Seven Secrets of the Sphinx Lyrics

As recorded by Therion
(From the 2000 Album DEGGIAL)
Words and Music by Therion
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Oboe'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Sitar'
Q=100
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Gtr I
PM| PM PM| PM
H Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 7x
|---------|-----------------||o-----------------o||
|---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||o-----2---3-2-0-2-o||
PM| PM PM| PM
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||o--0-0----0-------------|--0-0----0-------------o||
| Gtr III
| E E E E E Q. E E E E E Q.
||o-10-9------------------|-10-9------------------o||
||-------10-9-10-6tr7-----|------10-9-10-6tr7------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
PM| PM PM| PM
| Gtr III
| W W
Gtr I
PM| PM PM| PM
| Gtr III
| W W
| Gtr II
| W H Q S S S S
N.C.
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
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||-----------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------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
|-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|
N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| Gtr IV
| W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| W
| Gtr II
| W
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p=0-10p0-|
| W
| H Q S S S S
PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
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||---------------------------------|
|-----------------3-----------------o||-----------------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
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------o||---------------------------------|
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||o-----------------------------------------|
||o-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|
| Gtr IV
| W
||o-^5--------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------|
D.S.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------o||
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0--o||
| W
|-^5---------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------o||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
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 S S S S S S E
N.C.
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 S S S S S S E 3x
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
| Gtr II
| 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 S S S S S S E 3x
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
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