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Seven Secrets of the Sphinx

Therion
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SEVEN SECRETS OF THE SPHINX

As recorded by Therion

(From the 2000 Album DEGGIAL)

Transcribed by Carlos Acosta (Geeko)

Words and Music by Therion

E5

x 7 9 x x x

F5

x 8 10 x x x

D5

x 5 7 x x x

A5/E

x 7 7 x x x

Bb5/F

x 8 8 x x x

G5/D

x 5 5 x x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Oboe'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Sitar'

Q=100

$

E5/BF5E5D5E5/B

3/4 4/4

Gtr I

PM| PM PM| PM

H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x

|---------|-----------------||-------------------||
|---------|-----------------||o-----------------o||
|---------|-----------------||-------------------||
|---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||------2---3-2-0-2--||
|---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||o-----2---3-2-0-2-o||
|---------|-0-0---0---------||--0-0---0----------||

A5/E Bb5A5/E G5A5/E

PM| PM PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--||
||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--||
||o--0-0----0-------------|--0-0----0-------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||

|

| Gtr III

| E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.

||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-10-9------------------|-10-9------------------o||
||-------10-9-10-6tr7-----|------10-9-10-6tr7------||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||

E5/BF5E5D5E5/B

PM| PM PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-|
|-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-|
|-0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-12---------------|
|-9---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|

E5/BF5E5D5E5/B

Gtr I

PM| PM PM| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---|
|------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---|
|--0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------------|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|------------------|------------------------|
|-11---------------|------------------------|
|------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W H Q S S S S

|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------------12-10-9-9-|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|

N.C.

4/4

Gtr I

PM-------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|

1.,2.,3. 4.

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

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||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------3-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0---|

|

| 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||-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------12-10-9-9--||-----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|

N.C.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|

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

|

| Gtr IV

| W

|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0-|

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

|

| W

|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|

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

|

| W

|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p=0-10p0-|

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

|

| W

|------------------------------------------|
|-^5---------------------------------------|
|-^4---------------------------------------|
|-^2---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

| H Q S S S S

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-10--9-9-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

PM-------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|

1.,2.,3. 4.

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

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||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------3---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|

| 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||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------12-10-9-9--||---------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|

Gtr I

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|

||o-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|

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

|

| Gtr IV

| W

||------------------------------------------|
||o-^5--------------------------------------|
||--^4--------------------------------------|
||--^2--------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|

D.S.

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||

|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0--o||

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

|

| W

|-------------------------------------------||
|-^5---------------------------------------o||
|-^4----------------------------------------||
|-^2----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||

N.C.

Gtrs I, II

          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 E

|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------|
|---------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-|

N.C.

Gtr I

            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 E 3x

||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------||
||--8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8------------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
||----------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||

|

| Gtr II

|           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 E 3x

||----------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------||
||--8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-8------------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
||----------0-0-0-0-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||

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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