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SECRETS (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Miller, Rullo and Allen
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro (drums & keys)
Q.=155
12/8
Gtr I
Wx8 Wx7 H. H.
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|---------/10S====||
|----------------|----------------|-----------------||
Verse
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||o-3h5-5-5-5-5-6p5-5-5-5-5-|
||--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------o||-----------4-5-4----------|
|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-6-5-3-5-6-------6-5-3-5--|
|--------------------------||--------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|---4-5-7-5-4-------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-6-----------6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5\---|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-1--3--4--1--3--4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-3h5-5-5-5-5-6p5-5-5-5-5-|-3h5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-----|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
Q. E E E E E E Q. H. H. W. +W.
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|-5-------3-------|-2-------------|-(2)----||
|-----------------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
Pre-Chorus
Q=112
4/4
S S E E S S H S S E E S S H S S E E S S H S S E E S S H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2-2-----2-2------|-2-2-----2-2------|-5-5-----5-5------|-5-5-----5-5------|
Q.=155
$$
12/8
S S E E S S H a W E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|------------|-------5-7-5--------------||
|------------------|------------|---4-7-------8-7-5-4------||
|-3-3-----3-3------|-3s5--------|-5-------------------6-5--||
Chorus
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5----5-5-5-5-5-5------|-------------------------|
||-------------------1----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2----2-2-2-5-4-2------|-------------------4-4-4-|
|------------------4----|-4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-------|
To Coda
To Coda
W. +W. W. H. H.
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|----------------|-1-------------|-3-------4-----o||
|-3-------------|-(3)------------|---------------|----------------||
Riff
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-----------6-----------|-7-----------3---3---3----||
||o---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-|---4-4-4-4-4---4---4---4-o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
1. 2.
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
||--3-----------5-----------|-6-----------2---2---2----||-6-----------------||
||o---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-o||---3-3-3-3-3-3-----||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||-------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------||
&
W. +W.
|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|
|-5-------------|-(5)------------|
|---------------|----------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/secrets_btab.html ]
Lead Section
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|----------------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------------|
||o------------------------|----------------------------|
||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-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 E H. H.
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-5-------4-----|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---------------|
H. H. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------|-------------3-----------o||
|-2---------------|------------------------|-------2-4-5---5-4-2-----o||
|---------1-------|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-4-5---------------5-4--||
Solos
Q E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||o------------------------|
||--4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E H. H. H. H.
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|-7-------6-------|-4-------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|---------3-----|
1.
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-----------o||
|-------------------------|-------4-6-7---7-6-4-----o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-6-7---------------7-6--||
2.
H. H. H. H. W. +W.
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------||
|-----------------|-2-------4-------|---------------|--------||
|-4-------6-------|-----------------|-6-------------|-(6)----||
Interlude
Q=112
4/4
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------||
|-6--------|-4--------|----------|----------||
|----------|----------|-7--------|-6--------||
W W H H H H
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|-----------|-----------||
|----------|----------|------3----|-4---------||
|-7--------|-5--------|-4---------|------1----||
Bridge
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
W +W W +W W a W
|----------|------------|----------|------------||----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||----------|--------||
|----------|------------|----------|------------||----------|--------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-5--------|-(5)--------||-3--------|-3s5----||
Outro
Q=112
&&
E S S E S S E S S S E S +S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------2-2-|-(2)---------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|-----1-1-1-1-1-3s4-1-1-3s4-3s4-|
E S S E S S E S S S E S +S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------2-2-|-(2)---------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|-----1-1-1-1-1-3s4-1-1-3s4-3s4-|
E S S E S S E S S S E S +S S E E S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------1-1-|-(1)---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----0-0-0-0-0-2s3-0-0-2s3-2s3-|
E S S E S S E S S S E S +S S E E S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------1-1-|-(1)---------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|-----0-0-0-0-0-2s3-0-0-2s3-2s3--||
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
