Symphony X – The Bird-Serpent War Cataclysm (Bass Tab)
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THE BIRD-SERPENT WAR / CATACLYSM (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Michael LePond'
Intro Q=127 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-----------------|-----------------| 5/4 6/4 E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S |----------------------|------------------4-3-1-----------| |----------------------|------------------------4-3-1-----| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-| |----------------------|----------------------------------|
5/4 6/4
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------|------------------4p3p1-------------------| |----------------------|------------------------4p3p1-4p3p1-------| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-| |----------------------|------------------------------------------|
5/4
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------2h3p2-----| ||--2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------------2h3p2------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---|| 3/8 E Q E Q E Q E Q |------|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------| |-2----|-2----|-2----|-2----|
6/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E. ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3-------| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|
|-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5p4p2--------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2--------o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3p2p0---||
Verse 1
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------6---------|-----------3---------|
||o-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------6---------|-------------------------------o||
|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------5---------|-----------2---------|
||o-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------5---------|-------------------------------o||
|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||
Chorus
3/4 4/4 3/4
H. W H. H.
||----------|----------|---------|--------||
||o---------|----------|---------|-------o||
||o---------|----------|---------|-------o||
||--0-------|-2--------|-3-------|-5------||
4/4
Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------2-5-4---2-|
|-----------------|-1--(1)-2-(2)-4-5-------4---|
|-2--(2)-3-(3)----|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------||----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------5p4p2-------------------|| |-5-1-4-2---------------5p4p2-5p4p2-------|| |---------0-3-2-0-------------------3p2p0-|| |-----------------------------------------||
Verse 2
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3------|
||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------||-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-2h4p2-------------5p4p2----------------------|| |-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2---------o|| |-------------------------------------3p2p0---o|| |----------------------------------------------||
6/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
Bridge
7/8 4/4
e e e e e S S S S S S e e e e S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-3-2-5--||
Instrumental
1.,2.,3. 4.
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||--------------------|--------------------||-|-------------------||
||o----3-(3)-5-(5)----|-------------------o||-|-------------------||
||o-6-----------------|-3--5-(5)-6-(6)----o||-|-3-----------------||
||--------------------|--------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-(4)----||
Guitar Solo
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-----------------3---|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)------|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +Q Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-4-------------------||
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|----7-(7)-6-(6)--4---||
|-------------------|---------------------||
Keyboard Solo
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------|
||o-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
7/4
E. S +E E +Q Q E. S +E E +S E. Q +W +H.
|---------------------||-|----------------------|-------------------||
|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)-----o||-|----------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------o||-|-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-0-----|-------------------||
|-----------------4---||-|-------------------4--|-(4)--------(4)----||
Outro
4/4
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-5--5-(5)-7-(7)----|-5--5-(5)-7-(7)----||
|-------------------|-------------------||
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-7--7-(7)-9-(9)----|-7--7-(7)-9-(9)----|
|-------------------|-------------------|
H.=H
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +Q H +W
||---------------------||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||--3--3-(3)-5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-5-(5)----|-3--3-(3)--5----|-(5)----*|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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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