Symphony X - The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

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THE WITCHING HOUR
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
	

Words by Allen, Romeo Music by Romeo, Pinnella

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Harmony A'
Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Harmony B'

 Intro
  Q=140
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtrs I, III
  Q.   S  S S S  S S S  S S S    Q  S S  S S S  S S  S S S  S S
|--------------------7----9-7-|-10--9-7------------------7------|
|-7----7----9-7-10-9---10-----|---------10-9-7----7-10-9------9-|
|--------10-------------------|----------------10----------10---|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|


  |----6----|
  S S S S S S e S  S S S  S S S  S S S    Q  S S  S S S  S S  S S S  S S
|-----------------------------7----9-7-|-10--9-7------------------7------||
|-7h9p7h9p7p6-7-7----9-7-10-9---10-----|---------10-9-7----7-10-9------9-||
|-----------------10-------------------|----------------10----------10---||
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------||


    |-3-|                   |-3-|
  E S S S e  e Q  Q    +E   S S S e e Q   Q
|--------------------|--------------7--------|
|-7-9p7p6-7-10-8--9--|-(9)-10p9p7-9---9--10--|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


   +E    E  E  E  Q   Q     +E   E  S  S  S  S  Q   Q
|----------14-12---------|------14-12--------------------|
|-(10)-/14-------14--15--|-(15)-------15-14-12-13--14----|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|


  F#m               Bm
 6/4
  S S S  S S  S S S S S S S S  S S S q  q
|---------------------------7-10-9-7-9-----|
|----------7-10-9-7-------7----------------|
|-------------------7---7---------------6--|
|-7---7-11------------9--------------------|
|---9--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


                                            ~
  S  S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-7-10-9-7--------------------------------------||
|----------9-7-6-5-6-10-8-6---------------------||
|---------------------------9-7-6-----7-6-------||
|---------------------------------8-9-----9-8---||
|-----------------------------------------------||


  F#m                               F#m
 4/4
  Gtr I
  PM|       PM------|       PM--------|       PM------|       PM--|
  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
|-----5-4-------------5-4---------|-----5-4-------------5-4---------|
|---------7---------------7-------|---------7---------------7-------|
|-----------6-4-6-----------6-4-6-|-----------6-4-6-----------6-4-6-|
|-4-7-------------4-7-------------|-4-7-------------4-7-------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Bbm
  PM|          PM-------|          PM------
  S  S S S  S  S S  S S  S S S  S  S S  S
|------9-8-----------------9-8------------|
|----------11------------------11---------|
|-------------10-8-10-------------10-8-10-|
|-8-11----------------8-11----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  Bbm
 ---|          PM-------|          PM--|
  S  S S S  S  S S  S S  S S S  S  S S  S
|------9-8-----------------9-8------------|
|----------11------------------11---------|
|-------------10-8-10-------------10-8-10-|
|-8-11----------------8-11----------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|


  Gm                                Gm
  PM|       PM------|       PM--------|       PM------|     ~
  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 Q
|-----6-5-------------6-5---------|-----6-5-------------6-5----||
|---------8---------------8-------|---------8---------------8--||
|-----------7-5-7-----------7-5-7-|-----------7-5-7------------||
|-5-8-------------5-8-------------|-5-8-------------5-8--------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||


    F#5   D5     B5  E#5 F#5   D5     B5  E#5
    Gtr I
    PM--|        PM----------|        PM-----
    E E E E +E   E E E   E E E E +E   E E E
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||--------7-(7)\-4-4---|-------7-(7)\-4-4---|
||o-4-4-4-5-(5)\-2-2-3-|-4-4-4-5-(5)\-2-2-3-|
||--2-2-2-5-(5)\-----1-|-2-2-2-5-(5)\-----1-|


  F#5   D5     B5  E#5 F#5   D5     B5  E#5
 -----|        PM----------|        PM--|
  E E E E +E   E E E   E E E E +E   E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-------7-(7)\-4-4---|-------7-(7)\-4-4----||
|-4-4-4-5-(5)\-2-2-3-|-4-4-4-5-(5)\-2-2-3-o||
|-2-2-2-5-(5)\-----1-|-2-2-2-5-(5)\-----1--||


   Verse 1
    N.C.
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    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---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
  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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|


  1.
                       C5                A#5
               6/4
         ~
  Q  E E H      Q  E E S E S E S S S S E E E
|-------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------|------------------------------o||
|-------------|-------------------------------||
|-7--6-4-3----|-5--4-2-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-3-3--||
|-------------|--------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-1-1-o||
|-------------|-------------------------------||


  2.
 4/4
         ~
  Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------||
|-6--4--------|-4-------------|-------------||
|------7-6----|----7-5-4------|----7--7--6--||
|-------------|-----------5-7-|-8-----------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------||


 Chorus
  $
  $$
  D5        E5D5         G#5 A5        G5F5        B5
    PM----|      PM----|       PM----|     PM----|
  E S S S S E  E S S S S E   E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-7---------9-10-----------|-----------------------4-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-7--8-8-8-8-8-6-|-7---------5-3---------2-|
|------------------------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-3-1-1-1-1-1---|


  C5        B5Ab5       D5  Eb5           F5             Gb5
                           6/4
    PM----|     PM----|       PM--------|    PM--------|    PM--------|
  E S S S S E E S S S S E   E S S S S S S  E S S S S S S  E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-5---------4-----------7-|-8-------------10-------------11-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-2-6---------5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-------------4-4-4-4-4---|---------------------------------------------|


                           To Coda
                           To Coda
  Ab5                             Ab5
 4/4
    PM------------------------|
  E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   W
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-------------------------------|------||
|-6-----------------------------|-6----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4----||


 Bridge
  Cm                                Cm
  PM|       PM------|       PM--------|       PM------|     ~
  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 Q
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-----4-3-------------4-3---------|-----4-3-------------4-3----||
|---------5---------------5-------|---------5---------------5--||
|-----------5-3-5-----------5-3-5-|-----------5-3-5------------||
|-3-6-------------3-6-------------|-3-6-------------3-6--------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------||


  A5    F5       D5  G#5 A5    F5       D5  G#5
  PM--|          PM----------|          PM-----
  E E E  E  +E   E E E   E E E  E  +E   E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|
|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|
|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|


  A5    F5       D5  G#5 A5    F5       D5  G#5
 -----|          PM----------|          PM--|
  E E E  E  +E   E E E   E E E  E  +E   E E E
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|-------10-(10)\-7-7---||
|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-||
|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-||


   Verse 2
    N.C.
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    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---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||


                       C5                D5
               6/4
         ~
  Q  E E H      Q  E E S E S E S S S S E E E
|-------------|------------------------------||
|-------------|------------------------------||
|-------------|------------------------------||
|-7--6-4-3----|-5--4-2-5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-7-7-||
|-------------|--------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-5-5-||
|-------------|------------------------------||


   4/4
    PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
    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-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||


                                           D.S. al Coda
         ~
  Q  E E H      Q  E E Q  E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------||
|-5--3--------|-3-------------|-------------|----3--3--2--||
|------5-4----|----5-3-2------|----5--5--4--|-2-----------||
|-------------|-----------3-5-|-6-----------|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|---------------|-------------|-------------||


   Riff
    &
    A5C5 F5 E5D#E5  A5C5 F5 E5D#E5  A5C5 F5 E5D#E5  A5C5 F5 E5D#E5
   3/4
    PM|             PM|             PM|             PM|
    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---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
||-------10-9-8-9-|------10-9-8-9-|------10-9-8-9-|------10-9-8-9-|
||o-7-10--8-7-6-7-|-7-10--8-7-6-7-|-7-10--8-7-6-7-|-7-10--8-7-6-7-|
||--5--8--8-7-6-7-|-5--8--8-7-6-7-|-5--8--8-7-6-7-|-5--8--8-7-6-7-|


  AbCbFbEbD5Eb5 AbCbFbEbD5Eb5 AbCbFbEbD5Eb5 AbCbFbEbD5Eb5
  PM--------------------------------------------------|
  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||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||
|-----9-8-7-8-|-----9-8-7-8-|-----9-8-7-8-|-----9-8-7-8--||
|-6-9-7-6-5-6-|-6-9-7-6-5-6-|-6-9-7-6-5-6-|-6-9-7-6-5-6-o||
|-4-7-7-6-5-6-|-4-7-7-6-5-6-|-4-7-7-6-5-6-|-4-7-7-6-5-6--||


 Guitar Solo
  E5                     F5   E5
 4/4
  Gtr II
   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   W                           +H.                   E        +S   S
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-15b17=====================|=(15)r-----------------15pb17r==(15)-12-|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  PM------------------|        PM--------------------------------|
|  S     e S e S S S S e Q      S   e S e S S S S e  S     S   S   S
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------2---3-|
|--2-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3--|---2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2--2-----5---------|
|--0-----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0------------------|


  E5                                        F5
   E        +S   S  E      +S   S  Q         E      +S   S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-15pb17r==(15)-12-15pb17r(15)-12-15b17-----15pb17r(15)-12-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM-------------------------------------|
|  S     e       S  e       S   S  S    S e  Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-------2--2-------2---2-------2-2--3-------------|
|--0-----0-------0--0-------0---0-------0-0--1-------------|


  E5              Bb5
 3/4
   ~~~~~
   H.
|--------------------|
|-15b17--------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|
|  PM-----------|
|  S    e S e S S Q
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|--------------------|
|-----------------3--|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2-1--|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0----|


  E5                    F5
 4/4
   ~~~~~
   H..                     S  S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-16b19-------------------14h16-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
|  PM-----------------|
|  S    e S e S S S S e Q
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--2----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3-------|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1-------|


  E5
   ~~~~~                  ~~~
               |---3---|              |---3---|
   Q.          S  S    S  Q.          S  S    S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-16b17-------14h16p==14-13----------10h13p==10-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM--------------------------------------|
|  S    e S e  S    S     S  S e S S  S    S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------2----3----|
|--2----2-2-2--2----2--------2-2-2-5------------|
|--0----0-0-0--0----0--------0-0----------------|


  E5                 F5   E5               Bb5
                         3/4
  ~~           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  Q.       S S H          +Q      +H
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-9--------5h7-4--------|-(4)-----(4)\--------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM---------------|       PM------------|
| S  e S e S S S S e Q     S  e S  e   S S Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------3--|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3--|--2--2-2--2---2-2-1--|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1--|--0--0-0--0---0-0----|


  E5                                                             F5
 4/4
   T      T              T     T         T               T     T      T       T
   |----------------11:8-----------------|  |--------------11:8---------------|
   S S    S S  S    S    S  S  S    S    S  S  S    S    S  S  S   S  S S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p9------------------12p10h13p==10--------------10h==13p10h12p==9------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------14p9h10h==15-------------------15p10h15---------------------14p9h10h15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM-------------------------------------------------|
|  S   e         S    e          S    S     S    S    e          Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2---------2----2----------2----2----------2----2----------3--------------|
|--0---0---------0----0----------0----0----------0----0----------1--------------|


  E5
   T       T     T         T     T         T    T        T              T
   |-----------------11:8------------------| |--------------11:8----------------|
   S  S    S  S  S    S    S  S  S    S    S S  S   S    S S S   S   S  S   S   S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12p10h==13p10--------------10h13p==10h==12p9---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------15p==10h==15-------------------14p==9--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------12p8p7p==5h==7h11p==8p==5----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  S    e          S    e          S    S    S    S   e        S   S      S   S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------2---3------|
|--2----2----------2----2----------2----2---------2---2--------2---5-----------------|
|--0----0----------0----0----------0----0---------0---0------------------------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/symphony_x/the_witching_hour_tab_ver_2.html ]
  E5                                                  F5
             T                    T                            T
  |-------------11:8--------------|  |-----------11:8-------------|
  S S   S S  S   S   S S S   S    S  S S   S    S S S   S S S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------7h9h16p13-|
|--------------------------------15p10p9p==7h==10p9p7h==9-----------|
|-7p5h==7h8h11p==8p==7p5h7h==8--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------|
| S   e        S   e       S   S     S   S   e        Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2--------2---2-------2---2---------2---2--------3-------------|
|-0---0--------0---0-------0---0---------0---0--------1-------------|


  E5                                         Bb5
 3/4
   T      T           T          T         T           ~~~~~~~
   |-----------------11:8------------------|  |-----6------|
   S S    S  S  S     S    S  S  S    S    S  S  S  S  S  +E
|-------------------/19p==16p12h19p==16h==19p16p12------------|
|--------18p12p10---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------16p13-(13)-|
|-14p9--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM-----------------------------------|
|  S   e          S     e          S    S     Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------3---------------|
|--2---2----------2-----2----------2----2-----1---------------|
|--0---0----------0-----0----------0----0---------------------|


  E5                    F5        E5
 4/4
    ~~~~~                                   ~~~~~
   +H..                    E       +Q       H.
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------21b24-|-(21)-----21b24-------------------|
|-(13)--------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|   PM----------------|             PM---------------------------|
|   S   e S e S S S S e Q           S  e S  e    S S S S e S S S S
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------2-3-|
|---2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3-------|---2--2-2--2----2-2---2-2-2-5-----|
|---0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-1-------|---0--0-0--0----0-0---0-0---------|


  E5                                              F5
   \2/                     \2/                    \2/
   |-----6-----|  |--3--|  |------6------| |-3--| |--6---|
   Q      S    S  S  S  S  Q        S    S S  S S Q    S S
|-16----------------------12----------------------8--------|
|--------17p==15-------------------12p==10p9----------10p9-|
|----------------16p14p13--------------------10p9----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM--------------------------------------|
|  S   e    S     e        S   S S    S    e      Q
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2----2-----2--------2---2------2----2------3--------|
|--0---0----0-----0--------0---0------0----0------1--------|


  E5                           Bb5
 3/4
           \2/
   |--3--| |----6----| |--3--| |----6----|
   S S   S Q       S S S S   S S S S S S S
|----------7-------------------------------||
|------------------6p5p3h6p==5p3-----------||
|-10p9p==7-----------------------5p4h5p4p2-||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|
|  PM----------------------|
|  S   e       S e     S   S   Q
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------3-----------||
|--2---2-------2-2-----2---2---1-----------||
|--0---0-------0-0-----0---0---------------||


 Keyboard Solo
 4/4
   ~~~
   W                                    W                                 3x
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|-[1]-------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|
|  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   3x
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|--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---||


