Symphony X – The Damnation Game (Bass Tab)
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THE DAMNATION GAME (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony XSymphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Miller, Rullo, Allen
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=145 1. 2.
4/4
Gtr I
W +H. Q q Q H W Q Q Q Q
||-----------|-------------|------------|-----------||-------------|
||o----------|-------------|------------|----------o||-------------|
||o----------|----------2--|------------|----------o||----2--------|
||--0--------|-(0)---------|-0----------|-----------||-------5--2--|
|-3-|
W +H. Q q Q H W H. E E E
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||-4-------2-2-4-|
|-3--------|-(3)------3--|-3----------|----------||---------------|
Q Q Q Q H S S S S S S S S
|-------------|------22-21-19----------------|
|-------------|---------------22-21-19-18-19-|
|-5-----------|-0----------------------------|
|----0--1--3--|------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------19-21-22-21-19---------------------||
|-21-22----------------22-21-22-21-18-19---||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S 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||---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-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
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-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
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||---------------------------------|
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-|
|---------------------------------|
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
|-------------6-7-9-7-6----------------------------||
|-------5-7-8-----------8-7-5----------------------||
|-5-7-8-----------------------8-7-5-7-5-4----------||
|-----------------------------------------6-5-3-5--||
Verse
$
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-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-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 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 W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------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||-7----||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||
Pre-Chorus
Q=125 1. 2.
3/4 4/4
E S S S E S +E S S E S S S E S +E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|--------------------||------------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||---------------------6-4-3----|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||---------------5-4-2-------6--|
||--1-1-1---1-1-(1)-3-4-|-1-1-1---1-1-(1)-1--||-1-1---1-4-2-1----------------|
3/4 5/4
E S S S E S +S S S S E S S S E S +S S S S S E. S E. q H
||------------------------|------------------------||-------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-------------------||
||o-4-4-4---4-4-(4)-3-4-6-|-4-4-4---4-4-(4)-3-4-6-o||-5----3----3-------||
||------------------------|------------------------||---4----2----------||
Chorus
Q=140
$$
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
||------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
S S S S S S S S 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-----------------|1. 2.
To Coda
To Coda
2/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------------------||-----------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------------o||-----------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------------o||-----------------|-4-----------|------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6---||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---7-6-4-6-7-|-6----||
Interlude
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-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 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-4----|
D.S. al Coda &
W +H. Q H Q Q H H H H H H
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------||-----------|
|----------|----------5--|-3----------|-----------|-----------||-----------|
|-0--------|-(0)---------|------4--5--|-0----1----|------0----||-2---------|
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------|-3---------||------4----|
Guitar Solo 1
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0--||
Keyboard Solo
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-o||
|----------------------|-----------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0--|
e e e E +Q S S S S e e e E +Q S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|
e e e E +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|-2-2-2-2--------------------------||
|----------------------|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|----------------------------------||
Bridge
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
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-||-------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W H H
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-5--3--2-----|-------------|----------|-----------||
|----------5--|-4--5--------|-0--------|-0---------||
|-------------|-------1--3--|----------|------3----||
Outro
&&
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-|
S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q 4x
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------------------1--o||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------||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
<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