Symphony X - Of Sins And Shadows Chords & Tabs

SYMPHONY X : Of sins and shadows
---------------------------------
(From The album Divine wings of tragedy)



Transcribed by Arnaud "Reckless Fable"
Tabbed by David "Johann M."
e-mail : reckless@caramail.com 


Tablature explanation :
------------------------
        \ / : slide
          h : hammer
          p : pull-off
          b : bend
         br : bend and release
          ~ : vibrato
         pm : palm muting
        a.h : artificial harmonic


Tune down 1 step : D G C F a D


Intro:                                     
                                                              a.h                     
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1--------------------------|
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-3----------------|
                                        

Main riff
    (3x)                                                                a.h
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1--------------------------|
||-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-3~-------------|

  ______________________________________________________________________________
 |1.                                                    
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1-----------4/5------4/5---|
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-2/3--2-0-2/3---|


  ______________________________________________________________________________
 |2.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------6-4-3--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------5-4-2--------------------|
|-------------------------2-1--------------------------------4-2-1--------------|
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2--------------------3-2-0--------|

  ______________________________________________________________________________
 |3.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------4h5p4h5--------||
|-------------------------2-1--------------------2h5p4h5p2h4p2h4--------1h4p1h4-||
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2---------------------------------||


                                                                a.h
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1---------------------------|
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-3---------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                a.h
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-3-------------------6-4-3---------------------------|
|-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-5-----2-5-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-------5-4-2-4-2-5---------------|


verse
   (2x)
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-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--4-4-4-4---|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                              ______________   _________________________________
                             |1.              |2.
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------|---------------4-------------------||
|------------------------------2-------------|-2---7-6-5---4----4-3--------------||
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---0---------6~--|-0-----------------------2-----4---||
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------0-----2---||

chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6------5-------5----3-------3-------------------5-3-2-----------------|
|-3-------4------4---x-x-3----1---x-x-2-----3-3-1-3-3-1-3-------4-3-1-3-1-4-----|
|-1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                                         
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6------5-------5------------6-----------5-----5-----5-----------------|
|-3-------4------2---x-x-3----6-------4-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-1---------------------------4---x-x-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/of_sins_and_shadows_tab.html ]
                                 a.h  w/harmoniser
                                      1
|-----------------------------------20b-18h20-16h18-----------------------------17~|
|-------------------------------------------------17h19-19p17----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------21p19-19p17-15h17-14---|
|-------------------------5-4------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-6-----3-6-5~-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                                a.h
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------4-3-------------------6-4-3---------------------------|
|-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-5-----2-5-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-------5-4-2-4-2-5---------------|


Verse
Chorus
this chorus ends on a A powerchord introducing the interlude



interlude:
                                           ________     _____________________
  (2x)                                    |1.          |2. 
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||-7------7-7-----8-7-5--------7------10-10--13------|--12-----------------------||
||-5------5-4-----------8-7-5--5------7--8---11------|--10-----------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||




Solo 1 powerchords:

            CC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CG#




Solo 1

         T       T        T                       T       T         T  
|------------------------------------------------------------15h18h20p18p15----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------15h17h20p17p15---------------------------15h17h20-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15h18h22----------------22p18p15----------15h18h22---------------------------|
|----------------------------------16p15h16------------------------------------|



  T        T                        T        T         T        T
|-----------------------------------------------15h18h20p18p15-----------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p17p15----------------------------15h17h20-----------------20p17p15--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------22p18p15----------15h18h22------------------------------------------|
|-------------------16p15h16---------------------------------------------------|


                                
      T        T           T          1/2     1/2              /w.bar

|-18h22p18p15----------18h23p18p15---22b--rb--b----22-18h22p20-\15h20h15~------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------20p17p15---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  /w.bar
|-15b---rb15p14h15p14---------14h15p14-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------16p13h16---------16p13h16p13\10h13-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------12p11---------11h12p11|
|-------------------------------------------------------------13p10h13---------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                      a.h
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13p10h13p9p10h12p10p9----9h12p10p9-------------------------------|
|----------------------8h10----------11p10p8-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------11p10p8\7h8~-~--------|


Keys solo chords
   
            EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EC

Solo 2 chords

            G#---------------------------------------------G#E


Live, Michael plays this descending scale differently:
he plays groups of 4 notes ascending the scale, it sounds very 'Malmsteen'
& he skip the string-skipping part.

Solo 2

|-19-23-21-19-18-21-19-18-16-19-17-16-15-16-18-16-15---------------15-16-18-16-15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------18-16-15-16-18---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|--------------------------------15-16-18-16-15----------------15-16-18-16-15-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-18-16-15--------------15-16-18----------------18-16-15-16-18----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------18-18-16-18-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


               1        1/2                     1/2  
|-----------------------18b~--16h18p16----------18b~---18-16------------------|
|-------------19b---------------------16~-------------------------------------|
|-18-16-15-16---------------------------------------------------13~-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-9h11p7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9h11p7-----------------------------------------------------9h11h12p11p9----|
|---------------9h11p8----------------------------------------8h9h11-------------12~|
|----------------------9h11p8--------------------------8h9h11-----------------------|
|-----------------------------9h11p7-------------7h9h11-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------9h11p7h9h11------------------------------------|



Keys solo 2 chords:

               CC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CG#
             




Live, Michael Roméo plays a different stuff without tapping but which sound great too.

         T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T
|-----------------------------------------11h14h17--------14h17h20--------17h20h23p20p17h18~|
|-------------------------10h13h16----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------11h14h17----------------11h14h17--------14h17h20--------17h20h23------------------|
|-----------------10h13h16------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12h15h18----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus

Chorus    2 step higher: first chord A# become D etc..(change the fingering of 4 pos)


Main riff with slight variations


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