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Fatal Tragedy

Dream Theater
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Tab3

Bass1

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Verse

PM| ~ PM------| ~~~ PM|

e|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
G|-------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------2-5-------|--------------------|
A|-2-4-5-2---------2-|-1----(1)-1-4-----4-----|-2-4-5-2---------2--|
E|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---|--------------------[3]-|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3----|

~ PM------| ~~~ PM|

e|------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
B|------------------------|-4--4-------4----------|-------------------|
G|------------------------|-4----4---4------------|-------------------|
D|--------------5-8-------|-4------4--------------|-------------------|
A|-4----(4)-4-7-----7-----|-2------0--------------|-2-4-5-2---------2-|
E|--------------------[6]-|--------------3-5-[3]--|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---|

PM------| ~~~ PM| PM----------|

|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------2-5-------|-------------------|-----------------5-8-8-------|
|-1tr2----(1)-1-4-----4-----|-----5-2---------2-|-4tr5----(4)-4-7-------7-----|
|-----------------------[3]-|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---|-------------------------6-0-|

~~~~~~~~

e|------------------|----------------------|------------------------|
B|-4--4-------4-----|-------------4b5==(4)r|=(4)-----7---(7)-4b5r===|
G|-4----4---4-------|-------------4b6==(4)r|=(4)-4---8---(8)-4b6r===|
D|-4------4---------|-----------2----------|-----4-4----------------|
A|-2------0---------|-------3-5-2----------|-------6----------------|
E|--------------3-5-|-[3]---2-3-0----------|------------------------|
e|-------------|----------|----------------|
B|-2--4--5--7--|-5--------|-5------(5)-----|
G|-------------|-4--------|-3------(3)-----|
D|-2--4--6--8--|-2--------|-2------(2)-----|
A|-------------|-2--------|-2------(2)-----|
E|-------------|-0--------|-0------(0)-12\-|

PM PM PM|

e|---------------------|-------------------|
B|-----5---5-----5-5-5-|-5---5---5---5-----|
G|-----4-4---4---4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3-3-------|
D|-----2---------2-2-2-|-2-------2---------|
A|---------------------|-------------------|
E|-0-0---------0-------|---------------0-1-|

Chorus

PM| PM| PM PM|

e|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-----------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|-4-------7-------|-11--(11)-----------|-9----9-------------|
A|-4---4-6-7---7-9-|-11--(11)---7-----7-|-9----9-/4-2-4------|
E|-2---2-4-5---5-7-|--9---(9)-0-4---4-5-|-7----7--------4-0--|

PM| PM| PM

e|----------------------------------|--------------|
B|----------------------------------|--------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------4----|
D|-4------7------11--11---------7---|-2-1-----4----|
A|-4--4-6-7--7-9-11--11---7-7---7---|-----2---2----|
E|-2--2-4-5--5-7--9---9-0-4-4-0-5---|-------4-2----|

Breakdown

~~

e|--------------|-----|--------------|--------15--|
B|--------------|-----|--------------|-17b19--12--|
G|--------------|-----|--------------|-12b14------|
D|--------------|-----|----------5-9-|------------|
A|----------6-9-|-----|-6-7-9-7------|------------|
E|-5-7-8-7------|-----|--------------|------------|

~~

|--------------|-----|--------------|-14tr15--12--|
|--------------|-----|--------------|-10tr12---8--|
|--------------|-----|--------------|-------------|
|--------------|-----|----------5-9-|-------------|
|----------6-9-|-----|-6-7-9-7------|-------------|
|-5-7-8-7------|-----|--------------|-------------|
PM----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------|
|-7-------5-2-----------------|----------------------|
|---7---------2---------2-----|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2----|
|-----8-5-------3-2-3-5---3-2-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0----|
    PM----------------------------------|     PM--------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
|---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---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

Verse 2

    PM--------------|     PM--------------|

4x

||--------------------|----------------------||
||o-------------------|---------------------o||
||--------------------|----------------------||
||--------------------|----------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
||--0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
    PM--|         PM----|     PM--------------|

4x

||------------------------|----------------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------------o||
||--------9--(9)\---------|----------------------||
||--------9--(9)\---------|----------------------||
||o-2-2-2-7--(7)\-2-2-2-2-|---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
||--0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|---------------0-2-|
D|---------1-----2-4-|-----2-1-----------|---------1---------|
A|-2-3-0-2---2-2-----|-2-2-----2-3-2-0-2-|-0-3-0-2---2-2-----|
E|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|---------------2-4-|-------------------|
D|-----2-1-----------|---------1---------|-----2-1-----------|
A|-2-2-----2-3-2-0-2-|---3-0-2---2-2-----|-2-2-----2-3-2-0-2-|
E|-------------------|-3-----------------|-------------------|
e|---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
B|---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------|
G|---------------------|-------------------------------|-------4-----2----------|
D|---------------1-4-2-|-----------------2-------2-----|-------------------5-4--|
A|---------0-1-2-------|---7-6-5-7-4-3-2---------------|-2-2-2---2-2---2-2------|
E|-0-0-2-3-------------|-0-----------------6-5-3---3-5-|------------------------|
e|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----5-4---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|---------4-5-4-5-4-----|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-------------------7-5-|-4-6-7-----------|-----------------|
A|-2-2-------------------|-------4-3---2-0-|-------4-3-2-----|
E|-----------------------|-----------2-----|-2-0-2-------2-3-|

PM PM------| PM--| PM PM------| PM|

e|----------|------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
B|----------|-5----------|-----5------------5-------|-----5------------5-----|
G|----------|-3----------|-----4------------4-------|-----3------------3-----|
D|-2--------|-2----------|-----2------------2-------|-----2------------2-----|
A|-2--------|------x\----|--------------------------|------------------------|
E|-0--------|------x\----|-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0-0----0-0-0-0-0---0-1-|

Chorus

PM| PM| PM

e|------------|------------|----------------|
B|------------|------------|----------------|
G|------------|------------|----------------|
D|-4----------|-7----------|-11------(11)---|
A|-4------4-6-|-7------7-9-|-11------(11)---|
E|-2------2-4-|-5------5-7-|--9-------(9)-0-|

PM| PM

e|------------|-----------|----------------|
B|------------|-----------|----------------|
G|------------|-----------|----------------|
D|------------|-9---------|-9--------------|
A|-7--------7-|-9---------|-9---/4-2-4-----|
E|-4------4-5-|-7-------0-|-7----------4-0-|

PM| PM| PM ~

e|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
D|-4---(4)-----7---(7)-----|-11---(11)------------|-7------11--------|
A|-4---(4)-4-6-7---(7)-7-9-|-11---(11)----7---7---|-7------11--------|
E|-2---(2)-2-4-5---(5)-5-7-|--9----(9)--0-4---4---|-5-------9---4----|

