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The Damnation Game

Symphony X

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THE DAMNATION GAME (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony XSymphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
	

Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Miller, Rullo, Allen

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'

   Intro
    Q=145                                1.           2.
   4/4
    Gtr I
    W          +H.      Q    q  Q  H      W            Q  Q  Q  Q
||-----------|-------------|------------|-----------||-------------|
||o----------|-------------|------------|----------o||-------------|
||o----------|----------2--|------------|----------o||----2--------|
||--0--------|-(0)---------|-0----------|-----------||-------5--2--|


                                                            |-3-|
  W          +H.      Q    q  Q  H      W           H.      E E E
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||---------------|
|----------|-------------|------------|----------||-4-------2-2-4-|
|-3--------|-(3)------3--|-3----------|----------||---------------|


  Q  Q  Q  Q    H     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------|------22-21-19----------------|
|-------------|---------------22-21-19-18-19-|
|-5-----------|-0----------------------------|
|----0--1--3--|------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|-------19-21-22-21-19---------------------||
|-21-22----------------22-21-22-21-18-19---||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||


    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------------|


  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
|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||-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
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|---------------------------------|


  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
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||---------------------------------|


  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-|
|---------------------------------|


 6/4
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-7-9-7-6----------------------------||
|-------5-7-8-----------8-7-5----------------------||
|-5-7-8-----------------------8-7-5-7-5-4----------||
|-----------------------------------------6-5-3-5--||


   Verse
    $
   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
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|


                                   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     W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-7----||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------||


   Pre-Chorus
    Q=125                1.                    2.
   3/4                                         4/4
    E S S S E S +E  S S   E S S S E S +E  E     E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------|--------------------||------------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||---------------------6-4-3----|
||o---------------------|-------------------o||---------------5-4-2-------6--|
||--1-1-1---1-1-(1)-3-4-|-1-1-1---1-1-(1)-1--||-1-1---1-4-2-1----------------|


   3/4                                               5/4
    E S S S E S +S  S S S   E S S S E S +S  S S S     S E. S E. q  H
||------------------------|------------------------||-------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||-------------------||
||o-4-4-4---4-4-(4)-3-4-6-|-4-4-4---4-4-(4)-3-4-6-o||-5----3----3-------||
||------------------------|------------------------||---4----2----------||


   Chorus
    Q=140
    $$
   4/4
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----------------|
||------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|


  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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------|


  1.                            2.
                                                          To Coda
                                                          To Coda
                                2/4               4/4
                                                   |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S Q      S S S S S S S S   Q Q Q Q Q Q   W
|-----------------------------||-----------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------------o||-----------------|-------------|------||
|----------------------------o||-----------------|-4-----------|------||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6---||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---7-6-4-6-7-|-6----||


 Interlude
  S S S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-|


  S S S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-4----|


                                             D.S. al Coda     &
  W          +H.      Q    H    Q  Q    H    H      H    H       H    H
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------|-----------||-----------|
|----------|----------5--|-3----------|-----------|-----------||-----------|
|-0--------|-(0)---------|------4--5--|-0----1----|------0----||-2---------|
|----------|-------------|------------|-----------|-3---------||------4----|


   Guitar Solo 1
    e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||--0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|


  e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0--||


   Keyboard Solo
    e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||o-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|
||-----------------------|----------------------|


  e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------o||
|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-|-2-2-2-3-(3)--2-3-2-0-o||
|----------------------|-----------------------||


 Guitar Solo 2
  e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|


  e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0--|


  e e e E +Q   S S S S   e e e E +Q   S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|


  e e e E +Q   S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------|-2-2-2-2--------------------------||
|----------------------|---------5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2--||
|-0-0-0-1-(1)--0-1-0-0-|----------------------------------||


 Bridge
 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
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------||-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3-||-------------------------|


                           D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
 4/4
  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q    W          H    H
|-------------|-------------|----------|-----------||
|-5--3--2-----|-------------|----------|-----------||
|----------5--|-4--5--------|-0--------|-0---------||
|-------------|-------1--3--|----------|------3----||


   Outro
    &&
    S S S S E S S S S E S S S S   E S S S S E S S S S E S S
||------------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|---------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-|


  S S E S S S S E S S S S E   S S S S E S S S S E Q   4x
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|------------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------------------1--o||
|-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-------||



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