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PHARAOH (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
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--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/pharaoh_btab.html ]
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
