Trial Of Tears Chords & Tabs
Trial Of Tears
Author - Shane Woolcock
Title : Trial Of Tears
Artist : Dream Theater
Album : Falling Into Infinity
Transcribed by : Shane Woolcock (woolcock@camtech.net.au)
This is an incomplete tab for Trial Of Tears - I started the guitar solo, and then
decided not to bother, since the tab book has been released for FII. This may help
those people who haven't got the book yet.
Legend
------
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
r = bend release
/ = slide up/down
<5> = natural harmonic
[5] = artifical harmonic
~ = vibrato
tr = trill
Tuning (low to high) = Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb
Chord Diagrams (low to high)
----- --------
D# X 6 8 8 X X
F#5 X 9 11 11 X X
F#add4# X 9 10 11 X X
G#m7 5 7 5 5 8 5
C#7 5 5 7 5 7 5
C#7sus4 5 5 7 5 8 5
G#5 5 7 7 X X X
C#5 X 5 7 7 X X
B5 X 3 5 5 X X
F#5 (2) 3 5 5 X X X
E5 1 3 3 X X X
A5 X 1 3 3 X X
E5 (2) X 8 10 10 X X
Introduction
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------15---17\15/17----20\19b--r17--15--14----------------------------------
|-14---16\14/16-----------------------------------------------14/-16---------------------
|------------------12---14\12/14----17\16b--r14--12--11-----------------14--14/16\-14/16-
|-12---14\12/14-----------------------------------------------12/-14---------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------12--12/14\-12/14-
Let ring throughout
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------16/17\16\-14\-12/-14-------------------------------------------14--14\-12----12p
|---12--------------------------------10trh12p10~h12~p10~h12~p10~h12---------------------
|--------14/15\14\-12\-10/-12----12-------------------------------------12--12\-10-------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------14--14r--------------------------
|---------------------------------14~--(14)p12h14p12-------------14--12h14p12\11~--------
|-11~-(11)h12p11~-----14----------------------------------------------------------14-12--
|-------------------------12-------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-11/12-12-(12)/14-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------12\-10~-(10)/-12---12/-14~-(14)\-12~-(12)\-10/-12-------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------10/-12~-12/
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------12/14\-12----------------------12--r--(12)---11b12---r-(11)p
|-------------------------------------------------11--r--(11)--------------------------------
|--------------------------------10/12\-10---------------------------------------------------
|--14h15p14\-12\-10/-12----------------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------7-----9~---------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------8-----8------14--r-------------------------------------8-
|-9~--7/9\7\6--6b--r--------7h9---9-----9----------14--12--11h12p11----------------7h9---
|-------------------7------------------------------------------------14--12--11----------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Let ring thoughout All notes vibrato Let ring throughout
|---7-----10~-----------12---12---10----9---(9)----------------7-----9~-----------------------
|-----8-----------------10--(10)--10--(10)---10------------8-----8-------12/14/-15/-17h-19b20-
|-9-----9----------------------------------------------7h9---9-----9--------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All notes vibrato Let ring thoughout All notes vibrato
D#
|------------------------------7-----10~---------|---------------------------------------
|---r-(19)p17--------------8-----8---------------|-----------------------------------8---
|----------------------7h9---9-----9-------------|-------------------------------7h9---9-
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------
Let ring throughout All notes vibrato Let ring throughout - Chords derived from bass
F#
|-7-----9~--------|---------7-----10~----------|------------------7-----9~----------|-----
|---8-------------|-----8-----8----------------|--------------8-----8---------------|-----
|-----9-----------|-7h9---9-----9--------------|----------7h9---9-----9-------------|-7h9-
|-----------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----
|-----------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----
|-----------------|----------------------------|------------------------------------|-----
All notes vibrato Let ring throughout All notes vibrato sim. sim.
