Grand Illusion Tab

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Author/Artist: Styx
Title: Grand Illusion (Solo)
Album: Grand Illusion
Transcribed by: J. Chitty
Email: 08jchidester@davis.k12.ut.us


There is a excellent tab of this song on MXTABS.NET
written by, well, I don’t know. I would like to give
credit but I couldn’t find a name on the tab.
Anyway, it’s a great tab, it’s got everything but the
solos, so put this one together with that one and
you have a perfect tab of this song.

NOTE: in the tab of Grand Illusion on MXTABS.NET,
there is one mistake. Guitar 1 on the bridge has
it’s notes written 1 fret to high just on the first
stanza. Just pay attention and study it and you’ll
get what I mean.

NEXT SONG: Lady – Styx


Guitar Solo 1 (1:51)

*12fretsabove
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------5/6-8b10—{6v}------------------|
D|-----------6--6-8v--------------------6--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------6--7--8-----------------------------------|
E|*[1]\\\\\\-------------6—9---------------------------------------------|
  *(-3 1/2)     Semi-PM  . .   .  .  .  .


e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------11—13b14—11b12—r11---------|
G|-8b9--6v--6-8p6v---8-6v--6-x-5h6p5-x-13--13----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/14b16r14--11v---------11----------11---------11----------------------|
G|------------------13b15------b14b15-----b14b15-------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                       ^1/4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13b15-r--13\--6--8--6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8p6h8—6-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

               ^1/4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------{6}--------------------------------------6v---------------|
D|{8v}---6--8------------------------------------6--8--------------------|
A|-----------------4b6r4\------1------1--4--6/8--------------------------|
E|--------------------------4----4---------------------------------------|
                     SemiPM .  . .    .

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-6b8r6\\\--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------4--4--4-6v-\-----------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------1--3/8b10--6vv---------------------------|
D|------------------------1--3-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------1--2--3-------------------------------------------------|
E|------0--1--4----------------------------------------------------------|
SemiPM  .  .  .  .  .  .  .
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------6----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------8-------------------------------|
D|-6v--6h8p6--x--5h6p5---3h5--1---1-3/-8---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6h8p6h8p6--8-10r8--6----------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------8vv-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
End of Guitar Solo 1


Guitar Solo 2 (3:02)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------16--18--19--19/21v-----------------------------------|
G|-/18--18v-----18-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-21---19---18-19p18----16---18h19p18p16--------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------18v----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-18--17--18--18b20--r18--18-17-18v-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------17-15p14-14h15p14----14-15p14--15p14--------------------------|
G|-18\14---------------------16-----------------16-14--------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------14v----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-10--9v--/14-14-14v--/16-16-16v--/18-18-18v--21-18--21b23r21v--21-21v--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------21b23-21v----21--18--21b23r21v-21------------------|
B|-18---21-18--21-18-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------17--15b17v------------------------------------|
B|-/16--14--15b17v---17-17-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A 2nd guitar does this at the same time (timing is matched up with above)|
e|-------------------17-17-21--19b21v------------------------------------|
B|----------20b22--------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
End of Guitar Solo 2


Guitar Solo 3 (3:32)
e|-------------6---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----9b11v------9--11r9--6---------------------------------------------|
G|x\--------------------------8--10r8--8—10--8b9-8—6h8p6v----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

KEY/LEGEND

| /      slide up
| \      slide down
| //     slide up to infinity
| \\     slide down to infinity
| h      hammer-on
| p      pull-off
| b      bend
| ^      microbend
| PM...  Palm mute – notes w/the dots directly beneath them are P.M.
| v      vibrato
| x      Mute note
| x\     pick slide down
| x/     pick slide up
| ~     let ring
|(+1/2) up (+)or down (-)on whammy bar, number is how much (1/2=1 fret)
|(5)  Ghost note (you don’t have to play it, but it sounds okay)
| <>     natural harmonic    (finger touches string lightly above fret-
usually the 5th, 7th, or 12th fret)
| []     artificial harmonic (picked at 5, 7, or 12 frets above the note
                              being played, thumb follows through with pick
                            attack)
| {}     pinch harmonic      (thumb follows through in pick attack at place
                              where the pinch harmonic is found)