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- #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
- #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
- #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
- #------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
- From: Scott Evans <gse9k@holmes.acc.virginia.edu>
-
-
- Ta-da! Here it is. The transcription for all of Yes'
- "Close to the Edge". Let me give a little advice for
- folks that want to play it:
-
- - Some parts are really easy to play, but overall the song
- will take a fair amount of work to get down.
- - for those hard parts, the transcription alone won't do it.
- you'll need to listen to the song (probably a zillion
- times) to get Chris' phrasing down. It's tough! And his
- tone doesn't make it any easier (trust me on this one).
-
- Anyway, there's two or three little fills that I missed.
- Sorry. If anyone has any comments on this, please mail me.
- Enjoy!
-
- scott evans
- thrash@virginia.edu
-
-
- CLOSE TO THE EDGE
- Yes
-
- ---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---
- -------------------------0---2---|---2---3---5---7---8---11---12---14----|---
- -------------0---1---4-----------|---------------------------------------|---
- -0---1---3-----------------------|---------------------------------------|---
-
-
- riff A (real fast)
- -9---10---12---14---15---18---19~~~-||---------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------||*--------------------------------------
- ------------------------------------||*--7-5-4--8-7-5--10-8-7--12-10-8-------
- ------------------------------------||---------------------------------------
-
-
- (8x)
- --------6------7-6----9-7-6----||--------------------------------------------
- -8-7-5----8-7------8----------*||---------------------------------8-7-5------
- ------------------------------*||--7-5-4--8-7-5--10-8-7--12-10-8-------------
- -------------------------------||--------------------------------------------
-
- mysterious fill riff A (2x)
- -6-?-?-?-9----|-----------------||-----------||------------------------|-----
- --------------|-----------------||*---------*||------------------------|-----
- --------------|-----------------||*---------*||--7-7-5-4--7-7-5-4---7--|-----
- --------------|-----------------||-----------||-------------------0----|-----
- vocal (aaaaahhhh)
-
- riff A (3x)
- ------------||----------||---------------------------------------------------
- ------------||*--------*||---------------------------------------------------
- ------------||*--------*||----------------------------------------0--0-0-0-0-
- ------------||----------||--0--0-0-0-0--1--1-1-1-1--3--3-3-3-3---------------
- aahhhhhhh
-
-
- ----------------------------------------------------|------------------------
- ---------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------------
- -1-1-1-1-1-1--4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------|------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------------|------------------------
-
-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8--11-11-11-11-11-11-------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-
- ---------------------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9---10-10-10-10-10-10-----
- -12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14----------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-
- -12-12-12-12-12-12--14-14-14-14-14-14--15-15-15-15-15-15---18-18-18-18-18-18-
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-
-
- -----------------------|--------------------------------------7---|----------
- -19-19-19-19-19-19~~~~-|--------7---------8---------10------------|----------
- -----------------------|--7--8------7--8------7--8------7--8------|----------
- -----------------------|------------------------------------------|----------
-
-
- -10-\-(3)--3-------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|------
- --------------3-\-(1)----|--0-----------|--------------|--------------|------
- ----------------------1--|-----3--2--0--|-----3--2--0--|-----------6--|------
- -------------------------|--------------|--3-----------|--3--1--3-----|------
-
-
-
- ----------|-------------------|--------------------|------------|-----------|
- -0--------|---8---8------6----|---6---6-------8----|-0----------|-----------|
- ----3--1--|-6---6------6---6--|-4---4-------8---6--|----3--2--0-|---3--2--0-|
- ----------|----------4--------|-----------6--------|------------|-3---------|
-
-
-
- -------------|--------------------------------------------------------|------
- -------------|--12-12-12-12-12-12---10-10-10-10-10-10---8--8-8--8-8---|------
- ----------6--|--------------------------------------------------------|------
- -3--1--3-----|--------------------------------------------------------|------
-
-
-
- -----8------------|------6------------|------------|------------|-----------|
- ---8---8---6------|----6---6---8------|------------|------------|-----------|
- -6-----------6----|--4-----------8----|--5--4--3---|-2--0-----2-|-----------|
- ---------------4--|----------------6--|------------|-------3----|---1-------|
-
-
-
- h h h h h
- -------------12^14--12^14-|------------------12^14-|------------12^14--12^14-
- --------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------
- -0-0--/12\-0--------------|-0--0--/12\--0--0-------|-0-0-/12\-0--------------
- --------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------
-
-
-
- h h h (4x)
- ||-----------------12^14--12^14--|-------------------12^14---||--------------
- ||*------------------------------|--------------------------*||--------------
- ||*--0--0--/12\--0---------------|-0--0--/12\--0--0---------*||--------------
- ||-------------------------------|---------------------------||--------------
- verse
-
- _________ ____________
- | 1. | 2.
- -----------||-||-------------------|------------11~~~~~~~~---||--------------
- ----------*||-||*-------------7----|---h---9-7-----9~~~~~~--*||--------------
- ----------*||-||*-7--7-(0)--5---5--|--5^7-------------------*||--------------
- ---3-------||-||-------------------|-------------------------||--------------
- chorus
-
-
- (4x)
- ||---------------|--------------|-------------------------|----------------||
- ||*--------------|--------------|---------7-5-------------|--h--------2-3-*||
- ||*--8-----5--3--|------h-------|--8-x-7------7-5-3-5-----|-3^5-3---3-----*||
- ||---------------|--5--3^5--1---|----------------------1--|----------------||
-
-
-
- ||----------------------|-------------9~~~~~~~---||--------------------------
- ||*----------------5----|------/-7-9------------*||--------------------------
- ||*--5--5--(0)---3---3--|----------------7~~~~--*||--------------------------
- ||----------------------|------------------------||--------------------------
- chorus 2
-
-
-
- ----------------------------------|------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------|------------------------------------------
- -8----7--5------3---2----0--------|------------------------------------------
- ------------------------------3---|---1~~~~~~~~~~----------------------------
- seasons... now that it's all over and done...
