• Song:

    The Damnation Game

  • Artist:

    Symphony X

  • Album:

    Prelude to the Millenni...

SYMPHONY X : The Damnation Game
(From The album The Damnation Game)Transcribed & tabbed by Arnaud "Reckless Fable"
e-mail : reckless@caramail.com 
Web site : http://www.multimania.com/rfable/main.html

Tablature explanation :
------------------------
         / : slide
          h: (x2444x@1)hammer
          p : pull-off
          b: (x24432@1)bend
         br : bend and release
          ~ : vibrato
         pm : palm muting
        a.h : artificial harmonic


Tune down 1 step : D G C F A D

Intro rythm:

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4----------------4------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2-2--------2-----2-2-------2-----5-----5-5------4~-2-4-5----------------|
|-0-------0--------0-------0---------5-2-3-----3-3---------------0-1-3-5---/---|

(X2)
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
||-----------------------------------------------------------------||
  pm...............................................................

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2-----------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2~--0----5------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------3----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
  pm..........................              ...........................

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------------------|
|--------5-7-8-------------8-7-5-----------------------------|
|-5-7-8---------------------------8-7-5-7-5-4----------------|
|----------------------------------------------6-5-3-5-------|Intro :
(X7)
||-------12-15-12----------------11-14-11----------||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||-12-16----------16-12-16-11-14----------14-11-14-||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------||


|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-/16----------14----------------------------------|
|-----17-14-17----16-13-16-17-14----14-16-12----12-|
|--------------------------------14----------15----|
|--------------------------------------------------|

(X3)
||-------------------10-15/17p14-------------------||
||----------------11-------------15----------------||
||----------11h12-------------------14-------------||
||-------12----------------------------16----------||
||-10-13----------------------------------17-15-17-||
||-------------------------------------------------||


|-------------------10-15/17p14-----------|
|----------------11-------------15--------|
|----------11h12-------------------14-----|
|-------12----------------------------16-|
|-10-13-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


               semi-harm
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-11-----9--11--11/12------------6/7--------|
|-------------------------7-8-10-------------|
|--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------12-17-12-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-15-------------------------15-13-15-13-12--------|
|----------------17-16-------------16-------17-16-17-14-17-------------------------14-13--|
|----------14-19-------19-18-14-18------------------------------------------------------15|
|-15----15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------12-17-12-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------17-15-------------------------15-13-15-13-------|
|---------------------17-16-------------16------17-16-17-14-17----------------------14-13~|
|14-------------14-19-------19-18-14-18---------------------------------------------------|
|---17-15----15---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------17------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                            T        T        T     T
|-------------------17-15----------------------------------------------12h15h17p15h17p15-|
|-17-18-17-15-17----------18-17-15-14-15-17-15-14-15-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------12h14h17-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------12h19----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                        |
|                                                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-9-5---5-9-5---5-9-5---5-9-5---4-7-4---4-7-4---4-7-4---------------------------------|
|-7------7-------7-------7-------6-------6-------6-------6~------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


        T
|-p12-15p12p9------------------------------------10--8----------------------------------|
|-------------10------------10--11--10--8--10-----------11--10--8--7--8--10--8--7--8~----|
|---------------9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------11--11------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12--12----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                        |
|                                                                                        |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10-14-10--10-14-10--10-14-10--10-14-10--9-12-9--9-12-9--9-12-9----|
|--------------------12--------12--------12--------12--------11------11------11------11~-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------9-10-12-10-9--------------------------------|
|--------8-10-11--------------11-10-8------------------------|
|-7-9-10------------------------------10-9-7-9-7-6-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------8-7-5-7---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                            |
|                                                            |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------------------|
|--------5-7-8-------------8-7-5-----------------------------|
|-5-7-8---------------------------8-7-5-7-5-4----------------|
|----------------------------------------------6-5-3-5-------|

Verse :

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------------------------------7-8-5-7-8-5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-repeat--------------------------------------------------5-----5------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     pm...........................................................  let ring

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-repeat------------------------------------------------------2--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------0--------|
     pm..............................................................

Pr?-chorus:
                  a.h              a.h                 a.h
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-4-3----|
|-3--------3-3---3-3~-------3-3---3-3~--------3-3---3---------------------5-4-2-------5-|
|-1--0-1-1-1-1p0h1----0-1-1-1-1p0h1-----0-1-1-1-1p0h1/2-1~--0-1---1-4-2-1---------------|
     pm...             ....             .....               ............................

(X3)
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||---------------------||
||-6----------6--------||
||-4--4-4--4--4--3-4-6-||
||---------------------||
      pm....     .....

                 a.h........
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-6----------6-------------------|
|-4--4-4--4--4--3-4~-----------3-|
|--------------------5p4--4p2----|
     pm....

