Egypt Lyrics

As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2000 Album V: THE NEW MYTHOLOGY SUITE)
Words by Romeo, Allen, Rullo Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Lepond
A5V
C#5/AbXIII
E5IX
G#5XIII
D5/AIII
Bm/D(type 2)
Bm/D(type 3)
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Steel 1'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Electric Distorted 1'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Electric Clean'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Electric Distorted 2'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr VI (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Steel 2'
Q=167
Gtrs II, IV
H +H +H +H
Gtr I
Q E E H E E E E Q E E E
||o----------------|---------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------5-|
| H. Q +W
| Gtr VI
| Q E E H E E E E Q E E E
||o----------------|-----------------9---|
||o-----5-3--5-----|--5--6-5-3--5--------|
H. Q +W
+H +H +H. E E
Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
| W W
| Q E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|--------------4-6-|--6h=7-----7p6--4----|
W W
W +W
Q E E H E E E E Q E E E
| H. Q +W
| Q E E H E E E E Q E E E
H. Q +W
+W +H. E E
|-13S12-12----12S10-10---|--9h10p9-7-10-9-------o||
|------------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------o||
|--5S=4--4-----4S=2--2---|-----------------------||
|----------------------0-|--6h=7p6-4--7-6--------||
|-----------5------------|----------------5-3-5-o||
Intro Theme II
Gtrs I, VI
||o-0---1---|-------1-(1)---|---0---1-----|-----1-(1)-------o||
||----------|-2h4---------2-|-----------2h|=4----------2-----||
||o---------|---------------|-------------|-----------------o||
| Gtrs II, IV
| E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E +E E 4x
||o---------|---------------|-------------|-----------------o||
||o---------|---------------|-------------|-----------------o||
Intro Theme III
Gtr VI
||o-------16--------------16-|----18-----16---------------|
||--19----------17h=19-------|------------------19-----17h|
||o--------------------------|----------------------------|
| Gtr I
||o--------4---------------4-|-----6------4---------------|
||---7-----------5h==7-------|-------------------7------5h|
||o--------------------------|----------------------------|
| Gtrs II, IV
| H +Q. E E E +E E +E E +E E
||o--------------------------|----------------------------|
||o--------------------------|--0--2-(2)--3-(3)-----------|
|--------16----------------|-----16----18-----16-------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
|---------4----------------|------4-----6------4-------o||
|--7------------------5h=7-|----------------------7p=5--||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
| H. Q +H +E E E E
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------o||
Pre-Verse
Gtr V
||o----9----9------9----|-9---------------10----10-|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtrs II, IV
| PM| PM--------------------|
| E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
| PM| PM--------------------|
| E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
|------10----10----10----|--------------------9---------o||
|------------------------|------------------------------o||
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|------------------------|------------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------6--5-5--3-3-3--0----o||
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|------------------------|------------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------6--5-6--3-3-5-------o||
| PM---|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E e E E S S S S S S S S
| PM---|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E e E E S S S S S S S S
1st, 2nd Verse
$
Gtrs II, IV
PM| PM| PM--------------| ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S E +E
||o-----------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------------|
PM| PM| PM--------------| ~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S E +E
PM| PM| PM------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S Q Q
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q
|----------------|----------------o||-----------------|
|----------------|-------------1--o||----------5--3---|
To Coda
Gtr II
H +Q. E +Q Q +H Q. Q. Q
Gtr IV
H +Q E E +Q Q +H Q. E +Q Q 4x
||o---------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||o-2----(2)--x-0-|-(0)--2--(2)----|-5----4--(4)--0--o||
G5 Bm/D(type 3)A/C# Bm/D(typeC#m/E Em/G
H +Q. E W W
Gtrs II, IV
~~~ PM--------------|
H +Q. E +H +H Q Q Q E E E E E E
C#5 C#5/AbXIII D5 D5/A C#5 C#5/AbXIII
Gtr II
W +H H +W W
Gtr IV
W +H H +W W
||o----------|-------------|------------|---------|
||o-4--------|-(4)----5----|-(5)--------|-4-------|
B5 B5/F# Bb5Bb5/F E5 E5IX
+H H +W W +H H
+H H +W W +H H
B5 B5/F# G#5 G#5XIII G#5 G#5XIII
+W W +H H +W W +Q Q
/ / / / / / / o
+W W +H H +W W +Q Q
|------------|----------|-------------|------------o||---------------------|
|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----6----|-(6)--------o||-6--------(6)-----|
Pre-Verse
Gtr V
||o----13----13-------13----|-13----------------14----14-|
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM-----------| PM---|
| E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
| Gtr IV
| PM| PM-----------| PM---|
| E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------14----14----14----|---------------------13---------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------o||
| PM---------------| ~~
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------10--9--9--7--7-7-------o||
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------10--9-10--7--7-9-------o||
D.S. al Coda
Gtr V
| Gtr II
| PM------|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E
| Gtr IV
| PM--------------|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E E E
Interlude Theme
&
Gtr II
H +H +Q +H. H.