-
- ___________
- (4x) | 1.
- ||--------------|---p--------|----------||-------------||--------------------
- ||*-------------|--5^4---h---|---------*||------------*||--------------------
- ||*---------h---|-------5^7--|---------*||------------*||--------------------
- ||---8\7---3^5--|------------|--0---0---||--3----------||--------------------
- verse 2
-
- _______________
- | 2. bizarre
- ------------|-----------|----------|-------------------|--------|------------
- ------------|-----------|----------|----------h---5----|--------|------------
- -7----------|--5--------|----------|---h-----5^7-----7-|--------|------------
- ------------|-----------|---5-3-5--|--3^5--5-----------|-3-5-3--|------------
- (down at the edge...)
-
- mystic fill
- ------------|-----------|------------|------------------|-------------|------
- ------------|-----------|------------|----------h----5--|-------------|------
- -7----------|--5--------|---h----3---|---h-----3^5-7----|----?--------|------
- ------------|-----------|--3^5-5---5-|--3^5-5-----------|-------------|------
-
-
-
-
- ------------|-----------|-----------------------|------------|---------------
- ------------|-----------|--7--------------------|------------|---------------
- -7----------|--5--------|----7-5--------5--7~~~~|--5-4-------|---------------
- ------------|-----------|---------7--8----------|-------5-3--|---------------
-
-
-
- ---------------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------
- ----------9-7--------------|-----------4-5--|--------------------|-----------
- -10--x-9------9-7--5-7-----|--7-5----5------|-10--7---5----------|------------
- ------------------------3--|----------------|-------------5---3--|-----------
-
-
-
- ---------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------
- ----------9-7--------------|----------4-5--|---------------------------------
- -10--x-9------9-7--5-7-----|--7-5---5------|---------------------------------
- ------------------------3--|---------------|---------------------------------
-
-
-
- ||--------------------|------------11~~~~~~~~---||--------------------------|
- ||*--------------7----|-------9-7------9~~~~~--*||--------------------------|
- ||*--7--7-(0)--5---5--|--5/7-------------------*||-10--9--7--5--4--2--0-----|
- ||--------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------3--|
- chorus
-
-
- (4x)
- |---------||-----------------------------|-------------------||--------------
- |---------||*----------------------------|--3-2-0--h-p------*||--------------
- |---------||*---0-2---3-2-0--------------|--------2^3^2-----*||--------------
- |---------||--3-----3-------3--5-3-0--1--|---------------3---||--------------
- guitar
-
-
- ----------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
- ----------------------------|----------------------------------------------||
- ---0-2---3-2-0--------------|----------------------------------------------||
- -3-----3-------3--5-3-0--1--|--0~~~~~~~~-----------------------------------||
-
-
- 8:30 - 14:10 overblown keyboard/vocal thing (rest your hands)
-
- (a few times)
- ||-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------|
- ||*-----------------------------------------*||---------------5-------3-----|
- ||*----------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--*||---2-----0-------------------|
- ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------------||-----------------------------|
-
-
- h h h (4x)
- ||-------------------12^14--12^14--|---------------12^14---||----------------
- ||*--------------------------------|----------------------*||----------------
- ||*--0--0---/12\--0----------------|---0--0--/12\---------*||----------------
- ||---------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------
- solo
-
- ______________________________________________________
- | 1.
- ------------------|--------------------|---------------||--------------------
- ------------------|--------------------|--------------*||--------------------
- -7--------5-------|--0-----0-----0-----|--7--------5--*||--------------------
- ------------------|-----0-----0-----0--|---------------||--------------------
-
- _____________
- | 2. (4x)
- ------------------||--------------|---p--------||--------------------|-------
- ------------------||*-------------|--5^4-------||-5---5---5---5---5--|-------
- -7-------5--------||*---------h---|-------5/7--||---5---5---5---5----|-------
- ------------------||----8\7--3^5--|------------||--------------------|-------
-
-
-
- h h h (3x)
- ||-------------------12^14--12^14--|---------------12^14---||----------------
- ||*--------------------------------|----------------------*||----------------
- ||*--0--0---/12\--0----------------|---0--0--/12\---------*||--2---2---2-----
- ||---------------------------------|-----------------------||----------------
-
-
-
-
- ---------|---------------------|---------7-5-------h-----|-----------2-3----|
- ---------|---5---3---2---0-----|---8--7------7-5--3^5----|-5--3----3--------|
- -1-------|------------------1--|-----------------------1-|------------------|
- ---------|---------------------|-------------------------|------------------|
-
-
- ||-----------------------||----------------|--------------------------------|
- ||*---------------------*||----------------|---really quiet (if any) bass---|
- ||*--10---8---10---12---*||---13---15------|---during this part, beats me---|
- ||-----------------------||----------------|--------------------------------|
- seasons will...
-
-
- (3x)
- ---------------------------||-------------------------------||
- ---------------------------||*-----------------------------*||
- -1------------3------------||*---8---7---5---3--------1----*||
- ---------------------------||-------------------------------||
- seasons will pass you by i get up...
-
-
-