Chorus: (with pm)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------4-8-4---4-8-4---------------------------------|
|---6-10-6---6-10-6---5-8-5---5-8-5-6-------6---------4-8-4---4-8-4---3-6-3---3-6-3-|
|-8--------8--------7-------7-----------------------6-------6-------5-------5-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---4-8-4---4-8---10-7----------------8-----|
|-6-------6------------9-6-9-6--------------|
|------------------------------8-5-6--------|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------4-8-4---4-8-4---------------------------------|
|---6-10-6---6-10-6---5-8-5---5-8-5-6-------6---------4-8-4---4-8-4---3-6-3---3-6-3-|
|-8--------8--------7-------7-----------------------6-------6-------5-------5-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                             |2nd chorus only| 
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|--/4-----------|
|---4-8-4---4-8---10-7-------7-10-7-/11--9--8------8--9--8~--|---------6-----|
|-6-------6------------9-6-9-------------------11------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4----|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-2-2----|


|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------2---/5--3----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-----0----------4-5-0----1---6---0--|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--4~--------------------------------|


Verse
Pr?-chorus
Chorus


Solos rythm :

(X8)
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||-2--2--2--3----3----------||
||-0--0--0--1----1--0-1-0-0-||
   pm.....          .......

(X8)
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||--------------------------||
||-4--4--4--5----5----------||
||-2--2--2--3----3--2-3-2-0-||
||--------------------------||
   pm.....          ........

(X7)                            (harmony guitar)
||--------------------------|| |--------------------------|
||--------------------------|| |--------------------------|
||--------------------------|| |-(1)----------------------|
||--------------------------|| |--2---(3)--(2)--(0)-------|
||-2--2--2--3----3----------|| |-------5----3----2--------|
||-0--0--0--1----1--0-1-0-0-|| |--------------------------|

   pm.....          .......

  
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------5--3--2----------------------7--5-|
|-0-0-0-0---------------4-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3----------5--4--5------------------|
|---------4-4-0-2-3-3-3---------------------------------------------1--3--5---------|
  pm.............................................


Solo 1: 
                         T                        T                    T      T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------7h9h10h12p9h10h12p10|
|-/--7-8-7-5-7~----------------------5h7h8p5h7h8h11p8p7p5h7h8---------------------|
|------------------5h7h8h10p8p7p5h7h8----------------------------------------------|


                         T                                   T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10h12|
|-------------------------------------/10h12h13p12p10h12h13h15p13p12p10h13------|
|---------7h9h10p7h9h10h13p10p9p7h9h10------------------------------------------|
|-p9p7h10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

       T              T   T     T               1/2    1/2         1           bar
|-h13h16p13p12p10h13h16/-22p20h22p20p19p17h19b--19b-rb-19b------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------18-22-20bp18h21p1817-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

    bar
|---------------------------------------------------------16-17----16-19-17-16----|
|-/16p13h16p13-/13-12p10h12------------------------15-18-------18-------------18-|
|-----------------------------13-107-10p9p7h9~-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------------|
|-17-15---------------------------------------|
|-------17-16-14-16-14-13---------------------|
|-------------------------15-14-12------------|
|----------------------------------15-12-14~--|
|---------------------------------------------|


Solo 2:
                                                      1      1   1
|------------7-12-7-/16-12-/20p17--------------------22b-rb-22b-22b----/20p17----|
|----------9----------------------18------------------------------------------18-|
|--------9---------------------------17------------------------------------------|
|------9--------------------------------19---------------------------------------|
|-7-11-------------------------------------20-19~--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------18-17-15-18-17-15-|
|-1413--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15p14--------------------------15-14-12-15-14-12-------------------|
|-------------12-11~--8h11p8h11p8-7~---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------------------20-19-17-20-19-17-16-19-13-16---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------15-18-12-15---------------------|
|-17-16-14-17-16-14-------------------------------------------13-16-10-13-7-10p9p7|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 a.h              1/w.bar
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9~-7-10p9p7----------------------6h9p6h9p63h6p3h6p32h3p2h32p0h2p0---7--|
|-------------10p7-b-rb------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------8p7p5h7~---------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|------------------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-----------------8-6-5-------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-5-7-6---6-9---------------------------------------|
|---------7-10-9-7-6---6-9-----------7-------------------------12-15-14-12-11----|
|-------7------------7--------------------------------------12----------------12-|
|-8-5-8--------------------------------------------13-10-13----------------------|


|-------------------------------10-----------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------------------------13-11-10-11---10------------------------------|
|----------12-10-12-11----11-14-----------------------12---10---12p109---10-----|
|-11-14----------------12--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

       trill(10/12)............
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-7-9-10h12p10-------------------9---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

Chorus

Ending riff :

(X4)
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----|
|-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----|
  pm........................................................................

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3----|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----1----|
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----------|
  pm...........................

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