Home - By Dream Theater
Tab by Karl Schnaitter email: KingKarl33@aol.com
I indicated rhythm where it seemed necessary.
When a rhythm mark has no note under it, it is a tie or a rest.
Also, this song has a lot of repetition, so i marked off four sections with asterisks
where they start and stop. when these parts are repeated i will just say what part to play.
Dropped D Tuning
4x
E||----------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
B||----------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
G||*--------------------------*||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D||*--------------------------*||--------------------------|--------------------------|
A||---5-----5-----5-----5------||--5-----5-----5-----5-----|--8-----8-----8-----8-----|
D||------0-----0-----0-----0---||-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7-----7-----7-----7-----|--10-----10-----10-----10-----|--8-----8-----8-----8-----|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|------0------0------0------0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--12-----12-----12-----12-----|--10-----10-----10-----10-----|--13-----13-----13-----13-----|
|------0------0------0------0--|------0------0------0------0--|------0------0------0------0--|
Ghost note
*
|---------------------------10----------|------------------|----------------------h-----|
|------------------------------10-------|------------------|-------------3----(3)3-4-3--|
|---------------------------------12----|------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------12-|------------------|--------0-------------------|
|--12-----12-----12-----12--------------|------------------|-----0----------------------|
|------0------0------0------------------|------------------|--0--------0-----0----------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------h-----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------3----(3)3-4-3--|
|-------------3---2---0---|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------0----------------|--4------------------0----|--------0-------------------|
|-----0-------------------|--------5---------h-------|-----0----------------------|
|--0--------0-------------|-----7------0----3-5---1--|--0--------0-----0----------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------5------------|-------------3---2---0---|--------------------------|
|--------0-----------------|--------0----------------|--4------------------0----|
|-----0-----------3--5-----|-----0-------------------|--------5---------h-------|
|--0--------0-----------0--|--0--------0-------------|-----0------0----3-5---1--|
Bass in
3x 3x
|-----------------------h------||-------------------------||-----------------------h------||
|--------------3----(3)3-4-3---||-------------3-----------||--------------3----(3)3-4-3---||
|*----------------------------*||--------------------2----||*----------------------------*||
|*--------0-------------------*||--------0----------------||*--------0-------------------*||
|------0-----------------------||-----0-------------------||------0-----------------------||
|---0--------0-----0-----------||--0--------0-----0-------||---0--------0-----0-----------||
Drums in
h 3x
|------------------2-3-2----||-----------------------h------||-------------------------|
|-------------3-------------||--------------3----(3)3-4-3---||-------------3-----------|
|---------------------------||*----------------------------*||--------------------2----|
|--------0------------------||*--------0-------------------*||--------0----------------|
|-----0---------------------||------0-----------------------||-----0-------------------|
|--0--------0----0----------||---0--------0-----0-----------||--0--------0-----0-------|
*Begin riff A*
3x h Distortion 3x
|-----------------------h------||------------------2-3-2----||---------------------------------||
|--------------3----(3)3-4-3---||-------------3-------------||---------------------------------||
|*----------------------------*||---------------------------||*-------------------------------*||
|*--------0-------------------*||--------0------------------||*---------h-----h-----h-----h---*||
|------0-----------------------||-----0---------------------||---------5-6---3-5---5-6---3-5---||
|---0--------0-----0-----------||--0--------0----0----------||---0--0------0-----0-----0-------||
3x
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||*-------------------------------*||
|-------------------------------||*---------h-----h-----h-----h---*||
|---------h-----h-----h-----h---||---------5-6---3-5---5-6---3-5---||
|--0--0--7-8-0-5-7-0-7-8-0-3-5--||---0--0------0-----0-----0-------||
*End Riff A* *Begin Riff B*
|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--10-11-10-----10------\7-------------|
|---------------h-----h-----p-11-12-|------------12----11-12----7----11-12-|
|---------h----4-5---4-5---5-4------|--------------------------------------|
|--------5-6------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--0--0------0-----0-----0----------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--10-11-10-----10------\7-------------|--10-11-10-----10------\7----------|
|------------12----11-12----7----11-12-|------------12----11-12----7----7--|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--10-11-10-----10------\7-------------|
|-/8--7-\5--5--------11-12-|------------12----11-12----7----11-12-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------------|
*End Riff B*
|----------------------------10----------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|--10-11-10-----10-----------------------|--10-11-10-----10------\7----------|----------------------|
|------------12----11-12-11--------11-12-|------------12----11-12----7----7--|-/8--7-\5--5----------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
Beginning of the "verse"
|--------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-------------------------|------------------h-----h---|-------------------------|
|*--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-7-8-0-5-6--|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|
|---0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-7-8-0-5-6--|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|
|---0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-7-8-0-5-6--|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|
3x
|------------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------p------*||*-------------------------|----------------------p------|
|--0--0----0-0--0-----1-0-----*||*--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-----3-0-----|
