Symphony X - The Bird-serpent War Cataclysm Chords & Tabs

 

The Bird-serpent War Cataclysm Chords & Tabs

Symphony X Chords & Tabs

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The Bird-serpent War Cataclysm Bass Tab

   
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THE BIRD-SERPENT WAR / CATACLYSM (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
	

Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Michael LePond'

 Intro
  Q=127
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 5/4                    6/4
  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-----------|
|----------------------|------------------------4-3-1-----|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|


 5/4                    6/4
                                          |----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-------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------4p3p1-4p3p1-------|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|


   5/4
                    |-3-|       |-3-|
    E S S S S E +E  S S S E S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------2h3p2-----|
||--2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|


                  |-3-|       |-3-|
  E S S S S E +E  S S S E S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------2h3p2------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-5-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---||


 3/8
  E Q    E Q    E Q    E Q
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|
|-2----|-2----|-2----|-2----|


   6/4
          |-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-----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|


        |-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||
|-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||


   4/4
          |-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---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3-------|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|


        |-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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5p4p2--------------------o||
|-------------------------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2--------o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3p2p0---||


   Verse 1
   3/4
    S 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-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


                       4/4
  S e S S S S S S e S   S e S +S  S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------6---------|-------------------------------o||
|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||


   3/4
    S 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-|
||----------------------|---------------------|


                       4/4
  S e S S S S S S e S   S e S +S  S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------5---------|-------------------------------o||
|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||


   Chorus
   3/4       4/4        3/4
    H.        W          H.        H.
||----------|----------|---------|--------||
||o---------|----------|---------|-------o||
||o---------|----------|---------|-------o||
||--0-------|-2--------|-3-------|-5------||


 4/4
  Q  +E. S +H       Q  +E. S +S  S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------------------2-5-4---2-|
|-----------------|-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
|-----------------5p4p2-------------------||
|-5-1-4-2---------------5p4p2-5p4p2-------||
|---------0-3-2-0-------------------3p2p0-||
|-----------------------------------------||


   Verse 2
          |-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-------------------2s3-----------|-------------------2s3------|
||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------|

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        |-3-|
  E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|


  |-3-|             |----6----| |----6----|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-2h4p2-------------5p4p2----------------------||
|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5p4p2-5p4p2---------o||
|-------------------------------------3p2p0---o||
|----------------------------------------------||


   6/4
          |-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-----------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|


        |-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||
|-----------------------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||


   Bridge
   7/8                 4/4
    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--||


   Instrumental
                       1.,2.,3.                4.
    E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +H           E. S +E  E +H
||--------------------|--------------------||-|-------------------||
||o----3-(3)-5-(5)----|-------------------o||-|-------------------||
||o-6-----------------|-3--5-(5)-6-(6)----o||-|-3-----------------||
||--------------------|--------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-(4)----||


 Guitar Solo
  E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|


  E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +Q   Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-----------------3---|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)------|


  E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +H
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|-------------------|
|-------------------|-2--4-(4)-5-(5)----|


  E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +Q   Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-4-------------------||
|-4--6-(6)-7-(7)----|----7-(7)-6-(6)--4---||
|-------------------|---------------------||


   Keyboard Solo
    E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +H       E. S +E  E +H
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------|
||o-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|-------------------|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)----|
||--------------------|-------------------|-------------------|


  1.                      2.
                                                 7/4
  E. S +E  E +Q   Q        E. S +E  E +S  E. Q    +W         +H.
|---------------------||-|----------------------|-------------------||
|-0--2-(2)-3-(3)-----o||-|----------------------|-------------------||
|--------------------o||-|-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-0-----|-------------------||
|-----------------4---||-|-------------------4--|-(4)--------(4)----||


 Outro
 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       E. S +Q   H      +W
||---------------------||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||o-------------------o||-------------------|----------------|--------*|
||--3--3-(3)-5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-5-(5)----|-3--3-(3)--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 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