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SMOKE AND MIRRORS (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1998 Album TWILIGHT IN OLYMPUS)
Transcribed by Lucus Turner- spoon_6669@hotmail.com
Words by Thomas Miller, Russell Allen, Michael Romeo Music by Michael Romeo, Thomas Miller
Arranged by Symphony X
Gtr I (A D G C F) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=124
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-2-------2-------|-2---4---5-------|
|-----2-------2---|-------------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-5-------5---7--|-8--7--5-----|
|-----5----------|----------8--|
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|
Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q
|-------------|--------------|
|-6-----7-----|-5------7-----|
|----7-----8--|-----7-----8--|
|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|--------------|
2/4
E E Q H H H +Q Q
|-------------|-----------|---------|
|-5------7----|-----------|---------|
|-----7-------|-7---------|---------|
|-------------|------5----|-(5)-----|
|-------------|-----------|---------|
4/4
S S E H. E H..
||----------------|----------|
||o---------------|----------|
||----------------|----------|
||o-5-------------|---5------|
||----------------|----------|
S S E H. H Q. S S
|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|------5----5h7--||
|-5-5-----------|---------------o||
|---------------|-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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-|
||o-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----|
||--0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------|
||o---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----2-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----o||
|-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2--||
|-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E Q.
||----------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------0---|-0---------1----|
||--0-0-0-3-2-3-0-0---3-|---0-0-0-0------|
||o---------------------|----------------|
||----------------------|----------------|
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E S S S S S S E
|---------------------|-----------1------------||
|-----------------0---|-0-------3---0-3---0---o||
|-0-0-0-3-2-3-0-0---3-|---0-0-0---------2------||
|---------------------|---------------------4-o||
|---------------------|------------------------||
Verse
$
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----3----|
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 S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------10-9-7--------------|
|-------------------------------|-------9-7-6-10-9-7--------10-9-7-9-7-6-|
|-------------------------------|-8-7-5----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---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--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-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-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----3----|
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 S S
|-------------------------------|--------------------10-9-7--------------|
|-------------------------------|-------9-7-6-10-9-7--------10-9-7-9-7-6-|
|-------------------------------|-8-7-5----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---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--|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E 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-|
|-------------------------------|
3/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S E. +E E
|-------4-2-1-5-4-2-1-------------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0---------------3-2-0-------|-----------------|
|---------------------------3-2-0-|-7----4----------|
|---------------------------------|---6----3--(3)---|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
Pre-Chorus
9/8 4/4
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 S S H H
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------|
|-----------------5-|-----------------3-|-----------------5p4-||-2---------|
|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4-----||------3----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||-----------|
9/8
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 S S
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------5-|-----------------3-|-----------------5p4-||
|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4---|-5-4---2---4-5-4-----||
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------||
To Coda
4/4
H H Q. E Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------||---------------||----------------||
|-2---------||---------------||----------------||
|------3----||-4----2-1------||----2-----------||
|-----------||-----------2-4-||-0-----0--2-----||
|-----------||---------------||----------------||
Chorus
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
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||
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
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
|---------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-|
|-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----|
|-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------|
|---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
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-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----||
|-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2-||
|-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
Chorus 2
&
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1. 2.
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 W
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||------|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-3----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o||------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||------|
Interlude
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H.. E W
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-3---------3-|-6----|
|-----------------|-----------------||-------------|------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|------5----|-3---------|
|-3----6----|-5---------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------2----|-3---------|------1----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
H H Q.. Q.. E H H H H
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
|-1---------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
|------3----|-3-----5-----6-|-5----3----|-----------|
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-6----5----|
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------|
H H W H.. E W
|-----------|----------||-------------|------||
|-----------|----------||-------------|-3----||
|-----------|----------||-5---------5-|------||
|-3----3----|-5--------||-------------|------||
|-----------|----------||-------------|------||
H H H H H H H H
|------3----|-2---------|------7----|-5---------|
|-5---------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|------4----|-5---------|------3----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
H H Q.. Q.. E H H H H
|-3---------|---------------|-----------|-----------||
|------5----|-5-----7-----8-|-7----5----|-----------||
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-8----7----||
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------||
|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------||
Keyboard Solo
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-------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-|
||--3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------7-5-4---|--------------------o||
|-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6-------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo
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-------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-|
||--3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------------7-5-4---|--------------------o||
|-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6-------||
Keyboard Solo 2
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--------------------------5-3-2---|-------------------------2-2-2-2--|
||o-1-3---3---3-1-3---3---3-------4-|-1-3---3---1-3-1-4-4-4-4----------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------5-3-2---|---------------------||
|-1-3---3---3-1-3---3---3-------4-|-1-3---3---1-4------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
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---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------7-5-4---|-------------------------4-4-4-4-|
||o-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-5-3-6-6-6-6---------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------------7-5-4---|---------------------||
|-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-------6-|-3-5---5---3-6------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------||
2.
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------7-9-10-|
|---------------------------------|-----------------7-6-7-9-10--------|
|---------------------------------|-----------5-7-8-------------------|
|-3-5---5---5-3-5---5---5-5-3-5-6-|-5-4-5-7-8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----3-----| |----3-----| |----3-----| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-13-10-9-7------10-9-7--------9-7------------------|
|-----------10-9--------10-9-7-----10-9-7-6---------|
|-------------------------------------------8-7-5-7-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
S S E H. E H.. S S E H. H Q. S S
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|------5----5h7-||
|-5-------------|---5---------|-5-5-----------|---------------||
|---------------|-------------|---------------|-6-------------||
Ending Chorus
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1.
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||
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
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
||----------------------------------|-----2-1-2-------2-1-2-------1-2-|
||o-----2-----------3-0-------------|-----------------------0-0-0-----|
||--0-0---0-0-3-2-0-------------3-2-|-0-0-------3-3-3-----------------|
||o---------------------4-0-4-0-----|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-----2-----------3-0---0---------|---------------------------0-----o||
|-0-0---0-0-3-2-0-----2-----2-----|-----3-2-3-------------0-2---3-2--||
|-------------------------4---4-0-|-1-1-------1-1-1-4-0-4-----------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
H.=H Q=100Q=80
Q Q Q Q E +E Q H +W E H..
|--------------|---------------|------------|----------*|
|--------------|---------------|------------|----------*|
|--------------|-------5-------|------------|----------*|
|-/5--3--2--1--|-0-(0)----5----|-(5)--------|-5--------*|
|--------------|---------------|------------|----------*|
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
Artist: Symphony X
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