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The Eyes of Medusa

Symphony X

4 acessos

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

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