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Horsell Common And The Heat Ray

Jeff Wayne

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Tabbed by: Belavista Man
Assisted by: Rebel-sam
On: 19/02/08
E-mail: anthonybentey@hotmail.co.uk

Intro (bass):
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|---------------------2---|
E|-0-2-3-4-3-4-3-4-3-4---4-| (repeated)

(spoken)
JOURNALIST: Next morning, a crowd gathered on the Common, hypnotized by the unscrewing
the cylinder. Two feet of shining screw projected when, suddenly, the lid fell off! Two
disc-like eyes appeared above the rim. A huge, rounded bulk, larger than a bear, rose up 
glistening like wet leather. Its lip-less mouth quivered and slavered, and
tentacles writhed as the clumsy body heaved and pulsated.

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------9-------------9---------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6---6-6-7---|
E|-----------------------------------7-|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------8-8-h9-----|
D|-------------9-------------9------------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6----------7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-8----6-8-8-9-9--9/4--9/3--8-7-8---|
D|-----9------9----------------------------6-|
A|-9-9---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

(repeated over following spoken part)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---------------4---|Palm Muted
D|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---6-|Palm Muted
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

(spoken)
A few young men crept closer to the pit. A tall funnel rose, then an invisible ray of
leapt from man to man and there was a bright glare, as each was instantly turned to fire.
tree and bush became a mass of flames at the touch of this savage, unearthly Heat Ray.

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------9-8~-9--------------9--8/11-9-9-9-9---|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4/6-6--6--------6-6--4/6-6-6-----------------6-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------| Play four times through

End with:
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-7/9--9--9----|
D|--(8)(8)(8)---|
A|-4/6--6--6--6-|
E|--------------|

Back to:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------9-------------9---------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6---6-6-7---|
E|-----------------------------------7-|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------8-8-h9-----|
D|-------------9-------------9------------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6----------7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-8----6-8-8-9-9--9/4--9/3--8-7-8---|
D|-----9------9----------------------------6-|
A|-9-9---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

(repeated over following spoken part)
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|---------------4---|Palm Muted
D|-6-5-6-5-6-5-6---6-|Palm Muted
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

(spoken)
People clawed their way off the Common, and I ran too. I felt I was being toyed with,
when I was on the very verge of safety, this mysterious death would leap after me and
me down. At last I reached Maybury Hill and in the dim coolness of my home I wrote an 
for my newspaper before I sank into a restless, haunted sleep.

Play:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|
...four times, then end with:
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-5-6-5-|
E|-------|

(after weird synth. bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------| Played twice (all in all)

(spoken)
I awoke to alien sounds of hammering from the pit, and hurried to the railway station to
the paper.

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

Around me, the daily routine of life - working, eating, sleeping - was continuing
as it had for countless years.

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

On Horsell Common, the Martians continued hammering and stirring, sleepless,
at work upon the machines they were making. Now and again a light, like the beam of a warship's
swept the Common - and the Heat Ray was ready to follow.

e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------| Played over and over, getting faster.

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|----------9-8~-9--------------9--8/11-9-9-9-9---|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|-4/6-6--6--------6-6--4/6-6-6-----------------6-|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------| Play four times through

End with:
e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-9-9-9---|
D|---------|
A|-------6-|
E|---------|

Back to:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|-------------9-------------9---------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6---6-6-7---|
E|-----------------------------------7-|

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------8-8-h9-----|
D|-------------9-------------9------------|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6---5-6-5-6-5-6----------7-7-|
E|----------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------6-8----6-8-8-9-9--9/4--9/3--8-7-8---|
D|-----9------9----------------------------6-|
A|-9-9---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

(spoken)
In the afternoon, a company of soldiers came through and deployed along the edge of the
to form a cordon.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|

(after synth bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

That evening, there was a violent crash and I realized with horror that my home was now
range of the Martian's Heat Ray.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|

(after synth bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

At dawn, a falling star with a trail of green mist landed with a flash like summer
This was the second cylinder.

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|

(after synth bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------9--8/11-9-9-9-9---|
G|---------------------------|
D|-4/6-6-6-----------------6-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

e|---------|
B|---------|
G|-9-9-9---|
D|---------|
A|-------6-|
E|---------|

Back to:
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|

(after synth bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|-------------9~-|
A|-5-6-5-6-5-6----|
E|----------------|

(after synth bit)
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|-10-----12----|
D|----12-----12-|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|

e|---------------------------|
B|---------9--8/11-9-9-9-9---|
G|---------------------------|
D|-4/6-6-6-----------------6-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------| Fade off...

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Horsell Common And The Heat Ray

Jeff Wayne