Heavy Water Tab

by Styx
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author bladedguitar66 [a] 219. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
Heavy Water - Styx
 
A great Styx song off of the Brave New World Album
 
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Song order:
Intro
Verse 1
Main riff
Verse 2
Bridge
Chorus (partial)
Verse 3
Bridge
Chorus (full)
Guitar solo
Bridge
Chorus (full)
Outro
 
 
   E       A       B       A*
e|-0-|  e|-0-|  e|-0-|  e|-0-|
B|-0-|  B|-0-|  B|-0-|  B|-5-|
G|-1-|  G|-4-|  G|-6-|  G|-6-|
D|-2-|  D|-5-|  D|-7-|  D|-7-|
A|-2-|  A|-5-|  A|-7-|  A|---|
E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|-0-|  E|---|  
 
  B5      A5       D        Asus(TS)
e|---|  e|---|  e|---|    e|---|
B|---|  B|---|  B|-3-|    B|-3-|
G|-4-|  G|-2-|  G|-2-|    G|-2-|  <- Tommy Shaw plays a slow upstroke on this chord at the lines
D|-4-|  D|-2-|  D|-0-|    D|-2-|     "All of mankind worship at the altar" and
A|-2-|  A|-0-|  A|---|    A|-0-|     "Better living for the masses"
E|---|  E|---|  E|---|    E|---|    at the same time that JY plays the E chord
 
 
 
Main riff/intro/chorus
 
Lead guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-2-0-------------0-2-0-------------0-2-0-------------0-2-0-----------|
D|-0h2-0-2-0-2p0h2---0h2-0-2-0-2p0-0---0h2-0-2-0-2p0h2---0h2-0-2-0-2p0--0----|
A|-0h2-------2p0h2---0h2-------2p0-0---0h2-------2p0h2---0h2-------2p0--0----|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Rhythm guitar
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----5-7-5-------------5-7-5-------------5-7-5-------------5-7-5-----------|
E|-5h7-------7p5h7---5h7-------7p5-5---5h7-------7p5h7---5h7-------7p5--5----|
 
 
 
Verse 1:
 
E                   A
Sittin' here on the Terra Firma
 
B                       A*
 It's the place we were meant to be
 
E              A
Out here kinda lost in space now
 
B                 A*
 Pondering life's mysteries
 
E              A
All of mankind worship at the altar
 
B           A*
 Of the old mythology
 
E               A
But the genie's out of the bottle
 
B                      A*
 Collision course with eternity
 
 
Play main riff.
 
 
Verse 2:
 
E              A
Young children playin' in the chat room
 
B                        A*
 With the freaks and the satellites
 
E             A
Upload to the nearest planet
 
B                   A*
 Burnin' out at the speed of light
 
E                     A
Better living for the masses
 
B             A*
 With the new technology
 
E                  A
But some fool went pushed the button
 
B                 A*
 He didn't get an apology
 
 
 
Bridge 1:
 
B5                A5
Feelin' good is a new sensation
 
B5            D D D D D D D
Panacea for a Prozac nation
 
 
 
Chorus 1 (partial)
play main riff twice
 
Heavy, heavy water
Won't wash away the sins of the father
 
 
 
Verse 3:
 
E          A
Sacred Cow sizzlin' in the fire
 
B             A*
 As we all go up in flames
 
E                A
With millions of true believers
 
B            A*
 And their unfamiliar names
 
 
 
Bridge 2:
 
B              A
On the road to good intentions
 
B                    D D D D D D D
Blown to hell by our own inventions
 
 
 
 
Chorus 2 (full)
play main riff four times
 
Heavy, heavy water
Won't wash away the sins of the father
Unholy, holy water
Leading us like lambs to the
 
 
Solo
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|----------------7-10-7-10-12--17br-15--12~~------------------------------|
g|-9--7----7---7-9-----------------------------14~~~---12~11~--7/9~--------|
D|-----9--9-9--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g|--12-11~--7/9~~---16-14~-12-11~-16-14~-9/11~~-15-13~-8/10~~--------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------5/7/9/10/12-<-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Bridge 3:
 
B5                  A5
Custom made for the self reliant
 
B5               D D D D D D D
Lemonade for the thirsty giant
 
 
 
Chorus 3 (full)
play main riff four times
 
Heavy, heavy water
Won't wash away the sins of the father
Unholy, holy water
Leading us like lambs to the
Slaughter
 
 
 
Outro:
 
              Heavy Water                             Heavy Water
e|-------------------------------------0--------------------------------------0-|
B|------------------------------------0--------------------------------------0--|
G|-0-2-0------------------0-2-0------1-----0-2-0-----------------0-2-0------1---|
D|-0-2-0-2p0h2------------0-2-0-2p0-0------0-2-0-2p0h2-----------0-2-0-2p0-0----|
A|-------2p0h2------------------2p0-0------------2p0h2-----------------2p0-0----|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
              Heavy Water           Can't cure the sadness
e|-------------------------------------0-|
B|------------------------------------0--|
G|-0-2-0------------------0-2-0------1---|
D|-0-2-0-2p0h2------------0-2-0-2p0-0----|
A|-------2p0h2------------------2p0-0----|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
              Heavy Water            Can't cool the fire
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|-0-2-0------------------0-2-0----------|
D|-0-2-0-2p0h2------------0-2-0-2p0-0----|
A|-------2p0h2------------------2p0-0----|
E|---------------------------------------|
 
 
 
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = release
hb = half step bend
wd = whammy dive
~ = vibrato
+ = harmonic
< = pick slide
x = Mute note
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2 comments
JY_rules
Haha looks alot like my tab, only you actually attempted the more difficult part. Nice work!
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bladedguitar66
Yeah, but the reason for that is that you had most of it right. So kudos to you for a nice job! I just figured I'd add the other parts so that anyone interested could have an idea what to do on the tune... It's great to see that some people still listen to this album. Rock on dude!
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