Whispers Lyrics

As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1995 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Words and Music by Michael Romeo, Michael Pinnela, Thomas Miller, Jason Rullo and Russel Allen
C5(type 2)
B5(type 2)
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Michael Romeo (Rhythm)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Michael Pinnella'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Michael Romeo (Acoustic)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Michael Pinnella'
Gtr V (D G C D A D) - 'Lead overdub'
Gtr VI (D G C F A D) - 'Michael Romeo (Lead)'
Intro Solo
Q=124
Gtr II
W +W
Gtr I
Q +E Q +E Q +Q +E S S S Q +E S T T
|-9--(9)s4------(4)s16--|-(16)--(16)-15h16p15-13--(13)-x-----|
W +W
E +E E Q E e S S S H +Q +E S S
|-11-(11)h12S====9--/5---------|--------------------|
|----------------------4-4h5p4-|--2----(2)--(2)-----|
W +W
Gtr I
Q +E Q S S S Q +Q +E S S Q +E E S S S
|-7--(7)-6--6h7p6-4--|-(4)--(4)-------------------|
|--------------------|----------7-9p5-(5)-7p5h7p5p|
W +W
Q E Q E S S S S S +S Q S S S S S S S S E +S
|----------------------------|-------/18p=17p15------------------------------|
|----10-10--12p10h12p10p9h10-|-(10)\---------------------17p15p14p12-(12)\---|
Gtr II
W +W
Gtr I
Q +E Q +E Q +Q +E S S S Q +E S T T
|-9--(9)s4------(4)s16--|-(16)--(16)-15h16p15-13--(13)-x-----|
W
E +E E Q E e S S S
|-11-(11)h12S====9--/5---------|
+W W +W
Gtr I
H +Q +E S S Q +E Q S S S Q +Q +E S S Q +E Q
|----------------4-6-|-7--(7)-6--6h7p6-4--|-(4)--(4)---------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|----------7-9p5-(5)-11--|
N.C.
Gtr I
W +E +E +E +E +E +E +E +E
| Gtr III
| Q +E E E E Q +Q Q Q +E E
| Gtr IV
| Q E E E E +Q +Q Q Q E E
>
W W W Q
| E E H +Q Q +E E E E Q +Q Q H +Q
| E Q E E +E E E H Q Q Q Q Q Q +Q
N.C.
Gtr III
Q +E E E E Q +Q Q Q +E E E E H +Q
| Gtr IV
| Q E E E E +Q +Q Q Q E E E Q E E +E E E
Q +E E E E Q +Q Q H +Q
| H Q Q Q Q Q Q +Q
N.C.
Gtr III
Q +E E E E Q +Q Q Q +E E E E H +Q
| Gtr IV
| Q E E E E +Q +Q Q Q E E E Q E E +E E E
Q +E E E E Q +Q Q H +Q
| H Q Q Q Q Q Q +Q
N.C.
Gtr I
H +Q H +Q H +Q
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E E Q E +E +H Q +E E Q H +Q
||o-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
| Gtr IV
| Q Q Q Q E E E E H E E Q Q Q
||o-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|-----------9--------|-9--9-9--7---7---|
| Gtr III
| W W W
||o-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
||o-------------------|--------------------|-----------------|
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q +W
| Gtr IV
| H Q E E +E E Q E Q E
| Gtr III
| H Q E E +E E Q E E +E E
PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q E +Q E Q H +Q
|----------------------------------o||
|-(12)---9-(9)---------------------o||
| Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
|----------------------------------o||
|--10---10-10---10-10--9-9--9--9---o||
| Q E Q E Q H +Q
|--------7---------10--------------o||
|--12------------------------------o||
Guitar Solo I
Gtr I
H +Q H +H
| Gtr VI
| H +Q E E +E +Q +Q S S S
|-14pb16----(14)pb16--|-11r14b16==(14)-(14)------(14)r-----------|
W H H
| Q +E E H Q Q Q S S S S
|-13pb15r=(13)p11-13----|-/13\--11S=10\------------|
Gtr I
H +Q H +H
| Gtr VI
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ T T T T T T T
| Q E Q +E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-----------8p3h8h11h=15p11------------15p11-|
|-13--8-8------(8)-|---------------------------13p8h13h16-------|
W H H
| T T ~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|-9S=11--9--8---|
F#m N.C.
