"Overactive Imagination"


Notation: When two guitars are listed play all guitars simultaneously.
. - palm mute
/ - slide up to
\ - slide down to
~ - vibrato
h - hammer on
b - bend Suffixes for bend
p - pull off
t - tap with finger
f - full bend
() - ghost note
r - release
t - tap bend
* - see comment
p - pick when bent
Tuning (1:D 2:A 3:F 4:C 5:G 6:D)

Opening riff
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-----6-10-------------------------------------------9-10-9---|
|7-9--------00000000000000000000000000000000-7-9--10--------10|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|. .  .     ................................
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------13------------------------------------------12-13-12--|
|--11-13---------------------------------------11-12--------12| GTR II
|14------------------------------------------14---------------|
|-----------00000000000000000000000000000000------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  . .  .    ................................
      
 (end of opening riff)
|--------------------|           |-----------|
|--------------------|           |-----------| 
|--------------------| GTR I     |-----------| FILL GTR I (first time only)
|--------------------|           |-9---------|
|88888888888888888888|           |-7---------|
|--------------------|           |-----------|
 ....................|
|--------------------|           
|--------------------|           GTR II plays opening riff again, while GTR I
|--------------------|                  falls in at muted open A string notes
|--------------------|           
|88888888888888888888|           
|--------------------|           
 ....................                 
Opening Riff again for a total of two times.

 Riff 1
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2h3p2---5-2-----------------------|
|-------3-----0-----0000000000000000|
	. . . .     ................

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2h3p2---5-2---------------00000000|
|-------3-----3-----33333333--------|
	. . . .     ................
Play Riff 1 again 3 times for a total of 4 times.

 Riff 2
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I & II
|5h7----------5h7-7h8--8p7----------5h7------5h7-7h8-----------| (the first
|----00000000--------------00000000-----0000---------5---------|  two times)
|------------------------------------------------------6-5~----|
|    ........              ........     ....                   |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|7h9----------7h9-9h10-10p9---------7h9------7h9-9h10----------| GTR II
|--------------------------------------------------------------| (3rd and 
|----00000000--------------00000000-----0000---------5---------|  4th time
|------------------------------------------------------6-5~----|  only.)
     ........              ........     ....
Play Riff 2 again 3 times for a total of 4 times.

 Riff 3
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7---------12|
|------7-----------7----8-------8-7---------8-7---|
|0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---10---0-0-0-----0---0-0-------|
 . . .   . . . . .   .    . . .     .   . . . .
Play Riff 3 again 5 times for a total of 6 times.

 Riff 4
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------| GTR II
|2--------------4--5---------------------|
|2--------------4--5---------------------|
|0--0-0-0-0-0-0-2--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
    . . . . . .       . . . . . . . . .     
 continuation of Riff 4
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------| GTR II
|7--------------9--10-------------12--|
|7--------------9--10-------------12--|
|5--5-5-5-5-5-5-7--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-10--|
    . . . . . .       . . . . . .
Play Riff 4 again 3 times for a total of 4 times.

 Chuck's Solo 
|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------12-12~-------------------| 
|-9~------------9-11-12~---11-12-11~---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-13-12-10----------------------------------12/15-----------|
|-------------13-12-10-----------------------12----------------|
|----------------------10-9--------------9-12------------------|
|---------------------------12-10-9-----9----------------------|
|-----------------------------------7-10-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-12-------12----------------------12/15----14-14--14----------|
|----13\12---12------------------12--------------13--12--------|
|--------------14-14~--------9-12----------------------14-14~--|
|---------------------------9----------------------------------|
|-----------------------7-10-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|----12----12--------------14-12-----12-----12-----------------|
|-------15----12~----------------12-(12)------12-10-12-13-12-10|
|-14-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
			 tremolo picking very fast
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------13-12-10-13-12-10-13-12-10--12ah~-----|
|12-11-9------9------------------------------------------------|
|-------12-10---10-9~------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-12-10-------------------------10~-------------|
|-------------12-10-10~----9--11--12------------------| GTR I
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                                                     |
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9--10-9--7--------------------------7~--------------| GTR III
|-------------10-9--9~-----7--9---10------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|-14-15-17-15-14~----------14-15-17-15-14~---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR I
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                              |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| GTR III
|-9--10-12-10-9~-----------9--10-12-10-9~----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
		      wimped out and used pull-offs
|14-15-12-14-12-14-15-14h15p14p12-14h15p14p12---------|
|---------------------------------------------15p13p12|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

 too fuckin' fast!!!                                 (end solo)
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|15p13p12-12h15p13p12-13-12-10---------------------------------| This isn't
|------------------------------14-12-10------------------------| right, but
|--------------------------------------14-12-10-9~-------------| I couldn't
|--------------------------------------------------------------| hear what
|--------------------------------------------------------------| he did!!!

Riff 5a
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|9-8----10-9----9-8--|
|----10------10-----9|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
Play Riff 5a again 2 times for a total of 3 times.

 Riff 5b (one time only)
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|9-8----10-9----9-8-----|
|----10------10-----9~--|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|

 Riff 5c
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------9-8--10-9--9-8-----------------9-8--10-9--9-8----|
|7-----9--------10----10---9~--10-----9--------10----10---9~--|
|-00000-00000--------------------66666-66666------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
  ..... .....                    ..... .....

 Riff 6a                        Riff 6b
|-----------------|            |---------------|
|-----------------|            |---------------|
|-----------------| GTR I      |---------------| GTR I
|-11-12-11-9------| 3 times    |-9-------------| 1 time
|-----------12-11-|            |--12-11-9------|
|-----------------|            |---------12-11-|
|                 |            |               |
|-----------------|            |---------------|
|-----------------|            |---------------|
|-----------------| GTR II     |---------------| GTR II
|-6--7--6--4------| 3 times    |-4-------------| 1 time
|-----------7--6--|            |--7--6--4------|
|-----------------|            |---------7--6--|
 
 Rhythm under Andy's solo
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------9-10-9--------------11-12-11-9------|
|-999999------12-11-9-888888----------12-11-|
  ......              ......

		      (end rythm under solo)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------| GTR I
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------9-10-9----------------------9-11-12-|
|-999999------12-11-9-888888-9-11-12--------|
  ......              ......