EGYPT

As recorded by Symphony X
(from the 2000 Album "V: The New Mythology Suite")
Transcribed by Victor Kuri Words by Romeo, Allen, Rullo
Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Lepond

D5
D5 B5B5 A5
A5 G5
G5 CCmmbb A5VV
A5 5fr.
bb
GG5 5 4fr. E5E5 bb
CC5 5 3fr.
ooxxxx x xxx xo xxx xxxx x xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx x xxx

``
BB5 5 b `
C 5/A 2fr. G/E
G/E 7fr. Gm/B ` C/E
C/E 7fr. Bm/D 5fr. Am/C 3fr. Em/B
Em/B bb ``
5/AXIII
CC5/A XIII
13fr.
x xxx xxxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx

D5/A
D5/A 14fr. B5/F
B5/F b 11fr.
`
BB5/F
5/F 10fr. E5IXIX 9fr.
E5 b
G 5 XIII
XIII
13fr. D5/AIIIIII 3fr. ` `
E 5/B 4fr. C5/G
C5/G G5/D
G5/D
xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx x xxx

b b
F 5/C BB AA FF bb DD EE A/C
A/C bb Bm/D b
C m/E
x xxx x x x x 4fr. x x x x 2fr. x x x x 4fr. x x x x 4fr. x x x x 2fr. x x x x 3fr. x x x x 5fr. x x x x 7fr.

Em/G Bm/D
x x x x 10fr. x x x o x 5fr.

Guitars Tuned Down to Dropped -D ( D A D G B E )

A Intro
P = 167
D5 D5
ff
Gtrs II, IV^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ __
P.M.---|
3 V
4 j V V W V gV f V V V j V V V gV gV gV gV V V V gV
1
I4 V gV
V
W V U U U
Gtr I fff \\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\ \\\\\
10
T 7 9 9 10 10 9 7
7 5 7 7 8 7 5 7 5 7 5 7 8
A 6
B 5
0 0 0 0 0
H P

V gV
4 j V j V
gV V V V
I4 V V W V gV f V V V V V V gV gV gV gV
W V U U U
Gtr VI fff \\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\8 \\\\\
T 9
7 7
A 4 6 6 7 7 6 4
B 5 3 5 5 6 5 3 5 5 3 5 6
0 0 0 0 0
H P

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^ ^ ^ ^ *
**
__
3 V V V V V V gV V V gV V V VP.M.---| V
5 j V V W V gV f V V V V gV V V V
I V 3
W V U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\
T 13 12 12 12 10 10 9 10 9 7 10 9
7 5 7 7 8 7 5 7 5 7 7 5 7
A 6 12
B 5
0 0 0
sl. sl. H P
* First Time Only
3
** Second Time Slide from 10th Fret
V gV 3
j V V V V V V V
I V V W V gV f V V V V V gV V V gV V V V V
V
W V U
\\\\\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\ 8
T 9
7 5 4 4 4 2 2
A 0 6 7 6 4 7 6
B 5 3 5 5 6 5 3 5 5 5 3 5
0 0 0
sl. sl. H P

B Intro Theme II

4x
2 3
9
I4 V V V V 4 V V V V V V V V V
V
V V V V V V V V

Gtrs I, VI \\\\\\\ \\\\\\\

T 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1
2 4 2 2 4 2
A 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
B
H H
4x
2 k 3 k j
I4 c 4 c
V gV V V gV V V gV V V V V gV V V V V
Gtrs II, IV \\\\\\\\\\ \\\\\\\
T
A
B 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 1 3 1 3 3 1 3 3 3 1

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C Intro Theme III

8va

13 4 V gV gV V V f V V gV gV V V gV V f V V
V V gV gV V
V
V
V fV
gV gV V V V V f V
V
I4
Gtr VI
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
T 16 16 18 16 16 16 18 16
19 17 19 19 17 19 17 19 19 17
A 18
B
H H H P

4 V gV gV V V f V V gV gV V V gV V f V V
V V gV gV V
V
V
V fV
gV gV V V V V f V
V
I4
Gtr I
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
T 4 4 6 4 4 4 6 4
7 5 7 7 5 7 5 7 7 5
A 6
B
H H H P

4
I4 c
gW V V V V V V V V V gV W
gV W V gV gV V
V V V W
Gtrs II, IV fff
T
A 0 0 1 0
B 0 2 2 3 3
6 6 6 0 0 1 0 4 4 4 4 6 7

