From GuitarRon@aol.com Tue Oct 17 22:18:59 1995

                       Independence Day
                         White Heart
                   From the CD "PowerHouse"
Words and Music by Mark Gersmehl, Billy Smiley and Rick Florian

                  transcribed by Ron Masters
            using the standard tuning conventions:

           /  =  Slide up       /w  =  Whammy bar up
           \  =  Slide down     \w  =  Whammy bar down
           #  =  Harmonic        ~  =  Vibrato
           p  =  Pulloff         ^  =  Bend (up pitch)
           h  =  Hammer On       v  =  Bend (down pitch)
           * =   Natural Harmonic

  Em            G      D       Em    G    D   (Repeat)
|---------------3------2-------0-----3----2-------------------------------|
|---------------0------3-------0-----0----3-------------------------------|
|-----0---------0------2---0-0-0-----0----2-------------------------------|
|-2---2---------0--0-0-0---0h2-2-----0----0-------------------------------|
|-2---2---------2---- -----0h2-2-----2------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-2-3-3---- -----0-0-0-0-2-3------------------------------------|


Em            G    D       Em            G    D
Listen to our declaration  listen to our testament

Em                 G   D       Em             G        D
We've been given a revelation  We are sure of where we stand

Am                   G   D     Am                       G         D     Em
So let the banner be unfurled  We've found the light of hope in a dying world



Em               G      D    Em                G        D
Hear the myth of modern man  you're the god of your own land

Em                    G         D               Em            G        D
They call you weak, a spineless fool,say you've given up your right to rule

Am                     G       D   Am               G     D
But I have been to the land of me  and I know I was never free

Am                  Am/B        C
Freedom came when I gave it all away

(Chorus)
                               G    G  G       D    Em     G G D D    Em
|------------------------------3----3--3-------2----0------3-3-2-2-----0--|
|------------------------------0----0--0-------3----0------0-0-3-3-----0--|
|-------0----------------------0----0--0-------2----0------0-0-2-2-----0--|
|-0-h-2----0h2p0---------------0----0--0-------0----2--0h2-0-0-0-0-----2--|
|--------------2p0-------------2----2--2------------2--0h2-2-2---------2--|
|-----------------3------------3----3--3------------0------3-3-----3-2-0--|
              That's   why  I  call it Independence Day



   G   G   G       D D    Em     G G D D     Em
|--3---3---3-------2-2----0------3-3-2-2-----0----------------------------|
|--0---0---0-------3-3----0------0-0-3-3-----0----------------------------|
|--0---0---0-------2-2----0------0-0-2-2-----0----------------------------|
|--0---0---0-------0-0----2--0h2-0-0-0-0-----2----------------------------|
|--2---2---2--------------2--0h2-2-2---------2----------------------------|
|--3---3---3--------------0------3-3-----3-2-0----------------------------|
   Call it Independence Day

            Am                     G     Am                        G
|---------0-0----------------------3---0-0-------------------------3------|
|-------0h1-1----------------------0-0h1-1-------------------------0------|
|-------0h2-2----------------------0-0h2-2-------------------------0------|
|-------0h2-2----------------------0-0h2-2-------------------------0------|
|-----------0----------------------2-----0-------------------------2------|
|----------------------------------3-------------------------------3------|
  Let the rockets blaze across the sky  raise the flag of faith up high

  C                                  D
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
|-5----------------------------------7--------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------5--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Let the doubters call it what they may

                    Em
|-------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------2------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------2------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0------------------------------------------------------|
  It's Independence Day


Em                          G       D      Em                 G      D
The world can crown another hundred kings  but I believe in a better dream

Em               G    D   Em                      G        D
They may call it slavery  but the biggest chain I knew was me

Am               G      D     Am                G              D
So let the idols tumble down  the walls of lies crumble to the ground

Am                     Am/B   C
I know where salvation can be found

C
Let the idols tumble down

(Repeat Chorus)


 Brian's Guitar Solo
|------------------------------------------------------0h3p0--------------|
|--15^19v\s--10^12-10p8--------------------------------------3-0----------|
|-----------------------9~~~\s--2h4p2p0--2h4p20------------------0-5*-\w--|
|-------------------------------------2p0------2p0-2~~~-------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------5*---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5*---5*-----------------------21^24\s--10^12-10p8-------------------|
|--------5*--------------------------------------------9~~~~~\s-----------|
|----5*-----------5*/w\w/w\w/w\w-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------5-7-8-|
|-8-7-5---------------------------------------------5-7-8-----5-7-8-------|
|------7--9-7-5\2--4-2-0------------------4-7-4-5-7-------5-7-------------|
|-----------------------2-------4-5-7-4-7---------------------------------|
|------------------------3HM~~~7------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  Am                G   D        Am                  G    D
|-8~----------------7---5--------8~------------------7----5---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  So join us in the celebration  it's the birth of a holy nation


  Am                        Am/B     C
|-8~------------------------7---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------8~~~---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  As people of light we are proud to say


(Repeat Chorus)


(After Last Chorus)
                        Em       G           D     Em
|-----------------------0--------3-----------2--