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Instrumedley

Dream Theater
Tab

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Song

Instrumedley

From Live at Budokan (2004)

Tabbed by: Alex

Order of Songs in Medley:

1.The Dance of Eternity

2.Metropolis Pt 1

3.Erotomania

4.The Dance of Eternity

5.Metropolis Pt 1

6.A Change of Seasons 1v. The Darkest of Winters

7.The Ytse Jam

8.The Dance of Eternity

9.Paradigm Shift (Liquid Tension Experiment)

10.Universal Mind (Liquid Tension Experiment)

11.The Dance of Eternity

12.Hell's Kitchen

Held over from Home

E|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|--(0)----------------------------|
A|--(0)----------------------------|
D|--(0)----------------------------|

hold the D while the samples play

3 3

_______ _______ ____ ____ _______

|_|_|_| | | | |_|_| | | | | | |_|_| |

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 3x

E||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------------------||
B||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------------------||
G||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------------------||
D||-----------------------|-4 bar rest--||*--0-0-0-0-----0-----0--0-0-0-0--*||
A||--5-5-5-5-5------------|-------------||*--------------------------------*||
E||--5-5-5-5-5------------|-------------||----------------------------------||
B||--3-3-3-3-3------------|-------------||----------------------------------||

4/4

3 3 3 3

_______ ________ _______ _______

|_|_| | | |_|_| |_|_| | |_|_| |

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|

0:31 ____ ____ ____

| | | | | |\ | | | |

|

| | | | | | | | |. |. |. | | |

|

|--------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--8-----------------|--8---------------|---------------|----------------|--8-----------------|
|--7-----------------|--7---------------|---------------|----------------|--7-----------------|
|--5----------6------|--5----------3----|--2------------|---------4------|--5----------6------|
|--5----------6------|--5----------3----|--2------------|--3------4------|--5----------6------|
|-------------4------|-------------1----|--0------------|--3------2------|-------------4------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|--1-------------|--------------------|

4/4 7/8 3/4 4/4

____ ____ ____ ____ ____

| | |\ | | | | | | | | | |

| | | | |. |. |. | | | | | | | |

|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|--8---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|--7---------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------------|
|--5----------3----|--2------------|----------------|--------5-----3--6--5-----|
|--5----------3----|--2------------|--3------6------|-----5-----5-----------6--|
|-------------1----|--0------------|--3------6------|--3-----------------------|
|------------------|---------------|--1------4------|--------------------------|

7/8 3/4 4/4

____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____

| | | |_| | | |\ | | | | | |_| | | | | | | |\ | | | | | | | |

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------4-4-|--5--------------1-----|--------------------------|
|-------------3-5--------|--------2--3--2------|--------5--------------|--------5-----3--6--5-----|
|--5-----5--6------3-----|-----2---------------|-----3-----4-----------|-----5-----5-----------6--|
|-----3---------------1--|--0------------------|--------------2-----4--|--3-----------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

7/8 3/4 7/8 4/4

____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____ ______ ____ ____ ____ ____

_____

| | | |_| | | |\ | | | | | | | |_| | | | | |\ | _| | _|

|_|_|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | || | | |

|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------4--|--5---------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------3-5--------|--------2--3--2-----|---------5--1-----------|--------------------3-5-6-|
|--5-----5--6------3-----|-----2--------------|-----2-3----------1-----|----------------3-5-------|
|-----3---------------1--|--0-----------------|---------------------4--|--3--4-3--4-3-4-----------|
|------------------------|--------------------|---------------1--------|--------------------------|

7/8 3/4 7/8 13/16

____ ____ _______ _____ ____ ____ ____ _______ _____ ____ ____ _______ ___

| _| | _| |\ |_|_|_| |_|_| | _| | _| | | |_|_|_| |_|_| | _| | _| |\ |_|_|_| |_|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------3-5-6-|---------------------------|
|---------------5-3-----------|----------------------3-5-------|---------------5-3---------|
|--3--4-3--4-3------4-3-------|--3--4-3--4-3--4--3-4-----------|--3--4-3--4-3------4-3-----|
|-----------------------6-4-3-|--------------------------------|-----------------------6-4-|

15/16 17/16 14/16

1:04 ____ ____ ____

| | | | | |\ | | | |

|

| | | | | | | | |. |. |. | | |

|

|--------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|--8-------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|--7-------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|--5-------------|--------------------|
|--5----------6------|--5----------3----|--2------------|--5------4------|--5----------6------|
|--5----------6------|--5----------3----|--2------------|---------4------|--5----------6------|
|--3----------4------|--3----------1----|--0------------|---------2------|--3----------4------|

4/4 7/8 3/4 4/4

____ .

| | |\ |

| | | | |

|------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------------------------------|
|------------------|--6------------|--5----------piano solo--------------------|
|--5----------3----|--6------------|--5----------------------------------------|
|--5----------3----|--4------------|--3----------------------------------------|
|--3----------1----|---------------|-------------------------------------------|

7/8 4/4 5/4

1:19

____ ____ ____ _______ _____ ____ ____ _______ _____

| _| | _| | | |_|_|_| |_|_| | _| | _| |\ |_|_|_| |_|_|

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------3-5-6-|-----------------------------|
|----------------------3-5-------|---------------5-3-----------|
|--3--4-3--4-3--4--3-4-----------|--3--4-3--4-3------4-3-------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------6-4-3-|

17/16 15/16

____ ____ _______ _____ .

| _| | _| |_|_|_| |_|_| | | | |

| | | | | | | | | | | |. |. | | |

|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|---------------|
|--------------------3-5-6-|--8------6-----------|---------------|
|----------------3-5-------|--8------6------5----|--7------------|
|--3--4-3--4-3-4-----------|--6------4------5----|--7------------|
|--------------------------|----------------3----|--5------------|

Metropolis Pt 1

E--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------|----------------------6-3-------------7---------10-7---------|
D--------------------------------|--four times--------5-----4---------6---------9------8-------|
A--------7-----------7-------7-8-|------------------4---------5-----5---------8----------9-----|
E--0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-7-----|----------------3-------------6-4---------7--------------10--|
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------11--------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------11---13------------14-11-------------------15-----11-10------------------------13-12-|
D------10------12---------13-------12-------------14--------------13-12-11-10-----12-12--------|
A----9---------11------12-------------13-------13----------------------------------------------|
E--8-----------10---11-------------------14-12-------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--------------0--------------------------0------------------------0---------------------------|
A--0-------------4-3-2-1-0----0-------------4-3-2-1-0--0-------------4-3-2-1-0--0--------------|
E----4-3-2-1-0------------------4-3-2-1-0----------------4-3-2-1-0----------------4-3-2-1-0----|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--0-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----4-3-2-1-0---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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| (n) Ghost note

| * Natural harmonic

| / Slide up

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