Solo tabs
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
Key: 
E minorEm
Difficulty: Advanced
Fatal Tragedy solo tab by Dream Theater, from the album Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
Tabbed by Daniel Montgomery
Guitar 3: Distorted electric, treble pickup (John Petrucci)
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Guitar Solo:
E minorEm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4--|
D MajorD|----4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4---------------4-5-7-5-4--------------|
A augmentedA|--7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7-----------7------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E minorEm
e|-----------------------------------------7-8-10-8-7---------12--------|
BB|----------------5-7-8-7-5---7-8-10-8-7----------------13-15----15-13--|
G+G|----5-7-9-7-5-------------9------------9------------9-----------------|
D MajorD|--9-----------9-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E minorEm
e|------------------12-14-15-14-12----14-15-17-15-14----15-17-19-17-15--|
BB|----7-8-10-8-7-15----------------17----------------19-----------------|
G+G|--9-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#
½ ½ ~~~ ½ ½
e|------14------14------15-18_15\14-------14---------14------14------15-18_16\14-------14/21--|
BB|--19-----18^-----18^--------------18-17----17--19-----18^-----18^--------------18-17--------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--14-19-19-19-19_20_19_0-17-17-17-17_19_17_0-15-15-15-15_17_15_0-14-14-14-14_15_14_0-12-12-12-12_14_12_0--|
G+G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F# E minorEm
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--11-11-11-11_12_11_0-8-8-8-8_11_8_0-7_8_7--------7-8------7---7-8_7---7-------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------9-----------------9-------9---9-7---7-----------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------9---7_5---7---5_4---|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7---7-----5-|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E minorEm F#F#
e|-----------------------7-10-8_10_8-7----------------------7-9-7-6-7-9-7-6-----------------|
BB|---------------------8---------------10-8-7-8-7-6-7-8-7-6-----------------7-8-7-6-7-8-7-6-|
G+G|------4-7-5_4----7-9----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|----5---------/9--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--7---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F#
e|--9-10_9-7-9-10-9-7-----------------10-12-10-9-10-12-10-9-14-15-14-13-14-15-14-13--|
BB|--------------------7-8-7-6-7-8-7-6------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#F# E minorEm
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------14-14-14----------19-19-19-------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12----------17-17-17----------19-19-|
G+G|--11-12-11-10-----------------------------11-11-11-11-11-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------9-10-9-8-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E minorEm F#F#
e|--20-20-21-22-21-19----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------23-20-19-23-20-19----------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------21-19-18-21-19-18-16-18-19-21-19-18----------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------21-20-17-------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------21-19-17----------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21-19-18-|
F#F# E minorEm
rake---------| rake--------|
e|------------14-18-21_18--------------------------------------------------------------17-19-20/24--|
BB|----------14-----------19---------------------------------------------------17-19-20--------------|
G+G|--------15---------------18----------------------------------------14-16-17-----------------------|
D MajorD|------16-------------------20-----------------------------14-16-17--------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----16-----------------------21------------------12-14-15-----------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--14---------------------------21-18-14-12-14-15--------------------------------------------------|
F#F# BB
1 1
e|--------14-------17-14----14-----14-------19-17----17-19-20-19-17-20-19-------17-------------------------|
BB|---17^-----17_14-------17----17^----17-14-------19----------------------19-17----19-17-16-19-17-16-------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19-|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-7-8-7-5-8-7-----5------------------|
BB|-------------7-5---7-5-4-7-5-4------|
G+G|-------------------------------5----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------7--|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|
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| _ Hammer-on/pull-off
| ^ Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
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