DREAM THEATER
'Burning My Soul'
from the album 'Falling Into Infinity'
transcribed by
Jeff Jacobson
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moderately slow rock = 104 bpm
INTRO
bass arranged for guitar
riff A
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------1---------|-------0---------|
|-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-|-2-0-2---2-0-2-3-|-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-|-2-0-2---2-0-2-3-|
guitar 1 (clean tone)
riff B (with riff A)
|-------6--------------|-----5--------------| play 4 times
|-5-----------0-----8--|-(8)-------5-----6--|
|-------3--------------|-----2--------------|
|-2-----------------5--|-(5)-------2-----3--|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
guitar 2 (distorted)
rhy. fig. 1 (with riffs A and B)
|----------------------------|--------------------------| play 6 times
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--2--0--2--/8--2--0--2--/5--|-2--0--2--/7--2--0--2--3--|
|--2--0--2--/8--2--0--2--/5--|-2--0--2--/7--2--0--2--3--|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
. . . . . . . .
VERSE 1
guitar 2
rhy. fig. 2
listen rhythm and count yourself, hit E5 extremely palm muted many times and
in the end of rhy. fig. 2 hit open E.
play rhy. fig. 2 once, then rhy. fill 1 once.
after rhy. fill 1 play this, palm muted (listen for rhythm):
E5 Bb5 F#5 (F#5)/
"get any colder, and you wonder why why I can't smile."
VERSE 2
guitar 2 (distorted)
play open E many times, listen for rhythm, and rhy. fill 2 at the end.
then this (not muted):
D5 C5
"pick up the slack. and you ask me why my hair's gray."
and right after that:
guitar 2
rhy. fill 3
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|--3--3--3--3-------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--4--4------2-2--2-|
|--1--1--1--1--4--4--1-1--------|
|--1--1--1--1--2--2-------------|
| . . . . . |
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|-------------------------------|
|----------------------17-17----|
|---keyboard----------15-----15-|
|---arranged---------14---------|
|--for guitar-------------------|
|-------------------------------|
rake
guitar 2
rhy. fill 1
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--------------------2-2--2--2-2--2--|
|--0-2.6-2.6-4-5-7-0-0-0--0--0-0--0--|
nh. . . . . pm. . . . . .
guitar 2
rhy. fill 2
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--0--3---4--4-5-7-0-0-0--0--0-0--0--|
nh. . . . . pm. . . . . .
guitar 3
riff C
|-0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-|10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-|
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|guitar 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--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
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end riff C
|12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10-12-|-0-10-12--0-10-12--0-10----10-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------12----10-12--8-10-------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------7--9-|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
| | pm. . . . . . . . |
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|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------7-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------9-----7--9--5--7-------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------5--7-|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
pm. . . . . . . .
guitar 2
with riff C
|-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--0--0--0--0--0--3-|
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--5-|
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|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
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|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------|
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------7-------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------9-----7--9--5--7-------|
|------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------5--7-|
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
pm. . . . . . . .
CHORUS
with rhy. fig. 1 (2 times) and fill 2
E5 D5 E5 Bb5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 E5 D5 E5 F5 E5 D5 E5 Bb5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 E5 D5 E5 F5
"soul bur - ning my soul"
guitar 4 (distorted with talk box)
fill 2
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|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--0--0--0--0----------|
guitar 2
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|------------------------------|---|------------------------------|---|
|------------------------------|-|------------------------------|-|
|------------------------------|-|------------------------------|-|
|------------------------------|---|------------------------------|---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2.6-2.6-2-|---|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--2.6-2.6-2.2|---|
pm. . . . . . nh. . . pm. . . . . . nh. . .
VERSE 3
with rhy. fig. 2
then rhy. fill 1
then hit D5 many times and then C5
then rhy. fill 3 and fill 1
CHORUS
same than last time
SYNTH SOLO
(synth arranged for guitar)
with rhy. fig. 1 4 times (hold bend)
|----|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------
|----|-tr___________________|________________-------full--|----------------------
|--9-|-7(9)-----------------|(7)---------------7----7^----|7(14)--7-----7(14)--7-
|----|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------
|----|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------
|----|----------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------
ah. .
ah pitch = A * artificial harmonics
achieved be lightly touching str.
w/R.H. index finger at fret indi-
cated in parenthesis and picking
(hold bend) from behind (next bar too).
