eyes of innocence tab

eyes of innocence

                       transcribed by Mike Pilato 
                       using the standard tuning 
                       and typical compu-tabbing 
                       conventions: /,\  =  slides 
                                    #  =  harmonic 
                                    ^  =  bend 
                                    p  =  pulloff 
                                    h  =  hammer on 
****VERSE 1**** 
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                                   Re - member  how  we  used  to  laugh and 
  
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play....  all  the  things  we used to say..... 
 
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         How  come  hearts can grow so cold               just   because 
 
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 we       grow      old.... 
 
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        Things were   simple  then.        Why  does it   have to end?   
                                                   
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|-----5-----5---5--|-----7-----7------|-------9-----9----|-------9-----9----| 
|---5---5-----5----|---7---7-----7----|---9--------------|---9--------------| 
|-3----------------|-5-------------5--|-7----------------|-7----------------| 
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     Can  we  be    little children  a - gain? 
 
 
****CHORUS**** 
C5                 D5                 E5'           E5' 
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|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--| 
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       Through the  eyes         of    innocence, 
 
C5                 B5                 E5           E5 
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|-------1-----1----|-------0---0---0--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--| 
|-----0-0---0---0--|-----2---2---2----|-----0-----0---0--|-----0-------0----| 
|---2--------------|---1--------------|---2--------------|---------4--------| 
|-3----------------|-2----------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------| 
          it  can   be   as   it   was  then. 
 
C5                 D5                 G5        D/F#     E5        D5 
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|-------0---0---0--|-----3-3---3------|-------3-------3--|-------3-------3--| 
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|---2--------------|-0----------------|---0-------0------|---2-----0--------| 
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
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        Childlike   love       is      Heaven   -     sent 
 
C5                 D5                 E5 
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---2--|-------0-----0----|------------------| 
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----3----|------------------| 
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|---2--------------|-0----------------|---2---------2----|------------------| 
|-3----------------|------------------|-------------2----|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------| 
        Through the eyes        of     innocence. 
 
 
****VERSE 2**** 
C5                 B5                 E5                 D5 
|------------------|------------------|---------0--------|---------0--------| 
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                                   To - day  is  just to - morrow's    memo - 
 
F5                 G5                 A5           A5 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-----0---#5-------| 
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|-------0---0---0--|-------0---0---0--|-------0-------0--|-------0----------| 
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|---3--------------|---2--------------|-0----------------|------------------| 
|-1----------------|-3----------------|------------------|------------------| 
 ry,   broken       pictures,  faded   dreams. 
 
 
C5                 D5                 B5                 C5 
|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------0--------|---------3--------| 
|-------1---1---1--|-----3-----3------|-------3---3---3--|-------3---3------| 
|-----0-------0----|---2---2-----2----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----| 
|---2--------------|-0-------------0--|---0--------------|---2-----------2--| 
|-3----------------|------------------|-2----------------|-3----------------| 
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       Embracing thoughts that bring us pain,             desperate   eyes   
 
C5                 D5                 E5' 
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|-----5-----5---5--|-----7-----7------|-------9-----9----|-------9-----9----| 
|---5---5-----5----|---7---7-----7----|---9--------------|---9--------------| 
|-3----------------|-5-------------5--|-7----------------|-7----------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
 Seek   in          vain. 
 
 
****CHORUS**** 
C5                 D5                 E5'           E5' 
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|-------1---1---1--|-----3-3---3---3--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--| 
|-----0---0---0----|---2-----2---2----|-----0-----0-0----|-----0---0---0----| 
|---2--------------|-0----------------|---2---------2----|------------------| 
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|------------------| 
       Through the  eyes         of    innocence, 
 
C5                 B5                 E5            E5 
|-------0----------|-------2---2---0--|-------0----------|---0-------0------| 
|-------1-----1----|-------0---0---0--|-------0-----0----|---0---0---0---0--| 
|-----0-0---0---0--|-----2---2---2----|-----0-----0---0--|-----0-------0----| 
|---2--------------|---1--------------|---2--------------|---------4--------| 
|-3----------------|-2----------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|-0----------------|-0----------------| 
          it  can   be   as   it   was  then. 
 
