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FLOATING WORLD
As recorded by Cacophony
(From the 1988 Album GO OFF!) Transcribed by Peter Lidstrom (www.peterlidstrom.com)
x C F x Am G x Asus2

Music by Marty Friedman & Jason Becker

Asus2 5 x

Em

Cadd9/B x

Dm xx

Bm

I4 4
T A B

P = 75
Gtr I

A Intro

k V u
8

Full

[[[[ [[[[ M [[[[[[[[ Full O 8 (8) 8 8 V

(20)

V V

V V V
F

lV V
(5) 5

Am

V bPz V
1/2
7

G Am

[[[[[[[[[[[[ V

G Am

lV V
Full
(7) 7

I4 4
Gtr II

k V u

8va

V V O
20

V V V
20

Full
20

T A B

M [[[[[[[[ Full V V V
5 5 3

[[[[

lV V
(17) 17

8va

V
17

V bPz V
1/2 18

20

lV V
Full
(19) 19

8va

[[[[[[[[[[[[ V V V V V
0 3 2 2 0

19

19

I4 4
Gtr V

V V V
5 5 3

V V V
5 5 3

V V V V
0 3 3 1

V V V V V
P.M.
3 3 1 1 3

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

P.M.

P.M.

V V V V V
0 3 2 2 0

V
0

T A B

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FLOATING WORLD - Cacophony
4 I V Pz V V
G

Page 2 of 13
F

T A B

(7)

[[[[[[

V V V V
Full
7 7

[[[[[[[[

V
5

V
7

V
7

Am

Full
7

bP V V V V V P V gV V z V eV z
G

M O 9 (9)
1/2

1/2
7 8 6 3

[[[[[[[[ Full M M
(3) 8

P 8va

sl.

I V Pz V V
3

V V V V
Full
19

T A B

(19)

19

19 17

[[[[[[[[

V
19

Full
19 19 19

17

bP V V V V V P V gV V z V eV z
3

O V V
3 3

18 19

M O 21 (21)
1/2

1/2
19 20 18 15

[[[[[[[[ Full M M
(15) 20

sl.

V I V V V
T A B
3 0 0 3

P.M.

V V V V V
3 0 3 3 1

P.M.

V V
1 3

V V V
2 2 0

P.M.

W W W W
3 0 0 3

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I
T A B

[[[[[ [[[[[[[[ M [[[[[[[[[[ Full O 8 (8) 8 (8)

8va

V V

V V V
F

l V V
(5) 5

Am

V bPz V
1/2
7

G Am

[[[[[[[[[[[[[ V

G Am

l V V
Full
(7) 7

I
T A B

V V O
20

V V V
Full
20

(20)

[[[[[[[[[[ V V V
5 5 3

[[[[[

l V V
(17) 17

8va

V
17

V bPz V
1/2 18

(20)

l V V
Full
(19) 19

8va

[[[[[[[[[[[[[

19

19

I V V V
T A B
5 5 3

V V
5 3

P.M.

V V V V
0 3 3 1

V V V V V
P.M.
3 3 1 1 3

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

P.M.

V V V V V V V V V V V
P.M.
0 3 2 2 0 0 3 2 2 0

P.M.

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I V Pz V V
3

T A B
8va

(7)

[[[[[[

V V V V V V
Full
7 7 7

[[[[[[

V V V V V V
3
7 5 7 5 7 5

Amadd9

Asus2 5

Page 4 of 13

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

P H P

I V Pz V V
3

T A B

(19)

19

[[[[[[

V V V V V V
Full
19 19

19 17

[[[[[[

V V V V V V
3
19 17

19 17 19 17

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

19

P H P

I V V V V
T A B
3 0 0 3 Amadd9

V V W V V V V V W W
P.M.
0 5 0 3 3 1

V V V V V V V V V V V V ee V V V V
0 2 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 1 0 2

Asus2

10

I
T A B

V eV fV eV V V V V V gV
3
1/2
13 12 (12)

12 11 12 11

V V
1/2
(9)

10

W
(9)

I
T A B

V eV fV eV V V V V V gV
3
1/2
9 8 9 8

V V M
(6)

1/2

W
(6)

10

9 (9)

I
T A B

V V V W V W V W V V W W V G 0 K 0 1 0 K K0 2 2 2 2 2 K2 K0 0
P

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12

2:53

gV P V W g z I [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 1/2 1/2 M M O T 19 (19)

