Fatal Tragedy Chords & Tabs
Fatal Tragedy - Scenes From A Memory
By Dream Theater
Tabbed by Johann Lau
Piano intro... 00:35 00:47
E|----------------|-------------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|----------------|-----/12-11~~------|---0-4---0-4----------------|------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|-------------------|-4-----2--------------------|-----------------4-3----------------------|
D|----------------|-2---/9--8~~-------|-4-----2--------------------|-------2-------------------2-(5)----------|
A|----------------|-2-------------x\--|-2-----0--------------------|---4-5-2-----4-5-2-1~--1-4-------(4)------|
E|----------------|-0--------------x\-|-------------3-2-(1)~~~-----|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---------------------(3)~-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|------------------------------------------|----------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|---0-4---0-4----------|------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------4-6----------------------|-4-----2--------------|-----------------4-3----------------------|
D|-------2-------------------5-(8)----------|-4-----2--------------|-------2-------------------2-(5)----------|
A|---4-5-2-----4-5-2-4~--4-7-------(7)------|-2-----0--------------|---4-5-2-----4-5-2-1~--1-4-------(4)------|
E|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---------------------(6)~-|-------------3-(1)~~~-|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---------------------(3)~-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----11--9--11-12--14-| (two guitars play
B|---------------------------------------|---0-4---0-4------------------7-8-|-7---12--10-12-14--16-| this part)
G|-----------------4-6-------------------|-4-----2----------------------8-9-|-8~--8---6--8--9---11-|
D|-------2-------------------5-8-8-------|-4-----2-------------------2------|-----9---7--9--11--13-|
A|---4-5-2-----4-5-2-4~--4-7-------7-4---|-2-----0-------------------2------|----------------------|
E|-0-2-3-0---0-2-3---------------------6-|-------------3-(1)~~~--2-3-0------|----------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
01:32
E|------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|------------|------------------|----------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|------------|------------------|-------------2-------6------------4--4-4------------|--------2------6--------------------|
D|-2---2------|-2----9---9-8---8-|-----4-------2-------6----6-------4--4-4--------1---|-4------2------6----6--7--2-1-----4-|
A|-2---1------|-2----7---7-7---7-|-----4-------0---0-2-4----7-------2--2-2\-4-2-4-----|-4------0--0-2-4----7--7------2---4-|
E|-0---0--14\-|-0--0-0---0-0---0-|-0-0-2---2-4------------0-4---4-4-----------------0-|-2--2-4-----------0-4--5--------4-2-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
02:05
E|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------14tr15-12~-|-------------------------------|
B|--------------|--------------7b8-|--------------|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------|------------4-----|--------------|------------4------------|-------------------------------|
D|----------1-4-|-1-2-4-2~-5-------|----------1-4-|-1-2-4-2~-5--------------|-7-----7-5-4-2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-2~-----|------------------|-0-2-3-2~-----|-------------------------|---0-0---------2-3-5-3---------|
E|--------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------------|-----------------------2-3-5-3-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ 02:17 Play 4 times
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------||o-------------------------------------o||
D|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||o-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
A|-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
E|-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-||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Play 4 times 02:50
E||----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G||o-------9------------------------------o||-------------------------------------|---------------0-2-----------------|
D||o-2-2-2-9---2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||---------1-----2-4-----2-1-----------|---------1-----------2-1-----------|
A||--2-2-2-7\--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-3-0-2---2-2-----2-2-----0-3-2-0-2-|-0-2-0-2---0-0-----0-----0-3-2-0-2-|
E||--0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------2-4-----------------|------------------------------------------------|
D|---------1-----------2-1-----------|-------------1h4-2--2-1-0-----------------------|
A|---2-0-2---2-2-----2-----0-3-2-0-2-|---------2-3--------------4-3-2-1-0-----------2-|
E|-3---------------------------------|-0-2-3-5----------------------------4-3-2-1-0---|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
03:12
E|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|-------------|
B|-------------------------5-4---------------|---------------------------------|-------------|
G|-------4-----2---------------4-5-4h5h4-----|---------------------------------|-------------|
D|-------------------5-4-----------------7-5-|-4-6-7---------------------------|-2---2-------|
A|-2-2-2---2-2---2-2-----2-------------------|-------5-4---2-0-------4-3-2-----|-2---1---x\--|
E|-------------------------------------------|-----------2-----2-0-2-------2-3-|-0---0----x\-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|------9-----------9-------|------9-----------9-------|--------2------6-----------4--4-4------------|
D|-2----9-2-2-2-2-2-9-2-2-2-|-2----8-2-2-2-2-2-8-2-2-2-|-4------2------6----6------4--4-4--------1---|
A|-2----7-2-2-2-2-2-7-2-2-2-|-1----7-2-2-2-2-2-7-2-2-2-|-4------0--0-2-4----7------2--2-2\-4-2-4-----|
E|-0--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-0--0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-|-2--2-4-----------0-4--4-4-----------------0-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
E|-----------------------------------|-------|
B|------------------------5----------|-------|
G|--------2------6--------4-----4--4-|-------|
D|-4------2------6--6--7--2--6--4--4-|-2-4-5-|
A|-4------0--0-2-4--7--7--2--6--2--2-|-2-4-5-|
E|-2--2-4-----------4--5-----4-------|-0-2-3-|
^ ^ ^ ^
Play 3 times (03:49)
E||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o||
D||o-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------o||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-----4-----3---2--||
E||--0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3-0-0-0-0h2h3---2h3---2h3---0----||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/fatal_tragedy_tab_ver_2.html ]
Play 8 times (04:10) (04:31)
E||---------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