Gtr I
W +H +Q
| Gtr VI
| Q +E H +E H Q
|-17pb19r=(17)-17b19=====(17)r-|---------------------|
| Gtr III Gtr IV
| W S S S +Q E Q
|-!2---------------------------|--7------------------|
|-!2---------------------------|-----7---------------|
|-!2---------------------------|-------7-(7)---------|
|-!4---------------------------|---------------------|
|-!4---------------------------|--------------2------|
|-!2---------------------------|---------------------|
Gtr I
PM--| PM--------------------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|------||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-/2s6s||o=2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2-|---2-2---0--0---|
| Gtr IV
| Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|------||o-1-------1---1---|---------1-------|-1-----1----1---|
|------||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E
|------||o-3-------3---3---|---------3-------|-3-----3----3---|
|------||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
Gtr I
PM--| PM----| PM--|
E E E Q +E E E E Q +E E E E Q +E
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
|-2-2-2-2---(2)-5-5-|-5-5---(5)-4-4-4-4-----(4)-o||
| Gtr IV
| E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q +Q
|-1-------1-----0---|-0-------------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-3-------3-----2---|---7-------6---------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------------o||
N.C.
Gtr I
H +Q H +Q H +Q
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E E Q E +E +H Q +E E Q H +Q
| Gtr IV
| Q Q Q Q E E E E H E E Q Q Q
| Gtr III
| W W W
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q +W
| Gtr IV
| H Q E E +E E Q E Q E
| Gtr III
| H Q E E +E E Q E E +E E
PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q E +Q E Q H +Q
| Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
| Q E Q E Q H +Q
N.C.
Gtr I
PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM ~~~~~~~~~~
Q +E E Q E +E +H Q +E E Q H +Q
| Gtr IV
| Q Q Q Q E E E E H E E Q Q Q
| Gtr III
| W W W
N.C.
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q +W
| Gtr IV
| H Q E E +E E Q E Q E
| Gtr III
| H Q E E +E E Q E E +E E
+W +H +Q
| Q E Q E Q E Q E Q
| Q E H E E E Q Q
N.C.
Gtr I
H +Q Q +H H
| Gtr III
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
| Gtr IV
| E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
+Q H +Q H +Q Q
| Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E
| Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E
N.C.
Gtr I
+H H +Q H +Q
|-(18)--------19----------|-(19)s==8----------(8)------|
| Gtr III Gtr II
| E E Q E E E E Q H +Q
| Gtr IV
| E E Q E E E E Q Q +E Q +E
>
+W +Q
| +W +Q
| E +E Q +E E E Q +E
Intro Recap
Gtr II
W +W
Gtr I
Q +E Q +E Q +Q +E S S S Q +E S T T
|-11--(11)s6------(6)s18--|-(18)--(18)-17-18p17-15--(15)-x-----|
W
E +E E Q E e S S S
|-13-(13)h14S====11--/7----------|
+W W +W
Gtr I
H +Q +E S S Q +E Q S S S Q +H +Q E E
|----------------6-8-|-9--(9)-8--8h9p8-6--|-(6)----(6)--4-6--|
Guitar Solo II
Gtr II
H +Q +H +Q +H +Q
Gtr I
H Q H Q H Q
| Gtr IV
+H +Q +H +Q +H +Q
Gtr I
H Q +Q +Q E e +e e +e q E
| Gtr IV
+H +Q +H +Q +H +Q
Gtr I
<
e S S Q +Q +Q H +E S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|------------------|-----17-17-17s14-14-14-14s16-16-16-|
|-10-10h12p10---(10)---|-(10)\------------|-----------------------------------|
| Gtr IV
+H +Q
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-14s12-12-12-12s14-17-17-17s14-14-14-|
|-------------------19-19-19s14-14-14-|
| Gtr IV
+H +Q +H +Q
Gtrs I, V
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q +E
|-14s16-16-16-14s12-12-12-12s14-14-14-|-14s12-12-12-12s14--10-----(10)--|
|-14s17-17-17-14s12-12-12-12-14-14-14-|-14s12-12-12-12s14-(10)----(10)--|
+H +Q +H +Q +H +Q
Gtr I
H Q E E E E Q +H +Q
|--------------------|----h0-7s16s19---|-(19)--------(19)---|
| Gtr V
| Q E E E E Q H W
|----------h0---7s16s|=12--------------|--------------------|
| Gtr IV
+H +Q +H +Q
Gtr I
PM----------------------| PM------------|
S S S S S S s s s s s S S s s s s s S s S S S S
| Gtr IV
+H +Q +H +Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
Gtr I
W
Gtr VI
E T S T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q +E
|-14-14p13p11h13p=11p8h9p8p6h8p6p4h5p4p2-4-----(4)-|
| Gtr III
| Q +E E E E Q
| Gtr IV
| Q E E E E +Q
+W +H Q Q
+H H +E S S S Q Q E E
|-(4)-------------|-(4)--4h=5p2-------------/6---4--|