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Symphony X - A Winters Dream Part 2 tab

SYMPHONY X : A winter's dream
---------------------------------
(From The album Damnation Game)



Transcribed by Arnaud "Reckless Fable"
Tabbed by David "Johann M."
E-mail : reckless@caramail.com 


Tablature explanation :
------------------------
        \ / : slide
          h : hammer
          p : pull-off
          b : bend
         br : bend and release
          ~ : vibrato
         pm : palm muting
        a.h : artificial harmonic


Tune down 1 step : D G C F A D

The ascension (part II)


|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------5------------------------------|
|-------------5-6---8-------------------5-6---8------|
|---------7-8-----------------------7-8--------------|
|-6~--8-9-----------------/\-6~-8-9------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


Main riff:

|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------7-8--------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9--9--9--9-------9-9--9--9--9---------9-----9---8--|
|-7-7--7--7--7-----8-7-7--7--7--7-----8-7---------7----|
|---------------10-----------------10------------------|


Intro solo rythm: D5 C5 Eb5 F5 Ab5 Gb5 A5 B5 D5(on begining of the verse)

Intro solo:

                depressbar  -1/bar
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------13-|
|-13h15~----13h15p13\--------15b-p10h15p10-/8----------------------------15----|
|---------------------------------------------10-8--------------------15-------|
|---------------------------------------------------10-8-10~---/12-15----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

            1/2            1
|-/18-15~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------18b-p16p14h16--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------18b~-15h18p15------------------13h15-------13h15-------|
|---------------------------------------18-16-15~--13h15-------13h15-------15h17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                    1     1         1      1           1
|----------------------16h20p16h18-18b-rb-b-18-p16-----19----------------------------|
|-------16h18-------16-----------------------------19b----19b~--16h19-17b------------|
|-15h17-------15h17------------------------------------------------------16h18-16h18-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------12-15/17-15-12-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------13----------------13--|
|-16\14-\13--h14p13\11-\9--11p9-------------------------12-14-----------------------|
|-------------------------------11~--9-11/14---------14-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-15--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


|---------------------------------------|
|-------13------------------------------|
|-14-12----14-12----11~--\9--8----------|
|----------------14-------------9-7-9---|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|


Verse 1:

(X4) the pattern for each group is downstrock upstrock dwstrock
     as noticed below, listen to the CD for good rythm.

   d u   d         d u   d        d u   d        d u   d
||-5-5---5---------5-5---5--------4-4---4--------4-4---4-------||
||-5-5---5---------5-5---5--------5-5---5--------5-5---5-------||
||-7-7---7---------7-7---7--------7-7---7--------7-7---7-------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------||


Prechorus:

||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------8-----------8------------------6---------------6------------------------|
||-----5-----------5----------------3---------------3------------------------------|
||-3------------------------------------------------------------5/6---5------------|
||-------------6-----------------1--------------4----------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  ____________________________________________________________________
 |1.
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------8-----------8------------------6---------------6------------------------|
|-----5-----------5----------------3---------------3--------------6---------------|
|-3---------------------------------------------------------------4---------------|
|-------------6-----------------1--------------4------------------4---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  ____________________________________________________________________
 |2.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------8-----------8------------------6---------------6-----------------------||
|-----5-----------5----------------3---------------3-----------------------------||
|-3------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------6-----------------1--------------4---------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

Chorus:

 (X2)
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-9--------10-------9-------7-------5----5--------5------------------------------||
||-7--------7--------7-------5-------2----3--------2------3----4-5~----6----------||
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||



Main riff
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/symphony-x/43859.html ]
Verse 2:
   (X4) last time don't play last chord
             p.m                            p.m
     |-----------------------|     |-----------------------|     
||------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------||
||-7--------------------------7--7--------------------------7-||
||-7--------------------------7--6--------------------------6-||
||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||------------------------------------------------------------||


(X7) p.m on all the 0 (E string 6) 

||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||---------------------------||
||----5---5h7------7---5-----||
||-0----0-----0--0---0---7~--||


                     trill
                    |------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----5---5h7------7--5h7p5--|
|-0----0-----0--0-----------|


Prechorus
Chorus


Solos rythm:

(X2)
            p.m                            p.m
    |-----------------------|     |-----------------------|     
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------|
||-9--------------------------9--9--------------------------9-|
||-9--------------------------9--8--------------------------8-|
||-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-|
||------------------------------------------------------------|


            p.m                            p.m
    |-----------------------|     |-----------------------|     
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------9--9----------------------------|
|-9--------------------------9--8----------------------------|
|-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-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


            p.m                            p.m
    |-----------------------|     |-----------------------|     
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------------8--8--------------------------8-|
|-8--------------------------8--7--------------------------7-|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


            p.m                            p.m
    |-----------------------|     |-----------------------|     
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------||
|-8--------------------------8--8----------------------------||
|-8--------------------------8--7----------------------------||
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|------------------------------------------------------------||

Solo 1:
   1       1   /w. bar             1    1/bar     -/bar   1/bar
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15b--rb--15b~-~-----12h15p12\-12-10b-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------13b-rb-p11--p9---------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------15b-rb-p13-11----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------12h13p12\|

                  T              T           T
|------------------------------------------------------------------19p17p16----|
|----------------------------------12h13h15h17p15p13p12h13p12/--------------19-|
|---------7h9h10h13p10p9p7h9h10h13---------------------------------------------|
|-----6h9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7h8--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-21p19p17---------------------------|
|----------21------------------------|
|-------------18p16p14\13------------|
|-------------------------16p14p13~--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


Solo 2:
                                                                         /w. bar
|-------18\16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----19----------------------19\17-------------------------------------------------|
|-18----------18p16-------18-------16-------18p16----16-15-16b-rb-b-rb---/13-11-13~|
|-------------------18-20-------------18-20-------18-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                  1/bar                 1      1
|---------------------------------19b-p16h19h21p19p16--22b----22b--\---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------15----15h16-------------------------------------------------------|
|---8---8/9--/14----14-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7---7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

 

 (X8)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------8-----------8------------------6---------------6------------------------||
||-----5-----------5----------------3---------------3------------------------------||
||-3------------------------------------------------------------5/6---5------------||
||-------------6-----------------1--------------4----------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Chorus
Main riff

End:

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7----------------7\-|
|-5----------7----------7----------------7\-|
|-----------------------5----------------5\-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|                                           |
|                                           | 
|                                           | 
|-----------------------5-------------------|
|-----------------------5-------------------|
|-----------------------7----------------7\-|
|-5----------7----------7----------------7\-|
|-----------------------5----------------5\-|
|-----------------------5-------------------|
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