a silver mt zion babylon was built on fire / starsnostars tabs (transcription 1.2 by julien - julien@deadflagblues.com) 1.2: added the 2 final double bass section of the 2nd part. 1.1: corrections for the main guitar of the 2nd part. 1.0: 1st try. i admit this transcription is not complete. thanx to madklikor for corrections. _________________________________________________________________________ 1st part: _introduction (from 00.00 to 5:44) a guitar plays these 3 notes: ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- --------4-- --4--0----- this long intro is made of the same chords as the ones transcribed below, which are the 3 main chords of "babylon was built" section. effects are used. there is an evolution from these notes to the chords, using arpeggios etc.. listen to the song to get this evolution. ___________________________________________________________________________ _babylon was built on fire.. section (from 5.44 to 7.14 and from 8:00 to 8:44) (i transcribe the 3 main chords, variations are played through this part and a guitar plays some arpeggios) ---4---0---4--- ---4---0---5--- ---4---1---6--- repeated ---6---2---6--- ---6---2---4--- ---4---0---x--- the double bass goes like this: ----------------------------- ----------------------------- ----------------------------- repeated (listen to the song to get the rhythm) --6--4----------------------- --------6--4----------------- --------------7--------2--4-- -----------------4--0-------- ____________________________________________________________________________ instrumental chorus (from 7.14 to 8:00 and from 8:44 to 9:50) here is the little fuzz guitar part on the instrumental "chorus": it is not played on the 2nd instrumental chorus (from 8:44 to 9:50). the 3 first times go like this: -------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------- --2--1-------------------------------------- repeated 3 times --------4--2--1-----2--1--------2--1-------- -----------------4--------4--4-------------- --------------------------------------4--4-- the 4th time goes like this -----------------------x-- -----------------------x-- --2--1-----------------6-- --------4--2--1-----2--6-- -----------------4-----4-- -----------------------x-- here are the arpeggios played on the instrumental "chorus": --------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------- --------5-----4-----|--------4-----------|--------4-----------|----------------- --------------------|--------------6-----|--------------6-----|--------6--4--3-- -----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|-----6----------- --------------------|--------------------|--4-----------------|--4-------------- --4-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|----------------- --------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------------- --------5-----4-----|--------4-----7-----|--------7-----5-----|--------5--4-------- --------------------|--------------------|-----6-----6--------|-----6--------6--4-- -----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|-----------------6--|-------------------- --------------------|--------------------|--4-----------------|--4----------------- --4-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|-------------------- --------------------|--------------------|--------------------|----------------- --------5-----4-----|--------4-----------|--------4-----------|----------------- --------------------|--------------6-----|--------------6-----|--------6--4--3-- -----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|-----6----------- --------------------|--------------------|--4-----------------|--4-------------- --4-----------------|--0-----------------|--------------------|----------------- --------------------|--------------------|--x-- --------5-----4-----|--------4-----7-----|--x-- --------------------|--------------------|--6-- -----6-----6-----6--|-----6-----6-----6--|--6-- --------------------|--------------------|--4-- --4-----------------|--0-----------------|--x-- __________________________________________________________________________________ 2nd part (from 9:55 to the end) _citizens in their homes & missiles in their holes.. section main guitar: ---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------- ---9-----9-----9-----|--9------9-----9-----|--9-----9-----9-----|--9------9-----9----- ------9-----9-----9--|------8-----8-----8--|-----9-----9-----9--|------8-----8-----8-- repeated --11-----------------|--10-----------------|--9-----------------|--10----------------- ---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------- ---------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------- _double bass section (from 12:45 to 13:20) ---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------- --9------------------------------|--9--7--9-------------------------------------- ------11--9----------------------|-----------8--9-------------------------------- repeated -------------11--10--11--13------|-----------------11--10------------------------ -----------------------------11--|-------------------------12--11--9------------- ---------------------------------|------------------------------------12--11--9-- _final double bass section (from 13:20 to the end) (played on a guitar, the first notes sound shrill, compared to the double bass and violin's sound. but it's the only way to get the descent) --8--9--------------------------------------------------- --------9------------------------------------------------ -----------9--8------------------------------------------ repeated -----------------11--10---------------------------------- -------------------------12--11--9--6--7--------------3-- ------------------------------------------9--7--5--4-----