#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE EYES OF MEDUSA (Bassline) As recorded by Symphony X (From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY) Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L. Words by Thomas Miller Music by Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella & Thomas Miller Arranged by Symphony X Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'T. Miller - El. Bass' Intro Q=115 1/4 11/8 Gtr I W W |----|------| |----|------| |----|------| |----|------| |----|------| S e e S S e e S S e e S e e S e e S S e e S S e e S e e ||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-1-1--o|| ||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| 5/8 6/8 S e E S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S 3x ||------------------|----------------------|| ||o-----------------|---------------------o|| ||------------4-1---|----------------------|| ||o-0-2-2-0h3-----3-|-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1-o|| ||------------------|----------------------|| 5/8 5/4 S e E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q |-----------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------2---5------| |-----------4-1---|-1-----4-1---5-4-2-4-5---4--------| |-0-2-2-0h3-----3-|---3-2-----3----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------------------| 6/8 W W Q E Q E Q E Q +E |--------|--------|-6----4----|--------------| |--------|--------|-----------|-7----6--(6)\-| |--------|--------|-----------|--------------| |--------|--------|-----------|--------------| |--------|--------|-----------|--------------| S e e S S e e S S e e S S S S S S S |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------2-4-2-0-----| |-----------------|-----------------4-2-| |-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-------------| |-----------------|---------------------| 4/4 S e e S S e e S S e s +s S S e e S S e e S S s ||------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-----------------------|---------------------------| ||------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-(2)-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-| ||------------------------|---------------------------| 1. +s e S S e e S S e e S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------|------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----4--|| |-(2)-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2---o|| |-------------------------|------------------------------|| 2. S e e S S S S S S S S S E |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-------------4-5-4-2-0-----| |-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2-| |---------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |----6----| 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 S S |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------3-1-----1------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------4-3---4p3p1------| |-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------4p3--| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 5/4 H H H S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------|------------------------------| |-----------|------------------------------| |-1----3----|-4----2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-| |-----------|------------------------------| |-----------|------------------------------| Verse #1 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-1-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 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 E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| 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 +E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------1h3p1-------------|-----------------------------------| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-3-(3)\--| |-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4---------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-3-| |3| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. E e e E Q |---------------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------3-3-3-3---| |-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1----------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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1--| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 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 E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| 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 S S |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-----------------1h3p1-------------|---------------------------2-3-2----| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-------4--| |-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4----------------| |-----------------------------------|------------------------------------| Pre-Chorus 6/8 4/4 E S E S E E E E S E S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |---------/6-5-3-|----------------||-----------------------------------|| |----------------|---------/5-3-2-||o---------------------------------o|| |-3-x-3----------|-3-x-3----------||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|| |----------------|----------------||o---------------------------------o|| |----------------|----------------||-----------------------------------|| $ e e e S S e e e e S S e e e e S S e e e e S S e e e S S S S |-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------|---------------------|---------------2-3-2---| |-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-------4-| |-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------| Chorus #1, 2 & 3 $$ 3/4 S e E S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-----------5-2-------|-----------5-2-------| |-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-| |---------------------|---------------------| |-3-| S e E S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------5-2-------|-------------3h4p3-----| |-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2-4-5-------5-4-| |---------------------|-----------------------| 6/4 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-| |-----------------------------------------| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E e E |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |---------------------------------3-3-| |-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----| |-------------------------------------| 3/4 S e E S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S |---------------------|---------------------| |-----------5-2-------|-----------5-2-------| |-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-| |---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-3-| S e E S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S |---------------------|-----------------------| |-----------5-2-------|-------------3h4p3-----| |-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2-4-5-------5-4-| |---------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------| To Coda To Coda 6/4 3/4 6/4 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q. 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Q e Q e Q e E e E |-------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------| |-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---2-|-3----------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------------|------/8----|------------------1-1--| |-------------------------------------|------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------| Pre-Verse 11/8 S e E S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S S e E S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-----------4-1-----------------------|-----------4-1-------------------------| |-0-2-2-0h3-----3-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1-|-0-2-2-0h3-----3-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1---| |-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------| Verse #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 S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-1-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 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 E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| 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 +E |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-----------------1h3p1-------------|-----------------------------------| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-3-(3)\--| |-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4---------------| |-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S e e e e e e |---------------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------4-3-1-------| |-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---------4-3-2-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------| 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-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-o|| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|| D.S. al Coda E E E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E |-----5---------/7---|-------/8----------/10------| |---5---5---7-x----7-|---8-x----8---10-x-----10---| |-3-------5----------|-6----------8---------------| |--------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------|----------------------------| Guitar Solo & S e e S S e e S S e s +s S S e e S S e e S S s ||------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-----------------------|---------------------------| ||------------------------|---------------------------| ||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-(2)-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-| ||------------------------|---------------------------| 1. +s e S S e e S S e e S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------|------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-------------------------|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----4--|| |-(2)-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2---o|| |-------------------------|------------------------------|| 2. S e e S S S S S S S S S E |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |-------------4-5-4-2-0-----| |-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2-| |---------------------------| S e e S S e e S S E S W |-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2---|------| |-----------------------|------| Interlude - "The Isle of..." W H Q Q W +H Q Q |----------|------------||-----------|----------------|| |----------|------------||o----------|---------------o|| |-1--------|-1-------4--||--1--------|-(1)-------4----|| |----------|------2-----||o----------|--------2------o|| |----------|------------||-----------|----------------|| 3/4 W +H H H. H. |----------|-------------||-1-------|-------| |----------|--------1----||---------|-4-----| |-1--------|-(1)---------||---------|-------| |----------|-------------||---------|-------| |----------|-------------||---------|-------| 4/4 H. H. H. H. H H |---------|---------|---------|---------|-7---------| |-3-------|-2-------|-1-------|-0-------|------7----| |---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------| |---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------| |---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------| W +H H W +H H |----------|-------------||-----------|--------------|| |-5--------|-(5)---------||o-5--------|-(5)---------o|| |----------|--------6----||-----------|--------6-----|| |----------|-------------||o----------|-------------o|| |----------|-------------||-----------|--------------|| H.=H Q=66 5/4 W +H H W Q |----------|-------------|----------------| |-5--------|-(5)---------|--5-------------| |----------|--------6----|----------------| |----------|-------------|-(3)------------| |----------|-------------|----------------| Intro Revisited Q=115 1. 11/8 W S e e S S e e S S e e S e e S e e S S e e S S e e S e e |-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |-------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o|| |-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| |-------------||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-1-1--o|| |-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------|| Outro 2. D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda && S e e S S e e S S e e S S S S S S e e S S e e S S e e S e e |----------------------------------|-----------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------*| |-------------------------2-3-2----|-------------------------3-3-*| |-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-------4--|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-----*| |----------------------------------|-----------------------------*| 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