Pharaoh Symphony X
PHARAOH (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
Words by Russell Allen Music by Symphony X
Arranged by Symphony X
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'T. Miller - El. Bass'
Intro
Q=135
$
[4/4] Gtr I
q E E E S S E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E S S E E S S E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||--0----0---0-0-0---|---0----0-0----|---0----0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------16----11---------------16----11----| ||o------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-| ||o---11---------------------11-------------------| ||--9----------------------9----------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------16----11---------------16----11----| |------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-| |---11---------------------11-------------------| |-9----------------------9----------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------16----11---------------16----11----| |------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-| |---11---------------------11-------------------| |-9----------------------9----------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------16----11---------------16----11------|| |------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11--o|| |---11---------------------11--------------------o|| |-9----------------------9------------------------||
Pre-Verse
To Coda
[5/4] |--3--|[4/4]
E S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S q E E E s s E E
|--------------------------------------------||-------------------| |-11-9---------------------------------------||o------------------| |------12-11-9-------------------------------||o------------------| |--------------12-11-9-10-10-10---10-10-10---||--4----4---4-4-4---|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------------|| |---------------|----------------|--------------------o|| |---------------|----------------|--------------------o|| |---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5---||
Verse #1
q E E E S S E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E S S E E S S E Q
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------| |-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2----| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
q E E E S S E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E S S E E S S E Q
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------| |-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|---6----6-6---6-|---6-6-6---6-6-6----| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
Q.=135
12/8
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------5---6-------5---6-|-------5---6-------5---6-| |-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------4---5-------4---5-|-------4---5-------4---5-| |-2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---|-2-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|| |-------5---6-------5---6-|-------5---6-------4--5--|| |-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------||
Chorus #1
Q=135
[4/4]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------|---6h7p6---6------------o|| |-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6--o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----------------------||
Verse #2
2.
E S S E S S E S S E E [2/4] W [4/4] q E E E S S E E E E Q E E Q
|-----------------------|------||------------------|---------------| |---6h7p6---6-----------|------||------------------|---------------| |---------8---8-7h8p7---|------||-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----| |-0---------------------|------||------------------|---------------|
E E Q E E E E E S S E E S S E Q q E E E S S E E E E Q E E Q
|----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------| |----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------| |---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2----|-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----| |----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
E E Q E E E E E S S E E S S E Q E E Q E S S E S S E E Q E S S E E
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------| |---6----6-6---6-|---6-6-6---6-6-6----|-3-3------3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3------3-3-3-3-| |----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------| |---2-2---2-2---x-2-|-2---2-2---2-2---| |-------------------|-----------------|
E E E Q S S E S S E E E Q S S E +E
|--------------------|----------------------| |--------------------|----------------------| |-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3----3-3-3-(3)\--| |--------------------|----------------------|
Chorus #2
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|------------------------|| |-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------o|| |-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------------------||
Interlude #1
[2/2] Q E E E q E +Q. E Q. E Q E E E q E +Q. E Q. E
||----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| ||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| ||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------| ||--2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2-|-2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2--|
1.
Q E E E q E +Q. E Q. E Q E E E q E +Q. E E E s S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------7------|| |---------------|----------------|---------------|------------7---7---o|| |---------------|----------------|-5--5-5---5--5-|-(5)---5-/8-------8-o|| |-2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2-|---------------|---------------------||
Bridge
2.
[4/4] >
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W Wx2
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|------------|--------| |-----------------|-----------------||----------|------------|--------| |-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-||----------|------------|--------| |-----------------|-----------------||-2--------|-(2)--------|--------|
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|---------------2-----2-| |-----------4-2-1-----------|-----------------------| |-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2---2-2---|
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------4-2-1-----------|---------------5s4-----4s3-|| |-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2-----2-2-----||
Verse #3
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|---------------6-----6-| |-----------8-6-5-----------|-----------------------| |-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6---6-6---|
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------8-6-5-----------|---------------9s8-----8s7--| |-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6-----6-6------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------5-3-2------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4-3-1h3h4--| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Interlude #2
&
q E E E s s E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||--4----4---4-4-4---|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----||
q E E E s s E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||--0----0---0-0-0---|---0----0-0----|---0----0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||
Guitar Solo
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|---------------2-----2-| |-----------4-2-1-----------|-----------------------| |-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2---2-2---|
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------4-2-1-----------|---------------5s4-----4s3-|| |-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2-----2-2-----||
Keyboard Solo
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------------|---------------6-----6-| |-----------8-6-5-----------|-----------------------| |-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6---6-6---|
E S E S E S S S S S S S S E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|| |---------------------------|----------------------------|| |-----------8-6-5-----------|---------------9s8-----8s7--|| |-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6-----6-6------||
Guitar & Keyboard Unison
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------5-3-2------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4-3-1h3h4--| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Breakdown
[7/4] q E E E s s E E E E Q E E [4/4] q E E E s s E E
|-----------------------------|------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------| |-----------------------------|------------------| |-0----0---0-0-0-----0----0-0-|-4----4---4-4-4---|
E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E Q
|---------------|----------------|--------------------| |---------------|----------------|--------------------| |---------------|----------------|--------------------| |---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5--|
q E E E s s E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E E +E
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------| |------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------| |-4----4---4-4-4---|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5-(5)\---|
q E E E s s E E E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o|| ||--2----2---2-2-2---|---2----2-2----|---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----||
Chorus #3 & 4/Outro
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E 3x
|-----------------|------------------------|| |-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------o|| |-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------------------||
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S E E W
|-----------------|-----------------------|------*| |-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------|------*| |-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-|------*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------------|------*|
Duration Legend
--------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
(n) - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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