The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm Tabs & Lyrics by Symphony X
The Bird-Serpent War / Cataclysm
guitar tabs lyrics
THE BIRD-SERPENT WAR / CATACLYSM
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words and Music by Romeo, Pinnella
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Michael'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Romeo'
Intro
Q=127
Bb5
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.
5/4 6/4
PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM----------------|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------4-3-1-----------|
|-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4-3-1-----|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------4-3-|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
Bb5 A5 Bb5 A5 N.C.
5/4 6/4
PM| ~~~~~~ PM----| PM| ~~~~~~ PM
|----6----| |----6----|
E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E +Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------4p3p1-------------------|
|-3------------2-2-2-2-|-3------------2---------4p3p1-4p3p1-------|
|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-4-(4)--0-0-------------------4p3p1-|
|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
F#5 N.C.
5/4
PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------------2h3p2-----|
||--2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4-|
F#5 N.C.
PM------|~~~~~~~ PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S E +E S S S E S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------------------------2h3p2------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-[5]-(5)-2h5p2-1-4-5-------5-4---||
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
3/8
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------4s5-|
|-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----------|-4-----2s3-|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-|-2-0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
6/4
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------4s5-|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM----------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
F#5 F#5 B5C5 F#5 F#5 B5C5 G5
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------|
||o-4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM------------| PM--------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S 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
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-2h4p2-------------5-4-2---------------------||
|-4-----------4-----------------|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2--------o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------3-2-0---||
Verse 1
N.C.
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------6---------|-----------3---------|
||o-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
PM--------| ~
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------6---------|--------------------------------||
|-3-5-5---5---5---5-5-|-3-5-5-(5)-----3---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------4-5---5-4-3-1-3-4-3--||
N.C.
3/4
S e S S S S S S e S S e S S S S S S e S
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------5---------|-----------2---------|
||o-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|
||----------------------|---------------------|
4/4
PM--------| ~
S e S S S S S S e S S e S +S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------5---------|--------------------------------||
|-2-4-4---4---4---4-4-|-2-4-4-(4)-----2---------------o||
|---------------------|-----------3-4---4-3-2-0-2-3-2--||
Chorus
E5 F#7add4 G5 A5
3/4 4/4 3/4
H. Q H. H. H.
||----------|----0-------|---------|--------||
||o---------|----0-------|---------|-------o||
||----------|----3-------|---------|--------||
||--2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7------||
||o-2-------|-4----------|-5-------|-7-----o||
||--0-------|-2----------|-3-------|-5------||
B5 C5 N.C.
4/4
~~~~~~~ PM-------------
Q +E. S +H Q +E. S +S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
|-4--(4)-5-(5)----|------------------2-5-4---2-|
|-4--(4)-5-(5)----|-1--(1)-2-(2)-4-5-------4---|
|-2--(2)-3-(3)----|----------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|
---------------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------5-4-2-------------------||
|-5-1-4-2---------------5-4-2-5-4-2-------||
|---------0-3-2-0-------------------3-2-0-||
|-----------------------------------------||
Verse 2
B5 B5 E5F5 B5 B5 E5F5 C5
4/4
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E.
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------4s5-----------|-------------------4s5-------|
||--4-----------4-----2s3-----------|-4-----------4-----2s3---5---|
||o-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----0-0-3p2p0-|-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-----x-3---|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B5 B5
PM| PM------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------4-----------------|
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-------------------------------|
N.C.
PM--------------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|-2h4p2-------------5-4-2----------------------||
|-------5-4-2-5-4-2-------5-4-2-5-4-2----------||
|-------------------------------------3-2-0---o||
|----------------------------------------------||
F#5 F#5 F#5 F#5 B5C5
6/4
PM| PM| PM|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S
||------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------4s5-|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----2s3-|
||--2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-6p3p0-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-0-0-----|
F#5 F#5 N.C.
PM| PM----------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------||
|-4-----------4---------2-4-1-4---4---4---4---4-o||
|-2-0-0-3p2p0-2-2-2-2-2---------3---2---0---3----||
Bridge
N.C.
