THE BIRD-SERPENT WAR / CATACLYSMAs recorded by Symphony X(From the 2000 Album V)Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" AbrahamsonWords and Music by Romeo, PinnellaGtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Michael'Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Romeo'IntroQ=127Bb54/4Gtr IPM------------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-----------------|-----------------|Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.5/4 6/4PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM----------------|E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S|----------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------|----------------------------------| |----------------------|------------------4-3-1-----------| |-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4-3-1-----| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-| |----------------------|----------------------------------|Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.5/4 6/4PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM|----6----| |----6----|E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------|------------------------------------------| |----------------------|------------------------------------------| |----------------------|------------------4p3p1-------------------| |-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4p3p1-4p3p1-------| |-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-| |----------------------|------------------------------------------|F#5 N.C.5/4PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM||-3-| |-3-|E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S||------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------| ||o-4-----------------------------2h3p2-----| ||--2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|F#5 N.C.PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM||-3-| |-3-|E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-4-----------------------------2h3p2------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---||F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C53/8PM| PM| PM||-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------4s5-| |-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----2s3-| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-|-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-----|F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C56/4PM| PM| PM||-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------4s5-| ||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|F#5 F#5 N.C.PM| PM----------------------------||-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------o|| |------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------|| |-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||F#5 F#5 B5C5 F#5 F#5 B5C5 G54/4PM| PM| PM| PM| PM||-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------| ||o-4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|F#5 F#5 N.C.PM| PM------------| PM--------------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|E S S S S S E 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|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5-4-2---------------------|| |-4-----------4-----------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2--------o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3-2-0---||Verse 1N.C.3/4S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||------------6---------|-----------3---------| ||o-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-| ||----------------------|---------------------|4/4PM--------| ~S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E|---------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------------------o|| |---------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------6---------|--------------------------------|| |-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o|| |---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||N.C.3/4S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S||----------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|---------------------| ||------------5---------|-----------2---------| ||o-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-| ||----------------------|---------------------|4/4PM--------| ~S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E|---------------------|--------------------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------------------o|| |---------------------|--------------------------------|| |-----------5---------|--------------------------------|| |-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o|| |---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||ChorusE5 F#7add4 G5 A53/4 4/4 3/4H. Q H. H. H.||----------|----0-------|---------|--------|| ||o---------|----0-------|---------|-------o|| ||----------|----3-------|---------|--------|| ||--2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7------|| ||o-2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7-----o|| ||--0-------|-2----------|-3-------|-5------||B5 C5 N.C.4/4~~~~~~~ PM-------------Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S|-----------------|----------------------------| |-----------------|----------------------------| |-4--(4)-5-(5)----|------------------2-5-4---2-| |-4--(4)-5-(5)----|-1--(1)-2-(2)-4-5-------4---| |-2--(2)-3-(3)----|----------------------------| |-----------------|----------------------------| ---------------------------------------| |----6----| |----6----|S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------|| |-----------------5-4-2-------------------|| |-5-1-4-2---------------5-4-2-5-4-2-------|| |---------0-3-2-0-------------------3-2-0-|| |-----------------------------------------||Verse 2B5 B5 E5F5 B5 B5 E5F5 C54/4PM| PM| PM| PM| PM||-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.||----------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------| ||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------| ||--4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---| ||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---| ||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|B5 B5PM| PM------------||-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-4-----------4-----------------| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-------------------------------|N.C.PM--------------------------------| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------o|| |-2h4p2-------------5-4-2----------------------|| |-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2----------|| |-------------------------------------3-2-0---o|| |----------------------------------------------||F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C56/4PM| PM| PM||-3-| |-3-| |-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S||------------------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------------------| ||--------------------------------------------4s5-| ||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-| ||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|F#5 F#5 N.C.PM| PM----------------------------||-3-|E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------o|| |------------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------------|| |-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o|| |-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||BridgeN.C.7/8 4/4PM----------------------------------------|e e e e e S S S S S S e e e e S S S S S S 4x||--------------------|--------------------------|| ||o-------------------|-------------------------o|| ||--------------------|--------------------------|| ||--------------------|--------------------------|| ||o-------------------|-------------------------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-3-2-5--||InstrumentalEb5F5 G5Gtr II\0.5/~~~~~~~~~~~E. S +E E +H||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----| ||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||----------------------------||| Gtr I| E. S +E E +H||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------| ||----------------------------| ||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----| ||o-6---8--(8)-10-----(10)----| ||----------------------------|1.,2.,3. 