Dream Theater
Dream Theater - Great Debate Ver 2 guitar tab
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Dream Theater The Great Debate Transcribed by Travis Lausch from the 2002 release "Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence" [A] Intro (0:00) 2:02 of bass, drums and synth |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--|========================================|--| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| (2:02) Gtr. 1 (w/dist.) Gtr. 2 (w/dist) Gtr. 1 continue pattern for next 12 meas. x11 ~~~~ ~~~~~~ x6 ||--0---------||--------------|-------------|| ||--0---------||--------------|-------------|| ||o-4--------o||o-------------|------------o|| ||o-2--------o||o-------------|------------o|| ||--2---------||---------7----|-----7--7----|| ||--0---------||--0--0--------|--0----------|| (2:43) x4 ||------------------------|------------------|| ||------------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------o|| ||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0-o|| ||------------------------|------------------|| ||------------------------|------------------|| [B] 1st Verse (2:52) P.M. Throughout ||------------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------------|------------------------| ||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0--2--0--| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| x4 |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------o|| |--2-2-0--2--0--4--2--0--|--2-2-0--4--2--0--2--0-o|| |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|| (3:13) Doubled 8va by Gtr. 1 ||------------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------------|------------------------| ||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0--2--0--| ||------------------------|------------------------| ||------------------------|------------------------| x4 |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------------------o|| |--2-2-0--2--0--4--2--0--|--2-2-0--4--2--0--2--0-o|| |------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------|------------------------|| [C] 1st Pre-Chorus (3:33) ||-----------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|-----------------------| ||o----------------------|-----------------------| ||o-------7--------7--7--|--------7--------7--7--| ||--0--0--------0--------|--0--0--------0--------| ||-----------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------0--|| |-----------------------|--------------------0--|| |--------------------9--|--------------------9-o|| |--------------------9--|--------9-----------9-o|| |--------7--------7--7--|--------7--------7--7--|| |--0--0--0-----0--------|--0--0--------0-----0--|| [D] 1st Chorus (3:56) __________________________________________ |1. | ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| ||--7-7-7-7-8-8-7-7--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5--|-------------------|------------------o|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| ||-------------------|-------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|| _________________________________________ |2. | (w/wah effects) x4 |-------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------|| |-------------------|-------------------||o---------------------------o|| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||o-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-2-3-o|| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------------------------|| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||------0-----0-----0----------|| [E] 2nd Verse (4:28) (wah off) P.M. Throughout x8 x4 ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||-----------------------------||-----------------------|| ||o---------------------------o||o-----5---5-----------o|| ||o-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-2-3-o||o-2---5---7------3--3-o|| ||-----------------------------||--2---3---5------3--3--|| ||------0-----0-----0----------||--0---3---5------1--1--|| *------| x3 ||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----| ||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----| ||----------------------------x-x-x-x--||---------------------------------| ||------0------0-----0------0-x-x-x-x--||------0------0-----0------0------| *=tacit 3rd time (w/additional guitar effects) x8 P.M.-| P.M.-| P.M.-| P.M.---------|x4 ||---------------------------||---------------------------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||o----------5--------7--------7--------------o|| ||o-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-o||o-2--------5--------7--------7-3------3-----o|| ||---------------------------||--2--------3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5-5-3------3------|| ||-----0---0---0---0---------||--0--0-0-0-3--------5--------5-1--1-1-1--1-1-|| x3 ||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----| ||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----| ||----------------------------x-x-x-x--||---------------------------------| ||------0------0-----0------0-x-x-x-x--||------0------0-----0------0------| [F] 2nd Pre-Chorus (5:57) ||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------4-5-4h5p4----| ||o-2-2--2-2--2-2--------4-5-4h5p4----|--2-2--2-2--2-2----5-7-----------5--| ||--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-4-5-----------5--|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0------------------| ||------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|| |--------------------------------|---------------------------------------o|| |-----------------------4-5-4----|-----------------------7p5p4-----------o|| |--2-2--2-2--2-2----4-5-------5--|--2-2--2-2--2-2----4-5-------5p4p2p0----|| |--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--------------|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-------------------0--|| [G] 2nd Chorus (6:21) __________________________________________ |1. | ||-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| ||--7-7-7-7-8-8-7-7--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5--|-------------------|------------------o|| ||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|| ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|| ||-------------------|-------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|| _________________________________________ |2. | |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-------------------| |-------------------|------------|-----------| |-------------------|------------|-----------| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|------------|--2--------| |--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--3----5----|--3--------| |--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3----3----|--3--------| |-------------------|--1----1----|--1--------| [H] Bridge (6:50) (w/filter and EQ change) (normal w/dist.) x8 x8 ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||o-------------------------o||o-------------------------o|| ||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| ||---------------------------||---------------------------|| (7:36) hold for 8 meas. (lyrics enter) 16 |-------------------|----------------------------| |--3----------------|----------------------------| |--2----------------|--|======================|--| |--0----------------|----------------------------| |--0----------------|----------------------------| |-------------------|----------------------------| (8:07) ||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------| ||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------| ||o-2------|--3------|--1------|--2------|---------|----------| ||o-0------|--0------|--0------|--0------|--3------|--2-------| ||---------|---------|---------|---------|--0------|--0---3---| ||---------|---------|---------|---------|---------|------3---| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|--------------------------o|| |--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5--|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| |---------------------------|---------------------------|| (8:36) x4 ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o--------------------------|--------------------------o|| ||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5--|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ||---------------------------|---------------------------|| ~ x3 ~ ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o-----------7---------o||---------------------|------------5----------| ||o---------------------o||---------------------|-----------------------| ||--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--||--8--8--8-7-7--7--7--|--3-3--3--3---3--3--3--| ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ~ ~ ~ |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|------------7----------|--7---------7----------| |----------7----------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--|----5--5--5---5--5--5--| |--3--3--3---5--5--5--|-----------------------|-----------------------| ~ x3 ~ ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ||o-----------7---------o||---------------------|------------5----------| ||o---------------------o||---------------------|-----------------------| ||--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--||--8--8--8-7-7--7--7--|--3-3--3--3---3--3--3--| ||-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------| ~ ~ ~ |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|------------7----------|--7---------7----------| |----------7----------|-----------------------|-----------------------| |---------------------|--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--|----5--5--5---5--5--5--| |--3--3--3---5--5--5--|-----------------------|-----------------------| [I] Keyboard Solo (9:23) x16 ||---------------------------||-------------------------------------------| ||---------------------------||-------------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------o||-------------------------------------------| ||o-------------------------o||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-| ||----7---7---7-----7-4h5h7--||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-| ||--0---7---7---6h7----------||--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-| [J] Guitar Solo (9:56) ~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~ |--------------------|----------------9/14-14/17--13-14\13\12-14\13\12--| 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---------------11/12-|---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------| ---------------------|---------------------------------------------------| *=repeat previous beat ~~~~ A.H. A.H. |------22\19-------19\17-----------------|---------------------------------| |--17--------19\17-------15\14-----------|---------------------------------| |------------------------------12\11\9\7-|--9b11r9-------------7-6-7-6-----| |----------------------------------------|---------11-/11-11-----------9b--| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------- |---------------------------------------------------|--7p5---8p5----10p8--- |--6p4---7p4---6p4---------6p4---7p4---9p7p0-9p7p0--|------6-----5-------9- |------4-----4-----4\3/4\3-----4-----4--------------|---------------------- |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------- |---------------------------------------------------|---------------------- ----------------|--12p0-14p0-15p0-17p0-12\10\7-5\3-3-2---7-5--------| --12p10---------|--------------------------------------5------etc.--| --------11-etc.-|---------------------------------------------------| ----------------|---------------------------------------------------| ----------------|---------------------------------------------------| ----------------|---------------------------------------------------| |--19b21-21-21r19----19b21-22r21-19b21--|--19-21-22p21p19-//-//-//-//-//-- |-----------------19--------------------|--------------------------------- |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------- |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------- |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------- |---------------------------------------|--------------------------------- ~~~~ ~~~ --20p19p17-19p18p16-17p16p14-15p14p12--|-------------12-15r14p12-15b17--| ---------------------------------------|-------15b17--------------------| ---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| ---------------------------------------|--14----------------------------| ---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| ---------------------------------------|--------------------------------| ~~~~ |--17b19p15-------15r14p12-----19b21p17----17b19-----| |-----------17p15----------15-----------17-----------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| [K] Interlude (10:38) x4 ||-----------------------------------||--------------------| ||-----------------------------------||--------------------| ||o---------------------------------o||--------------------| ||o---------------------------------o||--------------4h5h7-| ||--------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5----------||--------5h6h7-------| ||--0-0-0-------------------1-1-1-1--||--5h6h7-------------| x2 ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o------2--2------2--2----2---|----------------------------------o|| ||o----------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||--0--0------0--0------0------|--0-0-0-------------5-5-5-3-3-2-2--|| ||-----------------------------|--------3-3-3-2-2-2----------------|| ||------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||------------------------|--------------------------------|| ||o-------4-5-4-----------|-------------4---4---4h5p4h5---o|| ||o---5-7-------7-5-------|-------4-5-7---5---5---------5-o|| ||--0---------------3-2---|-4-5-7--------------------------|| ||----------------------3-|--------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------------------------14-16-14--| |--------------------5-7-8-7-8-10-8-10-12-7-10-12-14-15-17-----------| |--------------4-5-7-------------------------------------------------| |--------4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------| |--4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------| + + |-17p14p12-17p14p12-//-//-//-//-//-//-//--| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| + + |-16p14p12-16p14p12-//-//-//-//-//-//-//--| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| [L] Outro (11:20) x4 ||------------------------|------------------|| ||------------------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------------|-----------------o|| ||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0-o|| ||------------------------|------------------|| ||------------------------|------------------|| ~~~~ ~~~~~~ x8 x8 ||--------------|-------------||--0------|| ||--------------|-------------||--0------|| ||o-------------|------------o||o-4-----o|| ||o-------------|------------o||o-2-----o|| ||---------7----|-----7--7----||--2------|| ||--0--0--------|--0----------||--0------|| To Fade out |--------------------| |--------------------| |--|==============|--| |--------------------| |--------------------| |--------------------| Performance notes: This song is basically a long Petrucci masterpiece complete with everything you'd expect from the artist. The solo is included, but most of it is wrong (I'm sure of it) and the chromatic interlude is definitely wrong too. I