Seven Secrets of the Sphinx Therion
As recorded by Therion
(From the 2000 Album DEGGIAL)
Transcribed by Carlos Acosta (Geeko)
Words and Music by Therion
[E5]x 7 9 x x x
[F5]x 8 10 x x x
[D5]x 5 7 x x x
[A5/E]x 7 7 x x x
[Bb5/F]x 8 8 x x x
[G5/D]x 5 5 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Oboe'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Sitar'
Q=100
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[E5/BF5E5D5E5/B]
[3/4] [4/4] Gtr I
PM| PM PM| PM
H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x
|---------|-----------------||-------------------|| |---------|-----------------||o-----------------o|| |---------|-----------------||-------------------|| |---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||------2---3-2-0-2--|| |---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||o-----2---3-2-0-2-o|| |---------|-0-0---0---------||--0-0---0----------||
PM| [A5/E] PM[Bb5A5/E] [G5A5/E] PM| PM
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------o|| ||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--|| ||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--|| ||o--0-0----0-------------|--0-0----0-------------o|| ||------------------------|------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-10-9------------------|-10-9------------------o|| ||-------10-9-10-6tr7-----|------10-9-10-6tr7------|| ||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------o|| ||------------------------|------------------------||
PM| [E5/BF5E5D5E5/B] PM PM| PM
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-| |-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-| |-0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-12---------------| |-9---------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------|
Gtr I[E5/BF5E5D5E5/B]
PM| PM PM| PM
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---| |------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---| |--0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------|------------------------| |-11---------------|------------------------| |------------------|-12---------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q S S S S
|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|--------------12-10-9-9-| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------|
N.C.
[4/4] Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-| ||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S 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-----------------o||-----------------3-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|
| 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
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------| |-------------------------12-10-9-9--||-----------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---| |-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0-| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p=0-10p0-| |------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|------------------------------------------| |-^5---------------------------------------| |-^4---------------------------------------| |-^2---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|
|
| H Q S S S S
|------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------12-10--9-9-| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-| ||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S 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-----------------o||-----------------3---------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| 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
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------| |-------------------------12-10-9-9--||---------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| ||------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
||------------------------------------------| ||o-^5--------------------------------------| ||--^4--------------------------------------| ||--^2--------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------|
D.S.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0--o|| |-------------------------------------------||
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------|| |-^5---------------------------------------o|| |-^4----------------------------------------|| |-^2----------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
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 E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------------------| |-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------------| |-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------| |---------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-|
N.C.
Gtr I
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 E 3x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------|| ||--8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8------------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o|| ||----------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||
|
| Gtr II
| 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 E 3x
||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------|| ||--8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-8------------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o|| ||----------0-0-0-0-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||
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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