Steel Church Lyrics

As recorded by Edguy
(From the 1997 Album THE KINGDOM)
Words by Tobias Sammet Music by Edguy
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Q=131
N.C.(E)
Gtr I
PM------------------------| PM--------------------|
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 4x
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------2-o||
Pre-Verse
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N.C.(E) G5B5
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
||o--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|----------------------------5-2----|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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 S S
||o--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-7-9-10-7-9-10-7-9-10-7-9-10-7-9-10-7-|-9-10-7-9-10-7-9-10-9S7-7S5---7h10-|
N.C.(E)
PM------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| PM------------------------------------
| 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
|------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------5----2---o||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------7h9p==7----------------||
|-9-10-7-9-10-7-9-10---------10-9-7-10-9-7-o||
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------|
W W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------|----------|---------------------------------|
||o-5--------|-3--------|---------------------------------|
Gtr I
PM----------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM----------------------------|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
To Coda
To Coda
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5S7--5--3-|
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W
D.S. al Coda
PM----| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
&
Gtr I
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E
|-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5S7--5--3-|-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|
| Gtr II
| PM----|
| W W E S S S S E E. E. E
|---------------------|---------------------|-4---------2S4--2----|
To Dbl. Coda
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-3-3-3-3-3-5S7--5--3-|-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
| PM----| PM----|
| E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E W
|-5---------4S5--4--2-|-4---------2S4--2----|------------------------------|
PM--------| PM--------|
W W W E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------o||
||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
PM------------------------|
W H Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------||o-------------------------------|
|-0--------|-2----3--5--||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
&&
Gtr I
W W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5---------------|-5---------------|---------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W H H
|---------------------------------o||----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------o||-2--------|-3----5----|
| Q E E E E E E W W
|---------------------------------o||----------|-----------|
|---------------------------------o||----------|-----------|
Gtrs I, II
PM--------| PM--------|
W W W E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------o||
||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
PM------------------------|
W H Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------||o-------------------------------|
|-0--------|-2----3--5--||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------------| ~~~
E S S S S S S e S S S S S S e S S S S S S E E E E 4x
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2---------------------------|-----------------3-0--2--o||
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------------------------| ~~~
| e S S S S S S e S S S S S S e S S S S S S E E E E 4x
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------7----o||
PM---------------------------
E S S S S S S e S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------|
||o-2---------------------------|
| PM---------------------------
| e S S S S S S e S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
e S S S S S S E E E E 4x W H. +Q
|-------------------------o||----------|-----------------|
|-----------------5-2--4---||-5--------|-7-------(7)S====|
|-----------------3-0--2--o||-3--------|-5-------(5)-----|
| e S S S S S S E E E E 4x W H. Q
|-------------------------o||----------|-----------------|
|--------------------------||-5--------|----------2S=====|
|-----------------7----o||-3--------|-----------------|
Guitar Break
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Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q W +H. Q
|--------------|-----3-------5b7r=|==5---------|-(5)------5S==|
| W +W +W
| Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q W +H. Q
|-9------------|------------------|--9---------|-(9)------9S==|
Q E Q Q. +Q E Q Q. Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|--8---8-8---8-----|-(8)--8-8---8-----|--8----10----12--|--12b13r==12----10--|
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +W
Q E Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +W
|---------12----10--|-12b13r==12----10--|-7--------|-(7)----|
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +W
|----------8-----7--|--8b10r===8-----7--|----------|--------|
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q W +H. Q
|---------------|----------------5b7r=|=5--------|-(5)-----------5S==|
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W E E E Q E E E
Q E Q Q. +Q E Q Q. Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|--8---8-8---8-----|-(8)--8-8---8-----|--8----10----12--|--12b13r==12----10---|
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +H. Q
Q E Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +W
|---------12----10--|-12b13r==12----10--|-7--------|-(7)----|
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q W +W
|----------8-----7--|--8b10r===8-----7--|----------|--------|
Q. Q. Q +Q Q Q Q Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q
||o--------------|---------------------------|--------------|------------------|
||--2----5-------|---------------------------|-2----5-------|----------5--4S===|
||o--------------|---------------------------|--------------|------------------|
| W +W W +W
||o--------------|---------------------------|--------------|------------------|
||o-2------------|-(2)-----------------------|-2------------|-(2)--------------|
Q. Q. Q +Q Q Q Q
| PM| PM-| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
Q. Q. Q
| PM| PM-| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
+E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-(7)------------------------o||-12--10----10-------------|
|-----9----------7-----6------||--------12----12-11-11s12-|
|----------------------------o||--------------------------|
| Gtr III
| W E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------o||--8---7-----7-------------|
|-----------------------------||---------9-----9--7--7s=9-|
|----------------------------o||--------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM-| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S Q. Q E Q
|----------------------------o||--------------------------|
|--2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||--7---------5--------3----|
+W E E E E E E E E +W
|-------------|-12--10-12-13-12-13-13s15-|-(15)----|
| +W E E E E E E E E +W
|-------------|--8---7--8-10--8-10-10s12-|-(12)----|
| +W Q. Q E Q +W
PM-----| PM----|
E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E
||o----------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2-2--2-2-2-3-5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5-7----5----3-o||
| Gtr II
| E H. E E H E E E
||o----------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-2------------------2-|-3--------------3------3-o||
PM-----|
E S S S S E E. E. E
| PM---------|
| E Q. E S S S S S S
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-----------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-3S5--3--2-|-3-3-3-3-3-5S7--5--3-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
| PM----| PM----|
| E S S S S E E. E. E E S S S S E E. E. E W
||o---------------------|---------------------o||-----------------------------|
||--4---------2S4--2----|-5---------4S5--4--2--||-----------------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2---------5-|-3-3-3-3-3-----------o||-----------------------------|
Out-Chorus
PM--------| PM--------|
W W W E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------------------------o||
||o-2--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
PM------------------------|
W H Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------||o-------------------------------|
|-0--------|-2----3--5--||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
PM--------| PM--------|
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S Q Q
Gtr I
PM------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| W
||o---------------------------------|
||o-2-------------------------------|
PM---------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E 4x q H.
|-------------------------------o||----------*|
|-----------------------------2-o||-2--------*|
| +H. E E 4x q H.
|-------------------------------o||----------*|
|-(2)-----------------------5-2-o||-2--------*|
Duration Legend
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
n
- artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths