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The Witching Hour

Symphony X
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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------------------------------|

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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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