Symphony X – Thorns Of Sorrow (Bass Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F)
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THORNS OF SORROW (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1994 Album SYMPHONY X)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Miller, Pinnella, Tyler and Rullo
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=136
4/4 3/4
Gtr I
S S E E E E E Q q H q H
|------------------|---------|---------||
|-------2-1-2-4-5--|-2-------|-4-------||
|------------------|---------|---------||
|-0-2--------------|---------|---------||
E E E E Q q H q H H Q
|------------|---------|---------|-----------||
|------------|---------|---------|-----------||
|------------|---------|---------|-----------||
|-3-2-3-5-6--|-3-------|-5-------|-6---------||
4/4
E E E E Q q H q H H Q W +W
|------------|---------|---------||---------|----------|--------||
|------------|---------|---------||-3----5--|-6--------|-(6)----||
|-5-4-5-7-8--|-5-------|-7-------||---------|----------|--------||
|------------|---------|---------||---------|----------|--------||
Riff
Wx3 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------|
|------------|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----|
|------------|-----------------------------8-7-|
|------------|---------------------------------|
|-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
||----------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6-------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------8-7-5-------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------8-7-5-|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6------------||
|---------------------------------|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0-|-----------------------------8-7-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||
|-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------||
|-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------||
|---------------------------8-7-5-||
Verse 1 Pre-Chorus
3/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 8x E Q S S Q
||-----------------------------------||-||--------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-||o-------------|
||o---------------------------------o||-||o-4-4--4-4-4--|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--------------|
E Q S S Q E Q S S Q E E E E Q
|-------------|--------------||-------------||
|-------------|-------------o||-------------||
|-2-2--2-2-2--|-0-0--0-0-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0---||
|-------------|--------------||-------------||
Chorus
4/4
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------------|--------------|-----------------|
|-5-5--1-1--3-3-|-(3)-2-2----------|-5-5--1-1--3--|-----------------|
|---------------|----------1-3-4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1-|
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E +E E Q +W
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|--------||
|-5-5--1-1--3-3-|-(3)-2-2----------|-5-5--5-(5)-5-1--|-(1)----||
|---------------|----------1-3-4-3-|-----------------|--------||
Riff
1.
|-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
||----------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6--------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------8-7-5-------o||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------8-7-5-o||
||----------------------------------|------------------------------------||
Verse 2
2.
q Q H q Q H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x q Q H
|------------|------------||-----------------------------------||------------||
|------------|------------||o---------------------------------o||------------||
|-0----------|-5----------||o---------------------------------o||------------||
|------------|------------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------||
Pre-Chorus
3/4
E Q S S Q E Q S S Q E Q S S Q E E E E Q
||--------------|-------------|--------------||------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------o||------------||
||o-4-4--4-4-4--|-2-2--2-2-2--|-0-0--0-0-0--o||-0-0-0-0-0--||
||--------------|-------------|--------------||------------||
Chorus
$
4/4
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E Q Q E E E E E E E E
||----------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
||o---------------|------------------|--------------|------------------|
||o-5-5--1-1--3-3-|-(3)-2-2----------|-5-5--1-1--3--|------------------|
||----------------|----------1-3-4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1--|
To Coda
E Q E Q E E +E E Q E E E E E Q E +E E Q +W +W
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------||---------||
|---------------|------------------|-----------------|------------o||---------||
|-5-5--1-1--3-3-|-(3)-2-2----------|-5-5--5-(5)-5-1--|-(1)--------o||-(1)-----||
|---------------|----------1-3-4-3-|-----------------|-------------||---------||
Interlude
Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H Q. E H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-6----6-6----|-4----4-4----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-7----7-7----|-6----6-6----|
Q. E Q. E +E E Q H W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|---------------|-4--------|-(4)----||
|-4----4-4----4-|-(4)-4-4--4----|----------|--------||
Guitar Solo 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-||
Keyboard Solo 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-||
Guitar Solo 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-||
Guitar Solo 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D.S. al Coda
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E q Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-|-1--2-(2)-5-6------||
Outro
&
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---7-6-9-7-6-----------|
|---------------------------------|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1p0-1p0-|-----------------------------8-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q. E Q. E W +W +W
|---------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|---------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-5\-----7\-----|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|---------------|----------|------------|--------*|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