 Melody
  B5           G5       E5 A#5  B5      G5          E5    A#5
  Q.      S  S   E    E  E  E    Q.      S  S   E    E  E  E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------18-|
|--------------------------11-|-12------14-15--17---15-14----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9------11-12--14---12-11----|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM---|              PM--------------|              PM-------
| E  E E  E     +E    E  E  E    E  E E  E     +E    E  E  E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------12----(12)\--9--9----|---------12----(12)\--9--9----|
|-9--9-9-10----(10)\--7--7--8-|--9--9-9-10----(10)\--7--7--8-|
|-7--7-7-10----(10)\--7--7--6-|--7--7-7-10----(10)\--7--7--6-|


  B5     G5       E5      A#5       B5        G5       E5  A#5
                                     ~~~~~
   H         +E    Q       +S   S    H..                    +E
|-19--------(19)--21b22r==(21)p19-|-21b22------------------(21)\-|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
|------|           PM-----------------------|          PM--|
|  E E E  E  +E    E    E   E        E    E E  E  +E   E E   E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------12-(12)\--9----9---------|-----------12-(12)\-9-9-------|
|--9-9-9-10-(10)\--7----7---8-----|--9----9-9-10-(10)\-7-7---8---|
|--7-7-7-10-(10)\--7----7---6-----|--7----7-7-10-(10)\-7-7---6---|


  Dm
   S  S  S  S  E     S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-17-13-------------------------------------------|
|-------15----15\---10----------------------10----|
|----------14----------10----------10-12-10----10-|
|-------------------------12-11-12----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
|  PM----------------------------------------------
|  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|


                                         ~~
   S  S  S  S  E    S  S  E    S S  E    E
|---------------------------------------22---|
|-11-11-10----10-----------------------------|
|----------12------12-10-12---10-9-10--------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|------------------------------------------|
|  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S S  S S  S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-|
|--------------------------------------------|


    ~~~~
   +E     E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|-(22)---22---17-22----22----22----22----22------|
|-------------------18---------------------------|
|-------------------------19----17---------------|
|-------------------------------------20----19---|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
|   PM--------------------------------------------
|   S  S  S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---5--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-|
|------------------------------------------------|


