The Gathering/Strange Machines
(Music: The Gathering. Lyrics: Anneke van Giersbergen. From the album ‘Mandylion’, 1995)
Guitar 1 (René Rutten): electric 6-string (with distortion), tuned DADGBe
Guitar 2 (Jelmer Wiersma): electric 6-string (with distortion), tuned DADGBe
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INTRO
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RHYTM FIG. 1
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| | |Guitar 2 (4x) |e|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|B|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|G|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----|A|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----|D|--5---------------|-----------------|-3---------------|-2-----------0----|
Verse 1 It has always been in the back of my mind
Dreaming about going through the corners of time
I always wanted to fly in strange machines
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RHYTHM FIG. 2
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Chorus 1 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch world war II and Cleopatra
Flying...
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RHYTM FIG. 1 (2x)
RIFF 1
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Verse 2 Could it be that my dream would come true
Building a machine that would actually do
What I want it to do
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RIFF 1 (Guitar 1 + 2) (2x)
RIFF 2
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RHYTM FIG. 1 (4x)
Verse 3 Russian revolution, letÂ’s do that in one day
Beethoven and Gershwin I think that would be o.k.
More than anything I wanna fly in strange machines
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RHYTM Fig. 2
Chorus 2 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And see it with my eyes
Watch Jesus rise, if he ever did
Flying...
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RHYTM FIG. 3
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(RHYTM FIG. 3) Ending
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RHYTM FIG. 2
Chorus 3 I wanna do centuries in a lifetime
And feel it with my hands
Touch renaissance and Chaka Khan
Flying...
RHYTM FIG. 2 (part 2 only)
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RIFF 1
RIFF 1 (Guitar 1 + 2) (2x)
RIFF 2
RHYTM FIG. 4 (7x)
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(RHYTM FIG. 4) Ending
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LEGEND
/ = slide up
x = muted note
