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The Bird-Serpent War Cataclysm by Symphony X
The Bird-Serpent War Cataclysm
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Michael'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Romeo'
Intro
Q=127
Bb5
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.
5/4 6/4
PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM----------------|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------4-3-1-----------|
|-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4-3-1-----|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.
5/4 6/4
PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------4p3p1-------------------|
|-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4p3p1-4p3p1-------|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
F#5 N.C.
5/4
PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------------2h3p2-----|
||--2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|
F#5 N.C.
PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------------------------2h3p2------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---||
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
3/8
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------4s5-|
|-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----2s3-|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-|-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
6/4
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------4s5-|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM----------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
F#5 F#5 B5C5 F#5 F#5 B5C5 G5
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------|
||o-4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM------------| PM--------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S 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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5-4-2---------------------||
|-4-----------4-----------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2--------o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3-2-0---||
Verse 1
N.C.
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------6---------|-----------3---------|
||o-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
PM--------| ~
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------6---------|--------------------------------||
|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||
N.C.
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------5---------|-----------2---------|
||o-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
PM--------| ~
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------5---------|--------------------------------||
|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||
Chorus
E5 F#7add4 G5 A5
3/4 4/4 3/4
H. Q H. H. H.
||----------|----0-------|---------|--------||
||o---------|----0-------|---------|-------o||
||----------|----3-------|---------|--------||
||--2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7------||
||o-2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7-----o||
||--0-------|-2----------|-3-------|-5------||
B5 C5 N.C.
4/4
~~~~~~~ PM-------------
Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4--(4)-5-(5)----|------------------2-5-4---2-|
|-4--(4)-5-(5)----|-1--(1)-2-(2)-4-5-------4---|
|-2--(2)-3-(3)----|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------5-4-2-------------------||
|-5-1-4-2---------------5-4-2-5-4-2-------||
|---------0-3-2-0-------------------3-2-0-||
|-----------------------------------------||
Verse 2
B5 B5 E5F5 B5 B5 E5F5 C5
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------|
||--4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---|
||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5 B5
PM| PM------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-----------------|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-2h4p2-------------5-4-2----------------------||
|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2----------||
|-------------------------------------3-2-0---o||
|----------------------------------------------||
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
6/4
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------4s5-|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM----------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
Bridge
N.C.
7/8 4/4
PM----------------------------------------|
e e e e e S S S S S S e e e e S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-3-2-5--||
Instrumental
Eb5F5 G5
Gtr II
\0.5/
~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +E E +H
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----|
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E. S +E E +H
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----|
||o-6---8--(8)-10-----(10)----|
||----------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
C5 D5 Eb5 C5 Bb5 Ab5
\0.5/ \0.5/
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|------------------------||-|-8--6-(6)-4-----(4)----||
|-----------------------o||-|-x--x-----x------------||
|-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5--3-(3)-1-----(1)----||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-|-----------------------||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-|-----------------------||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5---------------------||
|-3--5-(5)-6-----(6)----o||-|-3--8-(8)-6-----(6)----||
|------------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-----(4)----||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
Gtr I
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
| | | | | | | | | |
o o / o / o o / o /
Gtr II
~~ PM-----------------| ~~~~~~
|-3-|
H +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +H
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---------(6)-4h6p4---------|--------------------------|
|---------------------6-5-4---|---------------5----------|
|---------------------------7-|-4--7-6-4--2-4---4-(4)----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
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
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------8p4h6h8-9p6h8h9-|
|---------------------------7p4h6h7--9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11-----------------|
|-7p4h6h7-9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +Q Q
| | | | | |
o o / o / o
~~~~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
|------------------------------------------9h11h12p11p9---------------------|
|-----------------------9h11h12p11p9h11h12--------------12p11p9-------------|
|-11p8h9h11-12p9h11h12------------------------------------------12-11b13----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
~~~~~~~~
|--3---| |-3--| |-3--|
E S S S E S S S E S S S Q
|-------9--------------9------------9--------------|
|---------12p==9---------12p9-12b14---12p9-11b12===|
|-11b13----------11b13-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
~~~~~~~ ~
|--3---| |-----5-----| |----5-----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(11)r-------------------------------------------|
|-------12p11p==9-11p9------9h11h12p11p9----11-9--|
|----------------------11----------------11-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
|-------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 S S
|-16p12------------------------7h9-/12p9------------------------12h16-|
|-------14-------------------9-----------10------------------14-------|
|----------13--------------9----------------9-------------14----------|
|-------------14---------9--------------------11-------14-------------|
|------------------16-11-------------------------12-16----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +Q Q
| | | | | |
o o / o / o
T T ~~
|-------6--------| |---------7---------| |--------7--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19p16--------------------------------11h14s17-20p17p14----------------||
|-------17--------------------------13----------------------------------||
|----------16------------------14------------------------20p17h20-18----||
|-------------18------------16h=========================================||
|------------------19-14h18---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo
N.C.
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|---------------------|
||--7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|-x--x------x---------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|
||o-x--x------x---------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|-x--x------x---------|
||--5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|---------------------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|
1. 2.
7/4
E. S +E E +Q Q E. S +E E +S E. Q +W +H.
|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------o||----------------------|-------------------||
|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)------||-7--5-(5)-4-(4)-------|-------------------||
|-x--x------x-------6---||-x--x-----x-----7--6--|-(6)--------(6)----||
|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)-----o||-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-x--x--|-------------------||
|-------------------4---||----------------5--4--|-(4)--------(4)----||
Outro
N.C.
4/4
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----|-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----||
|--------------------|--------------------||
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----|-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
H.=H
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||----------------------||--------------------|
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--3--3-(3)-/5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-/5-(5)----|
\3.5___/
~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +Q a +H +W
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-3--3-(3)-----5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
Mocking the ways of Justice - the
Serpent's Dragon - Vultures ride
Storming the Gates of Seven - no mortal
Man shall break our stride
Our flames engulf your good works and
Our terror reigns supreme
Dark beasts that do my bidding by
Thrashing, tearing down your dreams
"Gather 'round chosen people of the
Grand Design
Scorn the prophet's words - 'the device
Of our demise'..."
The crumbling earth beneath the
Weapon's roar -
Raining fire from shore to shore
Neptune's might - the storming waves
Rise to make the Kingdom's grave
All all Atlantis cried - a million souls
Crying out
Save the child from the Sea - she must
Carry on
The secrets and technology shrouded
Deep in mystery -
Only One will carry on - Carry on...
"...the perservation of Balance was utmost
Importance, and cast into the sea was the
Child Ma'at, to find a new land...riding on the
Breath of Poseidon..."
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
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