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The Haunting

Symphony X
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This is the Haunting by Symphony X, I am not sure how many of you guys

are into this music, but I don't care, it kicks ass:)

I did not transcribe the solos, I just do not have the patience right

now, maybe sometime:)

Also this is my first version, so there are probably some mistakes,

hopefully not many... if the format comes out weird, I apologize,

hotmail does not have a very intelligent text editor.. well anyway

here it is...

SYMPHONY X - The Haunting

From the Album THE DAMNATION GAME

Copyright 1995 Inside Out Music

Version 1.0a - August 1997

Transcribed by: David Hatfield

For Questions, Comments, Corrections, or Newest Version contact me at

d32hatfield@hotmail.com

Check Out 's Home Page, With More Transcriptions And Tabs On

It:

. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

" - tremelo note () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: D(in otherwords, all strings down 2.5 steps)

Opening

Repeat 4X

|-------------------------9---|
|10--9-------------10--9------|
|-------10--11--7------------9| GTR I
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Repeat 2X w/ GTR II

|-------------------------11--|
|12--11------------12--11-----|
|-------12--13--9-----------11| GTR I
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| GTR II
|6----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|4----------------------------|

Repeat 2X w/ GTR II

|-------------------11--------|
|12--11-----------------------|
|--------12--13--8------------| GTR I
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|

|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| GTR II
|6------4-------3-------2-----|6-------4-------3-------2----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------2----|
|-----------------------------|------------------------0----|

Run, without keyboard counterpart

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|8-9-8-6---------------------------------------------------2-4-5-| GTR I
|--------9-8-6-5-----------------------------2-4-5-4-2-4-5-------|
|----------------6-7-6-4---------------2-4-5---------------------|
|------------------------7-6-4-3-3-4-6---------------------------|

Riff A w/keyboard solo(I wrote the riff twice because in the second

measure

the rythm changes going into the hammer-on

pull-off)

Repeat 6X

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------| GTR I
|-----------------|-----------------|
|9-X-10-X-9-6h7p6-|9-X-10-X-9-6h7p6-|
|7-X-8--X-7-------|7-X-8--X-7-------|

^

would be played as a 16th note instead

of a eigth as the other none percusion

base notes with the added fith. (in other

words a power chord:)

Riff B w/guitar solo Repeat 8 times

|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------| GTR I
|-------------------|-------------------|

|11-X-12-X-11-6h7p6-|11-X-12-X-11-6h7p6-|

|9--X-10-X-9--------|9--X-10-X-9--------|

^

would be played as a 16th note instead

of a eigth as the other none percusion

base notes with the added fith. (in

other

words a power chord:)

|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------6-------| GTR I
|--------------------------------|----------------4------6-------|
|9-------7-------6-------5-------|9-------7-------2------4-------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

Riff C Repeat Twice

_______________________________

|(1) |

|-----------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------|-5-------5-------5-------5-5-|
|-----------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-6-| GTR I
|-----------------------|-6-------6-------6-------6-6-|
|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-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

________________________________

|(2) -- |

                        |-------------------------------|
                        |-------------------------------|
                        |--------8/9-8-----8-6-----6-5--| GTR I
                        |----4/6------9-7/9---8-6/7---6-|
                        |4/6-----------9-------6-------8|
                        |-------------------------------|

Riff D

__________________________________________

| (1) |

|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|6---9-----------|-----------------------------------------| GTR I
|4---7-----------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------6--3--5--|9-----------7-----------5----------------|
|-------4--1--3--|7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-ph2~-|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

__________________________________________

| (2) |

                 |-----------------------------------------|
                 |-----------------------------------------|
                 |------------------------------------ph3~-| GTR I
                 |7-----------5-----------3----------------|
                 |5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-1-1------|
                 |-----------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

GTR I

|----------------------------------------------------0h2------------|
|2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|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----------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

GTR I

|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|2-----------------------------------------------4---6------------\4|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2---4--------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Riff C

Riff D

Riff E Repeat 8X

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------| GTR I
|------------------------|
|2-2---2-2---2-2---2-2---|
|0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---|

. . . . . . . .

Riff F w/Solo

I tried to place the notes as close to a rhythm as possible.

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------5-----------| GTR I
|8---8-9---7--6---6-7---5--4---4-------5-----5--------|
|6---6-7---5--4---4-5---3--2---2-3--6-----------6--3--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|\-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--4/---|
|\-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--2/---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------|--------------------7\---|
|/-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5\---|
|/-3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3-------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|\-6---6-6--6--6-6-6--6-6-6-|-6---6-6--6--6-6-6--4/---|
|\-4---4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-4---4-4--4--4-4-4--2/---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|/-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5|
|/-3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|\-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--4/---|
|\-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-|-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--2/---|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------|--------------------2----|
|/-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--0----|
|/-3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3-------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|--4---4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2|
|--2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2|
|--3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-|-0---0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------| GTR I
|-9---9-9--9--9-9-9--9-9-9|
|-7---7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7|
|-0-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|--7---7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-|-5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5|
|--5---5-5--5--5-5-5--5-5-5-|-3---3-3--3--3-3-3--3-3-3|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|--4---4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4-|--4--4-4--4--4-4-4--4-4-4|
|--2---2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-|0-2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2-2-2|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------| GTR I
|3---4-----------6---7------|10-----------------------|
|1---2-----------4---5------|8------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|

Riff D 2X

Then fade out with Riff E

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