~~~~~~~~~~~

e|--------------|-------------|----------|--------|
B|--------------|-------------|----------|--------|
G|--------------|-------------|----------|--------|
D|-9------(9)---|-9-----------|----------|--------|
A|-9------(9)---|-9-----------|----------|--------|
E|-7------(7)-7-|-7------12\--|-0-2-3----|-(3)----|

Bridge

e||--------------------------|-------------------------|
B||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
G||--------------------------|-------------------------|
D||--------------------------|-------------------------|
A||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
E||--0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|

3x

e|-------------------------|--------------------------||
B|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
G|-------------------------|--------------------------||
D|-------------------------|--------------------------||
A|-------------------------|-------5-----4-----3---2-o||
E|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3---0-3---0-3---3----||

4x

||----------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------||
||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2---||
||o--------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------||

4x

e||----------------------------------------------||
B||o--------------------------------------------o||
G||----------------------------------------------||
D||----------------------------------------------||
A||o--------------------------------------------o||
E||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0---||
e||-------------------|-------------------||
B||o------------------|------------------o||
G||-------------------|-------------------||
D||-------------------|-------------------||
A||o------------------|------------------o||
E||--2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2-----||

Guitar Solo

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4-|
D|---4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4-------------|
A|-7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------5-7-8-7-5--|
G|---------------4-5-7-5-4---5-7-9-7-5--------------|
D|---4-5-7-5-4-------------9-----------9------------|
A|-7-----------7------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------7-8-10-8-7----------------------12-------|
B|---7-8-10-8-7----------------7-8-10-8-7---13-15----15-13-|
G|-9------------9------------9------------9----------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------12-14-15-14-12----14-15-17-15-14----15-17-19-17-15--|
B|---7-8-10-8-7-15----------------17----------------19-----------------|
G|-9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

e|----14-------14-------15-18-15-14-------14----|
B|-19----18b19----18b19-------------18-17----17-|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|----14-------14-------15-18-16-14-------14S21-|
B|-19----18b19----18b19-------------18-17-------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
e|-(21)----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------19-19-19-19-20-19-0-17-17-17-17-19-17-0-15-15-15-15-17-15-0-14-14-14-|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-14-15-15-0-12-12-12-12-14-12-0-11-11-11-11-12-11-0-8-8-8-8-11-8-0-7-8-7--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~ ~~~~~~~~~~~

