The Eyes of Medusa

Symphony X

Tom: D

Played on a 6 String Guitar tuned down a whole step


Intro:                         Riff A1:

|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------||--------------------------|
|---------------------------4-||--------------------------|
|--------444----444----444----||---444----444----444-4-4--|
|Sl./\-0-222--0-222--0-222----||-0-222--0-222--0-222-2-2--|               
          mm     mm     mm a.h.  m mmm  m mmm  m mmm        


Riff A2:                 Riff B:            1.-3.          

|-----------------------||------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------||------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------||------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------||--------------->--|--->-------->--------|
|---444---444---444-3-3-||---h-->----h-4-1--|---h------------>----|
|-0-222-0-222-0-222-1-1-||-0-2--2~-0-2-----3|-0-2--2~--0-3-0-1111-|
  m mmm m mmm m mmm      (at 4th Time: m m m)     a.h.       mmmm 



4.                              
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------->----Keyboard---------------------------------------|
|->---->---->------->-----5--%           


%-----------------------------242----|
|-1----4-1--5-4---4-5-7-4------Interlude------------h------h------h-------542-|
|---3-2---3-----7---------------------------Sl./\-0-222--0-222--0-22-2--------|

  m m mm mm m m m m m m m                            mm     mm     m m 
mmmmmm

Riff C:

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|---h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h---|
|-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-|
     mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm



             Riff D:
|-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--h-4542---4-||---h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h-----h------4542-----|
|-02-----542--||-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-0-222-02-----5--3-|
     mmmmmmmm       mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    mm    

mmmmm-a.h. 


Riff E:     			   1.             2.
|----------------------------------|--------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------|----------------3-5-6-|
|----------------------------------|--------------|-3-1------------3-5-6-|
|-2/3--------6\3--------2/3--------|-6\3-----2^3--|-----4-3-431----1-3-4-| 
|-0/1-111111-4\1-111111-0/1-111111-|-4\1-11-------|------------431-------|

      mmmmmm     mmmmmm     mmmmmm       mm   tr.           mmmmmm                 

		Verse 1a:         
|--------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------||----------------------------------------------------------|
|-44-44444-444-||----------------------------------------------------------|
|-22-22222-222-||----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------||---21-12121-121-12121-121-12121-121-12121-121-12121-121---|

                    mm mmmmm mmm mmmmm mmm mmmmm mmm mmmmm mmm mmmmm 
mmm               

             Verse 1b:
|-----------||------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------||------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------||------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------||-----------------1-3-1--------------------------------------|
|-----------||-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------1-3-1-----------1-3-4-3~-|
|-12121-121-||-----------------------------4-3-4-------1-0-1-3-4----------|

  mmmmm mmm    m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m

Verse 1c:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-5-5-5---|
|-------------------------3-3-3-3-4-|
|-11-12121-121-12121-121----------2-|
  mm mmmmm mmm mmmmm mmm  m m m m 


Repeat Verse 1a 

Verse 1b (Var.):

|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------1-3-1-----------------------------------2-3-2------5-|
|-1-1-3-4-3-1-3-4-------4-3-1-------1-3-1-----------1-3-4-------4-3~-3-|
|-----------------------------4-3-4-------1-0-1-3-4--------------------|
  m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m           



Bridge 1: 			Bridge 2: 
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-6~----------6----------6~-----|------------------------------------------------------|
|-4~------4-4-4------4-4-4~--Sl.|-2-2-2--222--2-2-2--222--2-2-2-222-2-2-2-222-2-2-232--|
|----------------------------/-\|-0-0-0--000--0-0-0--000--0-0-0-000-0-0-0-000-0-0----4-|

          m m        m m          m m m  mmm  m m m  mmm  m m m mmm m m 
m mmm m m mmmm 

Refrain (1.-3.)              (4.)          
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------------5-5-|
|--------------5-2-------|---------------3h4p3--|-2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2-3-3-|
|--2-4--4~-2-4-----4-2-4-|--2-4--4~-2-4-5-----2-|-0-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-----|

   m m a.h.m m m m m m m    m m a.h.m m m         m mmmm mmmm mmmm mmmm 
mmmm mmmm mmmm m m 


(1.-3.)              (4.)           

|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------5-5----7---------|
|--------------5-2-------|---------------3h4p3--|-2----2----2----2-2---5-5----7---------|
|--2-4--4~-2-4-----4-2-4-|--2-4--4~-2-4-5-----2-|-0-0000-0000-0000-0-2-3-3----5-----3-3-|
|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------5-----1-1-|
   m m a.h.m m m m m m m    m m a.h.m m m         m mmmm mmmm mmmm m m 


Repeat Riff B (1st and 2nd time)
       Verse 1a
       Verse 1b 

Verse 1c (Var.)                     Bridge 1 (Var.)                    

|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------5-7-8-10---|
|-----------------------6-5-3-------|----------------------------------5-7-8-10---|
|-----------------------4-3-1-6-5-4-|-5--------------------------------3-5-6--8---|
|11-12121-121-12121-121-------4-3-2-|-3-333333333333333333333333333333------------|
 mm mmmmm mmm mmmmm mmm m m m m m m     mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm 


Repeat Bridge 2
       Refrain 

Guitar Solo can be found on the "Edge of Forever" - The official 
Symphony X Homepage 



Instrumental Section(The Isle of deadly Shores):
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------Sl.--/6~-------------/11~--/14-13h14p13---------/18~--16-18-20-|
|-1b(3)~--6-5h6p5p3\2-3-----BU(11)RB9-10-------------------15-14-15---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


2nd Guitar enters, playing one note :) :
|-------------------------------------------------20BU(22)~----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


|                                                              |
|----------------17~\------------------------------------------|
|-20BU(21)RB20-16------/15\13~-/15\13~--/13p11/20~20BU(22)hold-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------| 


        
|-------BU(22)RB20------------BU(22)RB20---------------------20BU(22)RB20-18-----|
|-RB20~----------------------------------20-22BU(23)~RB22-20-----------------20~-|
|------------------20~19---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------22-17~---------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 



|----------------------------------------------------------------17BU(18)RB17~-|
|----20~-23-20-19~BU(20)~-------------------------------19BU(20)~--------------|
|-19----------------------17BU(19)RB17p15--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------17~-15BU(16)~------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-----------------------------|
|---------------------7-(fl.)-|
|---------------------7-(fl.)-|
|-----------------------------|
|---444---444---444-----------|
|-0-222-0-222-0-222-----------|
     mm    mm    mm   **



**: The natural flageoletts have to be the notes E and C (detuned F#
and D), but I´m not satisfied with my solution, it still hasn`t "the 
bite" of the original, so mail to me, if you`ve got a
better idea... 


Repeat Riff A1
Riff A2
Riff A1

Riff A2 (Var.):

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|---h-----h-----h---232--|
|-0-222-0-222-0-220----4-|
     mm    mm       mmmm      


Repeat Refrain 

End Riff:

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------------------5-5-|
|-------------------3-3-|
|-0-222-0-222-0-222-----|
     mm    mm    mm