Thorns of Sorrow Symphony X
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1994 Album SYMPHONY X)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Miller, Pinnella, Tyler and Rullo
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=136
[E5F#5] [Em] [Gm]
[4/4] Gtr I[3/4]
PM----| ~ PM----| ~
S S E E E E E Q q H q H E E E E Q q H q H
|------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |-2-4---2-1-2-4-5--|-2-------|-4-------||------------|---------|---------| |-2-4--------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |-0-2--------------|---------|---------||-3-2-3-5-6--|-3-------|-5-------|
~~~ [Dm]PM----| ~
H Q E E E E Q q H q H
|-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-[1]-------||-5-4-5-7-8--|-5-------|-7-------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------||
[Fm] [Ab5]
[4/4] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H Q W +H. Q
|---------|----------|---------------|| |---------|----------|---------------|| |---------|----------|---------------|| |-3----5--|-6--------|-(6)------6\---|| |---------|----------|----------6\---|| |---------|----------|---------------||
Riff
[BbA5BbA5]
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6--------------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[BbA5BbA5]
PM----------| PM----|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[BbA5BbA5]
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6-------------| ||------7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5-------| ||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5-| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
[BbA5BbA5]
PM----------| PM----|
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|| |---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6------------|| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5------|| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse 1
[Em]
PM----------------------| PM----------------------------|
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 8x
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------||------------------------------------|| |-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------||o----------------------------------o|| |---------------------------8-7-5-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
[C#5] [B5] [A5] [A5] [A5]
[3/4] H. H. H. H. +H.
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| ||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----|| ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
Chorus
[Gm/D] [Gm/BbC5] [G/B] [Fmadd9] [Gm/D] [Gm/BbC5] [F5] [G5AbG5GbF5]
[4/4]
PM----------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|-----------------| |-0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-| |------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1-|
[Gm/D]Q E [Gm/BbC5]Q E Q [G/B]E Q E [Fmadd9]E E E E [D5]H. [Bb5]Q [Bb5]+W
|--------------|----------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|----------------|-3----------|--------|| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)----|| |-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)----|| |------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)----|| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|--------||
Riff
[BbA5BbA5]
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6--------------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
[BbA5BbA5]
PM----------| PM----|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| PM----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------| |-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------| |---------------------------8-7-5-|
Verse 2
[Em] [E5]
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x q Q H
||-----------------------------------||------------|| ||o---------------------------------o||------------|| ||-----------------------------------||------------|| ||-----------------------------------||-2----------|| ||o---------------------------------o||-2----------|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------||
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
[C#5] [B5] [A5] [A5] [A5]
[3/4] H. H. H. H. +H.
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| ||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----|| ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
Chorus
$
[Gm/D] [Gm/BbC5] [G/B] [Fmadd9] [Gm/D] [Gm/BbC5] [F5] [G5AbG5GbF5]
[4/4]
PM----------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| ||-----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|------------------| ||--0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--| ||o------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--| ||---------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1--|
To Coda
[Gm/D]Q E [Gm/BbC5]Q E Q E [G/B]Q E [Fmadd9]E E E E [D5]H. [Bb5]Q [Bb5]+W [Bb5]+W
|--------------|----------------|------------|-------------||---------|| |--------------|----------------|-3----------|------------o||---------|| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----|| |-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----|| |------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)--------o||-(1)-----|| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|-------------||---------||
Interlude
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |-6--------|-4--------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|-7--------|-6--------|
W W [C#5]W +H +H
|----------|----------|----------|----------------|| |----------|----------|----------|----------------|| |----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----|| |----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----|| |----------|----------|-4--------|-(4)----(4)\----|| |-4--------|-4--------|----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo 1
[F]Gtr II
~~~~~ ~~~~~
Q. S S E +S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------| |-15b18-----------11-14-13b14r==(13)p11-10h11-10---| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM-----------------------------------------------
| S S 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--1-1-|
~[F]~~~~~
|-----------5-----------|
+E S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S +S +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)------10----10----10----10------------------------------------------| |--------11----10---------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------13----11----10h11p10----10---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------13----13---12---(12)b13r==(12)--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S 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---------1-------|
[F] T T T T T T T
|-------5-------| |----------7----------| |----------7----------| |----------7----------|
+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
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------8h==11h14p==11p8---------------------8h11h==14p11p8---------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(12)-9---8---9h==12-15--------------------15p12p9h==12-15--------------------15p12p==9h12h==15-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S 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------1----|
[F] T T T T T T T
|--------7---------| |---------7----------| |--------7---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T E..
|-------------------------------------------------------17p14p11-------------------|| |-10h13h16p13p10---------------10h13h==16p13p10------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------17p14p=11\------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------15p==9h12h=15------------------15p12-9----------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--1----------------2---(2)----------5-----------6---------------5----(5)------2---||
Keyboard Solo 1
[F]W [F]W
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[F] [F] |--3--|
W H.. S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------11-13--|| |---------------------------------|----------------------/14--------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)---2--------||
Guitar Solo 2
[F] T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-| |----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14----------------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14-------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S 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-----1----|
[F] T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-14-13-11----13-11-------11---------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-14-13-11-10-13-11-10----11-10-------10---------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------13-------13-11----13-11-10-13-11-10-8-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S 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-----1---|
[F] ~~~~~~~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T E +Q +E E
|----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-11-10-8----10-8-------8----------------------------------| |---------11------11-10---11-10-8-7---(7)-------(7)\-------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| S S 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---1-1-1-|
[F]E. S +E E E. S +E E
|------------------------|| |---------------7-(7)-4--|| |-2--3-(3)-5-6-----------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E
|------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2--||
Keyboard Solo 2
[F] Q Q H [F]W
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-[6]\-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
[F]W
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D.S. al Coda
[F] [Gb] [AmBbmAm] [Gb] [F] [Gb] [AmBbm] ~~~~
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-2--3-(3)-5-6--5-(5)-3-|-2--3-(3)-5-[6]\------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-|-1--2-(2)-5--6--------||
Outro
&
Gtr I[BbA5BbA5]
PM----------| PM----|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[D5]Q. E [E5] Q. E [A5]W [A5]+W [A5]+W
|----------------|----------|------------|--------*| |----------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-5\------7\-----|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |---------7\-----|----------|------------|--------*|
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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