                                    PM---------------------------|  ~~
   |--------6---------|  |--------6---------|  |--------6--------|
   S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S    S  S  S   S  Q
|-18-17---15------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------18-17---15-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------15-14---12--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------15-14---12---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------13-12---10----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------13-12---9-10---------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|  S    S     S    S     S    S     S    S     S    S     S    S    S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--5----5-----5----5-----5----5-----5----5-----5----5-----5----5----5-5-5-5---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


    |-3-|                     |-3-|
  E S S S e  e Q   Q     +E   S S S e e Q    Q
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------8----------|
|-7-9p7p6-7-10-8---9---|-(9)-10p9p7-9---9---10---|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------
| E E     E  E E E E E    E   E     E E E E  E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-5-5-----5--5---------|--4---4-----4-4-5-5--5-5-|
|----------------------|-------------------------|


                            2/4
                              |--3--|
   +E    E  E  E  Q    Q      q  q  q
|--------------------------|----------|
|----------15-13-----------|----------|
|-(10)-/14-------14---15---|-15-15-14-|
|--------------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|----------|
|
|------------------------|
|                             |--3--|
|   E    E  E  E  E E  E E    q  q  q
|--------------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|----------|
|--------------------------|----------|
|---5----5--5--5-----------|----------|
|-----------------3-3--3-3-|--6--6--5-|


 4/4
  Gtr IV
   T           T        T        T     T           T        T        T
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------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
|-----------------7h10h13p10p=7----------------------10h13h16p13p10-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13p10p=7h10h13----------------13p10h16p13p10h13h16----------------16p13h|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
|  T           T        T        T     T           T        T        T
|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------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
|----------------10h13h16p13p10----------------------13h16h19p16p13-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16p13p10h13h16----------------16p13h19p16p13h16h19----------------19p16h|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
|  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  W
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|


    T            T        T        T        T        T        T        T
    |-------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------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
|------------------13h16h19p16p13-------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--19p=16p13h16h19----------------19p16p13h19p16p13-------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------20p17p14h20p17p14-------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------16p13-||
|
|   T            T        T        T        T        T        T        T
|   |-------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------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
|------------------16h19h22p19p16-------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--22p=19p16h19h22----------------22p19p16h22p19p16-------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------23p20p17h23p20p17-------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------19p16-||
|
|~~~~~~
|  +W
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(13)----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--(4)----------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Riff
  A5     F5       D5  G#5 A5    F5       D5  G#5
  Gtr IV
   ~~
   W                      W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-12--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr V
|  ~~
|  W                      W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-17--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  PM--|          PM----------|          PM-----
|  E E E  E  +E   E E E   E E E  E  +E   E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--------10-(10)\-7-7---|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|
|--7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|
|--5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|


  A5    F5       D5  G#5 A5    F5       D5  G#5
  W                      W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| W                      W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
|-----|          PM----------|          PM--|
| E E E  E  +E   E E E   E E E  E  +E   E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|-------10-(10)\-7-7---|
|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|-7-7-7--8--(8)\-5-5-6-|
|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|-5-5-5--8--(8)\-5-5-4-|


                                                   D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
    A5                A5                A5                A5
  Gtr I
  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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-|---9---9---9---9-||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||
|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|---7---7---7---7-||
|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-|---5---5---5---5-||


 Out-Chorus
  &&
  C#5       D#E5        G5  G#5       F#5         A#5
    PM----|     PM----|       PM----|     PM----|
  E S S S S E E S S S S E   E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6---------8-9-----------|-----------------------3-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-7-7-7-7-5-|-6---------4-2---------1-|
|-----------------------3-|-4-4-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-0-0---|


  B5        A#G5        C#5 D5            E5            F5
                           6/4
    PM----|     PM----|       PM--------|   PM--------|    PM--------|
  E S S S S E E S S S S E   E S S S S S S E S S S S S S  E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-4---------3-----------6-|-7-------------9-------------10-------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-1-5---------4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------3-3-3-3-3---|--------------------------------------------|


  G5
 4/4
    PM----------------------------------------------------------|
  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-----------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||


 Outro
  H.=H                Q=80
  C5 F#5C5 F#5G5 Db5  C5
 6/4
  q  q  q  q  q  q    W.
|-------------------|-------*|
|-------------------|-------*|
|-------------------|-------*|
|-5-----5--------6--|-5-----*|
|-3--4--3--4--5--4--|-3-----*|
|----2-----2--3-----|-------*|



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

Symphony X - The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

The Witching Hour Chords & Tabs

Symphony X Chords & Tabs

The Witching Hour Tab