"The Eyes Of Medusa" Tabbed by Sam Tyner (BadMammaJammaXXX@aol.com) ====================================================== ====================================================== I figure if you're listening to Symphony X, you probably already know your notation. Also, this song is NOT played on a 7-string, as I have seen transcribed at The Edge of Forever, it's down-tuned a wholestep, I figured everyone that tries to play Symphony X stuff would have realized that after about 10 minutes... (There are a few spots where I had to notate palm-muting by "x". In these spots, open notes are denoted by "o".) (intro) |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |--\---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4----------| |--\-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2--0-3ah~--| p.m._______________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------4-4---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----4-4---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-2-2---| p.m._________________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------3-3---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----3-3---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-1-1---| p.m._________________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------4-4---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----4-4---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-2-2---| p.m._________________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------3-3---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----3-3---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-1-1---| p.m._________________________________) (00:15 play 3x) |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-------------4-1-----------------3-3-3-3--| |-0-2--2~-0-3-----3-0-2--2~-0-3-0-1-1-1-1--| p.m._____) (00:24 4th time...) |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------2---5--| |-------------4-1---1-----4-1---5-4-2-4-5---4----| |-0-2--2~-0-3-----3---3-2-----3------------------| (00:33) |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------2-4-2--------| |-/-\----4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------5-4-2--| |-/-\--0-2---2---2-0-2---2-0-2---2---2--------------| p.m._________________________________________) |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-5-4-2-------4--| |-02-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202---------5-4-2----| p.m.__________________________________________________________) (00:45) |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----4-5-4-2----------| |-02-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202-2-202---------5-4-4~---| p.m.______________________________________________________) |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-(2tr3)--| |-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4h1-1-1---------| o o x x x x x x o o x x x x x x o o x x x x x x o o x x ooooooo |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4h1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0h1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| o o x x x x x x o o x x x x x x o o x x x x x x |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------3---5---6----4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4---| |-3--1---------------------3---5---6----4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4---| |-------4--3--4-3-1--------1---3---4----2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---| |-------------------4-3-1-----------------------------------------| p.m._____________________) This part is a lot less complicated than it looks. The basic pattern is '2 eighth notes, then 3 eighth notes, 2, 3, 2, 3...' On the A string (or G if you want to be literal about it), the '3's in parentheses are held over from the '3's that are picked. (I hope that clears it up, just listen to it, you'll hear it...) (1:06 Verse) |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-3-3---3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--| |-1-1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---| etc... o o x o o x o x o o x o x o o (1:15 These are ALL picked, even the triplets. I know, it's tough...) |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------1-3-1---------------------------------------------| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------1-3-1---------------1-3-4-3ah~--| |-----------------------------4-3-4-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4-------------| p.m._________________________________________________________) |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5----| |-3-3---3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)---3-3-3-3-4--| |-1-1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1------------2--| o o x o o x o x o o x o x x x x o |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-3-3---3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--| |-1-1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---| etc... o o x o o x o x o o x o x o o (This is the same as the figure above, I just condensed the triplets to make it all fit) |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------131-------------------------------------2-3-2---5--5-| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-----4-3-1-------131---------------1-3-4-------4-3--3-| |---------------------------4-3-4-----4-3-1-0-1-3-4--------------------| p.m._____________________________________________________________) (1:39) |---------------------------| |---------------------------| |--6--------4------6--------| |--6--------4------6----\---| |--4---4-4-(4)-4-4-4----\---| |---------------------------| o x x o x x o |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2--2-3-2----| |-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0--------4--| p.m.__________________________________________________) (1:53 Chorus) |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2---------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2-----------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-5-------5--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o o |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-| |-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-----| o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o o o |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2-------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2---------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-5------h5--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------5--5--7-----------| |-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-3--3--5------3-3--| |-----------------------------------------5------1-1--| p.m.__________________________) (2x 2:19) |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-------------4-1-----------------3-3-3-3--| |-0-2--2--0-3-----3-0-2--2--0-3-0-1-1-1-1--| p.m.______) (2:25 Verse) |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--| |-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---| etc... o x o o x o x o o x o x o o |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------1-3-1---------------------------------------------| |-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------1-3-1---------------1-3-4-3ah~--| |-----------------------------4-3-4-------4-3-1-0-1-3-4-------------| p.m._________________________________________________________) |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------6-5-4--------| |-3-3---3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)--3-3(3)3(3)--3-3(3)---4-3-1-6-5-4--| |-1-1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1---1-2p1-2p1---1-2p1----------4-3-2--| o o x o o x o x o o x o x x x x x x (2:41 2x) |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| p.m._____________________________________________________________) |------------------| |------------------| |--5---7---8--10---| |--5---7---8--10---| |--3---5---6---8---| |------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2--2-3-2----| |-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0--------4--| p.m.__________________________________________________) (3:01 Chorus again) |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2---------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2-----------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-5------h5--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-| |-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-----| o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o o o |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2-------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2---------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-5------h5--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------5--5--7------7-7--| |-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-3--3--5------5-5--| |-----------------------------------------5------5-5--| o x x x o x x x o x x x o x o o o o o o (3:27 - the solo is available for download, transcribed by the man himself) (3:48 - The Isle Of Deadly Shores -- The classical sounding interlude here...I'm not gonna pretend like I know how to play this note for note, or offer you some lame "This is how I think it might be played..." Just use your whammy bar a lot and you'll figure it out) (4:41) |---------------------------------------(?)----| |---------------------------------------(?)----| |---------------------------------------(?)----| |---------------------------------------(?)----| |-----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----(?)----| |---0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2--0--(?)----| p.m.__________________________________) (?) (I know it's stupid to make a tab and send it in if you don't know how to play it, but this part...I think this time is justifiable... If ANYONE knows how he does this, I'd love to hear it) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------4-4---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----4-4---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-2-2---| p.m._____________________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------3-3---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----3-3---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-1-1---| p.m._____________________________________) |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------4-4---| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----4-4---| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0-2-2---| p.m._____________________________________) |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------2-3-2----| |---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-----------4--| |-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2---0----------| p.m._________________________________________) (4:55 - Chorus) |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2---------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |---------------5-2-----------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4ah~-2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4ah~-2-4-5------h5--| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------5-5-| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-3-3-| |-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-----| o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o x x x o o o |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2-------------------5-2--------| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x x x x x |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |-------------5-2---------------------3h4p3----| |-2-4--4--2-4-----4-2-4-2-4--4--2-4-5------h5--| |----------------------------------------------| x x o x x x x x x x x x o x x x o |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------5-----------| |-----------------------------------------7-----------| |-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2------5--5--7-----------| |-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-2-3--3--5------3-3--| |-----------------------------------------5------1-1--| o x x x o x x x o x x x o o o o o o o o |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------5--5--| |-----4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4----3--3--| |---0-2---2---2-0-2---2---2-0-2---2--0-------| p.m.__________________________________) The end.