Secrets

Symphony X

Tom: G


Tablature explanation :

------------------------
        \ / : slide

          h : hammer
          p : pull-off
          b : bend
         br : bend and release
          ~ : vibrato
         pm : palm muting
        a.h : artificial harmonic
      trill : fast succession of pull-off & hammer-on between 2 notes

Tune down 1 step : D G C F A D


guitar enter with a slide

Verse: (begin without vocals for first verse)
(X2)pm on single notes

||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-5-/7----------8-\7----------5-/7----------------------||
||-3-/5--5-5-5-5-6-\5--5-5-5-5-3-/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
         pm.....       .......       ...................



|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------4-5-4----------4-5-7-5-4-------------7--------------7\---------------|
|-6-5-3-5-6------6-5-3-5-6-----------6-5-3-6-5-3-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5\--3-5-6-3-3-6--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------1-3-4-1-5-4--|
  pm............................................    ...........     ...........



(X2)

||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
||-5-/7----------8-\7----------5-/7----------------------||
||-3-/5--5-5-5-5-6-\5--5-5-5-5-3-/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
||-------------------------------------------------------||
         pm.....       .......       ...................



                            trill (2 and 3)...........
|-3----------------------------------------------------|
|-3----------------------------------------------------|
|-5-----3----------------------------------------------|
|-5-----3--7-------------------------------------------|
|-3--------5-----/5---3---2--h3p2----------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|



Pré-chorus:


|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4----4-4----4-4----4-4----7-7----7-7----7-7----7-7----5-5----5-5---------|
|-2-2----2-2----2-2----2-2----5-5----5-5----5-5----5-5----3-3----3-3----3-5~-|
  pm................................................................



|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------5-7-5-------------|
|-0-4-7-------8-7-5-4-----|
|---------------------6-5-|
 pm.......................


Chorus:

 (X2)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-7-------------------------------------------4-----------------------------------|
||-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3--------------------------2------2-5-4-2-6--------------------|
||------------------1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------4--4-4-4-6-6-6-7-7-7-|
      pm...........    .......................                   .................



|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|--------------3----5-------||
|-4-4-4-5------1----3--4~---||
|-------3-------------------||
  pm...


bridge:
(X2)

||---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||-9-----------11-----------12-----------8---8---8---||
||---9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9---9---9---9-||
||---------------------------------------------------||
     pm.......    .........    .........   .   .   .


|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-8-----------10-----------11-----------7---7---7---|
|---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8---8---8---8-|
|---------------------------------------------------|
    .........    .........    .........   .   .   .

                                         a.h1
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-8-----------10-----------11-----------------------|
|---8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8----8-8-8-8-8---8b---rb---|
|---------------------------------------------------|


    .........    .........    .........

Verse
Pré-chorus
Chorus (which ends on a D5)

Interlude & solos rythm:
(X2)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------repeat-chord---------------------------------------------------------|
||-4---4---------------------------------------------------------5----4----2-------|
||-2---2-------------------------------------------------------------------------1-|

      pm......................................................
  _____________________________________________

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

      pm.......................................

  _____________________________________________

 |2.
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------3-----------||
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------2-4-5---5-4-2-----||
|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-5---------------5-2-||
      pm.......................................



(X2)
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------repeat-chord---------------------------------------------------------|
||-6---6---------------------------------------------------------7----6----4-------|
||-4---4-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-|

      pm......................................................
  _____________________________________________

 |1.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------5-----------|
|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------4-6-7---7-6-4-----|
|-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7---------------7-6-|

      pm.......................................
  ______________________________________

 |2.
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------3-------||
|-------------------------3-----3-------||
|-------1-----2-----4-----1-------------||
|-4-------------------------------------||

      
Interlude:


|-------------------------14-17-/21-19-17-16-19-17-16-14-17-16-14----------------|
|-------------------14-17-----------------------------------------17-15-14-------|
|----------------14--------------------------------------------------------16-14-|
|----------14-16-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------16-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-17--------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13~--13h14-----13h14-----13h14---------------------------------------------------|
|------------11-----------------------------------------11----------------11-12-14-|
|----------------------14--------12---12-11----11-12-14----14-12-11-12-14----------|
|-------------------------------------------14-------------------------------------|





|-----------------------------------------------------14-16-14-17-/21-19-17-16----|
|-----------------------------------------------14-15--------------------------17-|
|-11-13-----------13-16-14-13----------13-14-16-----------------------------------|
|--------12-14-16-------------16-14-16--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-------------------------------------------------------15-------------------14-|
|----------------------------------------------19-18-19----17-------------16----|
|-16----------------------------------18-17-18----------------18-15-14-17-------|
|----19-18-15-16----16-15-16-19-18-19-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-13-------------------12-/19-16-------------15-18-17----------------------------|
|----15-------------14-----------18-------17----------19----------19-17-19-15-19-|
|-------16-13-12-15-----------------19-18----------------20-17~------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                                                 natural

                                                                 harmo(fret 5)w/bar
|--------------------------------------------------------------------0------------|
|-14-19----19----19-----17-15-17-14-17----17----17--------------------------------|
|-------16----14----13-----------------16----14----13-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------15-16~---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




Solo 1:

       T             T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-/17h21p19p17p16\-h21p19p17p16----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------16p15p14\13-------------------------13h15h16-|
|-------------------------------------------16p14p13-------13h14h16----------|
|----------------------------------------------------16p14-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|



           T         
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-16h17h19h21p19p17p16--------------------------------|
|----------------------16p15\13-----------------------|
|-------------------------------14-p13----------------|
|--------------------------------------14p13\11-------|
|-----------------------------------------------\4~---|


Solo 2:

         T           T     T          T         T                       T       T
|------------------------------------------------------------------------11h14h16|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------11h13h16p13p11----------11h13h16--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11h14h18p14p11h14h18p14h18p14p11h14h18----------------14p11h14-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



                 bar            T
|-p14p11---------16p14p11--h14h18/19\p14p11-------------------|
|--------9h12h16----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------13p11-13-~--\-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo 3:

   1      1
|-21b-rb-21b---18h21p18----------------------------|
|-----------------------19-------------------------|
|--------------------------18----18\16-------------|
|-----------------------------20-------18-17-18~-\-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|



 guitar+keys:                                                         trill(16.18)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------18--16h18----15\|
|----------------------------------------17----17-19-17-19-21-19-21-----------------|
|-------------------16----16-18-16-18-20----20--------------------------------------|
|-18-16-18-20-18-20----20-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|





|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6----4----2----1----2----0---------3---4---------4----7----5----------|
|-------------------------------4-------------1----2----5----3----5-----|




|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------5-7-5-------------|
|-0-4-7-------8-7-5-4-----|
|---------------------6-5-|
 pm......................


Chorus

(X2)

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

pm......................       ...........      ...

(X2)

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

pm.......................      ............      ...

fade out with last 2 riffs