Skeksis Lyrics

As recorded by Strapping Young Lad
(From the 2005 Album ALIEN)
Posted by Iron Pete
Words by Devin Townsend Music by Strapping Young Lad
AII
2 x x x x x x Gopen
0 x x x x x x BbIII
Gtr I (G C G C G C E) - 'Gtr 1'
Gtr II (G C G C G C E) - 'Gtr 2'
Gtr III (G C G C G C E) - 'Lead Left'
Gtr IV (G C G C G C E) - 'Lead Right'
Q=114
C5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM-------------------------------------------------
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S 3x
||o-------------------------------------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0---------o||
C5 N.C.
S S S S +S S S S S e S S S S S
C5 N.C.
PM-------------------------------------------------
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S 3x
||o-------------------------------------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0---------o||
C5 N.C.
S S S S +S S S S S e S S S S S
PM--------------------------------------------------------| PM------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o--------------------------------o||---------------------------------------|
||o3-3-1-0---0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-3-3-1-0---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----|
Eb5 DbC5 G5 N.C.
PM----------|
S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S 3x S E S +S E S S S S S S S S S
||o---------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-------------------------------|
||o-3-3-1-0---0-------------------o||-------------------------------|
||--3-3-1-0---0--------------------||-1S2-2-(2)-2-2-2h3-3-3-3h4-4-4-|
Q=115
N.C.
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S 4x
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||--4h5-5-5-(5)-5-5-4h5-5-5-4h5-5-5--||-|
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S
||o--------------------------------------o||
||o--------------------------------------o||
||--6-6-6-6b6.5-(6)-5-5-4h5-5-5-4h5-5-5---||
S S S S +S 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
|-----4b4.5-(4)---------------------|-------4b4.5-(4)----------------------|
N.C.
PM--------| PM--------|
S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
PM--------|
S S S S S S S E +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---|
PM--------| PM----------|
S S S S S S S E S S e S S E S S S S S +S E S S S S S S S S S 3x
|-------------------------------||o-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
|-------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-||o-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
C5 Gmaj7sus4/C N.C. Gmaj7sus4/C N.C.
S S S S +S E S S S S S S S E a E S S +S E S S S S S S S E
|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0---||o-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0---o||
|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||o-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0---o||
|-----------------------------1-||--4s5-5-5-(5)-5-5-------------1--||
Gmaj7sus4/C N.C. Gmaj7sus4/C
a E S S +S E S S S S S S S E E S S +S E S S S S S Q
|-4s5-5-5-(5)-5-5----------------|------------------------------|
N.C.
S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S E E E
PM
S S S S E S S S S E E S S S S E S S T T S E E E E
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q S S S S +S E S Q Q
PM
S S S S +S E S Q E E S S S S +S E S Q Q
PM--------|
S E S +S E S E S S S S S S
PM--------| PM
S E S +S E S E S S +S S E S E S +S E S Q Q
Eb5/Bb F5/C AII
Gtr II
W E Q. E Q.
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
S E S +S E S E S S S S S S E E E E Q E E E E E E
E Q. E Q.
Gopen
E Q. E Q. Q Q S S S S S S S S
E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
AII BbAII BbAII
E E Q E E E Q E E E. S E E Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E S E E E E E E
Gopen
E Q. E Q. E Q. S S S S S S S S
S E S +S E S E E E E E E S S S S +S E S E E E E E E
Gopen BbIII
S E S +S E S H S E S +S E S Q. E
H S S S S S S S S 3x H S S S S S S E
||o--------------/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||--------------/6--6-6-6-6-6----|
||o--------------/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||--------------/6--6-6-6-6-6----|
N.C.(A5)
PM PM
|---9:8---| |----6----| |-3-| |---9:8---| |----6----| |-3-|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S E
||o-------------/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-------------/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
||o-0h2-0h2-0h2-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-0h2-0h2-0h2-/6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
N.C.(C5)
PM PM
|---9:8---| |----6----| |-3-| |---9:8---| |----6----| |-3-|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S E
|-3S5-3S5-3S5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-3S5-3S5-3S5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-3S5-3S5-3S5-------------------0-|-3S5-3S5-3S5-------------------0-|
N.C.(A5) C5/G
|---9:8---| |----6----| |-3-| |---9:8---|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S E S E S E S E H
N.C.(A5)
PM----| PM
|---9:8---|
S E S E S E S S S S S S E
||o---------------------------o||
||o-0h2-0h2-0h2-6-6-6-6-6-6---o||
PM----| PM-----------| PM
|---9:8---| |---9:8------------------|
S E S E S E S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S S E
PM----| PM PM-----------| PM
|---9:8---| |---9:8------------------|
S E S E S E S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S S E
|-3S5-3S5-3S5-6-6-6-6-6-6---|-3S5-3S5-3S5-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-3S5-3S5-3S5-------------0-|-3S5-3S5-3S5-------------0-|
PM----| PM PM--------------|
|---9:8---| |---9:8---------------------|
S E S E S E S S S S S S E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S
N.C.(G)
Gtr I
W H H Q E E Q Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
| Gtr II
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
H. Q H Q Q
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
E E Q +Q Q S S S S Q S S S S e E
| Q E E Q Q S S E e E S S S S e E
N.C.(A5) N.C.(G)
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-4--6S11-6--0--|
|-------------|-------------|-x--xS=x-x--x--|
|-------------|-------------|-4--6S11-6--0--|
S S S S S S E E S S S S S S Q
N.C.
