-5-5---3-3----|
Verse
PM--| PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||--2--------3-----|-2--------3-----|----------2-----|-------------------||
||--2--------3-----|-2--------3-----|-3--------2-----|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
||o-0--0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-1-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5--o||
||-----0-0-0---0-0-|----0-0-0---0-0-|-3--0-0-0---0-0-|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
Pre-Chorus
$
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q +H H Q Q Q Q +H H
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------10--|-(10)----------|-------------10--|-(10)----------|
|---------10------|---------------|---------10------|---------------|
|-12--12----------|---------12----|-11--11----------|---------11----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W +H H W +H H
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-12--------------|-(12)----12----|-11--------------|-(11)----11----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q +H H Q Q Q Q Q Q h
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-------------10--|-(10)----------|--------10------|--------------|
|---------10------|---------------|----10------10--|-----10--x----|
|-10--10----------|---------10----|-9--------------|-10------x----|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------x----|
|
| W H H W W
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-10--------------|---------10----|-9--------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
Chorus
Gtr I
PM----------|
W W W E E E E E E E E 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------------o||
||-----------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||--0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||o-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2----o||
||--0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2-----||
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------|
| W W W E E E E E E E E 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------------o||
||-----------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||--0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||o-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2----o||
||--0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2-----||
To Coda
PM----------|
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--------|-5--------|-4-4-4-5-7-5-4---|
|-0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|
| PM----------|
| W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2---|
|-0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2---|
Interlude
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-2---|---------2-3-3-2-|-----------2-2---|-----------------|
|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3---3---2-3-3-2-|-0---0---5-2-2-3-|-5-5---3-3---2-2-|
|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3---3---0-1-1-0-|-0---0---5-0-0-3-|-5-5---3-3---2-2-|
|-0---0---5-----5-|-3---3-----------|-0---0---5-----3-|-5-5---3-3---2-2-|
Verse
PM--| PM| PM--| PM| PM--| PM|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||--2--------3-----|-2--------3-----|----------2-----|-------------------||
||--2--------3-----|-2--------3-----|-3--------2-----|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
||o-0--0-0-0-1-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-1-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5--o||
||-----0-0-0---0-0-|----0-0-0---0-0-|-3--0-0-0---0-0-|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
D.S. al Coda
PM| PM PM| PM PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||--2-2-----2-3-----|-2-2-------------|-2-2-----2-3----|-------------------||
||--2-2-----2-3-----|-2-2-----3-5-----|-2-2-----2-3----|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-1---0-|-0-0-0-0-3-5---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-1----|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5--o||
||------0-0-------0-|-----0-0-3-5---0-|-----0-0--------|-3-3-x-3-x-3-5-5---||
Bridge
&
PM---------------------------------------|
H H H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-3----3----|-3----3----|
||o-0----0----|-0----0----|-1----1----|-1----1----|
||--0----0----|-0----0----|-----------|-----------|
PM---------------------------------------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------o||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------||
|-5----5----|-5----5----|-2----2----|-2----2-----||
|-3----3----|-3----3----|-0----0----|-0----0----o||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------||
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
||--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|-13--------(13)---(12)---|
||o-------------------------|------10-----------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0-0--0-0---0--0---0--0-|
||---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0-0--0-0---0--0---0--0-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-13--------13--------|-13--------13---12----|
|------10--------10---|------10--------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3--|
|--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-|--1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1--|
|---------------------|----------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-13--------13--------|-13--------(13)---(12)---|
|------10--------10---|------10-----------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|--5-5--5-5---5--5---5--5-|
|--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-|--3-3--3-3---3--3---3--3-|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-13--------13--------|-13--------13---12----||
|------10--------10---|------10-------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|
|-----------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--||
|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-o||
|---------------------|----------------------||
Pre-Chorus
Gtr II
Q Q Q Q +H H Q Q Q Q +H H
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------10--|-(10)----------|-------------10--|-(10)----------|
|---------10------|---------------|---------10------|---------------|
|-12--12----------|---------12----|-11--11----------|---------11----|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------|
Q Q Q Q +H H Q Q Q Q Q Q h
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|--------------|
|-------------10--|-(10)----------|--------10------|--------------|
|---------10------|---------------|----10------10--|-----10-------|
|-10--10----------|---------10----|-9--------------|-10------0----|
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|---------0----|
Out-Chorus
Gtr I
PM----------|
W W W E E E E E E E E 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------------o||
||-----------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||--0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||o-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2----o||
||--0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2-----||
|
| Gtr II
| PM----------|
| W W W E E E E E E E E 3x
||-----------|----------|----------|-------------------||
||o----------|----------|----------|------------------o||
||-----------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||--0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-------------------||
||o-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2----o||
||--0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2-----||
PM----------|
W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--------|-5--------|-4-4-4-5-7-5-4---|
|-0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|
| PM----------|
| W W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-3--------|-5--------|-----------------|
|-0--------|-1--------|-3--------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2---|
|-0--------|----------|----------|-2-2-2-3-5-3-2---|
Outro
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------2-2---|---------2-3-3-2-|-----------2-2---|-----------------|
|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3---3---2-3-3-2-|-0---0---5-2-2-5-|-3-5-5---3-3---2-|
|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3---3---0-1-1-0-|-0---0---5-0-0-5-|-3-5-5---3-3---2-|
|-0---0---5-----5-|-3---3-----------|-0---0---5-----5-|-3-5-5---3-3---2-|
Q H.
|----------*|
|----------*|
|----------*|
|-2--------*|
|-2--------*|
|-2--------*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
