Forsaken: Dream Theatre
Tuning: CGCFAD (drop C)
/ Slide up
\ Slide down
~ Vibrato
* Squeal
h Hammer on
p Pull off
Piano Intro x4
(Instead of squeal on 7* you can harmonic on 3 (G string) which is ^)
|------------------------------------|
|---------------7*-------------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9--5-4-0-----| x4
|5/7-7--10-9--5-3^--5/7-7--5-4-0-----|
|--------------------------5-4-0-----|
On the 3rd and 4th time, there is a guitar riff as follows:
|-----------------------------------------|
|5h7-5h7-7-5h7-5h7-7-8—5h7-5h7-7-5h7-7----|
|--------------------------------------7-6|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Verse (it’s in 7/8 so be careful of timing) (| represents bar)
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------| x3
|------|------|------|------|
|2-2---|2-2---|2-2---|2-2---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|2--2--0--4~~0-4-2--2--0--5--4--5-|
|2-------------4-2--------------5-|
|2-------------4-2--------------5-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9-11-12-11---------------------------------------9-10-12-10-9*|
|--------------------------7-9-10-12-9-10-12-------9-10-12-------------|
|7-9-10-------------7-9-10------------------9-10-12--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------4------|
|2-----5-----0-------4------| x2
|2-----5-----0-------2------|
|2-----5-----0--------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|9--9--11--12-----------|
|9--9--11--12---7---9---|
|7--7--9---10---7---9---|
|---------------7---9---|
Repeat intro
|------------------------------------|
|---------------7*-------------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9--5-4-0---4-| x4
|5/7-7--10-9--5-3^--5/7-7--5-4-0---4-|
|--------------------------5-4-0---4-|
|-----------2--------------------------2----------------|
|---------3---3----------------------3---3--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|2-2--2-2------2-2--2-2-----2-2--2-2-------2-2--2-2--2--| x2
|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--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/forsaken_tab_ver_3.html ]
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|7--------10-9-------5-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|2--2--0--4--0-4-2--2--0--5--4--5-|
|2-------------4-2--------------5-|
|2-------------4-2--------------5-|
Not really what happens, but close... John shreds a little here and I can’t work it out...
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9-11-12-11---------------------------------------9-10-12-10-9*|
|--------------------------7-9-10-12-9-10-12-------9-10-12-------------|
|7-9-10-------------7-9-10------------------9-10-12--------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------4------|
|2-----5-----0-------4------| x2
|2-----5-----0-------2------|
|2-----5-----0--------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|9--9--11--12-----------|
|9--9--11--12---7---9---|
|7--7--9---10---7---9---|
|---------------7---9---|
Bridge
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------7---10---12------------------------------|
|5---7----2----2-4-5-2--7---3---7---10---12------------------------------|
|5---7----2----2-4-5-2--7---3---5---8----10------------------------------|
|5---7----2----2-4-5-2--7---3--------------------------------------------|
Solo: I have got the first bit, but not the shredding... Sorry!
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------9-9—7h9h10h12p10p9p7--------------|
|--10-10-9-7-9-7h9p7-------------------------------------9h10-9-7-----|
|7-------------------8-8--5-7-8-7-5-------------------------------5---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10-10*--|
|----------------------------|
|------------------7---------|
|-----------7-9-10-----------|
|4-5-7-9-10------------------|
|----------------------------|
Then it shreds... SORRY! Figure it out by yourself.
Chorus x4
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--------------------4------|
|2-----5-----0-------4------|
|2-----5-----0-------2------|
|2-----5-----0--------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------------7*-------------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9------------|
|7/9-9--12-11-7-----7/9-9--5-4-0-----| x4
|5/7-7--10-9--5-3^--5/7-7--5-4-0-----|
|--------------------------5-4-0-----|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|2~---------|
|2~---------|
|2~---------|
Please be nice... This is only my second tab. If any queries; my email is squid_rat_3000@hotmail.com .
