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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------------|
E1d
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