Artist: Dream Theater
Song: As I Am
Album: Train of Thought
Tuning: CEADGC (6-string) or CEADG (5-string)
Tabbed by: rdavidson510
Key:
[?] - Natural Harmonic on indicated fret
~ - Let ring
/ - Slide up from nowhere
- Slide down into nowhere
?/? - Slide up from fret to fret
?? - Slide down from fret to fret
^ - Bend
|3| - Triplet
This song is played with a 6-string bass, but the high C
is only used in the beginning of the song, so I've posted
two ways to play the intro. One with the 6-string bass,
and the other with a 5-string.
Intro (98 BPM)
C|------[5]-------[5]---
G|---[5]---[3]-[5]------ G|------17~19~---17~---
D|-------------------[4] or D|---17~------17~---16~
A|---------------------- x8 A|---------------------
E|---------------------- E|---------------------
C|-0~------------------- C|-0~------------------
G|--------
D|--------
A|-------- x4
E|---8-8--
C|-0~-0-6~
Riff A - New Tempo (130 BPM)
G|-------------
D|-------------
A|------------- x4
E|-----8-8-8-8-
C|-0000-0-6-5-3
Pre-Verse and Verse
G|----------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|-----98698698---9869868----98698698-----------
C|-0000--------000-------0000--------000-333-111
x3
G|----------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|-----98698698---9869868----98698698--------222
C|-0000--------000-------0000--------000-333----
Pre-Chorus
G|-------------------
D|-------------------
A|------------------- x2
E|-3~------4~3~------
C|---3~2~5~----3~2~0~
Chorus
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------- x2
E|-------3---3---/654---------3---3-----4-4-4
C|-0-023--32--21-----57-0-023--32--21-1------
Riff A
G|-------------
D|-------------
A|------------- x4
E|-----8-8-8-8-
C|-0000-0-6-5-3
Verse 2
G|----------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|-----98698698---9869868----98698698-----------
C|-0000--------000-------0000--------000-333-111
x2
G|----------------------------------------------
D|----------------------------------------------
A|----------------------------------------------
E|-----98698698---9869868----98698698--------222
C|-0000--------000-------0000--------000-333----
Pre-Chorus
G|-------------------
D|-------------------
A|------------------- x4
E|-3~------4~3~------
C|---3~2~5~----3~2~0~
Chorus
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------- x2
E|-------3---3---/654---------3---3-----4-4-4
C|-0-023--32--21-----57-0-023--32--21-1------
Interlude ___________________________
G|----------------------|1st |2nd
D|----------------------|------------|-------------
A|----------------------|---------6--|-------------
E|---2~----/654~----2~--|--/654-/7---|--/654-4-4-4-
C|-0~--012~-----230~--01|2~----------|2~-----------
Guitar Solo _________________________________
G|-----------------|1st |2nd, 4th|3rd |
D|-----------------|----|--------|----13-10--------|
A|----6-8^86-------|----|--------|---------118-6--|
E|-1-4-8------1~4--|----|--------|---------------8-|
C|----------34---3~|030-|030-030-|030--------------|
| 3 | 3 |
Riff A (Still Guitar Solo)
G|-------------
D|-------------
A|------------- x4
E|-----8-8-8-8-
C|-0000-0-6-5-3
Guitar In
G|--------------------
D|--------------------
A|--------------------
E|-----------------4-4
C|0~3~2~1~0~3~2~1-1---
Chorus
G|-------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------- x2
E|-------3---3---/654---------3---3-----4-4-4
C|-0-023--32--21-----57-0-023--32--21-1------
Riff A
G|------------- G|---
D|------------- D|---
A|------------- x8 A|---
E|-----8-8-8-8- E|---
C|-0000-0-6-5-3 C|-0~
