The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm Symphony X
THE BIRD-SERPENT WAR / CATACLYSM (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Michael LePond'
Intro
Q=127
[4/4] Gtr I
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-----------------|-----------------|
[5/4] E E E E +Q E E E E [6/4] E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------4-3-1-----------| |----------------------|------------------------4-3-1-----| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-| |----------------------|----------------------------------|
[5/4] [6/4]
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------4p3p1-------------------| |----------------------|------------------------4p3p1-4p3p1-------| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-| |----------------------|------------------------------------------|
[5/4] |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------2h3p2-----| ||--2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------2h3p2------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---||
3/8
E Q E Q E Q E Q
|------|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------| |-2----|-2----|-2----|-2----|
[6/4]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------------2s3-| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
[4/4]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3-------| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---| |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S 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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5p4p2--------------------o|| |-------------------------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2--------o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3p2p0---||
Verse 1
[3/4] S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-----------6---------|-----------3---------| ||o-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-| ||----------------------|---------------------|
S e S S S S S S e S [4/4] S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------6---------|-------------------------------o|| |-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o|| |---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||
[3/4] S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------| ||o-----------5---------|-----------2---------| ||o-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-| ||----------------------|---------------------|
S e S S S S S S e S [4/4] S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------5---------|-------------------------------o|| |-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o|| |---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||
Chorus
[3/4] H. [4/4] W [3/4] H. H.
||----------|----------|---------|--------|| ||o---------|----------|---------|-------o|| ||o---------|----------|---------|-------o|| ||--0-------|-2--------|-3-------|-5------||
[4/4] Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------2-5-4---2-| |-----------------|-1--(1)-2-(2)-4-5-------4---| |-2--(2)-3-(3)----|----------------------------| |-----------------|----------------------------| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------5p4p2-------------------|| |-5-1-4-2---------------5p4p2-5p4p2-------|| |---------0-3-2-0-------------------3p2p0-|| |-----------------------------------------||
Verse 2
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3------| ||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/the_bird_serpent_war_cataclysm_btab.html )
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-2h4p2-------------5p4p2----------------------|| |-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2---------o|| |-------------------------------------3p2p0---o|| |----------------------------------------------||
[6/4]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------------------2s3-| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
Bridge
7/8 4/4
e e e e e S S S S S S e e e e S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|--------------------------|| ||o-------------------|-------------------------o|| ||o-------------------|-------------------------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-3-2-5--||
Instrumental
1.,2.,3. 4.
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||--------------------|--------------------||-|-------------------|| ||o----3-(3)-5-(5)----|-------------------o||-|-------------------|| ||o-6-----------------|-3--5-(5)-6-(6)----o||-|-3-----------------|| ||--------------------|--------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-(4)----||
Guitar Solo
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------| |-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q Q
|-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-----------------3---| |-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)------|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------| |-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q Q
|-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|-4-------------------|| |-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|----7-(7)-6-(6)--4---|| |-------------------|---------------------||
Keyboard Solo
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------| ||o-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----| ||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
E. S +E E +Q Q E. S +E E +S E. Q [7/4] +W +H.
|---------------------||-|----------------------|-------------------|| |-0--2-(2)-3-(3)-----o||-|----------------------|-------------------|| |--------------------o||-|-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-0-----|-------------------|| |-----------------4---||-|-------------------4--|-(4)--------(4)----||
Outro
[4/4] E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|| |-5--5-(5)-7-(7)----|-5--5-(5)-7-(7)----|| |-------------------|-------------------||
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-7--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-7--7-(7)-9-(9)----| |-------------------|-------------------|
H.=H
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +Q H +W
||---------------------||-------------------|----------------|--------*| ||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*| ||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*| ||--3--3-(3)-5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-5-(5)----|-3--3-(3)--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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