Silent Cries

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Album: No Exit (1988)

Tabbed by Chris Rezendes (*)

Tuning: Half step down

Notation Key
v: vibrato
t: tremolo bar
^: bend
.: palm mute
~: trill
p: pull-off
h: hammer-on
x: ghost note
/: slide up
\: slide down

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Fig. 1 x4
e|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
B|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
G|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
A|--4----------------|--------2------|--4-------5---7--|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--5-4-5---5-4--|--2-2-2-2---4-5--|

Fig. 2 x1 (Born to an air of apathy, indifference shapes a fragile mind)
e|------2------|------5------|------2------|------2------|
B|------2------|------5------|------2------|------0------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|------0------|
D|------4------|------7------|------4------|------2------|
A|------4------|------7------|------4------|------2------|
E|------2------|------5------|------2------|------0------|

Riff 1 x2 (Questions formed at an early age, beg answers unasked)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------7--6----4--|
D|----------------------------5--4----2--|
A|--444444-555-222-444444444-------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Riff 2 x4 (Silent cries, behind curious eyes, resides a child who cannot speak)
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------2-4---2-----4-4--|
A|------4---4h5-----4h5---------5---4-5------|
E|--2-2---2-----2-2-----3-3------------------|
    . .   .     . .     . . . . . . . .

Riff 3 x2 (Silent cries!!!)
e|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------4------|-----------------------------------|
D|--------------4---2----|------------5--|------------------4---2-------4-5--|
A|----------------5---3--|----------2----|--------------------5---3----------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2----------|--2-2-2--------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------2-3------|

Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 1 x2
Repeat Riff 2 x4
Repeat Riff 3 x2

Fig. 3 x4 (under solo)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|--8-7-----5-2-----5---8-7-5---5---7----|
E|--6-5-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-6-5-3-0-3-0-5-0--|

Fig. 3B x2 (under solo)
e|----------|---------------------------------------|
B|----------|---------------------------------------|
G|----------|---------------------------------------|
D|----------|---------------------------------------|
A|--5----4--|--8-7-----5-2-----5---8-7-5---5---7----|
E|--3----2--|--6-5-0-0-3-0-0-0-3-0-6-5-3-0-3-0-5-0--|

Riff 4 x2
e|---------------|-----------------------|-----------|
B|---------------|-----------------------|-----------|
G|---------------|-----------------------|-----------|
D|---------------|-----------------------|-----------|
A|---------------|-----------------------|----2------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2--|--0-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--5---5-4--|

Fig. 4 x4 (Time blindly races on, through the autumn years...)
e|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|--9------------|--11--7--5------------|--7------------7--9--11--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7--|---9--5--3-3-3-3-3-3--|--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--7---9--|
E|---------------|----------------------|-------------------------|

Repeat Riff 4 x3

Fill 1 x1
e|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--5--|
A|--5--|
E|--3--|

Repeat Fig. 2 x1
Repeat Riff 2 x7

End x1
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------5------|
G|--------------------------------------5-4--|
D|--------------------------5-5-4------------|
A|------4---4h5-----4h5-----------5-3--------|
E|--2-2---2-----2-2-----3-3------------------|
    . .   .     . .     . . . . . . .