Of sins and shadows

Symphony X

Composição de: Michael Pinnella / Michael Romeo / Thomas Miller
Tom:
Afinação: 
(From The album Divine wings of tragedy)



Transcribed by Arnaud "Reckless Fable"
Tabbed by David "Johann M."
e-mail : *


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


Intro:
                                                              a.h

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1-----------------
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-3-------

Main riff
    (3x)                                                               
 a.h
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1--------------------------|
||-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-3~-------------|

 |1.                                                                 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1-----------4/5--
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-2/3--
 |            
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----4/5---| 
2-0-2/3---| 

 |2.                                                                 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------6-4-3---------------
|------------------------------------------------------5-4-2---------
|-------------------------2-1--------------------------------4-2-1---
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2--------------------3-
 |             
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
||-----------| 
2-0--------|
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 |3.                                                             
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-1--------------------2h5p4h5p2h4p2h4-
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2------------------
 |                  
||---------------|| 
||---------------|| 
||---------------|| 
||4h5p4h5--------|| 
||-------1h4p1h4-|| 
---------------|| 

                                                                a.h
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-1-------------------4-2-1-----------------
|-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-----0-3-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-------3-2-0-2-0-3-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                                a.h
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------4-3-------------------6-4-3-----------------
|-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-5-----2-5-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-------5-4-2-4-2-5-----

verse
   (2x)
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-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--4-4-4-4---|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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                             |1.              |2.                     
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------
|--------------------------------------------|---------------4--------
|------------------------------2-------------|-2---7-6-5---4----4-3---
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4---0---------6~--|-0----------------------
|--------------------------------------------|------------------------
 |              
||-----------|| 
||-----------|| 
||-----------|| 
||-----------|| 
||-2-----4---|| 
-0-----2---|| 

chorus
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------6------5-------5----3-------3-------------------5-3-2-------
|-3-------4------4---x-x-3----1---x-x-2-----3-3-1-3-3-1-3-------4-3-1-
|-1-------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||3-1-4-----| 
||----------| 
||----------| 

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------6------5-------5------------6-----------5-----5-----5-------
|-3-------4------2---x-x-3----6-------4-----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------
|-1---------------------------4---x-x---------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                 a.h  w/harmoniser
                                      1
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|-----------------------------------20b-18h20-16h18---------------
|-------------------------------------------------17h19-19p17-----
|-----------------------------------------------------------21p19-
|-------------------------5-4-------------------------------------
|-5-5-3-5-5-3-5-3-5-3-5-6-----3-6-5~------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
||--------------17~| 
||-----------------| 
||19p17-15h17-14---| 
||-----------------| 
||-----------------| 
||-----------------| 

                                                                a.h
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------4-3-------------------6-4-3-----------------
|-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-2-4-2-4-5-----2-5-4-4-2-4-4-2-4-------5-4-2-4-2-5-----

Verse
Chorus
this chorus ends on a A powerchord introducing the interlude



interlude:
                                           ________     
_____________________
  (2x)                                    |1.          |2.
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
||-7------7-7-----8-7-5--------7------10-10--13------|--12-----------------------||
||-5------5-4-----------8-7-5--5------7--8---11------|--10-----------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||




Solo 1 powerchords:

            CC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CG#
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Solo 1

         T       T        T                       T       T         T  
|------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|----------15h17h20p17p15---------------------------15h17h20-
|------------------------------------------------------------
|-15h18h22----------------22p18p15----------15h18h22---------
|----------------------------------16p15h16------------------
||15h18h20p18p15----| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 
||------------------| 

  T        T                        T        T         T        T
|-----------------------------------------------15h18h20p18p15-
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-20p17p15----------------------------15h17h20-----------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|----------22p18p15----------15h18h22--------------------------
|-------------------16p15h16-----------------------------------
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||20p17p15--------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 

      T        T           T          1/2     1/2              /*

|-18h22p18p15----------18h23p18p15---22b--rb--b----22-18h22p20-
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------20p17p15-----------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
||\15h20h15~------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------|
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|-15b---rb15p14h15p14---------14h15p14------------------------
|---------------------16p13h16---------16p13h16p13\10h13------
|--------------------------------------------------------12p11
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
||-----------------| 
||-----------------| 
||---------11h12p11| 
||13p10h13---------| 
||-----------------| 
||-----------------| 

                                                      a.h
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-13p10h13p9p10h12p10p9----9h12p10p9-------------------------------| 
|----------------------8h10----------11p10p8-----------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------11p10p8\7h8~-~--------| 

Keys solo chords

            EE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EEE EC

Solo 2 chords

            G#---------------------------------------------G#E 

Live, Michael plays this descending scale differently:
he plays groups of 4 notes ascending the scale, it sounds very 
'Malmsteen'
& he skip the string-skipping part.

Solo 2
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|-19-23-21-19-18-21-19-18-16-19-17-16-15-16-18-16-15---------------15-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------18-16-15-16-18---
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
||16-18-16-15-| 
||------------| 
||------------| 
||------------| 
||------------| 
||------------| 

|--------------------------------15-16-18-16-15----------------15-16-
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-18-16-15--------------15-16-18----------------18-16-15-16-18-------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------18-18-16-18----------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------
||18-16-15-| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 
||---------| 

|-----------------------18b~--16h18p16----------18b~---18-16----------
|-------------19b---------------------16~-----------------------------
|-18-16-15-16---------------------------------------------------13~---
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

|-9h11p7------------------------------------------------------------
|--------9h11p7-----------------------------------------------------
|---------------9h11p8----------------------------------------8h9h11
|----------------------9h11p8--------------------------8h9h11-------
|-----------------------------9h11p7-------------7h9h11-------------
|------------------------------------9h11p7h9h11--------------------
||----------------| 
||9h11h12p11p9----| 
||-------------12~| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 
||----------------| 

Keys solo 2 chords:
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               CC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CCC CG#





Live, Michael Roméo plays a different stuff without tapping but which 
sound great too.

         T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T
|-----------------------------------------11h14h17--------14h17h20
|-------------------------10h13h16--------------------------------
|---------11h14h17----------------11h14h17--------14h17h20--------
|-----------------10h13h16----------------------------------------
|-12h15h18--------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
||--------17h20h23p20p17h18~| 
||--------------------------| 
||17h20h23------------------| 
||--------------------------| 
||--------------------------| 
||--------------------------| 

Chorus

Chorus    2 step higher: first chord A# become D etc..(change the 
fingering of 4 pos)


Main riff with slight variations


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