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Set The World On Fire The Lie Of Lies
Symphony X
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SET THE WORLD ON FIRE (THE LIE OF LIES) (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2007 Album PARADISE LOST)
Transcribed by Ekarin_SM
Words by Russell Allen, Michael Romeo Music by Symphony X
Arranged by Symphony X
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
From "Oculus ex Inferni"
Q=170
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
H +W 6x W +W E E E E E E E E
|------||--------------||-||-----------|------------|-----------------|
|------||o------------o||-||o----------|------------|-----------------|
|------||o------------o||-||o----------|------------|-7-------------7-|
|-0----||--(0)---------||-||--0--------|-(0)--------|---0-0-6-0-5-0---|
+E H.. E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E S S S S
|-----------------||-||--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------o||-||o-------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)\-----------o||-||o-7-------------5h7-|-----7-------7h8p7h8-|
|-----------------||-||----0-0-6-0-5-0-----|-0-0---0-6-5---------|
E E E E E E E E +E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||
|-7-------------5-|-(5)-7-----------------------o||
|---0-0-6-0-5-0---|-------0-0-5h6p5p0-3h5p3p0----||
7/8
E +E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------2---------|-------------2-----|
||o-----------------------|-------------------|
||--2b3r(2)-0-2---2b3r(2)-|-2b3r(2)-0-2---2-0-|
1.
4/4
E +E E E E E +E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|-------------2-------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------1h2p1h2-----o||
|-2b3r(2)-0-2---2b3r(2)-2b3r|=(2)-0-2-3---------2-0--||
2.
E +E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-------------2---------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-------4------7---|
|-2b3r(2)-0-2---2-0-2b3r|=(2)-2---3--3---6-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E 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
|----------------------|-3h4p3---------------------------------|
|-------5--------2-4-5-|-------5-4-2-------2h4p2---------2h4p2-|
|---------4-(4)\-------|-------------5-4-5-------5-4-2-4-------|
|-(6)-6----------------|---------------------------------------|
2/4 4/4
|-3-|
S S S S S S S S S E H..
|-------------------|-------------|
|---------2h4p2-----|-------------|
|-5-4-2-4-------5-4-|-------------|
|-------------------|-3-----------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0h6p0h6p0h6p0h6p0--||
Verse 1 - 4
$
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0h6p0h6p0h6p0h6p0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0h6p0h6p0h6p0h6p0-|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0h6p0h6p0-3--|
Pre - Chorus
Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q W W H. Q
|--------------|------------------||----------|----------|------------|
|--------------|-------------5\--o||----------|----------|------------|
|--------------|-----5----7------o||-0--------|-2--------|-3-------2--|
|-5----7----8--|-(8)--------------||----------|----------|------------|
To Coda
~~
H. E E W Q Q Q Q W
|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|-/9--------|
|-0-------2-3-|-2--------|-2--2--2--2--|-----------|
|-------------|----------|-------------|-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-16-16-16-16-14-16-14-16-14-16-14-16-16\--||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
$$
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-1--|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q 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-|
|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4----|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q 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--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2----|----------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-4--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-6--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
To Dbl. Coda
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2----|---------------------------------|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------|
Pre - Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------||--------------------|
|-8h9p8p6-8p6-----4h6p4p3-4p3-----||o-7-------------5h7-|
|-------------9p8-------------6p5-||o---0-0-6-0-5-0-----|
|---------------------------------||--------------------|
1.
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----7-------7h8p7h8-|-7-------------5---|
|-0-0---0-6-5---------|---0-0-6-0-5-0-----|
|---------------------|-------------------|
2.
