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/ Dream Theater / Once in a Livetime (1998) / Metropolis guitar tab

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Here\'s some tab for metropolis pt.1.  I figured out most of the intro and that
neat part at 8:04.  More tab should be on the way if I have enough time to
figure some out.  Enjoy!

Metropolis Pt. 1
note : most 0\'s on the E string are palm muted but I am not bothering to 
notate that.  If a 0 is by itself, generally it is supposed to be palm muted.
*means harmonics
intro:
  w/ delay
e---------
B---------
G---------
D---------
A---------
E--0-0-0--etc. (listen to record for rhythm)

(0:40)                                         * dive w/bar
e---------------------------3------------------7\\-------------
B-----------------------------3------------------\\------------
G-----------------------5-------5-----------------------P-----
D------4-5-2--------4-5-5--------------4-5-2----------/7-5----
A------4-5-2--------4-5-3--------------4-5-2------------------
E--0-0-2-3-0----0-0-2-3------------0-0-2-3-0------------------

e-----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------- not too sure about
G----------5----------tr~~---------------------------- this part listen to
D------4-5-5--------2-4(5)\\--------4-5-2------2-----2- record for rhythm
A------4-5-3---/3-5----------------4-5-2-------------- 
E--0-0-2-3---------------------0-0-2-3-0--0-0---0-0--- etc.

e----------------------------------0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0--
B-------------------------------/5----/7----/8---/10---/12------
G----------5----------------------------------------------------
D------4-5-5----5-4-2-------------------------------------------
A------4-5-3----------5-3-2-------------------------------------
E--0-0-2-3------------------5-0---------------------------------
                                          * * * *
e---------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------w/bar---
G----------5----------tr~~----------------------5/\\/\\/\\---
D------4-5-5--------2-4(5)-------4-5-2--------5-----------
A------4-5-3---/3-5--------------4-5-2------5-------------
E--0-0-2-3-------------------0-0-2-3-0----4---------------

          		DT\'s \"Metropolis\" (7:22-8:04)
		(Transcribed by Brian Meloon (bmeloon@geom.umn.edu))

I love this part, so I thought I would tab it out...

Sorry that the bar lines are kinda off, but there are so many time sig 
changes, that it is really hard to get it right...


|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
|--------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------
|-------------------------*|-------------------|-------------------------
|-------4-----5---4---4---*|-------4-----5-----|-5---4-----4---2---------
|---------2-3---3---2---2--|---------2-3---3-2-|---2---2-0---0---0-5-2-2-
|-3-2-3--------------------|-3-2-3-------------|-------------------------
play three times...


|-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------
|-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------
|-------------------------|*-------------------------*|-----------------
|-5---4-----4---2---------|*-7---5-----4-------------*|-4---5-----5---7-
|---2---2-0---0---0-5-2-3-|----3---3-5---0-2-3-7-5-3--|---3---2-3---5---
|-------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------



|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------
|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------
|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------
|-----4---5---7-|-----4---5-|-----4---5---7-|-----5---7-|-----7---9-
|-2-3---3---5---|-2-3---3---|-2-3---3---5---|-3-5---5---|-5-7---7---
|---------------|-----------|---------------|-----------|-----------



|------------------|--------------|-----------------------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------------------
|------------------|-------9------|-12---11-----11---9----------
|-----9---10----12-|---------9-10-|----9----9-7----7---7-12-9-9-
|-7-9---9----10----|-10-12--------|-----------------------------
|------------------|--------------|-----------------------------


|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-12---11-----11---9--------|*----14----12-------11---------------*|
|----9----9-7----7---7-12-9-|*-10----10----10-12-------9-10-14-12-*|
|---------------------------|-----------------------12-------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------|


|----15----14-------|-14----12-------|-14----12-------------|-15----14--------
|-12----12----12-10-|----10----10-10-|----10----10-15-12-12-|----12----12-13--
|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------
|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------
|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------
|-------------------|----------------|----------------------|-----------------



|-17----15----14-------|-19----17-------|-17----15-------
|----13----13----13-15-|----15----15-13-|----13----13-13-
|----------------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------------|----------------|----------------
|----------------------|----------------|----------------



|-20----19----17-------|-22-(^24)---------------------------------------------
|----17----17----17-17-|------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------|-9-9-9--7-11-9-7--------------------------------------
|----------------------|-----------------10-9---------------------------------
|----------------------|-----------------------7-7-7--5-9-7--7-7-7-5----------
|----------------------|---------------------------------------------9-8------



|-------------------------
|-------------------------
|--7---4------------------
|--5---2------7---6-------
|-------------5---4-------
|-------------------------
 
This last part I\'m not too sure about (I don\'t even know if it\'s guitar
or bass playing this...), but the rest should be pretty close.



(8:04) let ring-
e--------0------------------------------------0------
B----------3---------3--------------3-------3--------
G------4-----4-----4---4----------0---0---2-------4--  repeats are similar
D----4-----------4--------------4-------0------------  with some variations
A--2-----------2--------------2-----------------0----
E---------------------------0------------------------

 
Have fun!!
-Ernie Lai












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Dream Theater albums
2005 Octavarium
2003 Train of Thought
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
1999 Scenes from a Memory
1998 Once in a Livetime
1997 Falling into Infinity
1995 A Change of Seasons
1994 Awake
1992 Images & Words
1989 When Dream and Day Unite
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02A Change of Seasons II: Innocence tabbass tab
03Puppies on Acid tabbass tab
04Just Let Me Breathe tabbass tab
05Voices tabbass tab
06Take the Time tabbass tab
08Lines in the Sand tabbass tab
09Scarred tabbass tab
11Ytse Jam tabbass tab
13Trial of Tears tabbass tab
14Hollow Years tabbass tab
15Take Away My Pain tabbass tab
16Caught in a Web tabbass tab
17Lie tabbass tab
18Peruvian Skies tabbass tab
20Pull Me Under tabbass tab
21Metropolis tabbass tab
22Learning to Live tabbass tab

 

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