------------full----------|---------------------------------------->------------|
------------8^----8(15)-8-|-8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---0-|
--7(14)--7----------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
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ah. ah. . . . . .
ah pitch = D
p
-----12-------(12)\-------12p11----11|10~~~~~~~~---10-----tr__________-------5--|
-/12----------------7-/12-------12---|----------12----10-10-------------\5h7----|
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--/10p9p7--7h9h10-7--7h9h10-7--7-9h10-7--7h9h10p9-----|--19--17--17\1212--------|
---------10--------10--------10--------10--------10---|-17-15--17-------1215----|
------------------------------------------------------|16-----------------------|
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with riff D
---tr____________________________|_____________________________________---------|
--12(15)-------------------------|(12)----------------------------------15p12---|
---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------14-|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
* randomly depress and release bar while trilling
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------
-12h14h15-12--12h14h15-12--12h14h15p14p12-----15----------------|---------------
------------14-----------14--------------14p12--12h14p12--------|------14-------
--------------------------------------------------------14p12---|---------------
-------------------------------------------------------------14-|---12-----14p13
----------------------------------------------------------------|---------------
------------------------------------------------------17--------|---------------
----------------------------------------------12-15h17----15p12-|--17~~~~~~~~~~-
----------------------14------12h14-1514p12-15------------------|---------------
-----------------12h14--12--14----------------------------------|---------------
(13)p12--12h13h14---------14------------------------------------|---------------
-------15-------------------------------------------------------|---------------
* vibrato with
bar
full
14~~~~~~~~~~-------------|-17~~~~~~~~~~-19~~~~~~~~~~--------------19---|---22^--
-------------15~~~~~~~~~~|---------------------------20~~~~~~~~~~------|--------
-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------
-------------------------|---------------------------------------------|--------
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-----22h24p22p19-------------------|----------------------------------15--------
----------------22p20------22------|-------15----------------------------15-17~~
---------------------19--19--1921--|------------tr__________________------------
-----------------------21--------20|--14h17----14(19)---------------------------
-----------------------------------|---------17---------------------------------
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
with open 6th string strikes, palm muted
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~~~~(17)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|(17)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-17----------|(17)-----------------|
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ah.
ah pitch = B
riff D
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0---|
|--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3-|-------------------------|
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3---3---3-2-2-2---0h2p0-----|--------------------------------------------
-------------------------------3p0-|-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3
end riff D
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---------|-------------------------|-------------2-0---------------|
---------|-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----2-0-0h2p0-----|
-3p0-3-3-|-------------------------|---------------------------3p0-|
VERSE 4
hit E5 many times, palm muted
ending of verse 4:
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3--3----------------|
|--3-3-3-3--3--3--4-4-4---4-4-4-|
|--1-1-1-1--1--1--4-4-4---4-4-4-|
|-----------------2-2-2-0-2-2-2-|
VERSE 5
|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------
|----------------------2-|---------------------0-0-----0h2-|---------------------
|------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------
|--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-
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
-----|----------------------------------|--------------------|------------------
-----|----------------------------------|--------------------|------------------
-----|----------------------------------|--------------------|------------------
-----|----------------------2-2-----0-1-|-2----------------2-|--0-0-0-0--0--0---
-4-4-|----------------------------------|--------------------|------------------
-----|--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-----0-0-----|---0--0--0--0-0-0---|----------------0-
pm. . . . . . . . . .
with fill 3
---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
---------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
---0-0-----0h2-|-------------------------|--2-2-2-2---3-------2-2-2----------|
---------------|--3-3-3-3---3---3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1---1---1-1-------4-3-2-1--|
-0-----0-0-----|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
pm. . . . . . .
CHORUS
same as last time except play rhy. fig. 1 4 times.
and ending with fill 2
fill 3
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|-------------------1717---------------|
|--keyboard--------15---15-------------|
|--arranged-----14---------------------|
|-for guitar---------------16-15-14-13-|
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