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THORNS OF SORROW
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1994 Album SYMPHONY X)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Miller, Pinnella, Tyler and Rullo
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=136
E5F#5 Em Gm
4/4 3/4
Gtr I
PM----| ~ PM----| ~
S S E E E E E Q q H q H E E E E Q q H q H
|------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------|
|------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------|
|------------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------|
|-2-4---2-1-2-4-5--|-2-------|-4-------||------------|---------|---------|
|-2-4--------------|---------|---------||------------|---------|---------|
|-0-2--------------|---------|---------||-3-2-3-5-6--|-3-------|-5-------|
Dm
~~~ PM----| ~
H Q E E E E Q q H q H
|-----------||------------|---------|---------||
|-----------||------------|---------|---------||
|-----------||------------|---------|---------||
|-----------||------------|---------|---------||
|-[1]-------||-5-4-5-7-8--|-5-------|-7-------||
|-----------||------------|---------|---------||
Fm Ab5
4/4
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H Q W +H. Q
|---------|----------|---------------||
|---------|----------|---------------||
|---------|----------|---------------||
|-3----5--|-6--------|-(6)------6\---||
|---------|----------|----------6\---||
|---------|----------|---------------||
Riff
BbA5BbA5
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6--------------|
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BbA5BbA5
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------|
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
BbA5BbA5
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6-------------|
||------7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5-------|
||o-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5-|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
BbA5BbA5
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6------------||
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse 1
Em
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 8x
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||o----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------||------------------------------------||
|-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------||------------------------------------||
|-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------||o----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------8-7-5-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
C#5 B5 A5 A5 A5
3/4
H. H. H. H. +H.
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------||
||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----||
||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----||
||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----||
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
Chorus
Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 Gm/D Gm/BbC5 F5 G5AbG5GbF5
4/4
PM----------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-----------------|
|----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|-----------------|
|-0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-|
|------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3-|
|--------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1-|
Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 D5 Bb5 Bb5
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E H. Q +W
|--------------|----------------|------------|--------||
|--------------|----------------|-3----------|--------||
|----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)----||
|-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)----||
|------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)----||
|--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|--------||
Riff
BbA5BbA5
PM--------|
|-3-|
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 S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------6h7p6--------------|
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-----7-----8-----------8-7-5--------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-0-0---0-0---0-0-------------8-7-5--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BbA5BbA5
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------|
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM----------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------6---7-6-9-7-6-------------|
|-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-------|
|---------------------------8-7-5-|
Verse 2
Em E5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 7x q Q H
||-----------------------------------||------------||
||o---------------------------------o||------------||
||-----------------------------------||------------||
||-----------------------------------||-2----------||
||o---------------------------------o||-2----------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0----------||
Pre-Chorus
1. 2.
C#5 B5 A5 A5 A5
3/4
H. H. H. H. +H.
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
||o---------|---------|---------o||---------|--------||
||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----||
||--6-------|-4-------|-2--------||-2-------|-(2)----||
||o-4-------|-2-------|-0-------o||-0-------|-(0)----||
||----------|---------|----------||---------|--------||
Chorus
$
Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 Gm/D Gm/BbC5 F5 G5AbG5GbF5
4/4
PM----------|
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E Q E Q E Q E E E E E E E E
||---------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------|
||-----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|----0----0-5--|------------------|
||--0------------|----------------|-0---------5--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--|
||o------1----3--|---2------------|------1----3--|---3-3-5-6-5-4-3--|
||---------------|--------1---4-3-|--------------|---1-1-3-4-3-2-1--|
To Coda
Gm/D Gm/BbC5 G/B Fmadd9 D5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5
Q E Q E Q E Q E E E E E H. Q +W +W
|--------------|----------------|------------|-------------||---------||
|--------------|----------------|-3----------|------------o||---------||
|----0----0----|-0----0---0-----|-2-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----||
|-0------------|----------------|-0-------3--|-(3)---------||-(3)-----||
|------1----3--|---2------------|---------1--|-(1)--------o||-(1)-----||
|--------------|--------1---4-3-|------------|-------------||---------||
Interlude
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|-6--------|-4--------|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-7--------|-6--------|
C#5
W W W +H +H
|----------|----------|----------|----------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------||
|----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----||
|----------|----------|-6--------|-(6)----(6)\----||
|----------|----------|-4--------|-(4)----(4)\----||
|-4--------|-4--------|----------|----------------||
Guitar Solo 1
F
Gtr II
~~~~~ ~~~~~
Q. S S E +S S S S E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-15b18-----------11-14-13b14r==(13)p11-10h11-10---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM-----------------------------------------------
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--1----1-1-1-1-1--1--1--1----1---1---1--1--1--1-1-|
F
~~~~~~
|-----------5-----------|
+E S S S S S S S S T T T T S S S +S +S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(10)------10----10----10----10------------------------------------------|
|--------11----10---------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------13----11----10h11p10----10---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------13----13---12---(12)b13r==(12)--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-----1-----1----1----1---------1-------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/symphony-x/113530.html ]
F
T T T T T T T
|-------5-------| |----------7----------| |----------7----------| |----------7----------|
+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
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------8h==11h14p==11p8---------------------8h11h==14p11p8---------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(12)-9---8---9h==12-15--------------------15p12p9h==12-15--------------------15p12p==9h12h==15-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---1----1---1---1-----1---1-------1------1-----1---1-------1------1-----1---1-------1------1----|
F
T T T T T T T
|--------7---------| |---------7----------| |--------7---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T E..
|-------------------------------------------------------17p14p11-------------------||
|-10h13h16p13p10---------------10h13h==16p13p10------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------17p14p=11\------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------15p==9h12h=15------------------15p12-9----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--1----------------2---(2)----------5-----------6---------------5----(5)------2---||
Keyboard Solo 1
F F
W W
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
F F
|--3--|
W H.. S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------11-13--||
|---------------------------------|----------------------/14--------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E E. S +E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1---2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)---2--------||
Guitar Solo 2
F
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-14-13-11----13-11-------11----------------11-13-|
|----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14----------------14-------14-13----14-13-11-13-14-------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
F
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-14-13-11----13-11-------11---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14-------14-13----14-13-11-14-13-11-10-13-11-10----11-10-------10---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------13-------13-11----13-11-10-13-11-10-8-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---|
F
~~~~~~~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T E +Q +E E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-10-8----10-8-------8----------------------------------|
|---------11------11-10---11-10-8-7---(7)-------(7)\-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--1----1-----1----1----1-----1---1-1--1--1-1-1--1---1-1-1-|
F
E. S +E E E. S +E E
|------------------------||
|---------------7-(7)-4--||
|-2--3-(3)-5-6-----------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2--||
Keyboard Solo 2
F F
Q Q H W
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-[6]\-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| 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
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
F
W
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
D.S. al Coda
F Gb AmBbmAm Gb F Gb AmBbm
~~~~
E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E Q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-2--3-(3)-5-6--5-(5)-3-|-2--3-(3)-5-[6]\------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E q Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-1--2-(2)-5-6--5-(5)-2-|-1--2-(2)-5--6--------||
Outro
&
BbA5BbA5
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 S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------6---7-6-9-7-6-----------|
|-----7-----8-----5h7-----8s7-8s7-|-7-5-8-7---8-----------8-7-5-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-----0-0-8s7-8s7-|-----------------------------8-7-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D5 E5 A5 A5 A5
Q. E Q. E W +W +W
|----------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|----------------|----------|------------|--------*|
|-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-7\------9\-----|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-5\------7\-----|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|---------7\-----|----------|------------|--------*|
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
