SYMPHONY X : The Damnation Game (From The album The Damnation Game)Transcribed & tabbed by Arnaud "Reckless Fable" e-mail : reckless@caramail.com Web site : http://www.multimania.com/rfable/main.html Tablature explanation :
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\ / : slide h : hammer p : pull-off b : bend br : bend and release ~ : vibrato pm : palm muting a.h : artificial harmonic Tune down 1 step : D G C F A D Intro rythm:
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|-------4----------------4------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-----2-2--------2-----2-2-------2-----5-----5-5------4~-2-4-5----------------|
|-0-------0--------0-------0---------5-2-3-----3-3---------------0-1-3-5---/-\--|
(X2)
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||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
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pm...............................................................
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|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2~--0----5------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------3----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
pm.......................... ...........................
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|---------------6-7-9-7-6------------------------------------|
|--------5-7-8-------------8-7-5-----------------------------|
|-5-7-8---------------------------8-7-5-7-5-4----------------|
|----------------------------------------------6-5-3-5-------|Intro :
(X7)
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||-12-16----------16-12-16-11-14----------14-11-14-||
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|-/16----------14----------------------------------|
|-----17-14-17----16-13-16-17-14----14-16-12----12-|
|--------------------------------14----------15----|
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(X3)
||-------------------10-15/17p14-------------------||
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||----------11h12-------------------14-------------||
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||-10-13----------------------------------17-15-17-||
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|-------------------10-15/17p14-----------|
|----------------11-------------15--------|
|----------11h12-------------------14-----|
|-------12----------------------------16\-|
|-10-13-----------------------------------|
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semi-harm
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|-11-----9--11--11/12\------------6/7--------|
|-------------------------7-8-10-------------|
|--------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------12-17-12-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-15-------------------------15-13-15-13-12--------|
|----------------17-16-------------16-------17-16-17-14-17-------------------------14-13--|
|----------14-19-------19-18-14-18------------------------------------------------------15|
|-15----15--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----17-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------12-17-12-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------17-15-------------------------15-13-15-13-------|
|---------------------17-16-------------16------17-16-17-14-17----------------------14-13~|
|14-------------14-19-------19-18-14-18---------------------------------------------------|
|---17-15----15---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------17------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T
|-------------------17-15----------------------------------------------12h15h17p15h17p15-|
|-17-18-17-15-17----------18-17-15-14-15-17-15-14-15-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------12h14h17-------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------12h19----------------------------|
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|--5-9-5---5-9-5---5-9-5---5-9-5---4-7-4---4-7-4---4-7-4---------------------------------|
|-7------7-------7-------7-------6-------6-------6-------6~------------------------------|
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T
|-p12\-15p12p9------------------------------------10--8----------------------------------|
|-------------10------------10--11--10--8--10-----------11--10--8--7--8--10--8--7--8~----|
|---------------9------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------11--11------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12--12----------------------------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------10-14-10--10-14-10--10-14-10--10-14-10--9-12-9--9-12-9--9-12-9----|
|--------------------12--------12--------12--------12--------11------11------11------11~-|
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|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------9-10-12-10-9--------------------------------|
|--------8-10-11--------------11-10-8------------------------|
|-7-9-10------------------------------10-9-7-9-7-6-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------8-7-5-7---|
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|---------------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 :
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|-7------------------------------------------------------------------7-8-5-7-8-5--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-repeat--------------------------------------------------5-----5------|
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pm........................................................... let ring
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|-7-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-repeat------------------------------------------------------2--------|
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pm.............................................................. Pr-chorus: a.h a.h a.h
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|------------------------------------------------------------------------------6-4-3----|
|-3--------3-3---3-3~-------3-3---3-3~--------3-3---3---------------------5-4-2-------5-|
|-1--0-1-1-1-1p0h1----0-1-1-1-1p0h1-----0-1-1-1-1p0h1/2-1~--0-1---1-4-2-1---------------|
pm... .... ..... ............................ (X3)
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||-6----------6--------||
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pm.... ..... a.h........
