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Overture 1928

Dream Theater
Bass Tab
★4.3(10)

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Song

SCENE 2: OVERTURE 1928

As recorded by DREAM THEATER

Music by DREAM THEATER

Transcribed by Joe Britton - Larrylaffer_uk@yahoo.co.uk

Gtr I (B E A D G C) -

Moderately Q=111

4/4 2/4

Gtr I

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S e E S S S S S S e S S S e 10x S S S e Q

||-----------------------------------||------------|
||o---------------------------------o||------------|
||-----------------------------------||------------|
||-----------------------------------||------------|
||o---------------------------------o||------------|
||--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3----|

4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3---------------|

E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|
                          |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

E E E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------|-8-9-8-6------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------9-7-6-9-7-6------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------9-7-6-9-7-6------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|---------------------------------9-7-5-9-7-5------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------9-7--|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|--------------------------------------------------|

E. S E E +E E S S E E. S S S E +E E E E E. S E E +E E +E E

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------7-(7)-------7-|----------------------|--------7-(7)---------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-5-------5-5-5---|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-------0-(0)-0-|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

E. S E E +E S S E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S S S E +E E E E

|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------4-(4)-4-2-4-4-|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2---------------|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|

3/4

E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E E E E E S S S S +E e S S S S

|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o-0-2-4-6-(6)\--0-0-0-0---|
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|

|-3-|

S S S S +E e e S S S S S S +E e S S S S S

|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-4-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----2-4-(4)-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-4-6-(6)\--0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------|---------------------------|

1.

|-3-| |-3-|

S S S S +E e S S S S S S

|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-----4-6-(6)------------------||
|-5-7-----------------3-5-7----||
|-------------0-2-4-6---------o||
|------------------------------||

2.

5/4 4/4

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S E. S S S e E S S S S S S e S S S e

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3----------------|

E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|

Q=61

E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E. S +E E E. S Q E. S E. S

|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|--------------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-----------------------|---------2--3-(3)-0-|---------3--3-3--2--|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3------------|--------------------|

E. S Q Q Q E. S Q E. S E. S E. S Q Q Q

|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------5-----|-2--2-2------------|---------5-----|
|-0--0-0-----5--|---------3--3-3--2-|-0--0-0-----5--|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|

Q=110

3/4 4/4

Q Q S S S S E E +E E E E E E Q Q S S S S E E +E E E E E E Q

|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-------2-4-|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-/8-6---6--------|
|---------4-2-0-----|-----2-2-4-----|---------4-2-0-----|----------9---9------|
|-2-----------------|---------------|-2-----------------|----------------0----|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|

3/4 4/4

~~

|-----6-----|

Q Q S S S S E E +E S S S S S S S S E E Q q S S S S E E

|-------------------|---------------------------9-|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------9-11---|-11-------------------|
|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-9-11-8-8-9-10-11--------|--------2-4-----2-4---|
|---------4-2-0-----|-----------------------------|------------0-2-------|
|-2-----------------|-----------------------------|-----2----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|

+E E Q S S S S S E. E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E

|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-(4)-2-4--7-9-9-9-7-9\-|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

E. S E E +E E +E E E. S S S E +E E S S S S E. S S S E +E E S S E

|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-(0)---------|--------------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0--|
|--------------0-(0)-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|

E. S S S E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E S S E

|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E E E

|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-4-(4)-4-6\--|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4---|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|

E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E E E Q

|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-4-4-4-6\----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|

E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E

|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------4----|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2---2--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

Q=115

4/4 3/4 4/4 4/4

Q Q E. S +E. S +Q Q Q Q Q E. S +E. S +Q Q Q Q

|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|-3--------5-(5)-0-|-(0)-----2--|-3--------5-(5)-0-|--(0)-----2-----|
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------2--|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|

3/4 5/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------4-2-------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------2-5-----5-4-2-|-(2)-----------------------4-2-----------------|
|---5-3-2-3---------------|-----5-3-2-(2)---------2-5-----5-3-2---3-------|
|-------------------------|---------------5-3-2-3---------------5---2-0---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|

2/4 4/4 7/8

+Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-7-----6-------5-4---3-2---1-0---|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---0---|
|-(0)--/12\--|---7-0---7-0-------0-----0-----2-|-3-3-2-2-1-1-------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

4/4 7/8

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

4/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------4h6-6-6-6-6-4h6-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---o||
||-------------------------------------||

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||

Q.=138

12/8

E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E Q. E E E E Q

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4------4-4-4-4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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* Generated using Power Tab Editor by B.S. Larsen - http://www.crosswinds.net/~powertab *

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