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When Worlds Collide Tabs

(ver. 1)
Powerman 5000
I noticed that there are no 5-star versions of this song so i figured i'd tab it the 100% correct way. 

Tuning is drop half step down.

I wont put lyrics, they will only kill you in the end.
Intro
Synth arr. for guitar. use bar for vibrato on each octave.
 W     W     W     W     W     W     W     W
|12---|10---|12---|10---|12---|10---|9----|8----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|9----|7----|9----|7----|9----|7----|6----|5----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|

Then some pick slides for half measure.

1st verse:synth bass arr for guitar
 e E E E E E e E e E e E E E e E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|   This riff X3
|--------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-----------------------|
|----------3---3---3---3-1-3---3-|

 e E E E E E e E Q q q q 
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|--4-4-4-4--------------|
|----------3---3s0------|

 e E E E E E q w  
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|--6-6-6-6----|--------------|   This riff X3
|--5-5-5-5----|--------------|
|--4-4-4-4----|--------------|
|----------3--|--------------|
 
 e E E E E E q q e E E E E E 
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
|--6-6-6-6----|--------------|
|--5-5-5-5----|--------------|
|--4-4-4-4----|----5-3-5-3-5-|
|----------3--|----3-1-3-1-3-|

Chorus
 e E e E E E E E 
|----------------|                 After 1st time through, play again with 
|----------------|                 the fill instead of the first ending.
|----------------|   This riff X3  When the chorus is played with the first
|----------------|                 ending, play it again and do the same 
|--5---5-3-5-3-5-|                 for the second ending.  (I'm trying to
|--3---3-1-3-1-3-|                 make this dummy-proof)
 First Time Play This.    Second Time Play This. 
 e E e E E E Q             q e E E E Q
|--------------|          |------------|
|--------------|          |------------|
|--------------|          |------------|
|--------------|          |----5-3-5s8v|
|--5---5-3-5-8-|          |------------|
|--3---3-1-3-6-|          |------------|

2nd verse
 e E E E E E q
|--------------|
|--------------|  + Whole Measure Rest         Take this X2
|--6-6-6-6-----|
|--5-5-5-5-----|
|--4-4-4-4-----|
|----------3---|

 e E E E E E (E.) S (E.) S (E.) S (E.) S (E) e
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--6-6-6-6-------------------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-------------------------------------|
|--4-4-4-4-------------------------------------|
|----------3-(3)--b-(3)--b-(3)--b-(3)--b-(3)---|

Then do the first second verse part once more.

Play these second verse parts:First part, Second Part, Third part, Repeat

Play the chorus again but the last measure is a little bit different.
 e E e E E E Q
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|--5---5-3-5-----|
|--3---3-1-3-0---|
Palm Mute    .

Interlude: 

 S S S S S e. q q S S S S S e. q q S S S S S e. q q S S S S S e. q q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|7-7-7-7-7--------5-5-5-5-5--------4-4-4-4-4--------3-3-3-3-3--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
 . . . . .        . . . . .        . . . . .        . . . . .
Palm Mutes

N.C. With delay
 e E E E E E e E w
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|   X4
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|--3-1-3-1-3---3---------|

Verse Three

Play the synth bass part twice and then play


|-------------|
|-------------|
|--6-6-6-6----|  +one measure rest.    TWICE
|--5-5-5-5----|
|--4-4-4-4----|
|----------3--|

Play the chorus twice.

Then play this ending

 E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  e E e E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5---5-3-5-3-5-|
|9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----3---3-1-3-1-3-|
 .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .    
Palm Mutes
 e E e E E E Q
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|   This twice.
|----------------|
|--5---5-3-5-8---|
|--3---3-1-3-6---|

Then finally after last measure of the repeat.

 (H)  (H)
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|       FIN!
|(8)--(8)s\|
|(6)--(6)s\|

Key: 
s/ or s\ = slide
notes in () have been sustained
e=eighth rest
q=quarter rest
h=half rest
s=sixteenth rest
w=whole rest
E=eighth note
Q=quarter note
H=half note
S=sixteenth note
W=whole note
.-palm mute
b=bend
v=vibrato
            
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