e|------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|-----7-8-(8)--(8)-7---7-|-8-7---7--------------------------|
G|-9------------------9---|-----9---9-7---7------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------9---7-5---7---5-4----|
A|------------------------|---------------------7---7-----5--|
E|------------------------|----------------------------------|
e|---------------------7-10-8-10-8-7------||
B|-------------------8---------------10-8-||
G|-----4-7-5-4---7-9----------------------||
D|---5---------9--------------------------||
A|-7--------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------||
e|-----------------7-9-7-6-7-9-7-6------------|
B|-7-8-7-6-7-8-7-6-----------------7-8-7-6-7--|
G|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
e|-------9-10-9-7-9-10-9-7-----------------10-12-10-|
B|-8-7-6-------------------7-8-7-6-7-8-7-6----------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
e|-9-10-12-10-9-14-15-14-13-14-15-14-13-----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------11-12-11-10-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------9-10-9-8--|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------12-12-|
G|-------------------11-11-11-11-11-------|
D|-------9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------|
A|-7-7-7----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|----------14-14-14----------19-19-19-------20-20-|
B|-12-12-12----------17-17-17----------19-19-------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
e|-21-22-21-19-------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------23-20-19-23-20-19-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------21-19-18-21-19-18-16-18-19-21-19-18-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------14-18-21-18----------------------|
B|----------------------------------------14-------------19-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------15-------------------18----------------|
D|-21-20-17-------------------------16-------------------------20-------------|
A|----------21-19-17-------------16-------------------------------21----------|
E|-------------------21-19-18-14-------------------------------------21-18-14-|
e|----------------------------------------------17-19-20S24--||
B|-------------------------------------17-19-20--------------||
G|----------------------------14-16-17-----------------------||
D|-------------------14-16-17--------------------------------||
A|----------12-14-15-----------------------------------------||
E|-12-14-15--------------------------------------------------||
e|-------14-------17-14----14-------14-------19-17----17---|
B|-17b19----17-14-------17----17b19----17-14-------19------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|-19-20-19-17-20-19-------17-------------------------|
B|-------------------19-17----19-17-16-19-17-16-------|
G|----------------------------------------------17----|
D|-------------------------------------------------19-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|-7-8-7-5-8-7-----5-----------------|
B|-------------7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4-----|
G|-------------------------------5---|
D|---------------------------------7-|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
e|------------|------------|
B|-----0------|-----0------|
G|-4----------|-4----------|
D|-4----------|-4----------|
A|-2--------2-|-2--------2-|
E|------------|------------|

Synth Solo

e|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|
A|-------5-----4-----3---2-|------------------|---------------------------|
E|-0-2-3---0-3---0-3---3---|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0---|
e|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------5-----4-----3---2-|------------------|------------------|
E|-0-2-3---0-3---0-3---3---|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------5-----4-----3---2--|
E|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3---0-3---0-3---3----|
e|------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|------------------|------------------|------------------|
E|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|
e|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0-|-0-2-3-0-0-0-0-2-3-0-0-0--|
e|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
G|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
D|-------------------------|------------------|------------------|
A|-------5-----4-----3---2-|------------------|------------------|
E|-0-2-3---0-3---0-3---3---|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|

PM--| PM--|

|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|------------------|---------4-------2-4---2-|
|------------------|------------------|---------------------5---|
|------------------|------------------|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---------|
|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-2-2---2-2-2-2----|-------------------------|

PM--| PM--|

|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------|
|---------4---------2-----|-------------2-5-4-5-2-4---2-----|------|
|-----------------5---4-5-|-2-1-----1-4-------------5---4-5-|-2----|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---------|-----3-2-------------------------|------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------------|------|

Outro

e||-----------------------------------------|
B||o-13-12-0-16-0-0-17-0-0-19-0-0-20-0-22-0-|
G||-----------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------|
A||o----------------------------------------|
E||-----------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|
B|-24-0-0-22-0-0-20-0-0-19-0-0-17-0-16-0-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|-13-12-0-16-0-0-17-0-0-19-0-0-20-0-22-0-|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-24-0-0-22-0-0-20-0-0-19-0-0-17-0-16-0---|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-5-0-0-7-0-0-8-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-16-0-|-17-0-0-16-0-0-13-0-0-12-0-0-8-0-7-0-|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B|-5-0-0-7-0-0-8-0-0-10-0-0-12-0-16-0-|-17-0-0-16-0-0-13-0-0-12-0-0-8-0-7-0-o||
G|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
D|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
E|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
e|-8-7-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-14-0-0-15-0-17-0-|-19-0-0-17-0-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-10-0-|
B|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
e|-8-7-0-10-0-0-12-0-0-14-0-0-15-0-17-0-|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|-22-0-0-20-0-0-19-0-0-17-0-0-15-0-14-0---|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

3x

e||--24-0-0-24-0-0-24-0-0-24-0-0-24-0-24-0--||
B||o---------------------------------------o||
G||-----------------------------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------------o||
E||-----------------------------------------||

~

e|--------|------*|
B|--------|------*|
G|--------|------*|
D|--------|-2----*|
A|--------|-2----*|
E|-0-2-3--|-0----*|

************************************

| b Bend

| [n] Artificial harmonic (Pinch harmonic)

| (n) Ghost note

| ~ Vibrato

| tr Trill

| \ Slide down

| PM Palm mute

| / Slide up

| x Dead note

************************************

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