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*
* Gtr. II Lower Notes

D Pre-Verse
1.
8va

17 V gV V f V gV V gV f V V gV V V V V gV V V V gV V gV V fV V V
I gV V V gV V gV V
Gtr V
10 11 8 10 11 13 11 10 11 8 10 11 13 14 13 11 11 10 10 8
T 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
13 13
A
B

j k k
I c c gV gV V gV f V V
gV gV V V V V gV V gV V V V V V gV gV V V V V V V V V V
Gtrs II, IV
P.M. P.M. P.M.
T
A 6 4 4
B 6 5 5 3 3 3 0
6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 6 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 4

j k k
I c c gV gV V gV f V gV
gV gV V V V V gV V gV V V V V V gV gV V V V V V V VfV V
P.M. P.M. P.M.
T
A 6 4 6
B 6 5 6 3 3 5
6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 6* 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 4 7

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*

* Second Time Only (First Time just single 8th Note)

2.
8va

21 2 V gV gV
V V
gV
V V V gV
gV
V V
gV
V V
I4
13 11 11 10 10 8 13 11 11 10 10 8
T 9 9
13 13
A
B

2
I 4 gV gV V gV f V V V V V V gV V
gV V gV V V V V V V V V V
P.M.
T
A 6 4 4
B 6 5 5 3 3 3
7 6 6 4 4 1 2 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0
H P P H P P

2
I 4 gV gV V gV f V gV V V V V gV V
gV V gV V V V V V V V V V
P.M.
T
A 6 4 6
B 6 5 6 3 3 5
7 6 6 4 4 1 2 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0
H P P H P P

E 1st, 2nd Verse

T
* G/E
`
Gm/B / Bm/D**
25 4 kk k kk k
I4 c c
VVV VVV VVVVVVVVVVV VVV VVV VVVVVVVVVVV
Gtrs II, IV
P.M. P.M. P.M. \\\\\\P.M. P.M. P.M. \\\\
T
A
B 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 3 3 2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 3 2 0 3 3
*** ***
* Chords Implide by Keyboard *** Light A.H
** Play Second Time
1. 2.
C/E/ Am/C G/E/ Em/B
29 kk k
I c V c c c fV V
V V V gV gV
VVV VVV VVVVV V V gV V gV gV
P.M. P.M. P.M. |||||||||||| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||| \\\\\\
T
A
B 3 2 1 5 3
2 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 2 5 5 4 4 1 2 (4) 1

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F Pre-Chorus
to Coda
B / * / b / B5 D / / b
_c
B5 B5 A A5 A5 F B5 G5 E Cm A5
^
Gtr II _ _ _ ^ _ _ _
4x
34
c
I gW V }} V V gV W V gVV VV V
W V V V V W V V
Gtr IV

T
A 4 4 x 2 2 4 4 2 2 2
B 2 2 x 0 0 2 2 5 4 4 0
5
* Chords on the right implide by Keyboard

G5
/
Bm/D
**
A/C b Bm/D b
C m/E Em/G
^ _ k
3
37
c 3
I W V V W W V gV V V
3

W V V W W VV VV VV gV V
Gtrs II, IV
|||||||||||||||||P.M.
T
A 2 2 2 5 4 2
B 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 2
5 5 2 2 2
** Next four Chords implide by Keyboard

G Chorus
/ * /
C5 b b `
C 5/A XIII D5 D5/A C5 b / b `
C 5/A XIII
^
Gtr II ^ ^ ^ ^
40
I ggUU W W U gU
W W U gU
Gtr IV

T
A 6 6 7 7 6
B 4 4 5 5 4
* Chords on the Right Implide by Keyboard

/ / /
B5 B5/F b B5 ` `
B 5/F E5 E5 IX
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
44
I WW g*W U U W/
W U gU W W
W
T
A 6 4 4 3 3
B 4 2 2 1 1 2
2

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B5
/
B5/F b G5 b/ b
G 5 XIII G5 b/ b
G 5 XIII
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ _ _
5 1fr.

