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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 11:23:37 -0500 
From: TitanObel  
Subject: y/yes/tales_from_a_topographic_ocean.tab 
 
				      Yes	 
                          "Tales from Topographic Oceans"  
					 
 		   (guitar parts by Steve Howe; Words by Jon Anderson) 
		      
 
			     (acoustic guitar tab) 
                          
                          transcribed by Torsten Lasse 
			   contact: uzsrbw@uni-bonn.de 
 
 
File name: "yes-tales_from_t_o.txt" ((Version 1)) 
 
These transcribtion contains several (acoustic guitar) parts from the "Tales..." 
-Album as I hear them; for this transcribtion I used the Steve Howe recording of  
it (guitar and vocals) which you can find at the "Yes, Friends and Relatives"- 
Album (a really bad album). Following along with the record (Original or Howe- 
Version) is a very good idea... 
 
Perhabs I will complete this version with the rest of the interresting guitar 
parts of the original album in a few years...  
 
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Index: 
 
1. Intro ("The Revealing Science of God") 
2. and 
3. Parts after the Intro (:  
 
4. Guitar part from "The Remembering" (As the silence of season...) 
 
5. a.,b.,c. and d. Acoustic part of "The Ancient"               
 
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I.   "p" pull of  
II.  "h" hammer on 
III. -*-  
     ---  (repeat) 
     -*- 
 
 
1.Intro  
 
-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----...and so on...------------| 
-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----------------------------| 
 
 
2.          
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| 
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| 
--9--8----------------|-7--6----------------|--9--8----------------| 
--------9-------------|-------7-------------|--------9-------------| 
----------------6-----|---------------4-----|----------------6-----| 
--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5-|--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-| 
 
 
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| 
----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| 
--7--6----------------|-9--8----------------|-7--6-----------------| 
--------7-------------|-------9-------------|-------7--------------| 
----------------4-----|---------------6-----|---------------4------| 
--5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5-|-7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5--5--5-5-7-5---7-5--| 
 
                                             3. 
----------------------|---------------------|-0--0--2--4----5--7--- 
----------------------|---------------------|-0-------------------- 
--9--8----------------|-7--6-----5--4-------|-1--1--2--4---6--8---- 
--------9-------------|-------7--------5----|-2-------------------- 
----------------6-----|---------------------|-2-------------------- 
--7--7--7-7-9-7---9-7-|-5-----5--3-----3----|-0-------------------- 
 
 
--5--4-------------|-0--0--2--4----5--7--5--4-------------|-------- 
-----5-------------|-0----------------------5-------------|-------- 
-6---4-------------|-1--1--2--4---6--8--6---4-------------|-------- 
-----6-------------|-2----------------------6-------------|-------- 
-----7-------------|-2----------------------7-------------|-------- 
-------0-0-0--0--0-|-0------------------------0-0-0--0--0-|-------- 
 
 
-0--0--2--4--------5-------7-------9-------11---------------------- 
-0----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-1--1--2--4-------6-------8--------9-------11---------------------- 
-2----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-2----------------------------------------------------------------- 
-0----------0-0-0----0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----0--0---0------------- 
 
 
-12---12--12--12--12-----12-|---12--12--12--12--------------|------ 
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------ 
-13--13--h14-p13--11--9--12-|-12--14--12--11--9(slide down)-|------ 
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------ 
----------------------------|-------------------------------|------ 
----------------------------|----------------------------(3)|------ 
 
 
4. (repeat this part several times with a short rest a marked note  
(x) in one version; 7/8 !!) 
 
(Vocals: As the silence of season...) 
 
----------|----------x0---------------|---------------------|------ 
----------|-------1-----0-------------|-------1---0---------|------ 
*---------|---2-------------0---------|---2---------0------*|------ 
----0--2--|3--------------------0--2--|3----------------0---|------ 
*---------|---------------------------|--------------------*|------ 
-(3)---3--|-1---1---1-3---3---3----3--|-1---1---1-3---3---3-|------ 
 
 
5. This is the complete transcribtion of the acoustic part of "The 
 Ancient". Try to realise it with the original song... 
 
5.a. Intro 
 
-------0--2-----0--0--0----0--5-p2h5p5----------------------------- 
-2--3--------2------2--2---------------5-3-2-0-0------------------- 
-----------------------------------------------4------------------- 
---------------------------0-------------------2------------------- 
-------0--------4----4--4------------------------------------------ 
------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 
5.b. (Vocals: Does the leaves of green stay greener...) 
 
--------0-----2--0-----------0------------------------------------- 
--2--3-----2--------3--2--3-----3--0------------------------------- 
---------------------------------------1--2--4--------------------- 
--------------0---------------------------------------------------- 
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--2--4--2---------------------------------- 
-----------------------------------4---0--2--4--------------------- 
 
 
--------0-----2--0--------0----0--0--0----------------------------- 
--2--3-----2--------3--2------------------------------------------- 
-----------------------------7--7--7--7---------------------------- 
--------------0---------------------------------------------------- 
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--4---------------------------------------- 
-----------------------------7---7--7--7(slide down to 3)---------- 
 
 
 
5.c. Refrain 
 
Strumming:  
 
   G             C		G	C 
...And I heard a milliom voices singing 
G		F 
  acting to the story....  
 
 
 
(Vocals: Does one child know the secret...) 
 
--------0-----2--0--------0-------------0------------------------- 
--2--3-----2--------3--2-----3-------2-----3-----2---------------- 
-------------------------------4--1----------4-1------------------ 
--------------0------------------------------------...and so on... 
--0--2--4--0-----4--2--0--4--2-------0--4--2-----0---------------- 
-------------------------------4--0----------4-0------------------ 
 
 
5.d. "Lalala"-Part: A E A E A...... (strumming)