AS I AM (Bassline)
As recorded by Dream Theater
(From the 2003 Album TRAIN OF THOUGHT)
Transcribed by Thenid
Gtr I (C E A D G C) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=98
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E +E E E E +W 8x
|----------||--------<5>---------------<5>-----|-----------||
|----------||o---<5>-----<3>-(<3>)-<5>---------|----------o||
|----------||------------------------------<4>-|-(<4>)-----||
|----------||----------------------------------|-----------||
|----------||o---------------------------------|----------o||
|----------||--0-(0)---------------------------|-----------||
Q=130
H E E E E +W 3x H E E E E +W
||---------------|-------------||--------------|--------|
||o--------------|------------o||--------------|--------|
||---------------|-------------||--------------|--------|
||---------------|-------------||--------------|--------|
||o------8---8---|------------o||------8---8---|--------|
||--0------0---6-|-(6)---------||-0------0---6-|-(6)----|
E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q 4x
||------------------|--------------------||-|
||o-----------------|-------------------o||-|
||------------------|--------------------||-|
||------------------|--------------------||-|
||o---------8---8---|------8------------o||-|
||--0-0-0-0---0---6-|-(6)----5-(5)-0-3---||-|
Pre-Verse & Verse
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|
||----------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3-------4-3-1-4-3-1-3-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0---------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3-------------------|---------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0-3-3-3-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0---------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S E S S E 3x
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-3-------4-3-1-4-3-1-3-|---------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3--------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------2-2-2-o||
|---0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0-3-3-3--------||
Pre-Chorus
$
3/4
H Q. E +Q. E +Q Q H Q. E +Q H
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
||o-------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
||--------------|-----------------|-------------|-----------|
||o-3-----------|--------------4--|-3-----------|-----------|
||-------3----2-|-(2)---5-(5)-----|------3----2-|-(2)--0----|
1.
4/4 5/4 4/4
H Q. E +Q. E +Q H H Q. E +Q H.
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|------------o||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-3-----------|--------------4----|-3-----------|------------o||
|------3----2-|-(2)---5-(5)-------|------3----2-|-(2)--0------||
Chorus
2.
$$
4/4 6/4 4/4 3/4
H Q. E +Q E E +W H +E E E E +H E E
|-------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------------|----------------|-------------|
|-3-----------|---------------------|----------------|--------3----|
|------3----2-|-(2)--2-1-(1)--------|-0----(0)-0-2-3-|-(3)------3--|
4/4 3/4
H +E E E E +Q E E Q E E H +E E E E +H E E
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------3-----|------/6-5-4------|----------------|--------3----|
|-2----(2)---2-1-|-(1)----------5-7-|-0----(0)-0-2-3-|-(3)------3--|
4/4
H +E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------3-----|-------4---4---4-|----------------|------------3-----|
|-2----(2)---2-1-|---1-------------|-0----(0)-0-2-3-|-(3)----(3)---3-2-|
+H +E E E E +Q E E Q E E H +E E E E +H +E E E E
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|------------3-----|------/6-5-4------|----------------|------------3------|
|-(2)----(2)---2-1-|-(1)----------5-7-|-0----(0)-0-2-3-|-(3)----(3)---3-2--|
To Coda To Dbl. Coda
3/4 4/4
+H +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q 4x
|------------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|-------------||o-----------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|-------------||------------------|---------------------||
|------------3-----|-------4---4-||o---------8---8---|------8-------------o||
|-(2)----(2)---2-1-|---1---------||--0-0-0-0---0---6-|-(6)----5-(5)-0-3----||
Verse
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S E
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||----------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3-------4-3-1-4-3-1-3-|---------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0---------------|-0-0-0-0---------------|
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7/8
E E E E S S E S S E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-3-------------------|---------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3-------4-3-1-4-3-1-|
|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---0-0-0-3-3-3-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0-------------|
D.S. al Coda
4/4
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S E S S E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-3-------4-3-1-4-3-1-4-|-3--------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------2-2-2-o||
|---0-0-0---------------|---0-0-0-3-3-3--------||
Interlude
&
H.. E +H. E E
|-||--------------|---------------|
|-||o-------------|---------------|
|-||--------------|---------------|
|-||--------------|---------------|
|-||o-----------2-|-(2)-----------|
|-||--0-----------|----------0-1--|
H +E E E E +H. E E H.. E +H. E E
|-----------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-------------|---------------|
|----------/6-5-4-|-(4)----------|-----------2-|-(2)-----------|
|-2----(2)--------|----------2-3-|-0-----------|----------0-1--|
1. 2.
3/4
H +E E E E +Q. E +E Q. H +E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-------------------o||------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------------||------------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------6-----||------------------|--------------|
|----------/6-5-4-|-(4)---/7-(7)------o||-----------/6-5-4-|---4---4---4--|
|-2----(2)--------|--------------------||--2----(2)--------|--------------|
Guitar Solo
4/4
H Q. E +E E E +E E E E E H Q. E +H +E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------6-|-(6)---/8-(8)b9-8-6\-----|-------------|------------------|
|-1----4------|-----8-------------------|-1----4------|------------------|
|-------------|---------------------3-4-|-----------3-|-(3)----(3)-0-3-0-|
H Q. E +E E E +E E E E E H Q. E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-----------6-|-(6)---/8-(8)b9-8-6\-----|-------------|--------------------|
|-1----4------|-----8-------------------|-1----4------|--------------------|
|-------------|---------------------3-4-|-----------3-|-(3)-0-3-0---0-3-0--|
H Q. E +E E E +E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|
|-----------6-|-(6)---/8-(8)b9-8-6\-----|
|-1----4------|-----8-------------------|
|-------------|---------------------3-4-|
|--3--| |-3-|
H Q. E +E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------|-----------13-10-------------|
|-------------|-----------------11\-8-6-----|
|-1----4------|-------------------------8\--|
|-----------3-|-(3)-0-3-0-------------------|
H Q. E +E E E +E E E E E H Q. E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-----------6-|-(6)---/8-(8)b9-8-6\-----|-------------|--------------------|
|-1----4------|-----8-------------------|-1----4------|--------------------|
|-------------|---------------------3-4-|-----------3-|-(3)-0-3-0---0-3-0--|
7/4
E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q 4x H.. E +H.
||------------------|--------------------||--------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------o||--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------||--------------------|
||------------------|--------------------||--------------------|
||o---------8---8---|------8------------o||--------------------|
||--0-0-0-0---0---6-|-(6)----5-(5)-0-3---||-0---------3-(3)----|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
H.. E +H. H.. E +H. H.. E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|-------------------4---4---||
|-2---------1-(1)------|-0---------3-(3)------|-2---------1---1-----------||
&&
4/4
E E E E E E E E +Q E E +E E Q 4x W
||------------------|--------------------||------*|
||o-----------------|-------------------o||------*|
||------------------|--------------------||------*|
||------------------|--------------------||------*|
||o---------8---8---|------8------------o||------*|
||--0-0-0-0---0---6-|-(6)----5-(5)-0-3---||-0----*|
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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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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