48 / 6 /
I gU W gW U 4 gU V gt
U U W gW U gU V
U
A.H.
T
A 4 4
B 2 2 2 6 6 6 6 [1]
2 6 6 6 6
B`

H Pre-Verse
1.
8va
V V gV gV V V V V gV V V
53 4 gV V V V V V V V V V
V gV
gV
V
V V
V gV
V V V
I4
Gtr V
14 15 12 14 15 17 15 14 15 12 14 15 17 18 17 15 15 14 14 12
T 13 13 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 13
17 17
A
B

4 k k k k V gV V V
I4 V V V V V gV gV f V V V V V V V gV V V gV f V V gV V V V V gV
gV
Gtr II
P.M. P.M. P.M. ||
T
A 10 8 8
B 10 9 9 7 7 7
10 8 10 10 8 10 8 11 10 10 8 10 8 10 10 8 10 8 11 10 8 11

4 k k k k V gV V V V
I4 V V V V V gV gV f V V V V V V V gV V V gV f V V gV V V V gV
gV
Gtr IV
P.M. P.M. P.M. P.M.
T
A * 10 8 8
B
* Second Time 10 9 10 7 7 9
10Only
8 (First
10 Time just
10single
8 10 8th Note)
8 11 10 10 8 10 8 10 10 8 10 8 11 10 8 11

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Second Time X just single 8th Note)
Only (First Time Page 8 of 14

2.
D.S. al Coda
8va
V V V gV V V V V V V gV V V V
57 2 V V
I4
Gtr V
17 15 15 14 14 12 17 15 15 14 14 12
T 13 13
17 17
A
B

2
I 4 V gV V V gV V V V V gV f V V
gV V V V gV V V V gV
Gtr II
P.M.
T
A 10 8 8
B 10 9 9 7 7 7
11 10 10 8 8 8 5 4 2 0 2 4

2
I 4 V gV V V gV V V V V gV f V V
gV V V V gV V V V gV
Gtr IV
P.M.
T
A 10 8 8
B 10 9 10 7 7 7
11 10 10 8 8 8 5 4 2 0 2 4

I Interlude Theme

SB`5
Gtr II^ ^ _ ^
3
61
I V V V 4 V gV fV V gV V V V gV V gV
gV gV V V gV V fV
gV
Gtr III

T 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A 3 3 3 3 3 3
B 1 0 1 2 0
1 4 6

65
I V V V V gV fV V gV V V fV gV V V V
gV gV fV gV gV gV V V
gV
Gtr III

T 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
A 3 3 3 3 3 3
B 1 0 1
1 4 6 4 2 3

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J Keyboard Solo (Theme II)

V V V V V V V V V V V gV V V V gV V V
V V V V u u
69 5 u 3 u u
I4 4
Gtr II
||||| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 17 16
*

T 17 15 17 17 17 18 17 15 17 17 18 17 17 16
14 14 14 14 17 16
A
B

5 3
I4 V V V V V V V 4 V V V V fV V V V V V V
V V gV V fV gV gV V
V V
Gtr III

T 2 2 2
A 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 7 7
B 0 7 7 7 7 7
0 3 6 7 5 8 6 7 0

1. 2.

V gV V V V V V gV V V V gV V
V V V V V V V V V gV u
73
u 4 u
I 4
|||||||||||||||| 15 14 17
T 16 17 18 17 16 16 17 16 18 17
17 17 16 14 17 16 16 16 14 17
A
B

4 V
I V V V V V V V V V V V 4 V V V V
V gV V V V V V V
gV gV
T 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
A 7 2 7 7 7 2 2 2
B 3 6 7 5 3 1 2 1 2 3

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*
K Interlude Theme III
^
Gtr II _
1 15fr.

77 5 3
I4 V V 4 V gV V V V W
V V gV V V gV V
Gtr IV
||||||||||| ||||||||||||||
T
A
B 3 3 2 3 1 4 4 2 2 3
3 3 6 6 3

5 3
I4 V V V V V V fV V 4 V
V
V V
gV
V fV V V
V
V V V V
V gV V gV V V
Gtr III

T Time Only (Keyboard 1 1 1 1

* First 5 Solo End) 5 5 5 0 5
A 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
B 3 2 3 1 4 2 3
3 6 3

1. 2.

81 3
I4 c V c
gV V V gV gV gV V V W
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
T
A
B 2 3 1
6 6 6 4 4 5 3

3
I4 V fV V V
V
V V fV V V V V V V V V
gV V gV gV gV V V V
T 1 1 1
5 5 5 5 5 5 5
A 5 5 5 5 5
B 2 3 1
6 6 4 5 5 3

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rit.

