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Pharaoh Bass

(ver. 2)
Symphony X

PHARAOH (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)

	

Words by Russell Allen Music by Symphony X
Arranged by Symphony X

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'T. Miller - El. Bass'

   Intro
    Q=135
    $
   4/4
    Gtr I
    q  E E E S S E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E S S E E S S E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||--0----0---0-0-0---|---0----0-0----|---0----0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||


    T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
||-------------16----11---------------16----11----|
||o------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-|
||o---11---------------------11-------------------|
||--9----------------------9----------------------|


  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------16----11---------------16----11----|
|------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-|
|---11---------------------11-------------------|
|-9----------------------9----------------------|


  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------16----11---------------16----11----|
|------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11-|
|---11---------------------11-------------------|
|-9----------------------9----------------------|


  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------16----11---------------16----11------||
|------11-14----14----11------11-14----14----11--o||
|---11---------------------11--------------------o||
|-9----------------------9------------------------||


                                                Pre-Verse
                                      To Coda
 5/4                                            4/4
     |--3--|
   E S  S  S E  E  E E  S  S  S S  S  S  S S     q  E E E s s E E
|--------------------------------------------||-------------------|
|-11-9---------------------------------------||o------------------|
|------12-11-9-------------------------------||o------------------|
|--------------12-11-9-10-10-10---10-10-10---||--4----4---4-4-4---|


  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------------||
|---------------|----------------|--------------------o||
|---------------|----------------|--------------------o||
|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5---||


 Verse #1
  q  E E E S S E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E S S E E S S E Q
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2----|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|


  q  E E E S S E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E S S E E S S E Q
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|---6----6-6---6-|---6-6-6---6-6-6----|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|


  Q.=135
 12/8
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------5---6-------5---6-|-------5---6-------5---6-|
|-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 E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------4---5-------4---5-|-------4---5-------4---5-|
|-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 E E E E E E. E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------5---6-------5---6-|-------5---6-------4--5--||
|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3---3---|-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||


   Chorus #1
    Q=135
   4/4
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


                   1.
  E E E E E E E E   E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|---6h7p6---6------------o||
|-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-----------------------||


                                 Verse #2
  2.
                         2/4     4/4
  E S S E S S E S S E E   W       q  E E E S S E E   E E Q  E E Q
|-----------------------|------||------------------|---------------|
|---6h7p6---6-----------|------||------------------|---------------|
|---------8---8-7h8p7---|------||-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|
|-0---------------------|------||------------------|---------------|


  E E Q  E E E E   E S S E E S S E Q    q  E E E S S E E   E E Q  E E Q
|----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|
|---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2----|-3----3---3-3-3---|---3----3-3----|
|----------------|--------------------|------------------|---------------|


  E E Q  E E E E   E S S E E S S E Q    E E Q  E S S e S S   E e Q  E S S E e
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|---6----6-6---6-|---6-6-6---6-6-6----|-3-3------3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3------3-3-3-3-|
|----------------|--------------------|--------------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E S S E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|---2-2---2-2---x-2-|-2---2-2---2-2---|
|-------------------|-----------------|


  E E e Q  S S e S S   E e E Q  S S E +E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3----3-3-3-(3)\--|
|--------------------|----------------------|


   Chorus #2
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E S S E S S E S S E E
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------o||
|-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------------------||


   Interlude #1
   2/2
    Q  E E E q  E   +Q.   e Q.   e   Q  E E E q  E   +Q.   e Q.   e
||----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||o---------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
||--2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2-|-2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2--|


                                  1.
  Q  E E E q  E   +Q.   e Q.   e   Q  E E E q  E   +Q.   e  E E s S E
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------7------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|------------7---7---o||
|---------------|----------------|-5--5-5---5--5-|-(5)---5-/8-------8-o||
|-2--2-2---2--2-|-(2)---2-2----2-|---------------|---------------------||


                                      Bridge
  2.
                                      4/4
                                                   >
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E    W          +W           Wx2
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|------------|--------|
|-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-5-5---5-5-5---5-||----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-2--------|-(2)--------|--------|


  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------2-----2-|
|-----------4-2-1-----------|-----------------------|
|-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2---2-2---|


  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------4-2-1-----------|---------------5s4-----4s3-||
|-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2-----2-2-----||


 Verse #3
  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------6-----6-|
|-----------8-6-5-----------|-----------------------|
|-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6---6-6---|


  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------8-6-5-----------|---------------9s8-----8s7--|
|-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6-----6-6------|


  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 S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------5-3-2------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4-3-1h3h4--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                                      D.S. al Coda
  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 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--||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||


   Interlude #2
    &
    q  E E E s s E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||--4----4---4-4-4---|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5----||


    q  E E E s s E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||--0----0---0-0-0---|---0----0-0----|---0----0-0---0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-1----||


 Guitar Solo
  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------2-----2-|
|-----------4-2-1-----------|-----------------------|
|-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2---2-2---|


  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------4-2-1-----------|---------------5s4-----4s3-||
|-2-0h2-0h2-------3-2-0h2h3-|-2-0h2-0h2-2-2-----2-2-----||


 Keyboard Solo
  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------6-----6-|
|-----------8-6-5-----------|-----------------------|
|-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6---6-6---|


  E S E S E S S S S S S S S   E S E S E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------8-6-5-----------|---------------9s8-----8s7--||
|-6-4h6-4h6-------7-6-4h6h7-|-6-4h6-4h6-6-6-----6-6------||


 Guitar & Keyboard Unison
  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 S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------5-3-2------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------4-3-1h3h4--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  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 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--||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||


 Breakdown
 7/4                           4/4
  q  E E E s s E E E E Q  E E   q  E E E s s E E
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------|
|-0----0---0-0-0-----0----0-0-|-4----4---4-4-4---|


  E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E Q
|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5--|


  q  E E E s s E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E E +E
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|-4----4---4-4-4---|---4----4-4----|---4----4-4---4-|---4-4-4---4-4-4-5-(5)\---|


    q  E E E s s E E   E E Q  E E Q    E E Q  E E E E   E s s E E s s E Q
||-------------------|---------------|----------------|----------------------||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||o------------------|---------------|----------------|---------------------o||
||--2----2---2-2-2---|---2----2-2----|---2----2-2---2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2-3----||


   Chorus #3 & 4/Outro
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E S S E S S E S S E E  3x
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------o||
|-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0----------------------||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


  E E E E E E E E   E S S E S S E S S E E   W
|-----------------|-----------------------|------*|
|-----------------|---6h7p6---6-----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------8---8-7h8p7-6-|------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---------------------|------*|



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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