8va

Em

Am

A B

18

17

[[[[[[

V V V V V gV
20 17 20 17 19 19

1/2
(19)

P V z gV V O
18

1/2

M[[[[[[[[[[[[

gV P V z I gW [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 1/2 1/2 M M O T 7 (7)

A B
6

[[[[[[

V V V V V gV
8 5 8 5 7 7

H P

1/2
(7)

P V z gV V O
6

1/2

M[[[[[[[[[[[[ V
0

H P

2:53

I V V V V V G T K (0) A K K0 2 B K K2 0

V V V V V

V V V V
3 0

V
0

V
0

G 0 K 1 K K 2 K K2 0

W W W W W

V
0

V V
1

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C Cadd9/B Am

14

I
T A B

gV

8va

V
17

1/2
19

V V V [[[[[[[[[ M [[[[[[[[[ 1/2 O 19 16 (16) V V V V [[[[[[[[[ M [[[[[[[[[ 1/2 O 7 4 (4) V

3

V V

R bP V V V
1/2

V
17

V
19

V u
16

1/2

19

16 (16)

I
T A B

gV
1/2
7

M[[[[ V

V u
19

19

V M
5

V V

R bP V V V
1/2

V
5

V
7

V u
4

1/2

4 (4)

M[[[[

V u
7

I
T A B

G (1) K 1 K K 2 K 3 K K3 1

W W W W W W

V V V V V V V
3 1 3 3 1 2 0

V
3

V V V
1 (0) 1

V
2

V V V
1 (0) 1

V V V V V V V V
0 2 2 1 0 1 0 0

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Em

Page 7 of 13

8va 16

I
T A B

V V V V V
3
18 17 18 17 19

V gV
1/2
17 19

V M

Dm

[[[[

P V V V V z
1/2

17

(19)

16 (16)(16)(16)

1/2

V
14

V V V
16 14 17

V gV V
14 18

1/2

M\\\\ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
17

I
T A B

V
5

V V V V V
3
6 5 6 5 7

H P

V gV
1/2
5 7

V M

[[[[

P V V V V z
1/2 4 (4) (4) (4)

(7)

1/2

V
2

V V V
4 2 5

V gV V
2 6

1/2

M\\\\ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
5

H P

I
T A B

V
0

G 0 K 0 K K 0 K 2 K K2 0

V V V V V V

V V V V V V V
0 0 0 0 0 (2) (2)

V
0

V
0

G 1 K 3 K K K2 0

V V V V

V V V V
0 3 2

V V V V V V V V
1 3 0 2 3 1 2

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FLOATING WORLD - Cacophony
G

18

I bPz V V
1/2

8va

Bm

T A B

18 (18)

V V V V
21 19 21 19

[[[[[[[

V
1/2

V O V O

gW

P = 76 [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ 1/2 M

Page 8 of 13

bP V z
1/2 19 (19)

V O V O V
4

17

18

18

sl.

I bPz V V
1/2

T A B

6 (6)

V V V V
9 7 9 7

O V
0

[[[[[[[

V
1/2
6

gW

1/2
6

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ M gV V V gV V G (2) K 3 K K 4 K K4 2

bP V z
1/2 7 (7)

sl.

I V V V V V G T K0 0 A K K 0 K 2 B K0

V
(0)

V
0

V V V V V V V V V V
0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2

V
2

V V V V V
2 4 3 2

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Em

Page 9 of 13

8va 20

I
T A B

V V V V V bP V z
1/2
20 17 20 17 19

V O V O

17

19 (19)

gV
18

gV
1/2
19

V M
17

1/2

M[[[[ V

V
19

V
16

1/2

[[[[[[[[[ M
(16)

V
19

I
T A B

V
5

V V V V V bP V z
1/2
8 5 8 5 7

7 (7)

gV
6

gV
1/2
7

V M
5

1/2

M[[[[

V
7

V
4

1/2

[[[[[[[[[ M
(4)

V
7

I
T A B

V
0

V V V gV V V V V V V V V V V
2 4 2 0 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 2

V
1

sl.

sl.

G 1 K 1 K K 2 K 3 K K3 1

V V V V V V

V V k V V V V V V V l V V V V
(2) (3) 10 12 10 10 10 10 10 12 10 12

sl.

