Smoke and Mirrors Symphony X
SMOKE AND MIRRORS (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1998 Album TWILIGHT IN OLYMPUS)
Transcribed by Lucus Turner- spoon_6669@hotmail.com
Words by Thomas Miller, Russell Allen, Michael Romeo Music by Michael Romeo, Thomas Miller
Arranged by Symphony X
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=124
[4/4] Gtr I
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-2-------2-------|-2---4---5-------| |-----2-------2---|-------------5---| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-5-------5---7--|-8--7--5-----| |-----5----------|----------8--| |----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------| |----------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------| |-6-----7-----|-5------7-----| |----7-----8--|-----7-----8--| |-------------|--------------| |-------------|--------------|
E E Q H H H [2/4] +Q Q
|-------------|-----------|---------| |-5------7----|-----------|---------| |-----7-------|-7---------|---------| |-------------|------5----|-(5)-----| |-------------|-----------|---------|
[4/4] S S E H. E H..
||----------------|----------| ||o---------------|----------| ||----------------|----------| ||o-5-------------|---5------| ||----------------|----------|
S S E H. H Q. S S
|---------------|----------------|| |---------------|---------------o|| |---------------|------5----5h7--|| |-5-5-----------|---------------o|| |---------------|-6--------------||
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 S S
||----------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-| ||o-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----| ||--0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------| ||o---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-----2-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----o|| |-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2--|| |-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E Q.
||----------------------|----------------| ||o-----------------0---|-0---------1----| ||--0-0-0-3-2-3-0-0---3-|---0-0-0-0------| ||o---------------------|----------------| ||----------------------|----------------|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E S S S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------1------------|| |-----------------0---|-0-------3---0-3---0---o|| |-0-0-0-3-2-3-0-0---3-|---0-0-0---------2------|| |---------------------|---------------------4-o|| |---------------------|------------------------||
Verse
$
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----3----|
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 S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------10-9-7--------------| |-------------------------------|-------9-7-6-10-9-7--------10-9-7-9-7-6-| |-------------------------------|-8-7-5----------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----3----|
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 S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------10-9-7--------------| |-------------------------------|-------9-7-6-10-9-7--------10-9-7-9-7-6-| |-------------------------------|-8-7-5----------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7-----------------------------|----------------------------------| |---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [3/4] S E. S E. +E E
|-------4-2-1-5-4-2-1-------------|-----------------| |-3-2-0---------------3-2-0-------|-----------------| |---------------------------3-2-0-|-7----4----------| |---------------------------------|---6----3--(3)---| |---------------------------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus
9/8 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S H H
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------| |-----------------5-|-----------------3-|-----------------5p4-||-2---------| |-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4-----||------3----| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------|
9/8
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|| |-----------------5-|-----------------3-|-----------------5p4-|| |-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4-----|| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
To Coda
[4/4] H H Q. E Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------||---------------||----------------|| |-2---------||---------------||----------------|| |------3----||-4----2-1------||----2-----------|| |-----------||-----------2-4-||-0-----0--2-----|| |-----------||---------------||----------------||
Chorus
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||
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 S S
|---------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-| |-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----| |-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------| |---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-----2-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----|| |-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2-|| |-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/smoke_and_mirrors_btab.html )
Chorus 2
&
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1. 2.
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 S S W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------| |---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-3----| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o||------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.. E W
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------| |-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------|------| |-----------------|-----------------||-3---------3-|-6----| |-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|------5----|-3---------| |-3----6----|-5---------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|------2----|-3---------|------1----| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
H H Q.. Q.. E H H H H
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------| |-1---------|---------------|-----------|-----------| |------3----|-3-----5-----6-|-5----3----|-----------| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-6----5----| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
H H W H.. E W
|-----------|----------||-------------|------|| |-----------|----------||-------------|-3----|| |-----------|----------||-5---------5-|------|| |-3----3----|-5--------||-------------|------|| |-----------|----------||-------------|------||
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
|------3----|-2---------|------7----|-5---------| |-5---------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|------4----|-5---------|------3----| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------| |-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
H H Q.. Q.. E H H H H
|-3---------|---------------|-----------|-----------|| |------5----|-5-----7-----8-|-7----5----|-----------|| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-8----7----|| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|| |-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------||
Keyboard Solo
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 S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-| ||--3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------------7-5-4---|--------------------o|| |-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6-------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo
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 S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-| ||--3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------------7-5-4---|--------------------o|| |-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6-------||
Keyboard Solo 2
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||--------------------------5-3-2---|-------------------------2-2-2-2--| ||o-1-3---3---3-1-3---3---3-------4-|-1-3---3---1-3-1-4-4-4-4----------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------------5-3-2---|---------------------|| |-1-3---3---3-1-3---3---3-------4-|-1-3---3---1-4------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
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 S S
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||--------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-| ||o-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------|| |---------------------------------|--------------------o|| |-------------------------7-5-4---|---------------------|| |-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------||
2.
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------7-9-10-| |---------------------------------|-----------------7-6-7-9-10--------| |---------------------------------|-----------5-7-8-------------------| |-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-5-3-5-6-|-5-4-5-7-8-------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----3-----| |----3-----| |----3-----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-13-10-9-7------10-9-7--------9-7------------------| |-----------10-9--------10-9-7-----10-9-7-6---------| |-------------------------------------------8-7-5-7-| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|
S S E H. E H.. S S E H. H Q. S S
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|-------------|---------------|------5----5h7-|| |-5-------------|---5---------|-5-5-----------|---------------|| |---------------|-------------|---------------|-6-------------||
Ending Chorus
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|| |---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||
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 S S
||----------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-| ||o-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----| ||--0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------| ||o---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-----2-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----o|| |-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2--|| |-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
H.=H Q=100Q=80
Q Q Q Q E +E Q H +W E H..
|--------------|---------------|------------|----------*| |--------------|---------------|------------|----------*| |--------------|-------5-------|------------|----------*| |-/5--3--2--1--|-0-(0)----5----|-(5)--------|-5--------*| |--------------|---------------|------------|----------*|
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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