|--0--0----0-0--0--h-------p---||---0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0--h-------p--|
|--0--0----0-0--0-0-1-----1-0--||---0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-0-3-----6-5-|
*Begin Pre-Chorus*
____ _______ ____ ______
| | |_|_|_| | | | |_|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------|------------------------------||------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------||--------------h---------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------*||*---------h--2-3-2---------p--|
|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0------p------*||*--------2-3--------------3-2-|
|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0--h--3-0--p---||---0--0-------------0--0------|
|--0--0----0-0--0-0-----0-|--0--0----0-0--0-3-5-----1-0--||------------------------------|
_____ _______ ______ _____
|. _| |_|_|_| | |_| |_| |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
|------------------------h-----*||----------------------------------|
|---------p---h------h--5-7-5--*||--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-----|
|--4---0-1-0-4-5-0--5-7---------||--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5--p--|
|-------------------------------||--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-3-0-|
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------h---------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------h--2-3-2---------p--|------------------------h-----|
|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-------7-8-|--------2-3--------------3-2-|---------p---h------h--5-7-5--|
|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-----|--0--0-------------0--0------|--4---0-1-0-4-5-0--5-7--------|
|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-----------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
3 3
___________
|_|_| |_|_|
| | | | | |
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|---------------------------------p-p--|
|--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-----|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-------5-8-5-0-|
|--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-----|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8-5-7-8---------|
|--5-7-8-5-7-5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-3-0-|--5-7-8-5-8-5-7-8-5-7-8---------------|
all 32nd notes
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------12-13-15-15-13-12----------------12-13-15-|
|-(6)----------12-13-15-13-12----------12-13-12-13-15-13-15-------------------15-13-12-13-15----------|
|-(6)-11-13-15----------------15-13-15----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------15-------18-20-18-16-------------|
|-(6)-------------15-16-15----18-16-15----18-16-15----18-16-15-16-18----18-16-------------20-18-16----|
|-(5)----13-15-17----------17----------15----------17----------------------------------------------19-|
|-(3)-17----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(3)-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
this part is basically the chorus of
metropolis raised one half step.
*Begin Chorus*
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|--6----x-x-6----------|--------------------|
|-(17)5----x-x-5----------|----------------------|--5----x-x-5----------|--7--------3--------|
|-----5----x-x-5----------|--6----x-x-6----------|--3----x-x-3----------|--5--------3--------|
|-----3----x-x-3----------|--6----x-x-6----------|--3----x-x-3----------|--5--------1--------|
|-------------------------|--6----x-x-6----------|----------------------|--5-----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|--6----x-x-6----------|--3--------3--------|
|--5----x-x-5----------|----------------------|--5----x-x-5----------|--4--------3--------|
|--5----x-x-5----------|--6----x-x-6----------|--3----x-x-3----------|--1--------3--------|
|--3----x-x-3----------|--6----x-x-6----------|--3----x-x-3----------|-----------1--------|
|----------------------|--6----x-x-6----------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4--3--4-----4--3--4-----|--4--3--4-----4--3--4-----|--4--3--4-----4--3--4-----|
|-----------0-----------0--|-----------1-----------1--|-----------2-----------2--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
3
______ _________ _______
| | |_| |_|_| |_| |_|_|_|
*End Chorus* | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|--------------h-p--------------|
|--3--------4--------4----|--6----------------|-------------------|-------------1-2-1-------------|
|--1----1-1-1----1-1-1----|--5----------------|--6----------------|--3----------------3-1---------|
|-------------------------|--3----------------|--6----------------|--3--------------------3-------|
|-------------------------|--3----------------|--4----------------|--1------1-1 ------------4-3-1-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
*End Chorus*
|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------5----------|----------------------------|--------------------------5---|
|--5--------5----------|-----------p--------8-------|-----------p--------5---3-3---|
|--5--------3----------|--5-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-------|--5-5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-3---------|
|--5-------------17\---|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------5---|
|-----------p--------7-------|-----------p--------5---3-3---|
|--5-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-5-5-------|--5-5-5-5-5-0-3-3-3-3---------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
Now play:
Riff B
Riff A clean
Riff A distorted
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Hold for 9 measures
and listen to the chick
|--------------h-p--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------1-2-1-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--3----------------3-1---------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--3--------------------3-------|--5-----------------|--0----------------|
|--1------1-1-------------4-3-1-|--5-----------------|--0----------------|
|-------------------------------|--5--------2--------|--0----------------|
15x 8x
|------------------------||-------------------------||
|----------3------1-3----||-------------------------||
|*----------------------*||*-----------------------*||
|*--0-------------------*||*-----------------------*||
|------------------------||-----------5------3-5----||
|------------------------||---0---0-----------------||
Solo section starts here.