G||o-------------------------------------------o||----------------------------------------------------------------|
D||o-------------------------------------------o||-4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4--|
A||---------------------------------------------||-4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4---4-4--4-4--4-4--|
E||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--||-2-2--2-2--2-2\--2-2--2-2--2-2\--2-2--2-2--2-2\--2-2--2-2--2-2\-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Guitar Solo (04:39)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
A|-------------------14-15-17-15-14-------------------14-15-17-15-14-------------------14-15-17-15-14->
E|-12-12-14-15-14-12----------------12-12-14-15-14-12----------------12-12-14-15-14-12---------------->
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------->
B|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------->
G|----------------------------------|-------------------16-17-19-17-16-------------------16-17-19-17-16->
D|-------------------14-16-17-16-14-|-14-14-16-17-16-14----------------14-14-16-17-16-14---------------->
A|-14-14-15-17-15-14----------------|------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|----------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|----------------------------12-14-12----------------12-14-15-14-12----|-------14-------14-------14-14h15h14----14-----|
B|-------------------12-13-15----------15-13-12-13-15----------------15-|-17b19----17b19----17b18-------------17----17~-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-14-14-16-17-16-14----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-------14-------14-------14-14h15h14----/21~-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
B|-17b19----17b19----17b18-------------17------|-19-19-19-20-0-0-17-17-17-19-0-0-15-15-15-17-0-0-14-14-14-15-0-0-12-12-12-14-0-0->
G|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
D|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
A|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------->
B|-11-11-11-12-0-0-8-8-8-10-0-0-7-7-7-8-0-0-7-7-7-|-5~-7-8~---5-7-8-7-5-7-5~------------------------------------>
G|------------------------------------------------|---------7----------------4------------------------9--------->
D|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------5-4---7---5-4--------9---12-10-9->
A|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------7---7-----7-7-10------------->
E|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------->
E|---------7-10-7h8h7------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
B|-----7-8------------10-8-|-------------------12-11-11-12-11-11-------------------14-12-12-14-12-12------------------->
G|-7-9---------------------|-12-11-11-12-11-11-------------------12-11-11-12-11-11-------------------12-11-11-12-11-11->
D|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
A|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|-------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
E|-------------------15-14-14-15-14-14------------------|----------------------------------14-14-14-12-12-12-17-17-17----------17-|
B|-17-15-15-17-15-15------------------------------------|-------------------7-7-7-12-12-12----------------------------17-17-17----|
G|-------------------------------------12-11-11---------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------12-9----|-------9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------10-|-7-7-7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-21-19-19------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
B|----------22-22-21-19-22-22-21-19-17-19-19-17-15---------------------------------------------------------------->
G|-------------------------------------------------18-16-18-18-16-14---------------------------------------------->
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------18-14-16-14-12------------------------------->
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-16-14-12------------->
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16-14-12-14->
E|-------------17h19h17-------------|----------------------------------------------19-20-22-24~-|
B|----------17----------17----------|-------------------------------------19-20-22--------------|
G|-------16----------------16-------|----------------------------16-18-19-----------------------|
D|----14----------------------14----|-------------------16-18-19--------------------------------|
A|-14----------------------------14-|----------14-16-17-----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-14-16-17--------------------------------------------------|
(End Guitar Solo - The stuff going on during the guitar solo is basically a mix of the figures at 03:49 and 04:31)
(05:13)
E|---------------------------------------------|
B|---0~---0~---0~---0~-------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|-4----4----4----4----------------------------|
A|-2----2----2----2----------5-----4-----3---2-|
E|---------------------0h2h3---2h3---2h3---0---|
(Keyboard Solo - Same background riffs as guitar solo. I'm going to leave them out for simplicity's sake, because if you can
get this far, you should be able to figure it out.)
(05:53)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------4-----2h4-----------2-----0-2-0-------------------0-2-4-5-4-2-------|
D|-4-------------------4---------------------4-2-1-------1-2-4-------------4-5-2-|
A|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-----2-2-2-2-2---2-2-------------3-2-3-------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Play 10 times (06:00)
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--5-0-0-7-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-8-0-10-0-12-0-0-10-0-0-8-0-0-7-0-0-8-0-7-0--||
G||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
D||o--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
A||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-12-7-------12-7-------12-7---------------|
B|------8----------8----------8-------------|
G|--------9~---------9~---------9~----------|
D|----------------------------------------2-|
A|------------------------------------4-5-2-|
E|----------------------------------0-2-3-0-|
Legend:
5h7 = hammer-on
^ = palm mute
(5) = artificial harmonic
5b7 = bend
12tr13 = trill
14\ = slide down
/14 = slide up
Alright, there you go. The guitar solo is a guess at best, because it's really hard to hear every single individual note
Petrucci plays. He's playing lightning fast, so I just interpolated. Also, I think this song is played on a 7-string guitar,
but the only note Petrucci plays on the low B is a 5th fret E artificial harmonic. I've written those notes in as (1)'s on the
E string. If you're playing with enough distortion and you hit the harmonic just write, it sounds almost the same. Enjoy!
Questions? Comments? Email me at zetho@hotmail.com