4.C5 D5 Eb5 C5 Bb5 Ab5\0.5/ \0.5/~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H|------------------------||-|-8--6-(6)-4-----(4)----|| |-----------------------o||-|-x--x-----x------------|| |-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5--3-(3)-1-----(1)----|| |------------------------||-|-----------------------|| |-----------------------o||-|-----------------------|| |------------------------||-|-----------------------|||| E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H|------------------------||-|-----------------------|| |-----------------------o||-|-----------------------|| |------------------------||-|-----------------------|| |-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5---------------------|| |-3--5-(5)-6-----(6)----o||-|-3--8-(8)-6-----(6)----|| |------------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-----(4)----||Guitar SoloN.C.Gtr IE. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H| | | | | | | | | |o o / o / o o / o /Gtr II~~ PM-----------------| ~~~~~~|-3-|H +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +H|-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------| |-6---------(6)-4h6p4---------|--------------------------| |---------------------6-5-4---|---------------5----------| |---------------------------7-|-4--7-6-4--2-4---4-(4)----| |-----------------------------|--------------------------|E. S +E E +H| | | | |o o / o /T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T|----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------8p4h6h8-9p6h8h9-| |---------------------------7p4h6h7--9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11-----------------| |-7p4h6h7-9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11--------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------|E. S +E E +Q Q| | | | | |o o / o / o~~~~~T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q|------------------------------------------9h11h12p11p9---------------------| |-----------------------9h11h12p11p9h11h12--------------12p11p9-------------| |-11p8h9h11-12p9h11h12------------------------------------------12-11b13----| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E. S +E E +H| | | | |o o / o /~~~~~~~~|--3---| |-3--| |-3--|E S S S E S S S E S S S Q|-------9--------------9------------9--------------| |---------12p==9---------12p9-12b14---12p9-11b12===| |-11b13----------11b13-----------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|E. S +E E +H| | | | |o o / o /~~~~~~~ ~|--3---| |-----5-----| |----5-----|+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-------------------------------------------------| |-(11)r-------------------------------------------| |-------12p11p==9-11p9------9h11h12p11p9----11-9--| |----------------------11----------------11-------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|E. S +E E +H| | | | |o o / o /|-------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|-16p12------------------------7h9-/12p9------------------------12h16-| |-------14-------------------9-----------10------------------14-------| |----------13--------------9----------------9-------------14----------| |-------------14---------9--------------------11-------14-------------| |------------------16-11-------------------------12-16----------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------|E. S +E E +Q Q| | | | | |o o / o / oT T ~~|-------6--------| |---------7---------| |--------7--------|S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-19p16--------------------------------11h14s17-20p17p14----------------|| |-------17--------------------------13----------------------------------|| |----------16------------------14------------------------20p17h20-18----|| |-------------18------------16h=========================================|| |------------------19-14h18---------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------||Keyboard SoloN.C.E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------| ||----------------------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|---------------------| ||--7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|-x--x------x---------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----| ||o-x--x------x---------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|-x--x------x---------| ||--5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|---------------------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|1. 2.7/4E. S +E E +Q Q E. S +E E +S E. Q +W +H.|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------|| |----------------------o||----------------------|-------------------|| |-7--9-(9)-10-(10)------||-7--5-(5)-4-(4)-------|-------------------|| |-x--x------x-------6---||-x--x-----x-----7--6--|-(6)--------(6)----|| |-5--7-(7)--8--(8)-----o||-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-x--x--|-------------------|| |-------------------4---||----------------5--4--|-(4)--------(4)----||OutroN.C.4/4~~~ ~~~E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H|--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |--------------------|--------------------|| |-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----|-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----|| |--------------------|--------------------||~~~ ~~~E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----|-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----| |--------------------|--------------------|H.=H~~~ ~~~E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H||----------------------||--------------------| ||o--------------------o||--------------------| ||----------------------||--------------------| ||----------------------||--------------------| ||o--------------------o||--------------------| ||--3--3-(3)-/5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-/5-(5)----|\3.5___/~~~~~~~~~~~~E. S +Q a +H +W|-----------------------|--------*| |-----------------------|--------*| |-----------------------|--------*| |-----------------------|--------*| |-----------------------|--------*| |-3--3-(3)-----5-(5)----|-(5)----*|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 dottedUncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)Irregular groupings are notated above the duration lineDuration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents theduration 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. Lowmelody durations appear below the staffTablature Legend----------------h - hammer-onp - pull-offb - bendpb - pre-bendr - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")s - legato slideS - shift slide- natural harmonic(n) - artificial harmonicn(n) - tapped harmonic~ - vibratotr - trillT - tapTP - trem. pickingPM - palm muting\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip\n - tremolo bar downn/ - 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 slasho - on rhythm slash represents single note slashMisc Legend-----------| - bar|| - double bar||o - repeat starto|| - repeat end*| - double bar (ending): - bar (freetime)$ - Segno& - CodaTempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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