Strange Machines by Gathering The Gathering/Strange Machines (Music: The Gathering. Lyrics: Anneke van Giersbergen. From the album ‘Mandylion’, 1995) Guitar 1 (René Rutten): electric 6-string (with distortion), tuned DADGBe Guitar 2 (Jelmer Wiersma): electric 6-string (with distortion), tuned DADGBe ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRO |Guitar 1 (2x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|/8---8---8---8---|-7---7---7---5----| D|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|------------------| |Guitar 1 (2x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|/8---8---8---8---|-7---7---7---5----| D|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-----------------|------------------| | | |Guitar 2 (2x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| A|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| |Guitar 1 + 2 | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|------------------| A|--3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3--------| D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3--------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM FIG. 1 |Guitar 1 (4x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|--5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|/8---------------|-7-----------5----| D|--5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|------------------| | | |Guitar 2 (4x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| A|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----| Verse 1 It has always been in the back of my mind Dreaming about going through the corners of time I always wanted to fly in strange machines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTHM FIG. 2 |Guitar 1 + 2 |/------------------------------- part 1 -------------------------------\ /----------------- e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------+ B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------+ G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------+ D|--5---5---5---5---|-5---5---5---5---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|------------------+ A|--3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1----+ D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1----+ --------------------------------- part 2 -------------------------------------------------\| e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|--1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1---|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----| D|--1---1---1---1---|-----------------|-6---6---6---6---|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3----| Chorus 1 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch world war II and Cleopatra Flying... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM FIG. 1 (2x) RIFF 1 |Guitar 1 | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| A|----------5-------|---------6-5-3-5-|---------5-------|---------6-5-3-5--| D|--0---0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0---------|-0---0-0-----0-0-|---0-0-0----------| Verse 2 Could it be that my dream would come true Building a machine that would actually do What I want it to do ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF 1 (Guitar 1 + 2) (2x) RIFF 2 |Guitar 1 + 2 (2x) e|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ B|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ G|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ D|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ A|--3---x-x-3---3---x-x-3---|-3---x-x-3---6---6-6-5---|-3---x-x-3---3---x-x-3---+ D|--3---x-x-3---3---x-x-3---|-3---x-x-3---6---6-6-5---|-3---x-x-3---3---x-x-3---+ e|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ B|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ G|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ D|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ A|--3---x-x-3---6---6-6-5---|-1---x-x-1---1---x-x-1---|-1---x-x-1---5---5-5-5---+ D|--3---x-x-3---6---6-6-5---|-1---x-x-1---1---x-x-1---|-1---x-x-1---5---5-5-5---+ e|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ B|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ G|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ D|--------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------+ A|--6---x-x-6---6---x-x-6---|-6---x-x-6---6---6-6-5---|-1---x-x-1---1---x-x-1---+ D|--6---x-x-6---6---x-x-6---|-6---x-x-6---6---6-6-5---|-1---x-x-1---1---x-x-1---+ | e|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| B|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| G|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| D|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------| A|--1---x-x-1---5---5-5-5---|-6---x-x-6---6---x-x-6---|-6---x-x-6---6---6-6-5----| D|--1---x-x-1---5---5-5-5---|-6---x-x-6---6---x-x-6---|-6---x-x-6---6---6-6-5----| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM FIG. 1 (4x) Verse 3 Russian revolution, let’s do that in one day Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be o.k. More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM Fig. 2 Chorus 2 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And see it with my eyes Watch Jesus rise, if he ever did Flying... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM FIG. 3 |Guitar 1 + 2 (3x) | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-------------0-0-|-----------------|-------------0-0--| A|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0--| D|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0--| (RHYTM FIG. 3) Ending |Guitar 1 + 2 | e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-------------0-0-|-----------------|------------------| A|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-0----------------| D|--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0---0---0---|-0----------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RHYTM FIG. 2 Chorus 3 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime And feel it with my hands Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan Flying... RHYTM FIG. 2 (part 2 only) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RIFF 1 RIFF 1 (Guitar 1 + 2) (2x) RIFF 2 RHYTM FIG. 4 (7x) |Guitar 1 + 2 | e|------------------|------------------| B|------------------|------------------| G|------------------|------------------| D|------------------|------------------| A|--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------| E|--0-------0-------|-0-------0--------| (RHYTM FIG. 4) Ending |Guitar 1 + 2 | e|------------------|-----------------|------------------| B|------------------|-----------------|------------------| G|------------------|-----------------|------------------| D|------------------|-0---0---0---0---|-0----------------| A|--0-------0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-0----------------| E|--0-------0-------|-0---0---0---0---|-0----------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEGEND / = slide up x = muted note www.TAB6.com