Gtr III
||o---------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
||o-1-------|---------------|--0----1-------|-2------0-----|
Gtr III
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
|-1-----------|---------0---|-1-----------|--------------o||
Keyboard Solo (Theme II)
Gtr II
Q E E +Q E +Q. +E +E E E E E
||o-17---15-17-(17)---------------|-----------17-18-17-15-|
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------|
| Gtr III
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------|
||o--0----------------------------|-----------------------|
E +E E Q E E +E E Q E
+Q. E E E E Q E E E E E
|----------------16-o||-17-16---18-17----------|
|-------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------------|
|-------------------o||------------------------|
Interlude Theme III
Gtr II
W +Q W W W
o /
Gtr IV
Q +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q Q Q +E E +Q H Q
||o---------------------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------|
||o-3---(3)-------------------|-2---3---1---|-4---(4)-2-(2)---|-3------------|
| Gtr III
||o---------------------------|---1---1---1-|---------------1-|--------------|
||o-3-------------------------|-2---3---1---|-4-------2-------|-3------------|
E +Q Q. Q Q Q E +Q Q. H.
|----------------|-------------|----------------o||--------------|
|---------2------|-3---1-------|----------------o||--------------|
|--------------1-|---1---1-----|----------------o||--------------|
|------------2---|-3---1-------|----------------o||--------------|
H.=H
E +Q Q. Q Q +E E +Q W +W
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
Guitar Solos
Wx30 Wx6
D5/AIII Eb5/BbC5/G C5/D5/AIII Eb5/C5/GEb5/BbG5/DF#5/C#
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-5---5-5---6-|---3-3---6---|-3--5---5-5-|---6---3-3-6-|-6-5-5-4-4-6--o||
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||o-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|---1-1-0-0---o||
| Gtr IV
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||o-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|------------|-------------|-------------o||
Gtr V
||o----9----9------9----|-9---------------10----10-|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM--------------------|
| E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
| Gtr IV
| PM| PM--------------------|
| E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------------|
|------10----10----10----|--------------------9--------o||
|------------------------|-----------------------------o||
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------6--5-5--3-3-3--0---o||
| PM---------------|
| E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E S S Q
|------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|------------------------|----------6--5-6--3-3-5------o||
Guitar Break
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E Q Q Q
| E S S E S S E S S E S S E E E E Q Q Q
Out-Chorus
C#5 C#5/AbXIII D5 D5/A C#5 C#5/AbXIII
Gtr II
W +H H +W W
Gtr IV
W +H H +W W
||o----------|-------------|------------|---------|
||o-4--------|-(4)----5----|-(5)--------|-4-------|
B5 B5/F# Bb5Bb5/F E5 E5IX
+H H +W W +H H
+H H +W W +H H
B5 B5/F# G#5 G#5XIII G#5 G#5XIII C#5/Ab
+W W +H H +W W Q E E
+W W +H H +W W Q E E
|------------|----------|-------------|------------o||--------------------*|
|-(2)--------|-2--------|-(2)----6----|-(6)--------o||-6-----------4-4----*|
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