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A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES (from the KISS CD "THE ELDER")
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Transcribed by Emil Ortenmark, emil@kissasylum.com
Standrad tuning
Comments: The clean electric which carries the verse here has an almost
bell-like quality to it. Very nice. The acoustic, which sounds more like
a 6- than a 12-string, comes in during the chorus and solo and just strums
along quietly in the background. Great solo, obviously by Paul, that really
screams. Has a standard move of Paul's when he plays a D-major arpeggio
(which he likes to add the 4th to) in the E-minor tonality. Note that the
D minor from the first chorus changes to a Bb for the second. Nice touch.
(They are parallel chords.)
Key:
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
b = bend (whole step)
b^ = bend (1/2 step)
b^^ = bend (1 1/2 steps)
pb = pre-bend
r = release-bend
t = tap with righthand finger
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = Vibrato
* = Natural Harmonic
#(#) = Trill
** = Artificial Harmonic
x = Dead notes (no pitch)
P.M. = Palm mute (- -> underneath indicates which notes)
(\) = Dive w\bar
(/) = Release w\bar
Tp = Tap w\plectrum
Rhythm Fig. 1 (clean electric)
E|--12*------------------------------------------|
B|--12*------------------7*----------------------|
G|--12*------------------7*----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5*-------------------------------------------|
B|--5*----------------------------------7*-------|
G|--5*----------------------------------7*-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 2 (clean electric)
E|--12*------------------------------------------|
B|--12*------------------7*----------------------|
G|--12*------------------7*----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
E|--5*-------------------------------------------|
B|--5*------------------7*-----------------------|
G|--5*------------------7*-----------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 3 (clean electric)
E|--7------------------7-------------------------|
B|--8------------------7-------------------------|
G|--9------------------7-------------------------|
D|--9------------------7-------------------------|
A|--7------------------7-------------------------|
E|--0------------------0-------------------------|
< - - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--5------------------7-------------------------|
B|--5------------------7-------------------------|
G|--5------------------7-------------------------|
D|--7------------------9-------------------------|
A|--7------------------9-------------------------|
E|--5------------------7-------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------|
B|--1------------------5/-7----7-------\---------|
G|--0------------------5/-7----7-------\---------|
D|--2------------------5/-7----7-------\---------|
A|--3------------------3/-5----5-------\---------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 4a (6-string acoustic)
E|--------------7---------7--7----7--7-----------|
B|--------------8---------7--7----7--7-----------|
G|--------------9---------7--7----7--7-----------|
D|--------------9---------7--7----7--7-----------|
A|--------------7---------7--7----7--7-----------|
E|--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
< - - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--5--5----5--5---------3--3----3--3------------|
B|--6--6----6--6---------5--5----5--5------------|
G|--7--7----7--7---------5--5----5--5------------|
D|--7--7----7--7---------5--5----5--5------------|
A|--5--5----5--5---------3--3----3--3------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----7----7--7---------------------------------|
B|-----8----8--8---------------------------------|
G|-----9----9--9---------------------------------|
D|-----9----9--9---------------------------------|
A|-----7----7--7---------------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 4b (6-string acoustic)
E|--------------7---------7--7----7--7-----------|
B|--------------8---------7--7----7--7-----------|
G|--------------9---------7--7----7--7-----------|
D|--------------9---------7--7----7--7-----------|
A|--------------7---------7--7----7--7-----------|
E|--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
< - - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--6--6----6--6---------3--3----3--3------------|
B|--6--6----6--6---------5--5----5--5------------|
G|--7--7----7--7---------5--5----5--5------------|
D|--8--8----8--8---------5--5----5--5------------|
A|--8--8----8--8---------3--3----3--3------------|
E|--6--6----6--6---------------------------------|
Rhythm Fig. 5 (clean electric)
E|-----------7----------7------------------------|
B|-----------8----------7------------------------|
G|-----------9----------7------------------------|
D|-----------9----------7------------------------|
A|-----------7----------7------------------------|
E|--0--------------------------------------------|
E|--5------------------7-------------------------|
B|--5------------------7-------------------------|
G|--5------------------7-------------------------|
D|--7------------------9-------------------------|
A|--7------------------9-------------------------|
E|--5------------------7-------------------------|
E|--------7----------------------7---------------|
B|--------------8----------------------7---------|
G|-----------9-----9----------------7-----7------|
D|-----9--------------9-------7--------------7---|
A|--7----------------------7---------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Let ring - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
< - - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--------5----------------------7---------------|
B|--------------5----------------------7---------|
G|--------------------5----------------------7---|
D|-----------7-----7----------------9-----9------|
A|-----7----------------------9------------------|
E|--5----------------------7---------------------|
Let ring - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--------3--------------------------------------|
B|--------------5------------5/-7----7----\------|
G|-----------5-----5---------5/-7----7----\------|
D|-----5--------------5------5/-7----7----\------|
A|--3------------------------3/-5----5----\------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Let ring - - - - - >
Rhythm Fig. 6 (6-string acoustic)
E|--7--7----7--7---------7--7----7--7------------|
B|--8--8----8--8---------7--7----7--7------------|
G|--9--9----9--9---------7--7----7--7------------|
D|--9--9----9--9---------7--7----7--7------------|
A|--7--7----7--7---------7--7----7--7------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
< - - - - - - - - - 2x - - - - - - - - - - >
E|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
B|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
G|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
D|--7--7----7--7---------9--9----9--9------------|
A|--7--7----7--7---------9--9----9--9------------|
E|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
End 1
E|--3--3----3--3---------5--5----5--5------------|
B|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
G|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
D|--5--5----5--5---------7--7----7--7------------|
A|--3--3----3--3---------5--5----5--5------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
Solo
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b~---------15--15b-r15----------------15-----------------------|
G|----------------------------------14b---------14b-r14p12-14b~------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let ring - >
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------12--14--14**b-r14p12-14~-------------12--14--14b-r14p12----|
D|--12h14--------------------------------12h14-----------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------14--15--14----------------------------------|
B|--15b---r15-15b~-------------------15------15---15b^^-------\------|
G|---------------------------------------14--------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pick only once Bend two whole-steps
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------10b-r10-10b~---------------------|
G|-------------9b^^-r9p7---7h9/12------------------------------------|
D|------5h7/9------------9-------------------------------------------|
A|--5h7--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pick only once
E|------------------------------------------10-----------------------|
B|----------------------------------10b---------10~-----10/-12--12~--|
G|-------------9b^^-r9p7---7h9/12------------------------------------|
D|------5h7/9------------9-------------------------------------------|
A|--5h7--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------12--14--14h15~--------------|
B|--12/-13--13/-15--15/-17--15~------15------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--14--15--14--17b--17~-----17p15--17b~-----------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A WORLD WITHOUT HEROES
Paul Stanley, Bob Ezrin, Lou Reed, Gene Simmons
[Rhy. Fig 1]
[Rhy. Fig 2]
A world without heroes
Is like a world without sun
You can't look up to anyone
Without heroes
[Rhy. Fig 3]
And a world without heroes
Is like a never ending race
Is like a time without a place
A pointless thing devoid of grace
[Rhy. Fig 4a]
Where you don't know what you're after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know
In a world without heroes
[Rhy. Fig 5]
In a world without dreams
Things are no more than they seem
And a world without heroes
Is like a bird without wings
Or a bell that never rings
Just a sad and useless thing
[Rhy. Fig 4b]
Where you don't know what you're after
Or if something's after you
And you don't know why you don't know
[Solo over Rhy. Fig 6]
[Rhy. Fig 6 w/ End 1]
[No guitar]
In a world without heroes
There's nothing to be
It's no place for me