+E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E +E E E Q E E E +W
|----------------------------||-----------------|------------------|--------|
|-(5)-7---------------------o||-7---------------|------------------|--------|
|-------0-0-5h6p5p0-3h5p3p0-o||---0-0-6-0-5-0---|---------0--0-0-1-|-(1)----|
|----------------------------||---------------3-|-(3)-3-3----------|--------|
+W S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|------------||-----------------------------|
|------------||-----------------------------|
|-(1)--------||-----------------------------|
|------------||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda &
2/4 4/4
E S S S S E H W Q Q Q E E
|------------------|------||-----------------|
|------------------|------||------------4s===|
|------------------|------||-2--2--2--2------|
|---0-0-0-0--------|------||-----------------|
S S S S a S S S S a S S S S a S S S S a
|-------------------------------------------|
|-9p7h9p7s9h10p9h10p9s5h7p5h7p5s7h9p7h9p7s4h|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Chorus
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
|---5---|
S S S S a S S S S a S S S S S Q Q E S S E S S Q
|----------------------------------||---------------------||
|-5p4h5p4s5h7p5h7p5s4h5p4h5p4------||---------------------||
|-----------------------------7p6--||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-4----||
|----------------------------------||---------------------||
Bridge
&&
7/8
H. +Q E +E E E E E +E E +E E E E E E
|----------------||------------------------|-------------------|
|-/8-------(8)\--||o-------------2---------|-------------2-----|
|----------------||o-----------------------|-------------------|
|----------------||--2b3r(2)-0-2---2b3r(2)-|-2b3r(2)-0-2---2-0-|
4/4
E +E E E E E +E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------2-------------|--------------------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------1h2p1h2--------o||
|-2b3r(2)-0-2---2b3r(2)-2b3r|=(2)-0-2-3---------2-0-----||
Verse 5
7/8
E +E Q. E +E E +E E H
||-----------------------|----------------|
||o----------------------|----------------|
||o----------------------|----------------|
||--4b5r(4)------4b5r(4)-|-4b5r(4)--------|
4/4
E +E Q. E +E E +E E E E S S S S E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-----------3h4p3h4------o||
|-4b5r(4)------4b5r(4)-4b5r|=(4)-2-4-5---------4-2---||
Not as OMFG, but still...
7/4
E E E E Q E Q. E E E E E E E E Q E Q. E E E E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-4-4---2-4--2-4--------2-4-|-2-2---0-2--0-2--------2-4-|
||--------------------2-4-----|-------------------2-4-----|
4/4
E E E E Q E Q. E E E E Q. Q. Q +E Q. Q Q
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------2----o||
|-2-2---0-2--0-2--------2-4-|--------------|-----2----4-------o||
|-------------------2-4-----|-2----4----5--|-(5)---------------||
Take it Away, Romeo!
E +E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------4---------|-------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------5-----5---|
||--4b5r(4)-2-4---4-2-4b5r|=(4)-2-4---2-4---2-|
E +E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------4---------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|---------5-----5----|
|-4b5r(4)-2-4---4-2-4b5r|=(4)-2-4---2-4---2--|
E +E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-------------4---------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|---------5-----5---|
|-4b5r(4)-2-4---4-2-4b5r|=(4)-2-4---2-4---2-|
E +E E E E E E E +Q. Q. Q
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-------------4-------|------------------o||
|-------------------2-|-(2)---4----------o||
|-4b5r(4)-2-4---4-2---|------------/16\---||
Unison
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-------------3---||
|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-----||
Romeo Pt. 2
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-------------3--||
|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------||
Unison Repeat
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|-------------3---||
|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-----||
Pinnella"My turn, my turn!"
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------||
|-----------------|---------------3-|-----------------|----------|-----------||
|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-2-|-3--------|-5----6----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------|-----------||
Chorus
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q 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-|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5----|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----|------------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-5--|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------------|---------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-7--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-------------------|------------------------------------|
Q E S S E S S Q 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-|
E=172
|----6----|
H H E E E E E E H H. Q
|-----------|----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------|-/9-9-9-9-9-9---------|-----------------||
|-2----2----|----------------------|---------/15\----||
|-----------|--------------/15\----|-----------------||
Outro
3/4
Q S S E. S S S S S S S Q E E E E
||--------------------------|------------|
||o-------------------------|----2-0-----|
||o-------------------------|------------|
||--0--0-0-3--0-3-0-5-0-5-6-|-0------1-4-|
4/4
Q S S E. S S S S S S S Q E E S E. S E. 5x
|-------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------|----7-5---8----6----o||
|-0--0-0-3--0-3-0-5-0-5-6-|-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
- 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
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