Symphony X - Candlelight Fantasia Chords & Tabs

 

Candlelight Fantasia Chords & Tabs

Symphony X Chords & Tabs

Version: 1 Type: Bass Tab

Candlelight Fantasia Bass Tab

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

Transcribed by Luca Abete
	



Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'

 Intro
  Q=135
 3/4
  Gtr I
  Wx15
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|


  H.        +H.        H.        +H.
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-2-------|-(2)------|


  H.        +H.        H.        +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|-3-------|-(3)------|-2-------|-(2)----|


  H.        H.        H.        H.        +H.        +H.        +H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|-3-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-(7)------|-(7)------|-(7)----|


   Verse 1  0:40
   4/4
    H    +E  E E E   H..       E   W          W
||-----------------|-------------|----------|-------||
||o----------------|-------------|----------|------o||
||o-3----(3)---1---|-----------1-|-2--------|-3----o||
||-----------------|-4-----------|----------|-------||


  W          W          W          Q.   E H
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|--------5----|
|-3--------|----------|-1--------|-6----x------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|


  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-6--------|-7--------|-5--------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3----|


  Wx4          W          +W           W          +W
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|


   Guitar Solo 1  1:22
    S S E +Q..   S S S E   +W          3x
||-----------------------|-------------||
||o----------------------|------------o||
||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o||
||-----------------------|-------------||


  S S E +Q..   S S S E   +Q.   S S E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------5---4----|
|-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)---3-3---3------|
|----------------------|--------------------|


    S S E +Q..   S S S E   +W          3x S S E +Q..   S S S E   +W
||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------|
||o----------------------|------------o||----------------------|--------|
||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o||-3---3-(3)------3---5-|-(5)----|
||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------|


 Verse 2  1:50
  Wx2          H    H      W          W          W          H.      Q    W
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|------7----|-8--------|-3--------|----------|-3-------6--|-5----|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|-3--------|------------|------|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------|


  H    Q.   E   +H.      E E   H    H      H    H
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-5----3----1-|-(1)------1-3-|-5----7----|-8----9----|


 Guitar Solo 2  2:11
  H    +E  E E E   H    Q.   E   H..       E   H    Q.   E
|----------------|-5-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----(5)-5-5-5-|------3----x-|-1---------1-|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------5----x-|


  H    Q.   E   H    Q.   E   H    H      E E H.
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|------5----x-|-3-----------|------2----|-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-3-----------|------1----x-|-0---------|---5-5-----|


 Verse 3  2:25
  $
  S E S E E S S S S +S  S S S   S E S E E +S  S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-2---2-2-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|


    S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S   S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


  S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S   S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


    S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S   S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S  3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||


  S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S   S E S E E +S  S E +S  S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


   Chorus 2:53
    H    H      H    H      H     H      H    H
||-------9----|-7---------|------------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|------10----|-9---------|
||o-7---------|------5----|------------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-8----------|------7----|


                                     1.            2.
                                                    To Coda
  W          H    H      H    Q  Q    H    H        H    H
|----------|-----------|------------|------------||-----------|
|----------|------5----|-4----------|-----------o||-----------|
|----------|-----------|------------|-2----2----o||-2----2----|
|-5--------|-3---------|------2--4--|------------||-----------|


   Breakdown 3:21
               ~
    Q.   E E E Q    E E E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-------------|-------------------------|
||o------5-6-4-5--|---3---3-----------3-5-6-|
||----------------|---------6-5-3-5-6-------|


                 1.
             ~
  Q.   E E E Q    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-8-7-5-7-5---5----------------------||
|-5-------------|-----------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5-4-7---o||
|------5-6-4-5--|-----------------------------------o||
|---------------|------------------------------------||


  2.
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
|-8-7-5---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------8-7-5-7-5-4---------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------6-5-3---------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-3-2-|-3-3-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3---|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/candlelight_fantasia_btab.html ]
   Bridge 3:37
    S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--3-2-3-----3-2-3----3-2-3---|


  E S S E E S S S S S S S S   E S S S E. S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3-2-3-5-6-5-6---8-6-8---|---6-5-6----6-5-6-----8-6-|


                                   1.
  S S S S S S  S S  S S  S  S  Q    Q.   S S E E +E  E
|---------------------------------|------8-7-8-5-(5)---|
|---------------------------------|------------------5-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-8---9-8-9---11-9-11---12-11-12--|-8------------------|


             |-3-| |-3-|
  +E  S S Q  E E E E E E   H..       E   Q  Q  H
|------------8-7-5-------|-------------|-------------||
|-(5)--------------8-7-5-|-------------|------------o||
|-----6-5----------------|-6---------5-|-4-----5----o||
|---------8--------------|-------------|----5--------||


  2.
  H     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------15-13-12-------------12-|
|---------------15-13-12-------|
|------------------------15----|
|-8----------------------------|


                                                   2/4
                        |-3-| |-3-|
   S  S S  S  S S  S  S E E E E E E   H..       E   Q  Q
|-12-10-8---------------------------|-------------|--------|
|---------12-10-8-------------------|-------------|--------|
|-----------------11-10-6-5-3-------|-6---------5-|-4------|
|-----------------------------6-5-3-|-------------|----5---|


   Keyboard Solo 4:04
   4/4
    S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o-5-4-5-----5-4-5----5-4-5---|
||-----------------------------|


  E S S E E S S S S  S S  S S   E S S S E. S S S S E  S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---5-4-5-7-8-7-8---10-8-10---|---8-7-8----8-7-8-----10-8--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


                                        1.
   S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  Q     Q.    S S  S  S E E E
|--------------------------------------|--------------------7---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------8---8-|
|-10---11-10-11---13-11-13---14-13-14--|-10----10-9-10-10-------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|


               |-3-| |-3-|
  +E  E +E   E E E E E E E   H..       E   Q  Q  H
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-(8)-7-(7)----8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----o||
|-----------10-------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------o||
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------||


  2.
                        |-3-| |-3-|
   H    E Q.     +H     E E E E E E   H..       E   Q  Q  H
|--------------|--------------------|-------------|------------|
|-------5------|--------8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----|
|-10-----------|--------------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------|
|---------3----|-(3)----------------|-------------|------------|


   Guitar Solo 3  4:32
    S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||--0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|


                                       1.
  S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H       S E S E E +H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----o||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||


  2.
                             D.S. al Coda
  S E S E E +Q   E E    +W           +W
|--------------------||------------|---------|
|--------------------||------------|---------|
|-6---6---6-(6)--6---||------------|---------|
|------------------1-||-(1)--------|-(1)-----|


 Chorus (Outro) 5:58
  &
  H    Q.   E   H    H      H    H      H    H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|


  E E Q  H      H    Q.   E   H    Q  Q    H    H
|--------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|
|-2-2-2-------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----|
|-------------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|


                                             |-3-|
  H    Q.   E   H    H      H    H      H    Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6----------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4-4-4-|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|------------|


  H    H      H    Q.   E   H    Q  Q    H    H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------|
|-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----|
|-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|


  H    Q.   E   H    H      H    H      H    H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|


  H    H      H    Q.   E   H    Q  Q    H    H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------*|
|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------*|
|-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----*|
|-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------*|



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