Dream Theatre - Another Day
- transcribed by gavin savage
Key:
^ = hammer/pull
/ = slide
(b) = bend
~ = vibrato
~~ = heavy vibrato
t = trill (repeated hammers/pulls)
ah = artificial (pinched) harmonic
Intro: (guitar + piano arranged for guitar)
| E |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 3 3 3 3 3 (repeat) |
| D 4 4 4 4 |
| A 4 |
| E 4 2 2 0 2 |
Intro solo:
G#m F# E C# F# G#m F# C#
| E |
| B 12~ 11 9 11 13~ |
| G 8~\ /8 6 |
| D /6 9 9 8 9^11^9~ 11 8~ 8/9 |
| A |
| E |
E
Rhythm fig. 1: (volume swells)
| E |
| B 7 5 |
| G 4 6 8 9 8 6 4 4 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
Verse 1: (piano arranged for guitar)
G#m G#m+5 F#sus4 F#maj Emaj
| E 2 4 |
| B 4 4 5 5 4 4 2 2 5 5 |
| G 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 |
| D 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 6 6 |
| A |
| E 4 4 4 2 0 |
Live another day, climb a little higher. Find
(w/rhythm fig. 1)
Bmaj Amaj F#sus4 F#maj G#m G#m+5
| E 2 0 0 4 4 |
| B 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 5 |
| G 4 4 2 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 |
| D 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 |
| A 2 0 |
| E 2 4 4 |
another reason to stay. Ashes in your hands,
G#m F#sus4 F#maj Emaj Bmaj Amaj Emaj
mercy in your eyes. If you're searching for a silent sky...
Chorus:
| E 0 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 4 4 |
| G 6 8 9 4 4 |
| D 6 6 9 9 |
| A 4 6 7 2 |
| E |
You won't find it here. Look another way.
| E 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 6 8 9 3 3 |
| D 6 6 9 9 4 4 |
| A 4 6 7 |
| E 2 |
You won't find it here. So die another day.
Sax solo: (same as intro solo, but raised an octave + minor variations)
| E |
| B 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| G 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| D 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A 4 |
| E 4 2 0 4 2 |
Verse 2:
(pick through verse 1 chords)
The coldness of his words. The message in his silence.
"Face the candle to the wind..."
(sax arranged for guitar)
| E /19 19 |
| B 19 19 17 17 16 |
| G 16 |
| D |
| A |
| E |
This distance in my voice. Isn't leaving you a choice.
So if you're looking for a time to run away...
(chorus)
ah
| E |
| B |
| G |
| D 4~ 2 2 1 |
| A 4 2 4 2 1 |
| E 4 2 |
|<--- palm mute -->|
(arranged for 2 guitars - E and B strings are clean, chords distorted)
| E 0 0 |
| B 4 4 4 4 |
| G 4 2 |
| D 4 2 |
| A 2 0 |
| E 4~ |
They took pictures of our dreams, ran to hide behind the stairs
| E 0 0 0 |
| B 4 4 4 4 (play twice, |
| G 4 4 with lyrics |
| D 4 2 2nd time) |
| A 4 2 |
| E 2 0 |
And said maybe when it's right for you, they'll fall.
G C
| E 0 |
| B 3 1 1 |
| G 0 2 0 0 |
| D 0 2 |
| A 3 |
| E 3 |
But if they don't come down, resist the need to pull them in.
D/F# E D C
| E 0 |
| B 3 3 0 3 |
| G 2 0 0 5 5 |
| D 0 4 4 5 5 |
| A 7 5 3 3 |
| E 0 |
And throw them away. Better to save the mystery,
Bsus4 Bmaj
| E |
| B 5 4 |
| G 4 4 |
| D 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A 2 2 2 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 4 4 4 4 4 |
| E 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 |
Than surrender to the secret...
Solo:
G#m G#m+5 G#m F#sus4
| E |
| B 11(b)12 (b)12 11 9 11(b)12~~ 9 12(b)14 (b)14 12~ 11^12^11 |
| G 11 |
| D \11~ |
| A |
| E |
E B A F#sus4
| E |
| B 12~ |
| G 8 9~ 8(b)9 8~ 8 9 11 9^8 |
| D 8 9 11 11 11^9^7 7 |
| A 11 9(b)11 9 9~ |
| E |
G#m G#m+5 G#m F#sus4
| E 21(b)23 (b)23~ (b)24~~\ 19 21 21(b)23 (b)24 21~ |
| B /21 |
| G |
| D |
| A |
| E |
E B
| E 19 18 19 21 19 16 |
| B 19 16 19 16 |
| G 18 18 16 18 16~~ 16 |
| D 18 16 16 |
| A 18 |
| E 19 |
A E
| E 16 19 17~~ 21 19 16 14 11 9 |
| B 19 19 19\17 17\14 14\12 12\9 9\7 7t9 |
| G 16 18(b)20 8t9 6~ |
| D |
| A |
| E |