D#
|-----7-----10~--------|--------------10~--12~---------------|--10~--12~---------------|-
|-8-----8--------------|------------------------10~--12~-----|------------10~--12~-----|-
|---9-----9------------|------------9---------------------9~-|----------------------9~-|-
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------|-
F# F#add4# D# F#5
Verse
|--------10-------------------------------------------||----------7------(7)/|-10--------
|----10-----------------------------------------------||------------7----(7)/|-10--------
|-7-------------7h9p7\6---(6)h7p6---------------------||--------9-----9--(9)/|-12--------
|----------------------------------h7\5h7p5--(5)\4----||---------------------|-----------
|-----------------------------------------------------||---------------------|-----------
|-----------------------------------------------------||---------------------|-----------
Hold throughout Hold throughout
F#add4#
|----------|---7-----------(7)---------|-5------------5------|--------------3------3-----
|----------|---7-----------(7)---------|-5--------------5----|--------------3----------3-
|------12--|---9------------9-/-11\-9--|-7----------7-----7--|--------------5--5---------
|------11--|---9-----------(9)---------|---------------------|---------------------------
|------10--|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------
|----------|---------------------------|---------------------|---------------------------
Hold throughout Hold throughout
Chorus:
|-------||-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------
|-------||-------------------------|---------------------------------8--(8)\7--|---------
|---5---||------4--5---------4--5--|------------------4--5---------7-----------|------4--
|-------||-7-------------5---------|--------------4~---------------------------|-7-------
|-------||-------------------------|---------------------------5---------------|---------
|-------||-------------------------|-------------------------------------------|---------
Let ring
G#m7
|------|------------------|--13----15----13-12-10-12-10-----------------------|-----15~--
|------|------------------|-----------------------------13-12-13-15-10-12-13--|-13-------
|-5----|-----4--5---------|-----10----10--------------------------------------|----------
|------|-5----------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------
|------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------
|------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|----------
C#7 G#m7 G#m7 C#7 G#m7
|------14~-15-14--|-----15~---14---15----15---14---|------15~-------14~-15-14--|-----15~-
|--15-------------|-13--------13--(13)--(13)-(13)--|--13--------15-------------|-13------
|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------|---------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/trial_of_tears_tab.html ]
|----------15---17~-|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------
|--13-15--(15)--15~-|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------
|-------------------|-----9-11----12~-|-----9-11----12/-14-|------11-13-----15~--|------11-
|-------------------|---9-------9-----|---9-------9--------|---11--------11------|---11----
|-------------------|-7---------------|-7------------------|-9-------------------|-9-------
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|---------
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|--------------
|--------15-14~-12------|-----------------|-------------------------------|--------------
|-13---------------14~\-|-----9-11----12~-|-----9-11----12/14--12p11------|--------------
|-----11----------------|---9-------9-----|---9-------9--------------14---|-------12-14--
|-----------------------|-7---------------|-7-----------------------------|----12--------
|-----------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|-10-----------
Chorus:
|--------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|------------
|--------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|------------
|--------------|----------------11/12\11--9\-7\-5-|------4--5---------4--5--|------------
|----16/17\16--|------10-12-----------------------|-7-------------5---------|------------
|-12-----------|---10--------10-------------------|-------------------------|------------
|--------------|-8--------------------------------|-------------------------|------------
Let ring
|--------------------------------|--------------|------------------|--13----15----13-12-10-
|----------------------8--(8)\7--|--------------|------------------|-----------------------
|-------4--5---------7-----------|------4--5----|-----4--5---------|-----10----10----------
|---4~---------------------------|-7------------|-5----------------|-----------------------
|----------------5---------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------|------------------|-----------------------
G#m7
|-12-10-----------------------|-13----15----13-12-10-12-10----------------------|-----15~
|-------13-12-13-15-10-12-13--|----------------------------13-12-13-15-10-12-13-|-13-----
|-----------------------------|----10----10-------------------------------------|--------
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------
C#7 G#m7 G#m7 C#7 G#m7
|--------14~-15-14--|-----15~---14---15----15---14---|------15~-------14~-15-14------|----
|----15-------------|-13--------13--(13)--(13)-(13)--|--13--------15-----------------|-13-
|-------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
|-------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
|-------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