85 3 4
I4 c fV 4 VV VV gV V ggUU UU
V V V
gV V
||
T
A 0
B 2 3 3 1 1 4 4
1 1 5 5 3 3 6 6

3 4
I4 V V V fV V 4 V
V
V V V V gU
gU
U
U
V gV
gV
||
T 1 1 1
5 0 5 1 1
A 0 5 10 3 3
B 2 3 10 4 4
1 8

L Guitar Solos
30 6
89 3
I 4
T
A
B

M Bridge
` ` C5/G
D5/AIII E 5/B C5/G D5/AIII ` ` C5/G E`5/B` G5/D Fb 5/Cb
E 5/B

125 3 ck k c k c ck ck ck k ck c
I 4 V V V gV
V V V gV VV VV ggVV VV VV VV VV ggVV V V VV ggVV f VV VV ggVV VV gVV
V V
Gtr II

T
A 5 5 4 4
B 5 5 5 6 3 3 6 3 5 5 5 6 3 3 6 6 5 5 4 4 6
7 7 7 8 5 5 8 5 7 7 7 8 5 5 8 8 8

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4x
130 k k k k k k k k
I c c c c c c c c
V V V gV gV V gV gV V V V gV gV V V gV gV V f V V V
Gtr II

T
A
B 1 1 0 0
3 3 3 4 1 1 4 1 3 3 3 4 1 1 4 4 4
4x
k k k k k k k k
I c c c c c c c c
V V V gV gV V gV gV V V V gV gV V V gV f V V V V gV
Gtr IV

T
A
B 3 3 3 4 1 1 4 1 3 3 3 4 1 1 4 4 3 3 2 2 4

N Breakdown
1.
8va

4 V gV f V gV V gV f V V gV V V V V gV V V V gV V gV V fV V V
135
I 4 gV V V V gV V gV V
Gtr V
10 11 8 10 11 13 11 10 11 8 10 11 13 14 13 11 11 10 10 8
T 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 9
13 13
A
B

4 j k k
I4 c c gV gV V gV f V V
gV gV V V V V gV V gV V V V V V gV gV V V V V V V V V V
Gtr II
P.M. P.M. P.M.
T
A 6 4 4
B 6 5 5 3 3 3 0
6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 6 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 4

4 j k k
I4 c c gV gV V gV f V gV
gV gV V V V V gV V gV V V V V V gV gV V V V V V V VfV V
Gtr IV *
P.M.
* Second Time Only (First Time P.M.
just single 8th Note) P.M.
T
A 6 4 6
B 6 5 6 3 3 5
6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 6 4 6 4 6 6 4 6 4 7 6 4 7

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O Guitar Break
2.
8va
fV
139 2 V gV gV
V V
gV
V V V gV
gV
V V V gV
gV V
V gV
I4
13 11 11 10 10 8 13 11 11 10 8 17
T 9 11 9 13 15 16
13 13
A
B

2 3
I 4 gV gV V gV f V V V V V V gV V V
gV V f V gV gV V
T
A 6 4 4
B 6 5 5 3 3 3 0 3
7 6 6 4 4 3 1 4

2 3
I 4 gV gV V gV f V gV V V V V gV V V
gV V f V gV gV V
T
A 6 4 6
B 6 5 6 3 3 5 0 3
7 6 6 4 4 3 1 4
/ * / /

P Out-Chorus
C5 b b `
C 5/A XIII D5 D5/A C5 b b `
C 5/A XIII
^
Gtr II ^ ^ ^ ^
143 4 W U
I 4 ggUU W
W W U gU
gU
Gtr IV
* Chords on the Right implide by Keyboad
T
A 6 / 6 7 7 / 6 /
B 4 4 5 5 4

B5 B5/F b B5 ` `
B 5/F E5 E5 IX
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
147
I WW gW U U W
W U gU W W
W
T
A / / /
6 4 4 3 3
B 4 2 2 1 1 2
2

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B5 b
B5/F G5 b b
G 5 XIII G5 b b
G 5 XIII b `
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ j _C _5/A
151 4 6 j
I gU W gW 4 U 4 gU gVV VV
U U W gW U gU
U
T
A 4 4
B 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4
2 6 6 6 6 6

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