C5                 D5                 G5        D/F#     E5        D5 
|-------0---0---0--|-------2---2---0--|-----3-------3----|-----0-------0----| 
|-------0---0---0--|-----3-3---3------|-------3-------3--|-------3-------3--| 
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|---2--------------|-0----------------|---0-------0------|---2-----0--------| 
|-3----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
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        Childlike   love       is      Heaven   -     sent 
 
C5                 D5                 #####INSERT SOLO HERE###### 
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|-3----------------|------------------|---3--------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|-1----------------|------------------| 
        Through the eyes        of     innocence. 
                                      ^ 
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****SOLO****                                        
F5            F5                      F5         F5 1/2 1/2 
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|-------------10---|------------------|------------12^12^|-------------12-10| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
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|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
 
F#5                D5                 E5                 F#5 
|------------------|------------------|-12--9------------|------------------| 
|-------------9/10-|-10------9^9------|-------10---------|------------------| 
|-11---------------|------------------|-----------9-7/9--|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-11---------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
 
F#5                D5                 E5                 F#5 
|------------------|------------------|-12--9----9-12/17-|-15---------------| 
|-------------9/10-|-10------9^9------|-------10---------|------------------| 
|-11---------------|------------------|------------------|-----------/ 18---| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| 
 
D5                                    E5 
|-------------16-17-19-17-16----------|-------------16-17-19-17-19-21-------| 
|-------17-19----------------19-17----|-------17-19-------------------------| 
|-18-19----------------------------19-|-18-19-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
A5                E/G#                F#5                E5 
|-21---------------21-----------------|-21-19-17\16-------------19p17p16-19-| 
|-------------------------------------|----------------17-------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------18----------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
D5                           1/2  1/2 E5 1/2 
|-17-16-14---------------14-----------|-------------------------------------| 
|----------17-15-14-------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------16-------16^--16^-|-16^-p14--16--16---------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
F#5 
|----------17 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---| 
|--/ 19 \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/|\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\---| 
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|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| 
 
 
 
 
****CHORUS**** 
 
D5                E5                F#5         F#5                
      Through the eyes      of      innocence 
 
D5                C#5               F#5         F#5 
      See  the    smile  of youth   again 
 
D5                E5                A5       E/G#     F#5      E5 
      Childlike  love     is        Hea -   ven    -  sent 
 
D5                E5                F#5 (x 16) 
      Through the eyes      of      innocence.... 
 
D5                E5                A5       E/G#     F#5...       
      Childlike  love     is        Hea -   ven    -  sent .... 
 
 
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|-----3-----3------|-----------0------|-----2---------2--|-2----------------| 
|---2---2-----2----|-------1-----1----|---2--------------|-2----------------| 
|-0-------------0--|-----2---------2--|-4----------------|-4----------------| 
|------------------|---2--------------|------------------|-4----------------| 
|------------------|-0----------------|------------------|-2----------------| 
       Through the eyes     of         innocence. 
 
 
CHRD  123456 
====  ====== 
C5    x355xx 
C#5   x466xx 
D5    x577xx 
D/F#  25xxxx 
E5    022xxx 
E5'   x799xx 
E/G#  47xxxx 
F5    133xxx 
F#5   244xxx 
G5    355xxx 
A5    577xxx 
B5    x244xx 
 
NOTE:  I don't know if these are the actual chords being played by he who 
plays yon electric guitar, but they're close enough, so GET OVER IT!! 
 
ALSO NOTE:  I've never actually played the solo at the correct tempo.  In 
fact, I don't even own an electric guitar, but this 'should' work. 
 
########## [email protected] -- the ideal guitarist wanna-be ######### 
 
 
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---2-------------|----2-------------|----3-  [email protected] 
-0---------------|--0---------------|--1----------  C. MICHAEL PILATO 
 Rememeber how we used to laugh and  play?        
 
{from Holy Soldier's "Eyes of Innocence," transcribed by, well, me} 
 
 

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