Yngwie Malmsteen

How Many Miles To Babylon(Tabs)

Yngwie Malmsteen

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Subject: TAB Yngwie Malmsteen 'How Many Miles To Babylon' 
 
Yngwie Malmsteen 'How Many Miles to Babylon' 
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Verse 
1.  In this wasteland without any shadow 
2.  In this our endless searching for  the holy grail 
 
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there is no water for my dusty throat 
there is no sleep for the souls who find no rest 
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There is no rainbow 
Ships on the desert  
 
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Day is filled with silent sorrow       and for our sins there are no 
without rigs or sails                  Flotsam and Jetsam drifting 
 
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antidotes 
from the west 
 
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Pre-Chorus 
Eternal sand                                    There is no end to this no 
 
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man's land  We all  must pay 
 
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For the piper we dance while he plays 
 
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dance while he plays 
 
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Chorus play fig 2 
How many miles to babylon 
How many years must I carry on 
 
Solo 
 
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Chorus  
end on E5 
 
 
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h = hammeron                      x = ghost note       
p = pulloff                       % = repeat last bar  
/\ = slide up/down                p.s. = pickscrape    
~ = vibrato                       dive = dive with bar 
t = tap 
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