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|-6----------6-------------------|
|-4--4-4--4--4--3-4~-----------3-|
|--------------------5p4--4p2----|
pm.... Chorus: (with pm)
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|-------------------------------------4-8-4---4-8-4---------------------------------|
|---6-10-6---6-10-6---5-8-5---5-8-5-6-------6---------4-8-4---4-8-4---3-6-3---3-6-3-|
|-8--------8--------7-------7-----------------------6-------6-------5-------5-------|
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|---4-8-4---4-8---10-7----------------8-----|
|-6-------6------------9-6-9-6--------------|
|------------------------------8-5-6--------|
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|-------------------------------------4-8-4---4-8-4---------------------------------|
|---6-10-6---6-10-6---5-8-5---5-8-5-6-------6---------4-8-4---4-8-4---3-6-3---3-6-3-|
|-8--------8--------7-------7-----------------------6-------6-------5-------5-------|
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|2nd chorus only|
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|------------------------------------------------------------|--/4-----------|
|---4-8-4---4-8---10-7-------7-10-7-/11--9--8------8--9--8~--|---------6-----|
|-6-------6------------9-6-9-------------------11------------|---------------|
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|-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----|
|-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----|
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|----------------------------------------------2---/5--3----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-----0----------4-5-0----1---6---0--|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2--4~--------------------------------|
Verse Pr-chorus Chorus Solos rythm : (X8)
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pm..... ....... (X8)
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||-4--4--4--5----5----------||
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pm..... ........ (X7) (harmony guitar)
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||-2--2--2--3----3----------|| |-------5----3----2--------|
||-0--0--0--1----1--0-1-0-0-|| |--------------------------|
pm..... .......
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|-------------------------------------------------5--3--2----------------------7--5-|
|-0-0-0-0---------------4-5-5-5-5-4-4-0-2-3-3-3-3----------5--4--5------------------|
|---------4-4-0-2-3-3-3---------------------------------------------1--3--5---------|
pm............................................. Solo 1: T T T T
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|--------------------------------------------------------------7h9h10h12p9h10h12p10|
|-/-\-7-8-7-5-7~----------------------5h7h8p5h7h8h11p8p7p5h7h8---------------------|
|------------------5h7h8h10p8p7p5h7h8----------------------------------------------|
T T
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------10h12|
|-------------------------------------/10h12h13p12p10h12h13h15p13p12p10h13------|
|---------7h9h10p7h9h10h13p10p9p7h9h10------------------------------------------|
|-p9p7h10-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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T T T T 1/2 1/2 1 bar
|-h13h16p13p12p10h13h16/-22p20h22p20p19p17h19b--19b-rb-19b------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------18-22-20bp18h21p18\17-|
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bar
|---------------------------------------------------------16-17----16-19-17-16----|
|-/16p13h16p13\-/13-12p10h12------------------------15-18-------18-------------18-|
|-----------------------------13-10\7-10p9p7h9~-----------------------------------|
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|-17-15---------------------------------------|
|-------17-16-14-16-14-13---------------------|
|-------------------------15-14-12------------|
|----------------------------------15-12-14~--|
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Solo 2: 1 1 1
|------------7-12-7-/16-12-/20p17--------------------22b-rb-22b-22b----/20p17----|
|----------9----------------------18------------------------------------------18-|
|--------9---------------------------17------------------------------------------|
|------9--------------------------------19---------------------------------------|
|-7-11-------------------------------------20-19~--------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------------------------18-17-15-18-17-15-|
|-14\13--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------15p14--------------------------15-14-12-15-14-12-------------------|
|-------------12-11~--8h11p8h11p8-7~---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------20-19-17-20-19-17-16-19-13-16---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------15-18-12-15---------------------|
|-17-16-14-17-16-14-------------------------------------------13-16-10-13-7-10p9p7|
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a.h 1/w.bar
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|-9~-7-10p9p7----------------------6h9p6h9p6\3h6p3h6p3\2h3p2h3\2p0h2p0---7\--|
|-------------10p7-b-rb------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------8p7p5h7~---------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------5-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------5-----------------8-6-5-------------------------------|
|----------------------------7-5-7-6---6-9---------------------------------------|
|---------7-10-9-7-6---6-9-----------7-------------------------12-15-14-12-11----|
|-------7------------7--------------------------------------12----------------12-|
|-8-5-8--------------------------------------------13-10-13----------------------|
|-------------------------------10-----------------------------------------------|
|-------10-------------------------13-11-10-11---10------------------------------|
|----------12-10-12-11----11-14-----------------------12---10---12p10\9---10-----|
|-11-14----------------12--------------------------------------------------------|
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trill(10/12)............
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|-7-9-10h12p10-------------------\9---|
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Chorus Ending riff : (X4)
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|-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----|
|-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----|
pm........................................................................
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|-----------------------------------3----|
|-2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-2-----1----|
|-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0----------|
pm...........................
Source: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/symphony-x/43869.html