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THE WITCHING HOUR (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words by Allen, Romeo Music by Romeo, Pinnella
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=140
4/4
Gtr I
E S S q H H +E E E E E S S q H H +E E E E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|---4-4---------|-2----(2)-----4-|---4-4---------|-2----(2)-----4-|
|-2-----2-------|----------5-4---|-2-----2-------|----------5-4---|
e. S E e H S S S S S S S S E. S +Q
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|----------4----|---------------------------|
|-2--2---2------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--2-(2)--|
e. S E e H S S S S S S S S H
|---------------|----------------------|
|---------------|----------------------|
|----------2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
|-2--2---2------|-----------------2----|
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q q
|-----------------------------------11-----------------|
|------------11----------9-12-11-12----12-11-12-11-----|
|-9-12-11-12----12-11-12-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------9--|
H S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------6-10-8-6--------------------|
|---------------9-7-6-----7-6------|
|---------------------8-9-----9-8--|
|----------------------------------|
4/4
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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4---1-----|-------4---1-----|
|-1-1-----------0-|-1-1-----------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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---|
||--2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---o||
|-2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1--||
Verse 1
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---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
1.
6/4
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 e S e S S S S E E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-1-1--o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------||
2.
4/4
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 E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|-----------------------------||
Chorus
$
$$
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-----------------------------2-2-|
|-----------------------------4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-------------5-5-|
|-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
To Coda
To Coda
4/4
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge
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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---|
|-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---||
|-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-||
Verse 2
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---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
6/4
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 e S e S S S S E E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-5-5--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------|
4/4
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------|-------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7--------||
|---------------------------------|-------0--0--||
|---------------------------------|-------------||
Riff
&
3/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
||o-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-|
||--5-8---------|-5-8---------|-5-8---------|-5-8---------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o||
|-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-o||
|-4-7---------|-4-7---------|-4-7---------|-4-7----------||
Guitar Solo
4/4
S e S e S S S S e Q S e S e S S S S e S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------------|
||o----------------------|-----------------------2-3--|
||o----------------------|-------------------2-5------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------|
3/4
S e S e S S S S e Q S e S e S S Q 4x
|----------------------|-----------------||
|----------------------|----------------o||
|----------------------|-------------1--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||
Keyboard Solo
4/4
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---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
Melody
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---|
|-2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2----|
|-2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1--|
|-------------------|--------------------|
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
e. S E e e e e e e. s E e e e e e e. s E e e e e e
|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------7-7-7-7-|------------------|------------------|
|-5--5---5---------|-4--4---4-5-5-5-5-|-5--5---5---------|
|------------------|------------------|----------3-3-3-3-|
2/4 4/4
|-3-|
q q q W +W
|-------|----------|--------||
|-------|----------|--------||
|-------|----------|--------||
|-6-6-5-|-4--------|-(4)----||
Riff
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---|
||--5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5----o||
|-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4---||
Out-Chorus
&&
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-----------------------------1-1--|
|-----------------------------3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-------------4-4-|
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
6/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
4/4
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
Outro
H.=H Q=80
6/4
q q q q q q W.
|-------------------|-------*|
|-------------------|-------*|
|-3-----3--------4--|-3-----*|
|----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