S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S E S E S E. +S
|-4-2-4-2-4-2-(2)-4-2-4-2-4-|-1-4-2-(2)-4-1-4-2-4-3b3.5==(3)r-|
N.C.(G)
Q E E Q Q S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|----6S11-6--0--|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-0--/12-12-12-12-12-12-0--|
|----xS=x-x--x--|--/x--x--x--x--x--x-x---/x--x--x--x--x--x-x--|
|----6S11-6--0--|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-0--/12-12-12-12-12-12-0--|
N.C.
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 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 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|
||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-10-10-6-6-6-6-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-10-10-6-6-4-4-|
Gopen
Gtr II
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Gtr I
PM--------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S SS S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------o||-------------------------------------|
||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-10-10-6-6-44o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-10-10-6-6-6-6---|
Double Time H=115
N.C.
Gtrs I, 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 S S S S S S S S 3x
||o-------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
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||
||o0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4--o||
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||
||o---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4o||
TP
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
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-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------6-6-6-6--|
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 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
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-------------------------o||
N.C.
S S e S S e S S e E.. +T S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)-|
S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)--|
Gtr III
W W
| Gtr IV
| W W
| Gtrs I, II
| E E E E E E E E S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|-7-8-7-6-7-6-5-6-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)-|
H. E E
| H. E E E
| S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--3b4----------(3)--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|---------19p17h18-20p18p16----16h18-|-20p===18----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E
|15p13p11----------11p10p=8-----6h=8-|-10p=8p===6--------------------------|
|---------12h13p12-----------7-------|-------------7h10p=8-10p=8p=7--8h10h=|
| H Q Q W
|-------------------7s=======4s======|==9------------------------------------|
+E Q. H
| E Q. H
| S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|---x--x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)-|
W W
| W W
| S S e S S e S S e E.. +T S S e S S e S S e E.. +T
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-3b4-(3)--|
Ab5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------------|
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E.. +T Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-x-x--x-x-x--x-||o---------------------o||-------------|----------------|
|-x-x--x-x-x--x-||o---------------------o||-------------|----------------|
|-1-1--1-1-1--1-||--1-1-1-1-1-1-3b4-(3)--||-4--5--6--7--|-8--9--10--11---|
N.C.
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-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------6-6-6-6-|
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 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
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-6-6-6-6-|-9-9-9-9-------------------------o||
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
N.C.(G)
Gtr I
W +W W W
||o----------|------------|----------|------|
||o-6--------|-(6)--------|-4--------|------|
Gtrs I, II
H Q Q H H E E E E E E H E E E E E E H
|------------|-----------|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-0----|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-0o||
|-4----6-----|-6----0----|-/11-11-11-11-11-11-0----|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-0o||
Gtr I
HH
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E H E E E E E E H
N.C.(A5)
PM
|---9:8---| |---9:8---|
E Q E Q E Q H. Q E Q E Q E Q H H
|---9:8---| |---9:8---|
E Q E Q E Q H H E Q E Q E Q W
Half Time Q=115
N.C.(A5)
|---9:8---| |----6----| |----6----|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-0h2-0h2-0h2-------------------------|
|---9:8---| |----6----| |----6----|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------o||
|-0h2-0h2-0h2-------------------------o||
N.C.(C5)
|---9:8---| |----6----| |-------6-------|
S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6b6.5-6b