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A RITE OF PASSAGE - Dream Theater
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This is the intro to "A Rite of Passage" by Dream Theater. I tabbed it by ear and I'm
it's 100% correct. I'm currently working on the rest of the song, so I will have that
This is my first tab. Have fun this song is very fun and easy to play.
Tuning: Dropped D
Clean
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------10-----|
A|----9h10p9---9h10p9----------9h10p9------9----9---|
D|--0--------0--------12-10-12--------0-10----------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----9h10p9---9h10p9---------9h10p9----------------|
D|--0--------0--------12-10-0--------0-5-6-1--------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------10------|
A|----9h10p9---9h10p9---------9h10p9------9---------|
D|--0--------0--------12-10-0--------0-10-----------|
Distortion
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------6-6-1------|
A|----9h10p9---9h10p9---------9h10p9-----6-6-1------|
D|--0--------0--------12-10-0--------0---6-6-1------|
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0----------------10-|
A|--0-9h10p9-0-0--9h10p9--------0-9h10p9-0-0----9---|
D|--0--------0-0---------12-10--0--------0-0--10----|
. . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------6-6-1----|
A|--0-9h10p9-0-0--9h10p9--------0-0-9h10p9-6-6-1----|
D|--0--------0-0---------12-10--0-0--------6-6-1----|
. . . . . .
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--0---------------------------0----------------10-|
A|--0-9h10p9-0-0--9h10p9--------0-9h10p9-0-0----9---|
D|--0--------0-0---------12-10--0--------0-0--10----|
. . . .
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------------3------5------6------5---|
A|--0-9h10p9-0-0--9h10p9--------0-0-3--0-0-5--0-0-6--0-0-5---|
D|--0--------0-0---------12-10--0-0-3--0-0-5--0-0-6--0-0-5---|
. . . . . . . . . .
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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