Solitary She'll Tab by Dream Theater

Solitary She'll tab by Dream Theater

Guitar Tab

Dream Theater - Solitary Shell
Tuning: Standard eBGDAE
Notes: This is 99.9% correct.  I haven't figured out any of the instrumental stuff
after the lyrics, but this will do.

Tabbed By: Jordan Boesch

Intro:

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6-6----4--4-4----8--8-8----4--4-4-------|
D|--6--6-6----4--4-4----8--8-8----4--4-4----6--|
A|--4--4-4----2--2-2----6--6-6----2--2-2----6--|
E|------------------------------------------4--|

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e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--6--6-6----4--4-4----9--9-9----8--8-8----4--| x4
D|--6--6-6----4--4-4----9--9-9----8--8-8----4--|
A|--4--4-4----2--2-2----7--7-7----6--6-6----2--|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Verse:

VERSE CHORDS: x466xx,x244xx,244xxx...x466xx,x244xx,x799xx (KEEP REPEATING)

......................He seemed no different from the rest..........Just
e|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-4-4-4--------|-------------------------------6-6-6-4-4-4-9-9---|
D|-6-6-6-4-4-4--4-4-4-|-------------------------------6-6-6-4-4-4-9-9---|
A|-4-4-4-2-2-2--4-4-4-|-------------------------------4-4-4-2-2-2-7-7---|
E|--------------2-2-2-|-------------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus:

As a boy he was considered some-what odd...

e|---------------------------------------0-0-|
B|---------------------------------------0-0-|
G|---------------------------------------1-1-|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-| x2

....He would daydream in and out of his own world but in every other way he was fine

e|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-|
A|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--2-2-2-2-2-2--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-|
E|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--5-5-|

Chorus:

He's a Monday morning lunatic Disturbed from time to time

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----9-9-9----------9-9------------------------------|
D|-----9-9-9--7-7-7---9-9-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|-----7-7-7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|------------5-5-5-------5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Lost within himself In his solitary shell

e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------9-9-9-9--------|
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-|
A|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-|
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------7-7-7-|

A temporary catatonic Madman on occasion..When will he break out of his solitary shell

e|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-------9-9----------------------|---------------------------------9-9-9-9------|
D|-9-9-7-7---9-9-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-|
A|-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--9-9-|
E|-----5-5-------5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------7-7-|

PAUSE: Strum the E note (022100)

Intro x1

Verse:

He struggled to get through his day
He was helplessly behind
He poured himself onto the page
Writing for hours at a time

Pre-Chorus:

As a man he was a danger to himself
Fearful and sad most of the time
He was drifting in and out of sanity
But in every other way he was fine

Chorus:

He's a Monday morning lunatic
Disturbed from time to time
Lost within himself
In his solitary shell

(Pre-Chorus):

A momentary maniac
With casual delusions
When will he be let out
Of his solitary shell

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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