Seven Secrets of the Sphinx Tabs & Lyrics by Therion
Seven Secrets of the Sphinx
guitar tabs lyrics
VEN SECRETS OF THE SPHINX
As recorded by Therion
(From the 2000 Album DEGGIAL)
Transcribed by Carlos Acosta (Geeko)
Words and Music by Therion
E5
x 7 9 x x x
F5
x 8 10 x x x
D5
x 5 7 x x x
A5/E
x 7 7 x x x
Bb5/F
x 8 8 x x x
G5/D
x 5 5 x x x
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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E5/BF5E5D5E5/B
3/4 4/4
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-||------2---3-2-0-2--||
|---------|-----2---3-2-0-2-||o-----2---3-2-0-2-o||
|---------|-0-0---0---------||--0-0---0----------||
A5/E Bb5A5/E G5A5/E
PM| PM PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--||
||--------2----3-2----0-2-|-------2----3-2----0-2--||
||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||
||------------------------|------------------------||
E5/BF5E5D5E5/B
PM| PM PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-|
|-----2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2-0-2-|
|-0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-12---------------|
|-9---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
E5/BF5E5D5E5/B
Gtr I
PM| PM PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---|
|------2---3-2-0-2-|------2---3-2--0----2---|
|--0-0---0---------|--0-0---0---------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------|------------------------|
|-11---------------|------------------------|
|------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q S S S S
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|--------------12-10-9-9-|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
|------------------|------------------------|
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|
| 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||-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------12-10-9-9--||-----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-----------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
N.C.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-15p0-15p0-13p0-10p0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12p0-12p0-12p0-12p0-13p0-13p0-10p0-13p0-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-^5--------------------------------------|
|-^4--------------------------------------|
|-^2--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| 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
|------------------------------------------|
|-^5---------------------------------------|
|-^4---------------------------------------|
|-^2---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| H Q S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-10--9-9-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
PM-------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-0--1--1--1--5--5-5-5-|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------12-10-9-9-|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9-10-10-10-----------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0--0--0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| 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||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------12-10-9-9--||---------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------------------------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--------------------------------------|
||--^4--------------------------------------|
||--^2--------------------------------------|
||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||
|-^4----------------------------------------||
|-^2----------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9-----------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------------|
|-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------|
|---------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-|
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||
||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------||
||--8-8-8-8-------------------------|-8-8-8-8------------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7---------|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
||----------0-0-0-0---------6-6-6-6-|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||
|
| 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||
||--9-9-9-9-------------------------|-9-9-9-9------------------------||
||--8-8-8-8---------5-5-5-5---------|-8-8-8-8------------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7-----------------4-4-4-4-|-7-7-7-7-----------------------o||
||----------0-0-0-0-----------------|---------0-0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-3--||
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
