Thorns Of Sorrow 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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THORNS OF SORROW 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 A D) - 'Rhythm' Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead' Intro Moderate Rock Q=136 E5F#5 Em Gm 4/4 3/4 Gtr I PM----| ~ PM----| ~ S S E E E E E Q q H q H E E E E Q q H q H |------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |-2-4---2-1-2-4-5--|-2-------|-4-------||------------|---------|---------| |-2-4--------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------| |-0-2--------------|---------|---------||-3-2-3-5-6--|-3-------|-5-------| Dm ~~~ PM----| ~ H Q E E E E Q q H q H |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| |-[1]-------||-5-4-5-7-8--|-5-------|-7-------|| |-----------||------------|---------|---------|| Fm Ab5 4/4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H Q W +H. Q |---------|----------|---------------|| |---------|----------|---------------|| |---------|----------|---------------|| |-3----5--|-6--------|-(6)------6\---|| |---------|----------|----------6\---|| |---------|----------|---------------|| Riff BbA5BbA5 PM--------| |-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--------------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| BbA5BbA5 PM----------| PM----| 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-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| BbA5BbA5 PM--------| |-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 ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6-------------| ||------7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5-------| ||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5-| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------| BbA5BbA5 PM----------| PM----| 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|| |---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6------------|| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5------|| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-o|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| Verse 1 Em PM----------------------| PM----------------------------| 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 8x |---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------||------------------------------------|| |-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------||------------------------------------|| |-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------||o----------------------------------o|| |---------------------------8-7-5-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| Pre-Chorus 1. 2. C#5 B5 A5 A5 A5 3/4 H. H. H. H. +H. ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| ||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----|| ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| Chorus Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 Gm/D Gm/BbC5 F5 G5AbG5GbF5 4/4 PM----------| Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E |--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------| |--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|-----------------| |-0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-| |------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1-| Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 D5 Bb5 Bb5 Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E H. Q +W |--------------|----------------|------------|--------|| |--------------|----------------|-3----------|--------|| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)----|| |-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)----|| |------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)----|| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|--------|| Riff BbA5BbA5 PM--------| |-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--------------| |-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| BbA5BbA5 PM----------| PM----| 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-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| PM----------------------| 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 2 Em E5 PM----------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x q Q H ||-----------------------------------||------------|| ||o---------------------------------o||------------|| ||-----------------------------------||------------|| ||-----------------------------------||-2----------|| ||o---------------------------------o||-2----------|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------|| Pre-Chorus 1. 2. C#5 B5 A5 A5 A5 3/4 H. H. H. H. +H. ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| ||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----|| ||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----|| ||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------|| Chorus $ Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 Gm/D Gm/BbC5 F5 G5AbG5GbF5 4/4 PM----------| Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E ||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| ||o--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------| ||-----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|------------------| ||--0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--| ||o------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--| ||---------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1--| To Coda Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 D5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E H. Q +W +W |--------------|----------------|------------|-------------||---------|| |--------------|----------------|-3----------|------------o||---------|| |----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----|| |-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----|| |------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)--------o||-(1)-----|| |--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|-------------||---------|| Interlude W W W W |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|----------|----------| |-6--------|-4--------|----------|----------| |----------|----------|-7--------|-6--------| C#5 W W W +H +H |----------|----------|----------|----------------|| |----------|----------|----------|----------------|| |----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----|| |----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----|| |----------|----------|-4--------|-(4)----(4)\----|| |-4--------|-4--------|----------|----------------|| Guitar Solo 1 F Gtr II ~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q. S S E +S S S S E |--------------------------------------------------| |-15b18-----------11-14-13b14r==(13)p11-10h11-10---| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| | | Gtr I | PM----------------------------------------------- | 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-| F ~~~~~~ |-----------5-----------| +E S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S +S +S |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(10)------10----10----10----10------------------------------------------| |--------11----10---------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------13----11----10h11p10----10---------------------------| |-----------------------------------------13----13---12---(12)b13r==(12)--| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| | |-----------------------------------------------------------------| | 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-------| F T T T T T T T |-------5-------| |----------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 |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------8h==11h14p==11p8---------------------8h11h==14p11p8---------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-(12)-9---8---9h==12-15--------------------15p12p9h==12-15--------------------15p12p==9h12h==15-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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----| F T T T T T T T |--------7---------| |---------7----------| |--------7---------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T E.. |-------------------------------------------------------17p14p11-------------------|| |-10h13h16p13p10---------------10h13h==16p13p10------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------------------------17p14p=11\------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------15p==9h12h=15------------------15p12-9----------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| | | E. S +E E E. S +E E |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| |--1----------------2---(2)----------5-----------6---------------5----(5)------2---|| Keyboard Solo 1 F F W W |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | PM--------------------------------------------------------------| | 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-| F F |--3--| W H.. S S S |---------------------------------|--------------------------11-13--|| |---------------------------------|----------------------/14--------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| | | PM----------------------------| | 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 F T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T |-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-| |----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14----------------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14-------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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----| F T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T |-14-13-11----13-11-------11---------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-14-13-11-10-13-11-10----11-10-------10---------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------13-------13-11----13-11-10-13-11-10-8-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | | PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| | 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---| F ~~~~~~~~ T T T T T T T T T T T T E +Q +E E |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-11-10-8----10-8-------8----------------------------------| |---------11------11-10---11-10-8-7---(7)-------(7)\-------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| | | PM----------------------------------------------------| | 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-| F E. S +E E E. S +E E |------------------------|| |---------------7-(7)-4--|| |-2--3-(3)-5-6-----------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| | | E. S +E E E. S +E E |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |------------------------|| |-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2--|| Keyboard Solo 2 F F Q Q H W |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-[6]\-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------------|---------------------------------| | | PM----------------------------------------------------------------| | 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-| F W |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| | | PM----------------------------| | 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-| D.S. al Coda F Gb AmBbmAm Gb F Gb AmBbm ~~~~ E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E Q Q |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-2--3-(3)-5-6--5-(5)-3-|-2--3-(3)-5-[6]\------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| | | E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E q Q |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-----------------------|----------------------|| |-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-|-1--2-(2)-5--6--------|| Outro & BbA5BbA5 Gtr I PM----------| PM----| 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-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----| |-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| D5 E5 A5 A5 A5 Q. E Q. E W +W +W |----------------|----------|------------|--------*| |----------------|----------|------------|--------*| |-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-5\------7\-----|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |---------7\-----|----------|------------|--------*| 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