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Symphony X - Sea of Lies (Standart Tuning Version for Guitar)
Author: Michael Romeo
Transcription by: Henry J.Chavier
elpeluo007@hotmail.com
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E Standart Tuning
First Revision: 28/04/2004
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--6--6------\----------------------/\---6--6--|
|--4--4------\-5--------------------/\---4--4--|
|--------------3-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1h5p4h5-------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------3h6p5h6-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3---------6----6----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------4----4----------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3---------------------|
p.m
|----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1h5p4h5-------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------3h6p5h6-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------6-9-8-9-----------3-6-4-6--------------|
|---------------------------------------4-7-5-7-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------3-6-5-6-----|
|---------3p5-----6p5-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
T T
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-7-5-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3-6-5-6----------------------------3h6p5h6h10p6p5h6|
|---------3-6-5-6----------2-5-3-5---3h6p5h6h10p6p5h6-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|4h7p5h7h10p7p5h7h12p7p5p4h5brb12p10h12p10p8p7h|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|10p8h10p8p7p5h8p7h8p7p5p4h7p5h7p5p7p5p4|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-2-2-5-2---2-5-2--2--2--5-5-2--5-5-2---2-5-2---2-5-2---2--2--5--5-|
||-0-0-5-0---0-5-0--0--0--5-5-0--5-5-0---0-5-0---0-5-0---0--0--5--5-|
___________________________________________________________
|1.
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-5-2--2-5-2--2--2--5-5-2--5-5-2---2-5-2--2-5-2---2--2---5--|
|-0-0-5-0--0-5-0--0--0--5-5-0--5-5-0---0-5-0--0-5-0---0--0---5--|
_____________________________________________________________
|2. a.h
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-0-2--2-0-2--2--2--5-5-2--5-5-2---2-5-2--2-5-2--2-6-7--------------2-5-2-3|
|-0-0-5-0--0-5-0--0--0--5-5-0--5-5-0---0-5-0--0-5-0--0-----7-5h7p5-3-2-5-------|
harmony in 3rd above
|--------------------
|--------------------10-11-/15-11---------------------------------14---------|
|------------------13------------13----------------16----------16---16-------|
|----------------12----------------12----12-11~-----15------15--------15-----|
|-8/10~--10-12-13--------------------13--------------16--16-------------16---|
|------10----------------------------------------------------18-----------18-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------14-----14-16--14-16-18-16-14-13---------------------------------|
|------16-18--16-18-----18-----------------16-14-12-------------------------|
|----15--------------------------------------------15-13-12-----------------|
|--16------------------------------------------------------15-13-11---------|
|18----------------------------------------------------------------14-13-11~|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Pre-chorus:
a.h
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------~~---|
|-6----5----6----9----11---4----2----5----5-----|
|-4----6----6----7----9----2----0----5----------|
Chorus:(X2)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1h5p4h5-------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------3h6p5h6-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------6----6----------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3-----4----4----------|
End of first chorus only:
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-----------6---6--|
|-3-3-3-3---4---4--|
Verse 2: /w. clean
|--------------------------------5----------------------------------7---------|
|-------7-8-7------------5-------------5-----5-7-----7-8----------8---8-------|
|-----7--------7-------7---7---7-----5---5-------5-------5------11-------11---|
|---9------------9---7-------7-----7-------7-------7-------7--9-------------9-|
|-7----------------5----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
/w. disto & 1 guitar plays the clean arpeggios above without last chord
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-2-----5-2--------5-5----5-5-------5-2-----5-2---------5--5-|
|-0-0-5-0---0-5-0--0--0--5-5-0--5-5-0---0-5-0---0-5-0---0--0--5--5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5------------------------|
|-----5-2----5-2--------5-5----5--3----------6-------------|
|-0-0-5-0--0-5-0--0--0--5-5-0--5-------------6----------/\-|
Solo 1 rythm (same as chorus but a fourth below):
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------1h5p4h5-------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------3h6p5h6-----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------3p5-----6p3---------5p3h5p3-----6p3-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------6----6----------|
|-3-3-3-3-----3-3-----3-3-3-3---------3-3-----3-3-----4----4----------|
Solo 1:
1 a.h 1
|--------------------------------------11-10----------------11-14-11----------|
|13--b---13b-~-------10----------10-13-------10----------10----------10-------|
|-----------------11----11----11----------------11----11----------------11----|
|--------------------------12----------------------12----------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T
|------14-15-17-14-15-17----------------------------------------------------|
|---10------------------13-15-16--------------------------------------------|
|11-----------------------------12-14-15-11h15h14p15p11---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------13p12p11h12p11h13h16-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T 1
|------------------11h17p14h17p14----------------------------------------------|
|10h13h16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------11h14h17-----------------17p14p11--12b~---------------------11-12-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------10-12-13---------|
|----------------------------------------------------10-12-13------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2
