Overture 1928 Chords & Tabs
Dream Theater
"Overture 1928"
From The Album "Scenes From A Memory"
Legend:
^ = hammer on/pull off
~ = vibrato
~~ = hard vibrato
tr~ ~ = trill
b = bend/pre bend
r = release
PM = palm mute
x = mute
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
Tuning: Standard E
E=|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
B=|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G=|-------------------------------------------------7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7-7-7|
D=|-------------------------------------------------7-7-7|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7--7-7-7|
A=|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5--5-5-5|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5--5-5-5|
E=|------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /
Riff 1 section
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|
|-7---7---7-7---7---10-|-9---9---9-9---9-----10-|-7---7---7-7---7---10-|-9---9---9-|
|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7---7---7-7---7-----7--|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7---7---7-|
|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7---7---7-7---7-----7--|-7---7---7-7---7---7--|-7---7---7-|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|
|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|-----------|
fill:
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-9-10-9-7--------------------------------------------|
|----------9-7-6-9-7-6--------------------------------|
|----------------------9-7-6-9-7-6--------------------|
|----------------------------------9-7-5-9-7-5--------|
|----------------------------------------------9-7-5--|
PM - - - - - - - - - - - /
Riff 2 section
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|-------------0---------------0---|-------------0---------------0---|----|
|---------2-----------2-----------|---------4-----------4-----------|----|
|-----2-------------------2-------|-----4-------------------4-------|----|
|---------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|-------------0-------------------|-------------0-------------------|----|
|---------2-----------------------|---------------------3-----------|----|
|-----2---------------------------|---------4---------------4-------|----|
|-0-------------------------------|-----4-----------------------4---|----|
|---------------------0-------0---|-2-------------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|-------------0---------------0---|-------------0---------------0---|----|
|---------2-----------2-----------|---------4-----------4-----------|----|
|-----2-------------------2-------|-----4-------------------4-------|----|
|-0-------------------------------|-2-------------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|-------------3-------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|---------------------3-----------|-------------8-----------7-------|----|
|---------5-------------------5---|---------7-----------------------|----|
|-----5---------------------------|-----7---------------------------|----|
|-3-------------------------------|-5-------------------------------|----|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
1:02
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-5-4--------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-2-4-6----0--0-0-0--|-----2^4-4---0--0--0-0-0|-0-2-4-6----0---0tr~~~---|
PM - - / PM - - - -/ PM
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|-----4^6-6----2tr~~~--|---------------------------|------------|
|-5-7------------------|---------------------------|------------|
|----------------------|-0-2-4-6-------0---0-0-0-0-|------------|
PM PM - - - -/
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|-5-4-----------------------|---------------------------|--------------|
|-----2^4-4----0---0---0-0--|-0-2-4-6-------0---0tr~~~--|--------------|
PM - - - -/ PM
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----4-6------------------------------|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-5-7-----7-5-----7-----5-----3-1------|-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-------------6-4---6-----4-------2-1--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|
PM - - - - - - - - - - - - - /
Keyboard solo (guitar plays riff 1)
|---------------|------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|---7-8--10--8---|
|--------4~-----|-11-11-11b----r--7--9-/11---9~|-9--------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|----------------|
|-0-2-3---------|------------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-7---8---7-^8^7----|-----------------|--------------------------|
|----------------9~-|---6-9-7--9/11---|-11b-r--9--7----9--11^12--|
|-------------------|-7---------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----14-17b-r--------------16/17-|
|---------9-11-12-14-----12-11--14--14|---15-------------15b-r----------|
|---------9---------------------------|-16------------16-------16-------|
|----------------------------------==-|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/overture_1928_tab.html ]
|-------14-17^14-------------------|----------------------------|
|-14^17----------17-14-------------|17b-r-----------------------|
|----------------------16-15-------|---------15b-r--------------|
|----------------------------16-14-|------16-------16-----------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------13^14-14-|
|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|-------18-21^18------------|
|------------------|-----14-17b-r--------------16/17-|-17-19---------19-17-------|
|-15/13/11--13/11/9|---15-------------15b-r----------|---------------------16-14-|
|--x--x-x----x--x-x|-16------------16-------16-------|---------------------------|
|-13/11/9---11/9/7-|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------------14--------------------------|
|-17-16-17-16-----------------------------------------------14-|
|-------------17-16-15-14-15-16-17----16-15-14-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------16-14-15-16----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------14-16-17--19b~|
------------------------14-16-17--------------|
---------------14-16-17-----------------------|
16-15-14-16-17--------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|
Guitar plays riff 2
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|/8-----9-----10--|-8-----4---------|-4~-^6-----6b-r--|----6-8-9---------|
|-----------------|---------------6-|-----------------|-/6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-9^11-11b~-----|-b11-----r-9---|-----------------11|
|----9^12-12------|---------------|-------------9-|-12b-----------12--|
|-11--------------|---------------|---------------|-------------11----|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-14b-r-11-------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------12----12-------12--------12---------------|-------------------|
|-------------11----11\9------9--8---------11--9--8--|-------------------|
|---------------------------------------9------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
Guitar + keyboard
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---|
|-------------------12-10------|-------------------------------------|---|
|-9------------9-12-------12-11|-9~-------------------------11-9~----|---|
|---12-10-9-10-----------------|---12-10-9~-------------9-12---------|---|
|------------------------------|-------------12-10-9-10--------------|---|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|---|
------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------12-10------|---------------------------------|
-9------------9-12-------12-11|-9~--------------------------11-9|
---12-10-9-10-----------------|---12-10-9~-------------9-12-----|
------------------------------|-------------12-10-9-10----------|
------------------------------|---------------------------------|
-------------------|
-------------------|
-------------------|
12-10-9------------|
--------12-10-9^10-|
-------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------12-10------|---------------------------------|
|-9------------9-12-------12-11|-9~--------------------------11-9|
|---12-10-9-10-----------------|---12-10-9~-------------9-12-----|
|------------------------------|-------------12-10-9-10----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-12-10-9--------------|
|---------12-10-9------|
|------------------12--|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-6---6-5---5-4---4-3--3-2-1-0- ----|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---0-|
|-----0-----------0-------------------|-3-3-2-2-1-1-----------------|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7-6---6-5---5---5-4---4-3---3--3-2-1-0- ----|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---0-|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----------------|-3-3-2-2-1-1-----------------|
PM- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/
|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|-----------------------------|-8-------8-|-7------5-----|
|-----------------------------|-6-------6-|-6------6-----|
|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0-----|-----------|--------------|
|-3-3-2-2-1-1-----------------|-----------|------------- |
PM- - - - - - - - - - -/
|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-5^7^8--10-|-7-----8----|-5------5-|-4-------2-|-2^5^6----8-|-4----5----|
|-6------6--|-6-----6----|-3------3-|-3-------3-|-3--------3-|-3----3----|
|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|------------|----------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-11---11-10-8----------|-13--13-11-10--------|
|-9----9--9--9----------|-11--11-11-11--------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----8-8-8-8-----7-7-7---|---7-7-7-7-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-----6-6-6---|---6-6-6-6-------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-----4-4-4-4-----4-4-4---|---4-4-4-4-------------------------|