A Moment of Clarity Lyrics

As recorded by Death
(From the 1998 Album THE SOUND OF PERSEVERANCE)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Shannon Hamm'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Pick Slide I'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Pick Slide II'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Solo Fills'
Q=124
G#5 G5N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--| ~
E S S E S S S S S S S S E
||o------------------------------|
||o-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10-7-6-|
G#5 G5N.C. G#5 G5N.C.
PM--| ~ PM--| ~~
E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------o||----------------------------|
|-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10-7-6-o||-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10---|
G#5 G5N.C.
Gtr I
PM--| ~
E S S E S S S S S S S S E
||o------------------------------|
||o-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10-7-6-|
| Gtr II
| PM--| ~
| E S S E S S S S S S S S E
||o------------------------------|
||o-6-----5----------------------|
G#5 G5N.C. G#5 G5N.C.
PM--| ~ PM--| ~~~
E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10-7-6-o||-6-----5-10p6-9p5-11p7-10-----|
| PM--| ~ PM--| ~~~
| E S S E S S S S S S S S E E S S E S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-6-----5----------------------o||-6-----5----------------------|
PM
H. E E +W
||o-------------|---------------------|
||o-5-------5-5-|-(5)-----------------|
| PM ~~~~~~~
| H. E E +Q E E +H
||o-------------|---------------------|
||o-5-------5-5-|-(5)---/9--9--(9)----|
Gtr III
PM----------------| TP
E S S E S S E S S E E +W 4x +H +E E Q
|-----------------------|------------o||-------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-(4)--------o||-(4)----(4)--------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------------||------------5sx\---||
| Gtr IV
| PM----------------| TP
| E S S E S S E S S E E +W 4x +H +E E Q
|-----------------------|------------o||-------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-(4)--------o||-(4)----(4)--------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------------||------------5sx\---||
Double time Q=240
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N.C. A5 C5
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------o||
||o-0-----3-----|-2-----------o||-||o-0--0--3--3--|-2--2--2--2---o||
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------------------------------|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||o-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------o||
||o-0-----3-----|-2-----------o||-||o-0-----3-----|-2------------o||
BN.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||o-------------|-------------o||
||o-0-----3-----|-2-----------o||
Q=132
A5 Bb5E5 F5 N.C.
PM---------------| ~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
||o--------------|-----------------------|
||o-7--8--7---8--|-8-------7--8-------7--|
A5 Bb5D5 Bb5 N.C.
PM---------------| ~
Q Q Q Q S S S S q S S S S Q
|-------------|-------------------------o||
|-7--8--5--8--|-8-------7--8-------7----o||
Q=124
E5 E5 F5 D5A5F5 N.C.
Gtr I
W +Q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
||o----------|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||o-2--------|-(2)-/7--8-5----8-|-7----7s8-8----8s10-|-10----10s12-12----|
| Gtr II
| W +Q q q q q q Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H
||o----------|------------------|-5----5s6-6----6s=8-|--8-----8s10-10----|
||o-2--------|-(2)--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 F5
Gtrs I, II
PM| ~ PM| ~ PM| ~ PM|
H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q H S S E Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|-2----2-2------|-2----2-2------|-2----2-2---3--|-2----2-2---3--o||
W W W W
Gtrs I, II
W W W W
| Gtr V
| H E E Q +H E E Q +H E E Q +H E E Q
|----------------|---------17p13-13--|-(13)--------------|---------18p13-13--|
|------15h17-17--|-(17)--------------|---------15h17-17--|-(17)--------------|
W W
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o---2---------------|---5---------------|
| +H E E Q +H E E Q
||--(13)--------------|---------17p13-13--|
||o---------15h17-17--|-(17)--------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
To Coda
W W
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|---7---------------|---1----------------o||
| +H E E Q +H E E Q
|-(13)--------------|---------18p13-13----||
|---------15h17-17--|-(17)---------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
Solo (Hamm)
Gtr I
W E. E. E H
| Gtr II
| ~~~ PM------------------------------------------------------|
| H H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gtr I
W
| Gtr II
| Q. E +Q. +S S
| Gtr V
| W
e. e. E H
| PM-------|
| T T S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
|--9h10p=9--------10-12----------12-----------------------|
| PM-------|
| T T S S S S S T T S S S S S S S S S
W
| H. +E S S S
| H. +E E
E. E. E H
| T T
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S S
| W
Gtr I
W
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e. e. E H
| S S S S S S S S S S S S H
Gtr I
W
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtr V
| W
E. E. E H
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------------------------15-17-20b22r===|
| H. E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------17b19r===|
W
| Q +E E E E E E E E E
|-20b22===(20)r-19-20-17-19-15-17-14-15-|
| Q +E E E E E E E E E
|-17b19===(17)r-15-17-14-15-12-14-10-12-|
e. e. E H
| e Q S S S E +E Q
|-14--14b15----14p12----14b15==(14)r-14b15===|
| e Q S S S E +E Q
|-10--10b12----10p=8----10b12==(10)r-10b12---|
Gtr I
W
| Gtr II
| +E S S S e e e E +E +Q
|-(14)r----------------17-19-20-20b22r(20)b22==(20)--|
|------------(19)h(20)-------------------------------|
E. E. E H
| +E +E S S S S S S H
|-(20)-(20)r===19h20p19-17-------------|
W e. e. E H
| ~~~~ T T T
| +H E +E +E +E E. E. E E. E. E
|---------24b27==(24)-(24)-(24)r|=22--24p20-24p15--24--|
Gtr I
W
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtr V
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
E. E. E H
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
W
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
e. e. E H
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E +Q
|--------------------17-19-20-19-17-19-20-20b22==(20)-(20)r----||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E +Q
|--------------------17-19-20-19-17-19-20-20b22==(20)-(20)r----||
Solo (Schuldiner)
Q E E E E Q +Q E E H
|----17p15-15h17-17--|-(17)--17s13-13----|
| W W
| Q E E E E Q +Q E E H
|----16p14-14h16-16--|-(16)--16s12-12----|
+Q e e e e E E Q +E E H
|-(13)--13-15-15-13-13s10-|-10--(10)s13s10----|
| W H H
| +Q e e e e E E Q +E E H
|-(12)--12-14-14-12-12s=9-|--9---(9)s12s=9----|
+Q E E E E Q +Q E E H
|-(10)--17p15-15h17-17--|-(17)--17s20-20----|
| W W
| +Q E E E E Q +Q E E H
|--(9)--16p14-14h16-16--|-(16)--16s12-12----|
E E H E E Q +E E Q +E +E
|-20s17-17----17s20-|-20--(20)s22-22--(22)-(22)\-|
| W H H
| E E H E E Q E E H
|-12s14-14----14s12-|-12---12s==9--9-------------|
Gtr I
T T T T T
S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtr II
| W
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
~~ PM---| ~~~ PM---|
Q Q Q H q q q Q. S S S
| W W
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q T. T. T +E Q Q. +S S
|--------------|--10h12p10-(10)---------------10h=|
| W W
~~~ PM| ~~
Q. S S Q q q S E. S S S S H
|-12-------------10-12-|-12s15--13---13-12-13----|
| W W
Gtr I
PM------| ~~
S S S S E. S S S S E. S S S E E E E E H
| Gtr II
| W W
| Gtr V
| S S S S E. S S S S E. S S S E W
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. +E Q Q. S S S
|-------19-15-17-19---|-20b22r=(20)-19----------------|
| Gtr II
| W W