|-------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|----
G#m7 C#7 G#m7
|--15~----------15---17~-|-----15~-------14~-15-14--|-----15~---14---15----15---14-------
|-------13-15--(15)--15~-|-13--------15-------------|-13--------13--(13)--(13)-(13)------
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------------------
G#m7 C#7 G#m7 G#5 C#5 B5 F#5 (type 2)
--|------15~-------14~-15-14--|-----15~----------15---17~-|-----------------|------------
--|--13--------15-------------|-13-------13-15--(15)--15~-|-----------------|------------
--|---------------------------|---------------------------|----4-5~----4-5~-|----4-5~----
--|---------------------------|---------------------------|-7-------7-------|-5-------5--
--|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|------------
--|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------|------------
G#5 C#5 B5 E5 F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 A5 B5 E5 F#5 (2) A5 E5 F#5 (2)
Bridge:
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|---------------------------
4-5~-|----4-5~----4-5~-|----4-5~----4-5~-|-------------------|--------------0h3----------
-----|-7-------7-------|-5-------5-------|-3/5~--3~----------|-------------------3-3/5-5~
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5\-3\1~-|-1/3~----------------------
-----|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------1/-3-3---------------
F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 A5 B5 E5 F#5 (2) A5 E5 F#5 (2) F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 A5 B5 E5 F# A5 E5 F# F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 A5
Synth Solo:
|--|-------------------|----------------------------|----------|------------|----------|-
|--|-------------------|----------------------------|----------|------------|----------|-
|--|-------------------|--------------0h3-----------|----------|------------|----------|-
|--|-3/5~--3~----------|-------------------3-3/5-5~-|----------|------------|----------|-
|--|-----------5\-3\1~-|-1/3~-----------------------|----------|------------|----------|-
|--|-------------------|------1/-3-3----------------|----------|------------|----------|-
B5 E5 F# A5 E5 F# F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 A5 B5 E5 F# A5 E5 F# F#5 (2) E5 C#5 B5 B5 C#5 E5 (2) D#
Bass Solo:
|------------||-----------|-------------||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||-------
|------------||*----------|------------*||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||*------
|------------||-----------|-------------||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||-------
|------------||-----------|-------------||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||-------
|------------||*----------|------------*||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||*--5h7-
|------------||-----------|-------------||---------|----|----|----|----|----|----||-------
Hidden by disguise... 3 times Guitar Tacet
Guitar Solo:
----------|---------------||------------------------------|------------------------------
----------|--------------*||------------------------------|------------------------------
----------|---------------||---11--r(11)b12--r------------|-------------------------9-10-
----------|---------------||------------------12----------|-----------------------9------
7-5h7-7---|-5h7-5h7-7-5~-*||---------------------12-10-9~-|------------------9-10--------
--------0-|---------------||------------------------------|-{10}/-12~---7-12-------------
x 4
|-------12-14-15-|-----14~--------12~-|---------------------------------------------------
|----12----------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|-12-------------|-14~-----14\12~-----|-11~-(11)b12~-r-(11)h12p11--(11)h14p11--(11)h12p11\
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|----------------|--------------------|---------------------------------------------------
|----|------------9---10b12---r(10)p7---------------------------------------------------|-
|----|--------12----------------------10p8----------------------------------------------|-
|----|-11\9---------------------------------9p-7/6--------------------------------------|-
|----|---------------------------------------------5------------------------------------|-
|----|-----------------------------------------------7p-5p4-----------4h5h7p4h5h7p4h5h7-|-
|----|------------------------------------------------------3-0-3h5h7-------------------|-
|---------------------------------------------------------------7-9-10-|-10b12--r(10)p9--
|--------------------------------------------------------7-8-10--------|-----------------
|--------------------------------------------6-7-9-7-6-9---------------|-----------------
|--------------------------------5-7-9-7-5-9---------------------------|-----------------
|-5h7h9p-7p5h7h9p-7p5h7h9--5-7-9---------------------------------------|-----------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------
|-12b14--r(12)p10--12b14--r(12)p10--10b12--r(10)p9--9b10--r(9)p7\6h-7/9-|-9---------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---7-------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----6-----------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-------9-5-7-5-4-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------7-9-7----7-
|-----------------------------------9\8-9-11-------11---
|-5-7-5-4-5-4-1-2-1-2-4-5-7-5-4-3-----------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
Just improvise from here, and have fun!!
Shane Woolcock
woolcock@camtech.net.au