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Am Em

22

I bPR V V V
1/2

8va

Cadd9/B

T A B

V
17

V
19

16 (16)

16

[[[[[[[ 1/2 M

V u

W
20

V
17

V
20

19

17

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

19

I bPR V V V
1/2

T A B

V
5

V
7

4 (4)

[[[[[[[ 1/2 M

V u
7

V
5

W
8

V
5

V
8

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[

I
Gtr V

V V V V V V V V V V
3 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 7

V V V V V
5 5 5 0 7

T A B

G 0 K 0 K K 0 K 2 K K2 0

V V V V V V

G 0 K 0 K K 0 K 2 K K2 0

V V V V V V

V V V
0 0 0

V
2

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Am

8va

24

I
T A B

V V VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V V VVVVV VV VVV VVVV \\\ Full M Full M

20

20

\\\\\\\ Full Full Full M M M M Full M 17 19 O O O O 17 20(20) 17 20(20) 17 20(20) 17 20(20) 17 20 (20) (20) 17 18 20
5 5 3 3
Full

1/2
20 20

O M O (20) 20 (20) 20 19
2 P

W I W
T A B

8va

20 12

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ Full Full M

V V I V V V V V V V V V P.M. G 0 K T K1 2 A K K 2 2 2 2 K0 0 0 0
B
C Solo 1 - Marty
8va 26
F

V V V V V V V V
2 0 2 0 2 0 2 0

V VV VV VV V V VV VV VV V V VV VV VV V V VV VV VV V
2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0

I
3:37

T A B

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ 1/2O 20 19 W W W
3 3 1

V V V V
17 17

Am

mV V

8va

20 17

\\\\\\

V V V V V V V V V V V
1/2
17 20 17 19 17 16 19 16 16 16

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ O

sl.

I W W W
T A B
3 3 1

W W W
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

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Em

28

I
T A B

\\\\

V gV e V f V V
11

12

\\\\

9 (9)

\\\\
sl.

V eV fV
11 8

Am

12

\\\\ \\\\\\
9

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
7 9 8 7 (9) 8 7 9 7 9 7 5 7

(9) 7

V V V V V [[[[ [[[[[[[
5 7 7 5 7

H P

P sl. H

V V gV e V f V V V I \\\\ \\\\ \\\\

8va

T A B

17

20

19

16 17 (17)

20

19

V eV fV \\\\

16 17

(17)

W \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ V V V
2 2 0

sl.

I W W W
T A B

Gtr V

V V V
2 2 0

V V V V V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V V V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

2 2 0

D Solo 2 - Jason = 75
30 I V
3:50

8va

T A B

15

\\\\\ Full Full M M

15

V V
1/2

15

\\\\\ Full Full M M

15

V
1/2

V V
Full
18 15

Am

(15)

M \\\\\\\\\\ V V V V V V
3 3 1 3 3 1

P V V V V V V V V V V V z
3
Full 15 (15) (15) 13 12 12 P sl.

1/2

3/4
10 12 10 8 8

V V
Full

M \\\\\\

(8) (8)

TP

sl.

I V V V
T A B
3 3 1

V V V
3 3 1

V V V
3 3 1

V V V
3 3 1

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V V V V V V V V V V
2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0 2 2 0

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32

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V I
8va

Em

Am

P = 77

T A B

12 17 12 13 12 15 10 15 10 12 10 13 8 13 8 10 8 12 7 12 7 8 7 12

VV VVVVVVVVVVVVV V \\\ Full M M [[[[[ Full

3
10 10 10 8 10 8 10 8 5 6 6 6 5 6 5

P 8va

P sl.

H P

VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV V I 6
6 6 6

T A B

15 20 15 17 15 19 13 19 13 15 13 17 12 17 12 13 12 15 10 15 10 12 10 13

12

VV VVVVVVVVVVVVV V \\\ Full M M [[[[[ Full

3
13 13 13 12 13 12 13 12 10 8 10 10 8 10 8

H P sl.

H P

I V V V
T A B

Gtr V P.M.
2 2 0 C

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0 F

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V
2 2 0

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V VVVVVVVVVVVV V
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

V V V V V V V VVVV V
2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0

34

I U [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[
T A B
5

I
T A B

U
8

1/2

[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[ W W W
3 3 1

I W W W
T A B
5 5 3

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