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THE EDGE OF FOREVER (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Words and Music by Symphony X
Gtr I (C G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=68
6/8
Gtr I
H. +H. H. H.
|---------|----------|---------|-5-------|
|---------|----------|---------|---------|
|---------|----------|-3-------|---------|
|-2-------|-(2)------|---------|---------|
H. H. H. +H.
|---------|-4-------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|--------|
|-2-------|---------|---------|--------|
|---------|---------|-2-------|-(2)----|
H. +Q.. S S S S S H. +Q. Q.
|---------|--------9-12-11------|---------|-------5----|
|---------|----------------12-0-|---------|------------|
|---------|---------------------|-3-------|-(3)--------|
|-2-------|-(2)-----------------|---------|------------|
Q. Q. H. H. H. H.
|-----------||---------||---------||---------||-------|
|------5----||---------||---------||---------||-------|
|-----------||-1-------||---------||---------||-4-----|
|-5---------||---------||-4-------||-2-------||-------|
Q=136 1.,2.
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
||----------12-11------------12-11----|---------12-11------------12-11-14--||
||o---14----------12---14----------12-|---14----------12---14-------------o||
||o-0----12----------0----12----------|-0----12----------0----12----------o||
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
3.
E E E E E E E E s s s s s s s s
|---------12-11---------17-16-14------------------|
|---14----------12---14----------17-16-14---------|
|-0----12----------0----------------------17-15---|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2---0-------2---0-----|---2---0-------2---0-----|
|---------4-0---------4-0-|---------4-0---------4-0-|
|-0---0-------0---0-------|-0---0-------0---0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E s s s s s s s s
|-------------------------------|---------------------17-16-14-------------------|
|---10---10-9------10---10-9----|---10---10-9------10----------17-16-14----------|
|-8----8------10-8----8------10-|-8----8------10-8----------------------17-15----|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2---0-------2---0-----|---2---0-------2---0-----|
|---------4-0---------4-0-|---------4-0---------4-0-|
|-0---0-------0---0-------|-0---0-------0---0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---10---10-9------10---10-9----|---10---10-9------10---10-7\----|
|-8----8------10-8----8------10-|-8----8------10-8----8----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0---0-|
|-------------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
|-0---0-0---0-0---||---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
Verse 1 1:32
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
Wx8 Q E E +H +E E E E E E E E
|------------|-7-------------|---------7-10p9----12---|
|------------|---------------|-------7--------10------|
|------------|------5-(5)----|-(5)-8------------------|
|------------|---------------|------------------------|
E H S S S S S S
|-14-------------------|
|----12----------7-8-9-|
|----------5-7-8-------|
|----------------------|
7/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +W.
|----7-7-8-9-10-12-14-15-17-19-17-15----------|---------------------|
|-10---------------------------------19-17-15-|---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-19-17-15-17-(17)----|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------|
Interlude 2:03
Q=134
5/4
Wx6 e e e e e e e e e e 4x
|--------------||-----------------------||
|--------------||o---------------------o||
|--------------||o---------------------o||
|--------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
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
|--------7-9-10-9-7-6-7-6-----------|---------------------------------|
|-7-8-11------------------8-7-5-7-5-|-------------3-5-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|-8-7-5-4-5-7-----6-6---6-6---6---|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-5-5-5-5-5-6-6---6-6---6---|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6-----| |----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
|-------------9-7-6-------10-9-7-----------------------||
|-8-7-5-------------8-7-5--------10-8-7-9-7-6---------o||
|-------8-7-5---------------------------------8-7-5---o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo 1 2:48
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
Guitar Solo 1 2:55
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
Keyboard Solo 2 3:02
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||o-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2 3:09
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
Instrumental Section 3:16
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|-5-4-----4-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-----------------------7-----7-5-|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|
E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4---|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
Pre-Verse 3:30
Q=69
W +H H Wx2
|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|-------------|--------|
|-2--------|-(2)---------|--------|
Verse 2 3:44
S S +Q +S T T S S S S S S S S E S S E. T T S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------|------------------------------|
||o--------------2-2-2---1-------1---|-------2--2-2-2---1-----------|
||o--------------------2---2---2---2-|----------------2---2-----3-0-|
||--2-2-(2)--(2)---------------------|-2-2-2------------------2-----|
S S +S S E T T T T E S S Q
|------------------------------|
|-2---------2-2-3-2-0----------|
|---------------------3-3-3-3--|
|---2-(2)-2--------------------|
1. 2.
E S S E E S S +S S Q E S S E E S S +S S S S S S
|-------------------------||------------------------------|
|------------------------o||------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-1-2-2-(2)-2-2--o||-0-0-0-1-1-2-2-(2)-2-4-4-4-4--|
|-------------------------||------------------------------|
1. 2.
6/8 4/4 2/4 4/4
Q. E S E S E S S S E S S S E S S S S Q Q S S S S E. S H
||---------------|---------------------------|--------||-------------------|
||o-4------4-----|---------------------------|-------o||-------------------|
||o------7---5---|-2-4-5---1-2-4---2-4-5---7-|-4--4--o||-4-4-4-4-4--4-4----|
||---------------|---------------------------|--------||-------------------|
Bridge 4:30
Q=69
W W
|----------||------|
|----------||------|
|----------||------|
|-2--------||-6----|
H +E E +Q H +E. S S S E H +E E +Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5----(5)-3-(3)--|-5----(5)-3---3---|-5----(5)-3-(3)--|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-8--(8)--2--(2)--|
H +E E +Q H +E E E E H +E E E E Q Q S E. +Q
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
|-5----(5)-3-(3)--|-5----(5)-3-3-(3)-|-5----(5)-3-3-(3)-|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|------------------|-8--(8)--2-2--(2)---|
Guitar Solo 3 5:05
H +E E +Q H +E E +Q H +E E +Q H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------3----|
|-8----(8)-6-(6)--|-8----(8)-6-(6)--|-8----(8)-6-(6)--|-4---------|
Q=135
T
H H W Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-----------||----------||------------------------|
|-----------||----------||-----------3h6-12p6p3h6-|
|-8----6----||-5--------||-4--4--2h4--------------|
|-----------||----------||------------------------|
4/4
T T T T T T T T
|----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11p9-11p9p7p6-11p7-11p7p6-\4-11p6-11p6p4-\3-11p4-11p4-\3----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 5:28
$
$$
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|-5-4-----4-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4-----|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-----------------------7-----7-5-|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-2-|
E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4---|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-5-4-----4------------------------|
|---------------------|-----7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4---5-4------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-----------------------5-----5-3--|
|---------------------|----------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-0-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
To Coda
To Coda
E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
Pre-Verse 5:57
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2---0-------2---0-----|---2---0-------2---0-----|
|---------4-0---------4-0-|---------4-0---------4-0-|
|-0---0-------0---0-------|-0---0-------0---0-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E s s s s s s s s
|-------------------------------|---------------------17-16-14-----------------|
|---10---10-9------10---10-9----|---10---10-9------10----------17-15-14--------|
|-8----8------10-8----8------10-|-8----8------10-8----------------------17-15--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
5/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------------------------------||------|
|-----------------------------------------||------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-2----|
|-----------------------------------------||------|
Verse 3 6:13
E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E S S a E
||-------------------|---------------------|
||o-2----------------|-2-------------------|
||o------------------|-------------6-4-4-6-|
||----2-2-2------2-2-|---2-2-2---2---------|
E E E E Q E S S E E E E E E Q
|------------------|-----------------|
|-2----------------|-4---------------|
|------------------|-------------2---|
|---2-2-2------2-2-|---2-2-2---2-----|
E E E E E E S S S S Q E E +Q E E
|---------------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------2-3-2---|-----------------|
|-------------------5-|-3--3-3-(3)--3-2-|
|---2-2-2-------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
Q E E E E +E E H.. E H H
|------------------|--------------||------------|
|------------------|-------------o||------------|
|-0--0-0-1-1-(1)-1-|-2---------2-o||-2----4-----|
|------------------|--------------||------------|
Guitar Solo 4 7:10
Q=136
&
Wx2 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------||----------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|------------||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|------------||----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-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----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
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-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-|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|----------------------------------||
2.
2/4
T
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 Q S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||-----3h6-12p6p3h6-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4--4--||-2h4--------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
4/4
T T T T T T T T
|----6-----| |-----6-----| |-----6-----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11p9-11p9p7p6-11p7-11p7p6-\4-11p6-11p6p4-\3-11p4-11p4-\3---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
Outro 8:27
H.=H
&&
5/4 4/4
W +Q W +Q Q E Q Q E +E E Q E Q E
|---------------||---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------||---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-0--------(0)--||-3--------(3)--|---------/6--5-|-(5)-1-3----------|
|---------------||---------------|-3--5-6--------|----------6-8--5--|
Q=90 Q=140
TP
W H H H H
|----------|-----------||-----------|
|----------|-----------||-----------|
|-4--------|-1----3----||-----------|
|----------|-----------||-1----1----|
TP TP
+W W +W +W
|------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-(1)--------|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----*|
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
