• Song:

    As I Am

  • Artist:

    Dream Theater

  • Album:

    Live at Budokan (disc 1...

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~
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