The Learning Lyrics

As recorded by Nevermore
(From the 1996 Album POLITICS OF ECSTASY)
Words by Warrel Dane Music by Nevermore
Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com) & Jordan Baker (sansamppsa1@hotmail.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr VI (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar'
Q.=65
Gtr I
|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3-----------|-3---------3b5r=|
Gtr I
o o o o o o o o o o o o
Gtr IV
E +Q +Q. +Q. Q +E
|-12b13==(12)---(12)-----|-(12)-----12r==(12)-|
| Gtr II
| E +Q +Q. +Q. Q +E
|-13b15==(13)---(13)-----|-(13)-----13r==(13)-|
| Gtr III
| E +Q +Q. +Q. Q +E
|-14b15==(14)---(14)-----|-(14)-----14r==(14)-|
o o o o o o o o o o o o
H. +Q. +E E +E
|-13------------|-(13)-----(13)-15-(15)b17r=|
| H. +Q. +E E +E
|-13------------|-(13)-----(13)-15-(15)b18r=|
| H. +Q. +E E +E
|-14------------|-(14)-----(14)-15-(15)b17r=|
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
>
+H. Q. Q. a H. Q E +E +Q
|----------------|-----------------|-14h15------------|-15---12-(12)-(12)----||
| >
| +H. Q. Q. a H. Q E +E +Q
|----------------|-----------------|-14h15------------|-15---12-(12)-(12)----||
| >
| +H. Q. Q. a H. Q E +E +Q
|----------------|-----------------|-16h17------------|-17---13-(13)-(13)----||
Gtrs II, III, IV
< >
E +Q Q. W W W
| Gtr I
|--2b3---------2pb3-----|-------2pb3r(2)---|-0-----0-----|-------0-----|
Gtr I
||o------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2b3-----2pb3-----|-------2pb3r(2)---|-0-----0-----|-------0-------||
||o-------1--------1-|---1--------------|-----1-----1-|---1-------1--o||
#
|-------2-----|-------2pb3r(2)---|-0-----0-----|-------0-----||
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Cadd9 Em C Em N.C.
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
||o------------------|------------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2b3-----2pb3-----|-------2pb3r(2)---|-0-----0-----|-------0-------||
||o-------1--------1-|---1--------------|-----1-----1-|---1-------1--o||
#
||o-------------|------------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------2-----|-------2pb3r(2)---|-0-----0-----|-------0-------||
||o---0-------0-|---0--------------|-----2-----2-|---2-------0--o||
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
H=H
Gtrs II, III
||o-------------o||-||o-------------o||-------------|-------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Q.=80
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q.
Guitar Solo
Q.=88
Gtr IV
W S S S S E +Q.
|-----------------------|-------14h15-14---(14)--------------|
| Gtrs II, III
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10---------10---------|-------------------10------10s12s10-|
|--8----------8---------|--------------------8-------8s10s=8-|
+H. +Q a E +E. S +E
|-(14)-------------------|-(14)-----14h15---(15)---14-(14)----|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
H. S E. E +Q E
|-15---------------------|-14h15------14---(14)--------12----|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10----------10---------|------------------10------10s12s10-|
|--8-----------8---------|-------------------8-------8s10s=8-|
\1/ \2.5_____________________|
E +Q +Q. +Q. +E +E E
| E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
$
Gtrs II, III
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10---------10---------|-----------10-----10s12s10-|
|--8----------8---------|------------8------8s10s=8-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10---------10---------|-----------10-----10s12s10-|
|--8----------8---------|------------8------8s10s=8-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||o----------------------|---------------------|
||o----------------------|---------------------|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q E
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------o||
PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E5 F5 E5 F5 N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--------------| PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S S S e S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||o---------------------o||--------------------------|
|-2---------3---------||o-2---------3---------o||-------2-----------5------|
E5 F5 E5 F5 N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| ~~~~~~~
E S S S S E S S S S e S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +E
|---------------------||o---------------------o||---------------------------|
|-2---------3---------||o-2---------3---------o||-------2------------(5)-|
E5 F5 E5 F5 N.C.
