Depeche Mode: Dream On
The Cheap And Easy Approach
I've seen the Paris DVD and yes, it does seem Mart plays with a guitar in flat
tuning. But isn't it a pain in the ass to do flat tuning? I sure think so! So
I came up with the Cheap And Easy Apprach... not only easier to tune, but easy
to play too! Here goes:
Tuning: Drop D
Capo 1 (tab relative to the capo)
Main Riff:
e|-----------------
B|-----------------
G|-----------------
D|-----3-0---0---0-
A|---0-----3-------
D|-0-----------3-0-
Alternate Riff
e|-----------------------------
B|-----------------------------
G|-----------------------------
D|-----5-----5-------5-----5---
A|---5-----5---5---5-----5---5-
D|-5-----5-------8-----8-------
or, if you're amazingly cheap, you can do this:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/depeche_mode/dream_on_tab_ver_4.html ]
e|-----------------------------
B|-----------------------------
G|-----0-----0-------0-----0---
D|---0-----0---0---0-----0---0-
A|-----------------------------
D|-5-----5-------8-----8-------
And so the bridge part would go like this:
e|-----------
B|-----------
G|-----------
D|-------0-3-
A|---0-3-----
D|-5---------
Isn't that easy?
Here's the format:
On each line of the verse play this:
Main Riff x 3 + Alternate Riff
On the chorus, play this twice:
Alternate Riff + Main Riff x 2
Bridge: Listen to it, there's alot of those.
For the 2nd guitar in the bridge, who knows? Play with a slide on the first
two strings is my advice.
To end, I suggest alternating the main riff like this:
e|-----------------
B|-----------------
G|-----------------
D|-----3-0---0-3-0-
A|---0-----3-------
D|-0-------------0-
Go forth, you lazy ones, and play!
Tell me how big a moron I am at iamjosh@vt.edu
