The Relic

Symphony X

Tom: A

Tablature explanation :

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

          h : hammer
          p : pull-off
          b : bend
         br : bend and release
          ~ : vibrato
         pm : palm muting
        a.h : artificial harmonic


Tune down 1 step : D G C F A D




|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-2---------------------------------2-----2-----2-----|
|-2---------------------------------2-----2-----2-----|
|-0---------------------------------0-----0-----0-----|




|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------7-----8-7-----7---------------------------------7\------|
|-------6-----7-----9---------------9-7---9-7-6---------6-----7-----9-------------|
|-9-8-9---8-9---8-9---8-9---8-9-----------------8-9-8-9---8-9---8-9---8-9---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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


                                                  a.h
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5----4----2----2--------------/4-----7-------3~-~---------------------------|
|-------------------------5----2--------------------------------------------------|




|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-1---3-1-----1-------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------4-----4-3---4-3-0-|

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


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

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


|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-3-1---3-1-----1-------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------4-----4-3---4-3-0-|

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


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

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


Verse 1:(with pm)


(X2)
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------4-----|
||-5--5-5-3-6-5--5-5-3-6-5--5-5-5-5-3-5-6---6-3-|
||----------------------------------------------|


 
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------7-5-4---5-4-----4-------||
|-5--5-5-3-6-5--5-5-3-5-------6-----6-5---6-5-3-||
|-----------------------------------------------||



(X2)
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------6-----|
||-7--7-7-5-8-7--7-7-5-8-7--7-7-7-7-5-7-8---8-5-|
||----------------------------------------------|

  ______________________________________________

 |1.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9-7-6---7-6-----6-------|
|-7--7-7-5-8-7--7-7-5-7-------8-----8-7---8-7-5-|
|-----------------------------------------------|


  _____________________________________________________________________

 |2.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------9-7-6---7-6-----6-------------------------------||
|-7--7-7-5-8-7--7-7-5-7-------8-----8-7---8-7-5-8-7-5---7-5-----5-------||
|-----------------------------------------------------8-----8-7---8-7-5-||


Pre-chorus 1:

                                            let ring
|------------------------------------------------2-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------2---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------4-----------4---------------|
|-6-----7-----6-----4-----6-----7-----6------4-----------4---------------|
|-6-----7-----6-----4-----6-----7-----6------2-----------2---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|





Chorus:


|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------9--------------------6--------------------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--6-6-6--6-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     pm...............   ..................    .................    .................



|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4--------------------6--------------------3--------------------8--------------------|
|-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-6--6-6-6--6-6-6--6-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     .................    .................    .................    .................



|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8--------------------9--------------------6--------------------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--6-6-6--6-6-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     .................    .................   ...................   .................


                                                          first chorus only

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

end chorus



|-------------------3-------------------------|
|---------------------3-----------------------|
|-----------------------------5--5------------|
|-4-----------5--5------------5--5------/-\---|
|-2-----------3--3------------3--3------/-\---|
|---------------------------------------------|



Verse 2:(with pm)


||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------1-----|
||-2--2-2-0-3-2--2-2-0-3-2--2-2-2-2-0-2-3---3-0-|




|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------4-2-1---2-1-----1-------||
|-2--2-2-0-3-2--2-2-0-2-------3-----3-2---3-2-0-||




|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8----------9----------8----------9-----8-6-5---6-5-----5-------|
|-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6-----------7-----7-6---7-6-4-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
      pm....      .....      .....      ........................  


Pre-chorus 2:

                     let ring
|-----------------------2-----------------------|
|-------------------------2---------------------|
|-------------------4-----------4---------------|
|-6-----7-----6-----4-----------4---------------|
|-6-----7-----6-----2-----------2---------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|



Chorus


interlude rythm : (play single notes not powerchords except last which is B5)
    D# E C B B A# A G# G F# B5


interlude:


|-14h18p14---------------------------------17-14----------------------14-17-14-/19-|
|----------16-----------16----18----19-----------16----------------16--------------|
|-------------15-----15----15----15----15-----------17-14----14-17-----------------|
|----------------16---------------------------------------16-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-16-------------------------------16-19-17-19-12-16-14-16-------------------------|
|----17----------------------17-19-------------------------------------------------|
|-------16----------------16-------------------------------13h16p14h16-------------|
|----------18----------18----------------------------------------------14h17p16h17-|
|-------------19-14-19-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-12h15p12-------------------------12----18-15----------------------15-18-----/19-|
|----------13----------13----15----------------17-13----------13-17-------17------|
|-------------12----12----12----12----12-------------15-12-15---------------------|
|----------------14---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-15------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----17----------17----19----20\-16-19-17-19--------------------------------------|
|-------16----16----16----16-----------------16-20-18-20--------------------------|
|----------17--------------------------------------------13h16p14h16--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------14h18p16h18--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|----------------------------------------------------------16-19-18-17-16----18----|
|----------------------18----19----21----18----19-------18----------------19----19-|
|-------------16-19-16----16----16----16----16----16-19----------------------------|
|-------15-18----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-17----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-------------------18----18-21-18---------------------------|
|----------------19----19----------19------------------------|
|-18----------18----------------------18-15------------------|
|----20----20-------------------------------16---------------|
|-------21-------------------------------------16-13---------|
|----------------------------------------------------16-14~--|






