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The Edge Of Forever

Symphony X

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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