Seven Secrets Of The Sphinx by Therion #----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# SEVEN SECRETS OF THE SPHINX As recorded by Therion (From the 2000 Album DEGGIAL) Transcribed by Carlos Acosta (Geeko) Words and Music by Therion E5 x 7 9 x x x F5 x 8 10 x x x D5 x 5 7 x x x A5/E x 7 7 x x x Bb5/F x 8 8 x x x G5/D x 5 5 x x x Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Oboe' Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Sitar' Q=100 $ E5/BF5E5D5E5/B 3/4 4/4 Gtr I PM| PM PM| PM H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x |---------|-----------------||-------------------|| |---------|-----------------||o-----------------o|| |---------|-----------------||-------------------|| |---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||------2---3-2-0-2--|| |---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||o-----2---3-2-0-2-o|| |---------|-0-0---0---------||--0-0---0----------|| A5/E Bb5A5/E G5A5/E PM| PM PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------o|| ||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--|| ||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--|| ||o--0-0----0-------------|--0-0----0-------------o|| ||------------------------|------------------------|| | | Gtr III | E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q. ||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-10-9------------------|-10-9------------------o|| ||-------10-9-10-6tr7-----|------10-9-10-6tr7------|| ||------------------------|------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------------o|| ||------------------------|------------------------|| E5/BF5E5D5E5/B PM| PM PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-| |-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-| |-0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------| | | Gtr III | W W |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-12---------------| |-9---------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------| E5/BF5E5D5E5/B Gtr I PM| PM PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---| |------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---| |--0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------------| | | Gtr III | W W |------------------|------------------------| |-11---------------|------------------------| |------------------|-12---------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| | | Gtr II | W H Q S S S S |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|--------------12-10-9-9-| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------| N.C. 4/4 Gtr I PM------------------------------------------- S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-| | | Gtr II | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-| ||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| 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 |------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| |-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------3-----------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0---| | | 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||-----------------------------------| |-------------------------12-10-9-9--||-----------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---| |-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------| |------------------------------------||-----------------------------------| N.C. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| |-----------------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | W |-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0-| |-----------------------------------------| | | W |-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| |-----------------------------------------| | | W |-----------------------------------------| |-^5--------------------------------------| |-^4--------------------------------------| |-^2--------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| | | Gtr II | W |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p=0-10p0-| |------------------------------------------| | | W |------------------------------------------| |-^5---------------------------------------| |-^4---------------------------------------| |-^2---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| | | H Q S S S S |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------12-10--9-9-| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| PM------------------------------------------- S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-| | | Gtr II | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||-----------------------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-| ||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------| ||o----------------------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------------------| 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 |------------------------------------||---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------||---------------------------------| |-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------3---------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0-| | | 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||---------------------------------| |-------------------------12-10-9-9--||---------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-| |-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------||---------------------------------| Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-| ||------------------------------------------| | | Gtr IV | W ||------------------------------------------| ||o-^5--------------------------------------| ||--^4--------------------------------------| ||--^2--------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| D.S. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0--o|| |-------------------------------------------|| | | W |-------------------------------------------|| |-^5---------------------------------------o|| |-^4----------------------------------------|| |-^2----------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| N.C. Gtrs I, II 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 E |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------------------| |-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------------| |-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------| |---------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-| N.C. 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 E 3x ||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------|| ||--8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8------------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o|| ||----------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--|| | | Gtr II | 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 E 3x ||----------------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o|| ||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------|| ||--8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-8------------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o|| ||----------0-0-0-0-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--|| 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