7/8 4/4
PM----------------------------------------|
e e e e e S S S S S S e e e e S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------------o||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-5-3-2-5--||
Instrumental
Eb5F5 G5
Gtr II
\0.5/
~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +E E +H
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----|
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E. S +E E +H
||----------------------------|
||o---------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||--8--10-(10)-12-----(12)----|
||o-6---8--(8)-10-----(10)----|
||----------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
C5 D5 Eb5 C5 Bb5 Ab5
\0.5/ \0.5/
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|------------------------||-|-8--6-(6)-4-----(4)----||
|-----------------------o||-|-x--x-----x------------||
|-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5--3-(3)-1-----(1)----||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-|-----------------------||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|
| E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-----------------------o||-|-----------------------||
|------------------------||-|-----------------------||
|-5--7-(7)-8-----(8)-----||-|-5---------------------||
|-3--5-(5)-6-----(6)----o||-|-3--8-(8)-6-----(6)----||
|------------------------||-|----6-(6)-4-----(4)----||
Guitar Solo
N.C.
Gtr I
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
| | | | | | | | | |
o o / o / o o / o /
Gtr II
~~ PM-----------------| ~~~~~~
|-3-|
H +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +H
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-6---------(6)-4h6p4---------|--------------------------|
|---------------------6-5-4---|---------------5----------|
|---------------------------7-|-4--7-6-4--2-4---4-(4)----|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------8p4h6h8-9p6h8h9-|
|---------------------------7p4h6h7--9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11-----------------|
|-7p4h6h7-9p6h7h9-11p7h9h11--------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +Q Q
| | | | | |
o o / o / o
~~~~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
|------------------------------------------9h11h12p11p9---------------------|
|-----------------------9h11h12p11p9h11h12--------------12p11p9-------------|
|-11p8h9h11-12p9h11h12------------------------------------------12-11b13----|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
~~~~~~~~
|--3---| |-3--| |-3--|
E S S S E S S S E S S S Q
|-------9--------------9------------9--------------|
|---------12p==9---------12p9-12b14---12p9-11b12===|
|-11b13----------11b13-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
~~~~~~~ ~
|--3---| |-----5-----| |----5-----|
+E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-(11)r-------------------------------------------|
|-------12p11p==9-11p9------9h11h12p11p9----11-9--|
|----------------------11----------------11-------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +H
| | | | |
o o / o /
|-------6--------| |----6----| |-----6------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-16p12------------------------7h9-/12p9------------------------12h16-|
|-------14-------------------9-----------10------------------14-------|
|----------13--------------9----------------9-------------14----------|
|-------------14---------9--------------------11-------14-------------|
|------------------16-11-------------------------12-16----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E +Q Q
| | | | | |
o o / o / o
T T ~~
|-------6--------| |---------7---------| |--------7--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19p16--------------------------------11h14s17-20p17p14----------------||
|-------17--------------------------13----------------------------------||
|----------16------------------14------------------------20p17h20-18----||
|-------------18------------16h=========================================||
|------------------19-14h18---------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo
N.C.
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|---------------------|
||--7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|-x--x------x---------|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)----|
||o-x--x------x---------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|-x--x------x---------|
||--5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|---------------------|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)----|
1. 2.
7/4
E. S +E E +Q Q E. S +E E +S E. Q +W +H.
|-----------------------||----------------------|-------------------||
|----------------------o||----------------------|-------------------||
|-7--9-(9)-10-(10)------||-7--5-(5)-4-(4)-------|-------------------||
|-x--x------x-------6---||-x--x-----x-----7--6--|-(6)--------(6)----||
|-5--7-(7)--8--(8)-----o||-5--3-(3)-2-(2)-x--x--|-------------------||
|-------------------4---||----------------5--4--|-(4)--------(4)----||
Outro
N.C.
4/4
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----|-5--5-(5)-/7-(7)----||
|--------------------|--------------------||
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----|-7--7-(7)-/9-(9)----|
|--------------------|--------------------|
H.=H
~~~ ~~~
E. S +E E +H E. S +E E +H
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||----------------------||--------------------|
||----------------------||--------------------|
||o--------------------o||--------------------|
||--3--3-(3)-/5-(5)-----||-3--3-(3)-/5-(5)----|
\3.5___/
~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +Q a +H +W
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-----------------------|--------*|
|-3--3-(3)-----5-(5)----|-(5)----*|
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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
