Symphony X – A Winters Dream The Ascension Part Ii (Bass Tab)
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As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Transcribed by blacksnake
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=116 1.
4/4
Gtr I
W E. S +E E E. S +Q H. Q H Q Q
||------------|-------------12-13--15-(15)--|--------------|-----------------||
||o-11--------|-13--14-(14)-----------------|--------------|----------------o||
||o-----------|-----------------------------|-14-------16--|-17----16--17---o||
||------------|-----------------------------|--------------|-----------------||
2.
8/4
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S E 4x
||----------------------------------------------------------------------21-22-----------||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------19-------19----18-o||
||o-17-17---17---17---17-17-15-18-17-17---17---17---17-(17)-15-18-17-------------17----o||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
6/4
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
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|-10--10-10-10--(10)-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
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|------------------------------------------||
|-13--13-13-13--(13)-13-13-13-13--13-13-13-||
|------------------------------------------||
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11--(11)-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-11--11-11-11--(11)-11-11-11-11--11-11-11---|
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|-9--9-9-9--(9)-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------|-12--12-12-12--(12)-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-||
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-10--10-10-10--(10)-10-10-10-10--10-10-10---|
|--------------------------------------------|
E. S E Q +S S E E E. S E E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-12--12-12-12--(12)-12-12-12-12--12-12-12-|
|------------------------------------------|
Verse 1
4/4
E S S S E S +S S S S S E. E S S S E S +S S S S S E. 4x
||----5---5-7---------7---5----|---5---5-7---------7-5-7-5---||
||o-0---0-----0-(0)-0---0---7--|-0---0-----0-(0)-0----------o||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
E S S S S S S S S S S S E.
||----5---5-7---------7---5----|
||o-0---0-----0-----0---0---7--|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
E S S S S S S S S S S S E. 4x Q. E +H
|---5---5-7---------7-5-7-5---||-||--8----6-(6)----|
|-0---0-----0-----0----------o||-||o---------------|
|----------------------------o||-||o---------------|
|-----------------------------||-||----------------|
1. 2.
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-------------11-10-|-8----6-(6)----|-------------9---||---------------|
|-6----9-(9)--------|---------------|-6----9-(9)-----o||-6----9-(9)----|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------o||---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||---------------|
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----------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------7-7-7-7--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
Interlude
8/4
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S E 3x
||----------------------------------------------------------------------21-22-----------||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------19-------19----18-o||
||o-17-17---17---17---17-17-15-18-17-17---17---17---17-(17)-15-18-17-------------17----o||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
10/4
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +E S S Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-17---17---17---17-17-15-18-17-17---17---17---17-(17)-15-18-------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2
4/4
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 E 4x
||--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--||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
E S S S E S +S S S S S E.
||----5---5-7---------7---5----|
||o-0---0-----0-(0)-0---0---7--|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
E S S S E S +S S S S S E. 4x Q. E +H
|---5---5-7---------7-5-7-5---||-||--8----6-(6)----|
|-0---0-----0-(0)-0----------o||-||o---------------|
|----------------------------o||-||o---------------|
|-----------------------------||-||----------------|
1. 2.
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +H Q. E +Q Q Q. E +H
|-------------11-10-|-8----6-(6)----|-------------9---||---------------|
|-6----9-(9)--------|---------------|-6----9-(9)-----o||-6----9-(9)----|
|-------------------|---------------|----------------o||---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||---------------|
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----------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------7-7-7-7--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
Guitar & Keyboard Solos
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 E
||--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--||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
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 E
||--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--||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
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 E
||--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--||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
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 E
||--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--||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
Bridge
Q. E +H Q. E +Q E E Q. E +H Q. E +Q E E 4x
||--8----6-(6)----|-------------11-10-|-8----6-(6)----|-------------11-10---||
||o---------------|-6----9-(9)--------|---------------|-6----9-(9)---------o||
||o---------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------o||
||----------------|-------------------|---------------|---------------------||
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----------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------7-7-7-7--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|--------------------------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-9-9-10-10-10-10-10-10-11-11-11-11-o||
|-------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------||
Outro
8/4
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S S S E 4x
||----------------------------------------------------------------------21-22-----------||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------19-------19----18-o||
||o-17-17---17---17---17-17-15-18-17-17---17---17---17-(17)-15-18-17-------------17----o||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
4/4
Q S S S S S S E Q
|----------21-22---------------|
|-------19-------19----18------|
|----17-------------17---------|
|------------------------------|
H.=90 H.=H Q=60
6/4 7/4 4/4
Q H H. W +H. +H S +S Q.
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------*|
|----3----5-------|-10--------(10)------|-(10)----10-(10)\-------*|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths