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The Eyes Of Medusa Bass

(ver. 2)
Symphony X

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

	

Words by Thomas Miller Music by Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnella & Thomas Miller
Arranged by Symphony X

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

 Intro
  Q=115
 1/4  11/8
  Gtr I
  W    W
|----|------|
|----|------|
|----|------|
|----|------|
|----|------|


    S e e S S e e S S e e S e e   S e e S S e e S S e e S e e
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-1-1--o||
||------------------------------|-------------------------------||


   5/8               6/8
    S e E S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S S  3x
||------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------|---------------------o||
||------------4-1---|----------------------||
||o-0-2-2-0h3-----3-|-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1-o||
||------------------|----------------------||


 5/8               5/4
  S e E S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------2---5------|
|-----------4-1---|-1-----4-1---5-4-2-4-5---4--------|
|-0-2-2-0h3-----3-|---3-2-----3----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|


 6/8
  W        W        Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  +E
|--------|--------|-6----4----|--------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|-7----6--(6)\-|
|--------|--------|-----------|--------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|--------------|
|--------|--------|-----------|--------------|


  S e e S S e e S   S e e S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------2-4-2-0-----|
|-----------------|-----------------4-2-|
|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|


   4/4
    S e e S S e e S S e s   +s  S S e e S S e e S S s
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-(2)-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-|
||------------------------|---------------------------|


                           1.
  +s  e S S e e S S e e S   S e e S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----4--||
|-(2)-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2---o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||


 2.
  S e e S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----|
|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2-|
|---------------------------|


  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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


                                                            |----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 S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-1-----1------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------4-3---4p3p1------|
|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------4p3--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|


             5/4
  H    H      H    S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------|------------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------|
|-1----3----|-4----2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
|-----------|------------------------------|
|-----------|------------------------------|


 Verse #1
 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  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 E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                  |-3-|               |-3-|
  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 E +E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------1h3p1-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-3-(3)\--|
|-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                                                 |-3-| |3|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S E. E e e E Q
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------3-3-3-3---|
|-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1----------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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1--|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  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 E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                  |-3-|               |-3-|
  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 S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------1h3p1-------------|---------------------------2-3-2----|
|-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-------4--|
|-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4----------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|


 Pre-Chorus
 6/8                                 4/4
  E S E S  E E E   E S E S  E E E     S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  4x
|---------/6-5-3-|----------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------|---------/5-3-2-||o---------------------------------o||
|-3-x-3----------|-3-x-3----------||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|----------------|----------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------|----------------||-----------------------------------||


  $
  e e e S S e e e e   S S e e e e S S e e   e e S S e e e S S S S
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|---------------2-3-2---|
|-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-------4-|
|-------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|


 Chorus #1, 2 & 3
  $$
 3/4
  S e E S S S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5-2-------|-----------5-2-------|
|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|
|---------------------|---------------------|


                                    |-3-|
  S e E S S S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------5-2-------|-------------3h4p3-----|
|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2-4-5-------5-4-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


 6/4
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------------|


  E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E e E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3-3-|
|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-----|
|-------------------------------------|


 3/4
  S e E S S S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------5-2-------|-----------5-2-------|
|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|


                                    |-3-|
  S e E S S S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------5-2-------|-------------3h4p3-----|
|-2-4-4-2h4-----4-2h4-|-2-4-4-2-4-5-------5-4-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


                                                                   To Coda
                                                                   To Coda
 6/4                                   3/4          6/4
  E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E   Q.    Q.     Q  e Q  e Q  e E e E
|-------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
|-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---2-|-3----------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|------/8----|------------------1-1--|
|-------------------------------------|------------|-3--3-3--3-3--3-3------|


 Pre-Verse
 11/8
  S e E S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S   S e E S S S S S S e E S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------4-1-----------------------|-----------4-1-------------------------|
|-0-2-2-0h3-----3-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1-|-0-2-2-0h3-----3-0-2-2-0h3-0h1-1-1-1---|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|


 Verse #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 S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  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 E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1-|---1-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|


                  |-3-|               |-3-|
  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 E +E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------1h3p1-------------|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------|-1h3p1---------------1-3-4-3-(3)\--|
|-----------------------------4-3-4-|-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


                                                  |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S E S e e e e e e
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------4-3-1-------|
|-2-1---1-2-1-2-1---1-2-1---1-2-1-|-2-1---1-2-1---------4-3-2-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------|


    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-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-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


                                    D.S. al Coda
  E E E E E S S  E E   E S S  E E E  S S   E  E
|-----5---------/7---|-------/8----------/10------|
|---5---5---7-x----7-|---8-x----8---10-x-----10---|
|-3-------5----------|-6----------8---------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------|


   Guitar Solo
    &
    S e e S S e e S S e s   +s  S S e e S S e e S S s
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------------------|
||------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-|-(2)-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-|
||------------------------|---------------------------|


                           1.
  +s  e S S e e S S e e S   S e e S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----4--||
|-(2)-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2---o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||


 2.
  S e e S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-------------4-5-4-2-0-----|
|-0-2-2-2-0h2-----------4-2-|
|---------------------------|


  S e e S S e e S S E S   W
|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|------|
|-----------------------|------|
|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2---|------|
|-----------------------|------|


 Interlude - "The Isle of..."
  W          H    Q  Q      W          +H     Q  Q
|----------|------------||-----------|----------------||
|----------|------------||o----------|---------------o||
|-1--------|-1-------4--||--1--------|-(1)-------4----||
|----------|------2-----||o----------|--------2------o||
|----------|------------||-----------|----------------||


                           3/4
  W          +H     H       H.        H.
|----------|-------------||-1-------|-------|
|----------|--------1----||---------|-4-----|
|-1--------|-(1)---------||---------|-------|
|----------|-------------||---------|-------|
|----------|-------------||---------|-------|


                                         4/4
  H.        H.        H.        H.        H    H
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-7---------|
|-3-------|-2-------|-1-------|-0-------|------7----|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|-----------|


  W          +H     H        W          +H     H
|----------|-------------||-----------|--------------||
|-5--------|-(5)---------||o-5--------|-(5)---------o||
|----------|--------6----||-----------|--------6-----||
|----------|-------------||o----------|-------------o||
|----------|-------------||-----------|--------------||


             H.=H          Q=66
                          5/4
  W          +H     H       W         Q
|----------|-------------|----------------|
|-5--------|-(5)---------|--5-------------|
|----------|--------6----|----------------|
|----------|-------------|-(3)------------|
|----------|-------------|----------------|


 Intro Revisited
  Q=115                                        1.
 11/8
  W               S e e S S e e S S e e S e e   S e e S S e e S S e e S e e
|-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------||o-----------------------------|------------------------------o||
|-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------||o-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-1-1--o||
|-------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||


                                    Outro
  2.
               D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda   &&
  S e e S S e e S S e e S S S S S    S e e S S e e S S e e S e e
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------*|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------*|
|-------------------------2-3-2----|-------------------------3-3-*|
|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-------4--|-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2-0-----*|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------*|



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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