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM--------------| PM------| PM|
E S S S S E S S S S e S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------||o---------------------o||--------------------------|
|-2---------3---------||o-2---------3---------o||-------2-----------5------|
To Coda
E5 F5 E5 F5 N.C. C5/G B5/F#
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E S S S S E S S S S e S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------||o---------------------o||-------------||--------------||
|-2---------3---------||o-2---------3---------o||-------2-----||-3---3-2---2--||
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10---------10---------|-----------10-----10s12s10-|
|--8----------8---------|------------8------8s10s=8-|
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S a S S
|-10---------10---------|-----------10-----10s12s10-|
|--8----------8---------|------------8------8s10s=8-|
D.S. al Coda
E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
&
N.C. E5/B Eb5/Bb
PM--| PM------| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q.
|-------------------------||o------------|
|-------2-----------5-----||o-2-----1----|
PM----| PM----|
E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E
|---------------|-----0------|-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-5-3-5-|-2-----1----|-3-3-3-3-5-3-5---o||
Q.=94 1. 2.
N.C.
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||-------------|
||o---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-|---0---0---0-o||---0---0---0-|
Gtr V
W W W Q. Q +E
|-------------|-------------|----------------|----------19pb20r==(19)-||
| Gtr III Gtr IV
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E
|-------------|-------------|----------------|----------15pb17r==(15)-||
| Gtr II
Q.=96
N.C.
Gtr V
H. +H.
|-19b20========================|=(19)-----------------------|
| Gtr IV
| H. +H.
|-15b17========================|=(15)-----------------------|
| Gtrs II, III
| PM------| PM------| 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
>
+H. +H.
|-(19)-----------------------|-(19)r--------------------------|
| >
| +H. +H.
|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)r--------------------------|
| PM------| PM------| PM------| PM 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
Gtrs II, III
PM------| PM------| 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
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-7-----------7-----------|-7-----------5-----------|
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM 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
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------3---2---3-----o||
PM------| PM------| 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
PM------| PM------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +S S S S
|-5-----------5-----------|-5-----------b3r(2)p0-----||
Guitar Solo
Q.=92
Gtr IV
E S S S S S S S E E S S S E E E E E
| Gtrs II, III
E E E E S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------8-7h8p7s5h7p5-|--------------------------|
Q. +Q E Q. +Q E E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------10-|-10s11-11-11s15-15-|-15s14-14-14------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------9:6----------| |-------5:3-------| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S Q. +E E E E E E E E T T T T
|----19----------19-16-19-16-19b21======|=(19)r--------------------19------17-19-17-16-|
us2
S S S S S S E +E +E Q. +Q E
|-18-------18----17-18b20==(18)r(18)-|-17------(17)---16-|
|------5:3------| |------5:3------|
|----16s==17------17s12------12s13---13-|
|----------8:6-----------| |----------8:6-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------15h==16h19-|
|---------------15h16p==15----------15h==16h18------------|
|----------8:6-----------| |----------8:6-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-16p15h16---19p15--------------------------16h19p==17p16-||
|------------------18p==16p15----16h17h==20---------------||
Q.=97
N.C.
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
>
+H. 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
Gtrs II, III
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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
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
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------0h2h5-----------5-|-----5-2h5---5-2-0-5-2-0-o||
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
Gtr III
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S Q E
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S Q E
Guitar Solo
Q.=91
Gtr IV
S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtrs II, III
| PM------| PM------|
| E S S S S E S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. +E. +S +S S
|-------------------12----14----15----|-14b15==========(14)---(14)r(14)-12-|
| PM------| PM------| PM----| PM----------|
| e S S S S E S S S S e S S S S E S S S S
N.C.
S S Q +Q +S S