The Edge Of Forever by Symphony X #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 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 www.TAB6.com