|------------------------------------------------------15-14-/18-17-21b~-~--\--|
|------------------------------------------------/16-15------------------------|
|-12-11---12-11----------------------------12-15-------------------------------|
|------13-------13-12-10-13-12b-rb~-----13-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-9-8-9---------3-6-4-6------------------------------------------------------|
|---------4-7-5-7------------------4-7-5-7-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-6-5-6------------------3-6-5-6-----------5---------|
|------------------------------------------3-6-5-6---------2-5-3-5---3---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Interlude rythm:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-7--7------7------7--5--7--7------7---------------|
|-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--3--5--5--5-5-5--5-5-7-8------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Tapping interlude: (X2)
T T T T T T T
||-13p12p10-----------------10h12h13p12p10-----------------10h12h13p12p10-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------14p10p9p7h9h10h14--------------14p10p9p7h9h10h14---------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
|----------------------10h12h13p12p10---------------------12h14h-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14p10p9p7h9h10h14-------------------14p10p9p7h9h10h14---------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T
||-13p12p10-----------------10h12h13p12p10-----------------10h12h13p12p10-|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------15p10p9p7h9h10h15--------------15p10p9p7h9h10h15---------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
|----------------------10h12h13p12p10----------------------8h10h-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15p10p9p7h9h10h15------------------15p10p9p7h9h10h15-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T
|-12p10p8----------------------8h10h12p10p8----------------------8h10h12p10p8-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------12p10p9p7h9h10h12-----------------12p10p9p7h9h10h12---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T
|----------------------8h10h12p10p8----------------------10h12h--|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--12p10p9p7h9h10h12------------------12p10p9p7h9h10h12----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T T
|13p12p10---------------------10h8h13p12p10---------------------10h12h13p12p10|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------14p10p9p7h9h10h14----------------14p10p9p7h9h10h14------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|2nd time stop here|
|
T T T T | T
|----------------------10h12h13p12p10-----------|----------10h12h||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-14p10p9p7h9h10h14------------------14p10p9p7h9h10h14-----------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
Solo 2 rythm:
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-----5-----7-----------4-----------------------4-----------5----7-5-3------|
|-5-----3-----5-----4-----2-----7-----8-----5-----2-----7-----3----------7-5-3|
|-------------------2-----------5-----6-----3-----------5---------------------|
2nd solo w/ wha
1/2 1/2
|--------------------------------------------------------15-18-15-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------15-16----------16-15\------|
|-----------9-10-9~------13b-rb-12~-----------12-15----------------------15-12|
|11b-rb-12---------12-10------------13-12-13----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------/7--/-10--/-12--/-14---/-17--/-19--/18-------------|
|13-15------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------13-10---------------/5--/-8---/-10--/-12---/-15--/-17--/16---\9--------|
|------------11-10-11-10------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------12h14p12p9-----------9h14p12p9h16p9|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9h11h14p11p9----------------9h11--------------11p9h11----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-h12h19----------------16p12p9h12--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
p.m p.m
|-------------| |-------------|
|h12p9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------11p9\-----6-8-4~---6h7p6----------7-6---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------7~--7-9------7------------------------12-11-9|
|-----------------------------------------------9-7~------10-9-7--------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------10---------|
|----------------------------15-14-12-------------------------------/19~------|
|----------------15-14-12-------------15-14-12--------------------------------|
|----12-11-9--------------12-------------------14-12-11/----------------------|
|-------------12--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
many times (b rb)
|---------14-19-17--17h19p14----17-19b-19b-rb-b-rb----------18-15h18p17~------|
|-----15----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2nd interlude rythm: E C D E E C D
Tapping interlude but each cycle is played 2 times instead of 4
this ends:
|12p10h12p10\-10p8h10p8\-12p10h12p10\8-13p12h13p12\10-12p10h12p10\--13p12h13p|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 1
|-12\-15p13h15p13\12-17p15h17p15\13-15b-15b~-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
............_
Tablature Explanation:
p.m
|-----------|
T a.h 1/2
E-||--11h17---|| |--------|---4p2----|-----------|-------|---------|---------|
B-||----------|| |--------|----------|-----------|-------|---------|---------|
G-||----------|| |--3\4---|----------|-----------|--1h4--|---12----|---13b---|
D-||----------|| |--------|----------|-----------|-------|---------|---------|
A-||----------|| |--------|----------|-----------|-------|---------|---------|
E-||----------|| |--------|----------|---0-0-0---|-------|---------|---------|
Tapping Slide Pull Palm Hammer Artificial Bend to
off Muting on Harmonic 1/2
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E-|---Author:-Michael-Romeo------------------------|
B-|---Transcription-by:-Henry J.Chavier------------|
G-|---E-Mail:-elpeluo007@yahoo.com-----------------|
D-|-----------henry_j18@hotmail.com----------------|
A-|------------------------------------------------|
E-|---Enjoy it!------------------------------------|
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