|----------------------------------------------------------14-17-16-15-14----16----|
|----------------------16----17----19----16----17-------16----------------17----17-|
|-------------14-17-14----14----14----14----14----14-17----------------------------|
|-------13-16----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12-15----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-------------------16----16-19-16---------------------------|
|----------------17----17----------17------------------------|
|-16----------16----------------------16-13------------------|
|----18----18-------------------------------14---------------|
|-------19-------------------------------------14-11---------|
|----------------------------------------------------14-12~--|




|--------------------------------7-10-------------------------19-22--18-21-19-21--|
|------------------------------8---------------18--20----18-20--------------------|
|-------------------10-12-7-10-----------16-19--------19--------------------------|
|------9-12----9-12-------------------17------------------------------------------|
|-8-10------10--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




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


Solo 1 background: fade in & harmonized

   T                 T                 T           T           T
||-23p14p12p11h12h14h23p14p12p11h12h14h24p14p12p11h21p14p12p11h24p14p12p11h12h14h|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



   T                 T                 T           T           T 
|-23p14p12p11h12h14h23p14p12p11h12h14h24p14p12p11h21p14p12p11h24p14p12p11h||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||



Solo 1:

                     depbar  rbar
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------16h17|
|---------------------------------------19b-rb--19b-rb-19b~----------------17------|
|-----------------------------11----------------------------------17h18h20---------|
|-/9------7--9--5-------------------------------------------18h19------------------|
|-------------------7---9----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



           depbar(-1)     bar(+1/2)
|h20--p17p16--16b-----16---16b-----rb--14-16~--17-16-14----16-14-------14----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------17-------17-16----17-16-14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|




|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17-16-14----14----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------17----17-14-17-13-17----17----17----------------13h14p13h14p13-|
|-------------------------------16----14----13h14p13h14p13----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |

|harmony guitar                                                           |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------13h14p13h14p13-|
|-------------------------------------------13h14p13h14p13----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-------------------------------16h17p16h17p16--20-----\------------------|
|-13h14p13h14p13-16h17p16h17p16-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                         |

|                                                                         |
|----------------16h17p16h17h16-20h21p20h21p20--23-----\------------------|
|-16h17p16h17p16----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo 2:
   /w. harmonizer
   play this solo with whammy bar along

                                                            bar1
|-11-12-14--12-11-15-14-12-11-12-14-12-11\8-11-8h11p8-7-8-7-6b&r---6----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------8---8-7-6-7-8-7-6-7|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo 3:


|---------------------------------23---|
|-22b--rb--22b--rb--22b~--22--19-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


Solo 4

                    T                 T        T                      T
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------11h13h14h17p13p11h13h14|
|---------------------------------------11h13h16p14p13p11h13------------------------|
|-----------9h11h12h15p12p11p9h11h12h15---------------------------------------------|
|-11p8h9h11-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



            T                          T           T              T        T
|----------------------------14h16h17h20p17p16p14-------------------14h16h20p17p16|
|-13h14h16h19p17p16p14h16h17------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------20p17p16p14h17h20---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



       T           T           T                 T          T            T
|-p14h23p17p16p14h20p17p16p14----------------------14h16h17h20p17p16p14------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------20p17p16p14h16h17h20---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------19p16p14p13|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



          T        T          T               T        T           T           T
|-----------14h16h20p17p16p14-------------------14h16h20p17p16p14----------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------20p17p14h17h20-|
|-h14h16h19----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------21p18p15h16h18h20----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|



         T              T           T           T           
|-14h16h20p17p16p14h17h23p17p16p14h20p17p16p14h23p17p16p14h19p17p16---\----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Solo 5 background :
 (X3) slights variations on 2 & 3 times

    T                 T     T
||-19p14p12p11h12h14h19p14h19p14p12p11h12h14p12p11h12h14p12p11h12h14p12p11-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||

||                                                                         ||

||  T                 T     T                                              ||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-19p16p13p12h13h16h19p16h19p16p13p12h13h16p13p12h13h16p13p12h13h16p13p12-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------------||


Solo 5:

   1      1    1/2
|-15b-rb-15b~--14b-rb---------------------------------------------------20-20-21-\-|
|---------------------16--13-13--12-12--10-10--12-12~---15--14---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------16--15-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                                                                                  |

|harmony                                                                           |
|-------------------------------------------------------19--17--15-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------19--15-15-16-\-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
Chorus  2 steps higher (4 pos) with slight variations at the end


||-----------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------------------||
||-8-----8-----9-6-6-9-8-----8-----9-------------||
||-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-4-4-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-8-\-7-7-\-6-||
||-----------------------------------6-\-5-5-\-4-||

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