Symphony X - The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

 

The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

Symphony X Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

The Witching Hour Bass Tab

   
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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------------------------|

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   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