#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# A FOOL'S PARADISE (Bassline) As recorded by Symphony X (From the 2000 Album V) Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson Words by Allen, Pinnella Music by Romeo, Pinnella Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass' Intro Q=140 4/4 Gtr I W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |----------||----------------------------------|----------------------------| |----------||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| |----------||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| |----------||--1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-|-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0--|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| Verse S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1. 2. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. Q H H |---------------------------------|-------------||-|-----------| |---------------------------------|------------o||-|-----------| |-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-------3--o||-|-2----0----| |---------------------------------|-------------||-|-----------| $ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------| 1. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. Q |---------------------------------|-------------|| |---------------------------------|------------o|| |-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-------3--o|| |---------------------------------|-------------|| 2. S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E |-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-7p4-4-4-4-4-7p4-4-4-4-4-4-6-|-7--6-(6)-4-3----------|----------4-7--6-(6)-4-|| |-----------------------------|---------------5-(5)-4-|-3--6-(6)--------------|| Pre-Chorus S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q ||----------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o-6-4-3---4-3-------------4---4-3-|-6-4-3---4-3----------------| ||--------5-----5-4---2-4-5---5-----|-------5-----5-4---2-4-2-5--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|-------------4---6-4-7-6-4--------o|| |-6-4-3---4-3-------------4---4-3-|-4-3-6-4-7-6---7-----------7-6-4--o|| |-------5-----5-4---2-4-5---5-----|-----------------------------------|| H. E E H H W W |-------------|-----------|----------|------|| |-4-----------|-----------|----------|------|| |---------7-6-|-4---------|----------|------|| |-------------|------5----|-4--------|-6----|| Chorus $$ E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------|---------3-----------3-6-5-3------| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-5-2-5---5-3-5-2-5---------6-5--| ||--------------------------------|----------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------3-----------3-6-5-3-----| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-5-2-5---5-3-5-2-5---------6-5-| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| 1. E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------1-3-1-----1---------------o|| |-------------------------------|-1-3-4-------4-3---4-3-1-4-3-1-3--|| 2. To Coda To Coda S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |-|-----------------------------|| |-|-----------------------------|| |-|-------1-3-1-----1-----------|| |-|-1-3-4-------4-3---4-3-1-3---|| Riff S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |---------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-5p4-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-|-5p4-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-4-4-5---| D.S. al Coda S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |-5p4-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-5p4-4-4-5p4-5p4-5p4-5p4--|| Interlude & W +W W +W W |----------|------------|----------|------------|----------| |----------|------------|----------|------------|----------| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------| |----------|------------|----------|------------|-0--------| +W W H. E E E E E E E E E E |------------|----------|-------------|--------------------|| |------------|----------|-------------|--------------------|| |------------|----------|-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|| |-(0)--------|-0--------|-------------|--------------------|| Guitar Solo S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------| ||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| ||----------------------------------|----------------------------------| 1. 2. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H H H |---------------------------------|------------||-|-----------|| |---------------------------------|-----------o||-|-----------|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------o||-|-4---------|| |---------------------------------|-2----4-----||-|------4----|| Keyboard Solo E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|------------------------------| ||o-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--| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| 1. E S S S S E S S S S S S S S H H |-----------------------------|------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------o|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0----2----o|| |-----------------------------|------------|| 2. E S S S S E S S S S E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E E. S +E E |-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-|-7--6-(6)-4-3----------|----------4-7--6-(6)-4-|| |-------------------------|---------------5-(5)-4-|-3--6-(6)--------------|| Classical S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-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-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------| |-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-0-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5---0-2-|-3-5-3-2-0-2-0---|---------6-------| |-----------------|-----------3-----|---------------3-|-2-3-2-0---2-5-2-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-2-2-0-2-3-2-0-3-|-----------------|-----------------| |-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-5-|-----------------|-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-5-|-3-3-2-3-5-3-2-5-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----2-----------|-----2-----------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-5---4-5-2-4-1-|-2-5---4-5-----1-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------2-4---|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W |-----------------|-----------------||----------|------| |-----------------|-----------------||----------|------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1--------|-0----| |-----------------|-----------------||----------|------| H H H H W H. +E E E E E E E E E E |-----------|-----------|----------||----------------|-------------------|| |-----------|-----------|----------||----------------|-------------------|| |-----------|-3----2----|-1--------||-2-------(2)-/9-|-------------------|| |-4----3----|-----------|----------||----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|| Bridge S S e E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S S S S S S S S S ||--------------------------|-------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------|-----------------6-9-8-6------o|| ||o-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|-6-6-6---6-6-5-8---------9-5--o|| ||--------------------------|-------------------------------|| S S e E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S S S e E S S |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-6-6-6---6-6-6-6-6---6-6-|-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda S S e E S S S S e E S S H H |-------------------------|-----------|| |-------------------------|-----------|| |-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-|-----------|| |-------------------------|-4----6----|| Outro && S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q ||----------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| ||o---------------------------------|----------------------------| ||--1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-|-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1--| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x |---------------------------------|----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------o|| |-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1p0-0-0-1p0-1p0-0-0-1p0--|| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths