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The Witching Hour

Symphony X

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#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE WITCHING HOUR (Bassline) As recorded by Symphony X (From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY) Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson Words by Allen, Romeo Music by Romeo, Pinnella Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass' Intro Q=140 4/4 Gtr I E S S q H H +E E E E E S S q H H +E E E E |---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------| |---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------| |---4-4---------|-2----(2)-----4-|---4-4---------|-2----(2)-----4-| |-2-----2-------|----------5-4---|-2-----2-------|----------5-4---| e. S E e H S S S S S S S S E. S +Q |---------------|---------------------------| |---------------|---------------------------| |----------4----|---------------------------| |-2--2---2------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2--2-(2)--| e. S E e H S S S S S S S S H |---------------|----------------------| |---------------|----------------------| |----------2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------| |-2--2---2------|-----------------2----| 6/4 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q q |-----------------------------------11-----------------| |------------11----------9-12-11-12----12-11-12-11-----| |-9-12-11-12----12-11-12-------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------9--| H S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |------6-10-8-6--------------------| |---------------9-7-6-----7-6------| |---------------------8-9-----9-8--| |----------------------------------| 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 Q |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |-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--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-------4---1-----|-------4---1-----| |-1-1-----------0-|-1-1-----------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 Q |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |-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--| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---| ||--2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1-| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|--------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------o|| |-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---o|| |-2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1--|| Verse 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 ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||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-| 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-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--| 1. 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 S e S e S S S S E E E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-1-1--o|| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------|| 2. 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 E E |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------|| |-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|-----------------------------|| Chorus $ $$ 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-----|-----------------------------2-2-| |-----------------------------4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1-----| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-------------5-5-| |-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-----| 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 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| |--------------------------------------------------| To Coda To Coda 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-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--|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| Bridge 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 Q |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| |-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--| |---------------------------------|----------------------------| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---| |-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|-------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------|| |-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---|| |-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-|| Verse 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 ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------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--|| 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 S e S e S S S S E E E |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-5-5--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------| 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|| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o|| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| 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--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| D.S. al Coda S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q |---------------------------------|-------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7--7--------|| |---------------------------------|-------0--0--|| |---------------------------------|-------------|| Riff & 3/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||o-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-|-----8-7-6-7-| ||--5-8---------|-5-8---------|-5-8---------|-5-8---------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-|-----7-6-5-6-o|| |-4-7---------|-4-7---------|-4-7---------|-4-7----------|| Guitar Solo 4/4 S e S e S S S S e Q S e S e S S S S e S S S S ||-----------------------|----------------------------| ||o----------------------|-----------------------2-3--| ||o----------------------|-------------------2-5------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------| 3/4 S e S e S S S S e Q S e S e S S Q 4x |----------------------|-----------------|| |----------------------|----------------o|| |----------------------|-------------1--o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|| Keyboard Solo 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|| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| ||--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--|| Melody E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2---| |-2-2-2-----------1-|-2-2-2-----------1-| |-------------------|-------------------| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|--------------------| |-------5-(5)-2-2---|-------5-(5)-2-2----| |-2-2-2-----------1-|-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 ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------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--o|| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| e. S E e e e e e e. s E e e e e e e. s E e e e e e |------------------|------------------|------------------| |----------7-7-7-7-|------------------|------------------| |-5--5---5---------|-4--4---4-5-5-5-5-|-5--5---5---------| |------------------|------------------|----------3-3-3-3-| 2/4 4/4 |-3-| q q q W +W |-------|----------|--------|| |-------|----------|--------|| |-------|----------|--------|| |-6-6-5-|-4--------|-(4)----|| Riff E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||o-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5---| ||--5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4-| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|--------------------o|| |-------8-(8)-5-5---|-------8-(8)-5-5----o|| |-5-5-5-----------4-|-5-5-5-----------4---|| Out-Chorus && 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-----|-----------------------------1-1--| |-----------------------------3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-------------4-4-| |-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-----| 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 |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-------------------------------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-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-|| Outro H.=H Q=80 6/4 q q q q q q W. |-------------------|-------*| |-------------------|-------*| |-3-----3--------4--|-3-----*| |----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
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