Symphony X : Evolution
Tabbed by Gabriel Karlsson (GKsweeper@hotmail.com)
Tuning: d g c f a d
You`ll have to listen to the song to see how many times you shall
play each figure!
Intro|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2----
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1---1-----2----4-5-4-0-3-4-3-0-2-3-2-0--------0-2-2-2-3-0-0-0-3-0-3-0-0---0---0-0---0--------------------------0-3---
------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2----|
Main riff|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------2---1------|-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-3---2----3-0-
-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------2---1----------------1------|-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-3---2----2-0-2-3-2-0-3---3-0--|
Listen to the song to see where you shall play this figure!|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------1-----4-5-4-0-3-4-|-3-0-2-0-2-3-2-0-----------1---------||-2-0-2-3-2-0-3---3-0-------------|-----------------2-3-2-0-3---3-0-----|
Verse 1|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8--------------7-8---------------7-8-------9----------------------|-6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8--------------7-8-----------6---5-6-5----------------------------|-6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6---7-------7-6-7-6-4-6----------------|
Now go to pre-chorus 1
verse 2|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8--------------7-8---------------7-8-------9----------------------|-6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7----------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------------7-8-----------6---5-6-5-----------------------------6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6---7-------7-6-7-6-4-6----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8--------------7-8---------------7-8-------9-----------------------6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7----------------------
t t t-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-6h8h9-13-9p8-6h8h9-15-9p8-6h8h9-13p9p8-6h8h9p8--------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-6--------------5-6---------------5-6-------7----------------------|-4--4-4-5-4-4-4---4---4-4-5-4-4-4---4---4-4-5----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-6--------------5-6-----------4---3-4-3----------------------------|-4--4-4-5-4-4-4---4---4-4-5-4---5-------5-4-5-4-2-4----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now go to pre-chorus 2
pre-chorus 1|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8----------9------9------------------9----------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-7--6-6-7--6-7-6-4--6--6-6-7----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8----------9------9-----------------------------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-7--6-6-7--6-7-6-4--6--6-6-6--4-------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-4----------5------5-----------4------4----------------------------||-2--2-2-2-2-3--2-2-3--2-3-2-0--2--2-2-2--2-2-3-2-0-2-3-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-4----------5------5-----------4-2-1---2-1-----1-------------------||-2--2-2-2-2-3--2-2-3--2-3-2-0--------3-----3-2---3-2-0-3-2-0-2-----|
Pre-chorus 2|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6----------7------7-----------6------7----------------------------||-4--4-4-4-4-5--4-4-5--4-5-4-2--4--4-4-5----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6----------7------7-----------------------------------------------||-4--4-4-4-4-5--4-4-5--4-5-4-2--4------6----------------------------||---------------------------------------------3---------------------|
Chorus
Here we are children of|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6-----------------------------------------------------------------||-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----|
sun and stars....|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6-----------------------------------------------------------------||-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------10---------------8-----------------||-6-------------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6----||-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--7----------------------------------------------------------------||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9---------------------------------||---------------------------------7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-------------------------------7---------------------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6---------------------------------||---------------------------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
1|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-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-----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
2|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------6--------------6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||---9------------4--------------4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--||-6-7---------------------------------------------------------------|
1 : Play the main riff and then start on verse 2
2 : Play the figure below!!
6/4 2:47|------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------------||----------4--------3-------2--|----------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|---6--------5------4--|-----2---------0---------------||-2----------------------------|----------------------|--------------------4--------2-|
|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||----------0--------2--|-------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||-1--------------------|----5---------3----|---2-----1-----0---------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------------------------------||-----------------|------------------6-------------------------------||--5--------3-----|--1-----------3---4-------------------------------|
The rythm guitar over the solo shallplay this twice.......|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8--------------7-8---------------7-8-------9----------------------|-6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7----------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-8--------------7-8-----------6---5-6-5----------------------------|-6--6-6-7-6-6-6---6---6-6-7-6---7-------7-6-7-6-4-6----------------|
then play this twice....|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-9--------------8-9---------------8-9------10----------------------|-7--7-7-8-7-7-7---7---7-7-8-7-7-7---7---7-7-8----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|-9--------------8-9-----------7---6-7-6----------------------------|-7--7-7-8-7-7-7---7---7-7-8-7---8-------8-7-8-7-5-7----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
rythm guitar|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-9---------------7---------------6----------6----------6------6----||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
lead guitar t|------------------12-17-12-9---------------------------------------------|------------12-15------------10------------------------------------------|-----7-9-13---------------------9---------------------------------10-13--|---6------------------------------11-------------9------9-12-9-12--------|-7-----------------------------------12-7---8-11---8-11------------------|------------------------------------------9------------------------------
t----13-14-16-19-16-13----------------16-13-------------------------------|-14-------------------14-------------------14----------------------------|-------------------------13-------------------13-------------------------|----------------------------15-------------------15----------------------|-------------------------------16-11----------------16-11----------------|----------------------------------------------------------13-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-6-ah-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------7--6--4--5-----------------------||----------------------------------5--4--2--3--5--4--2--------------||-0-2-2-2-3-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------3--2--0--------------|
Now play the chorus one half step higher than before. Just as I have
transcribed below..
Here we are children of|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-----------------------------------------------------------------||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
sun and stars....|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-----------------------------------------------------------------||-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----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------7---------------9-----------------||-7-------------------------------9--9-9-9-9-9-9--7--7-7-7-7-7-7----||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-----------------------------------------------------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10---------------------------------||---------------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||10-------------------------------8---------------------------------||-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-----------------------------------------------------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7---------------------------------||---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-------------------------------------------------------------------||-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7--7--7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Now change and play the chorus normally...
Here we are children of|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6-----------------------------------------------------------------||-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----|
sun and stars....|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-6-----------------------------------------------------------------||-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------10---------------8-----------------||-6-------------------------------8--8-8-8-8-8-8--6--6-6-6-6-6-6----||-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--7----------------------------------------------------------------||--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9---------------------------------||---------------------------------7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-------------------------------7---------------------------------||-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-8-----------------------------------------------------------------||-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6---------------------------------||---------------------------------4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------6--------------------------------------------------||---9------------4--------------------------------------------------||-6-7---------------------------------------------------------------|
x4|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-----------1-----4-5-4-0-3-4-3-0-----||-2-3-2-0-3---3-0-----------------2-0-|
rythm guitar keeps playingthis figure with fade out...|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------5-2-------------|--5-5-5-5-5-----5-5-5-5-5--||-------------------1---------4-1---------|--3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3--||-3-2-0-2-----3-2-0---------------3-0-----|---------------------------|
and the lead guitar keeps
playing this figure!!
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Thats it! Please mail me (GKsweeper@hotmail.com) if you find any
mistakes in the tab.
I`ll tab the guitarsolo when I have time for it ;-)