Keyboard Solo-
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------5--4--|
|*-------5-----3--5-----6--|-----3--5-----------------|-------5-----3-----------|
|--------------------------|--------------6--5--3--2--|-------------------------|
|---5-------5--------5-----|--5--------5--------------|--5-------5-----5--------|
4x
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------*||
|-----6--5-----------------*||
|--------------2--5--2------||
|--5--------5-----------6---||
Play Riff A
Guitar Solo (someone already tabbed the actual solo)
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|*-------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------5--4--|
|*-------5-----3--5-----6--|-----3--5-----------------|-------5-----3-----------|
|--------------------------|--------------6--5--3--2--|-------------------------|
|---5-------5--------5-----|--5--------5--------------|--5-------5-----5--------|
4x
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|--------------------------*||
|-----6--5-----------------*||
|--------------2--5--2------||
|--5--------5-----------6---||
Play Riff A up a fifth, so that you are using the A
string as a low string rather than the D string
Play entire Pre-chorus, and then the solo ends. Play the chorus, and then we will be here:
32nd notes
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------2-1-----2-1---1-----------------|--------------------|
|--3--------------3-1-----3---3-1-------------|--------------------|
|--3------------------------------3-1---------|--5-----------------|
|--1------1-1-------------------------4-3-1---|--5-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------6-|--5--------2--------|
|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------6-4-----6-4---4-----------------|--------------------|
|--3--------------6-5-----6---6-5-------------|--------------------|
|--3------------------------------6-4-3-------|--5-----------------|
|--1------1-1---------------------------6-4-3-|--5-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--5--------2--------|
Play Riff A
Play Riff B
Now the fun part. time sigs indicated below measures.
OUTRO
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|
|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|
|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|--0----------------------------|
7/8
3
_________ ____________ _________________ ________ _____
|___| | |___|__|___| |__|_| |___|___| |___| | |___|
| | | | | | | |__|_| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|-----------------------------------------|----------8--10--8h10p8---------------------8----------|
|-----------------------------------------|--10--11----------------11--10--11--10--11---------11--|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------13--12--10----|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
4/4 7/8
3 3
____________ _________________ __________
|___|__|___| |__|_| |___|___| |__|_| | /|
| | | | |__|_| | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------8--10--8h10p8----------------------------------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--11p10p8--------------|
|---------------------------------------------11----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8--10--8h10p8---------------------8----------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--10--11---------11--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8--10--8h10p8--------------------------------------------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--11p10p8------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------11--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------13--12--10------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
|----------8--10--8h10p8---------------------8----------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--10--11---------11--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
7/8
|----------8--10--8h10p8----------------------------------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--11p10p8--------------|
|---------------------------------------------11----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8--10--8h10p8---------------------8----------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--10--11---------11--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------8--10--8h10p8--------------------------------------|
|--10--11----------------11--10--11--11p10p8------------------|
|---------------------------------------------11--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------13--12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12--11----------------------------------|
|--10----12--13--------------13--12----13--10--12--13--12--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
4/4
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------10----------------------------------|
|------------------12--------12--11----12--11--------------|
|--10----12--13--------------------------------13--12--10--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------11--12--11h12p11----------------------11---------|
|--12--13-------------------13--12--13--12--13----------13--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
7/8
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------11--12--11h12p11-------------------------------|
|--12--13-------------------13--12--13--12----------------|
|-------------------------------------------13--12--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10--11--10h11p10---------------------10----------|
|--11--12--11--12--11h12p11-12--11--12--11--12--11------12--|
|--12--13-------------------13--12--13--12--13----------13--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10--11--10h11p10-------------------------------|
|--11--12--11--12--11h12p11-12--11--12--11----------------|
|--12--13-------------------13--12--13--12--12--10--------|
|-------------------------------------------13--12--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------12--11----------------------------------------------11--12--11----------|
|--10----12--13--------------13--12----13--10--12--13--12--10--12--13--------------13--12--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6/4
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------10--11----10----------------10--11--13----11--10------10--11--13----|
|--------11--12------------------12----11--12------------------------12----------------|
|--13----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------14--15--14----------|
|--15--16--------------16--15--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
7/16
3x
|---------------10------------------------10--11--10--------------10-----------||
|---10--11--13--------13--11--10--11--13--------------13--11--10------13--11---||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
19/16
|--------------10------------------------10--11--10--------------10----------------------10--11--|
|--10--11--13--------13--11--10--11--13--------------13--11--10------13--11--10--11--13----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
6/4
|-----------14--15----14--------------14--15--17--15--14----------15--14-------||
|---15--16----------------16--15--16----------------------16--15----------16---||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|*----------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
19/16
|----------14--15------14--15--17--14--15--17--15--17--18--|--20----------------|
|--15--16----------16--------------------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|
7/8 wait for drum fill
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|-------------------||
|--0----------------||
|--0----------------||
|--0----------------||
thats it email kingkarl33@aol.com
i will tab the sitar intro soon.
