Dream Theater - The Great Debate

Transcribed by Travis Lausch

This is the only song that hasn't been tabbed from Dream Theater's new
album, Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence, and I tabbed the other song
"Disappear". This is a break from my usual tab format, because I just
included the riffs, but not the solos, as I usually do, but this one
was too difficult to figure out. If you're really that desparate, you'd
just have to think "What would John Petrucci play?" and you'll get it...

Intro:

Bass & Kybd.

Riff A:

E chord repeated over and over

Riff B:

|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------7~~~--|------7~~~-7~~~--|
|--0--0--------|--0--------------|

Riff C:

|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|--2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0--|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|

Riff D:
   P.M.----------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|--2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0--|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|

   P.M.----------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|--2-2-0--2--0--4--2--0--|--2-2-0--4--2--0--|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|

Riff E:

A5  /  E5

Riff F:

D  /  A5  /  Asus2  /  Am  /  E  /  F

D  /  A5  /  Asus2  /  Am  /  D5  /  C5

Riff G:

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--2-0---2-0---2-0---2-3-----|
|----------------------------|
|------0-----0-----0---------|

Riff H:

   P.M.----------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--2-0---2-0---2-0---2-3-----|
|----------------------------|
|------0-----0-----0---------|

Riff I:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--2--2---------------------|
|--2--2--3---3-5-----/8--8--|
|--------3---3-5-----/8--8--|

Riff J:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2-0---3-0---2-0---3-0------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|------0-----0-----0-----0-x-x-x-x--|

Riff K:

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------------|
|--2-x-x-x---3---------5-----------/8--8--|
|------------3-x-x-x---5-x-x-x--x--/8--8--|

Riff L:

D5  /  C5  /  D5

Riff M:

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|

Riff N:

D5 (fade out)

Bridge:

1st Half
No guitar, bass plays riff M

2nd Half:

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--2----3----1----2-----------------|
|--0----0----0----0----3----2-------|
|----------------------0----0----3--|
|--------------------------------3--|

Then play Riff M

Riff O:

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--3-3-3--3-2-2-2--2--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--|
|--3--3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------3-3--3--3-5-5--5--5--------------------------------|

Riff P:

|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-------2---2-----|
|---------2---2---|
|--0--0-----------|

Riff Q:

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0--0--0--|