DREAM THEATER
'Burning My Soul'
from the album 'Falling Into Infinity'
transcribed by
Jeff Jacobson
moderately slow rock = 104 bpm
INTRO
bass arranged for guitar
riff A
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| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 0 2 2 0 2 5 | 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 | 2 0 2 2 0 2 5 | 2 0 2 2 0 2 3 |
guitar 1 (clean tone)
riff B (with riff A)
| 6 | 5 | play 4 times |
| 5 0 8 | (8) 5 6 |
| 3 | 2 |
| 2 5 | (5) 2 3 |
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guitar 2 (distorted)
rhy. fig. 1 (with riffs A and B)
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| 2 0 2 /8 2 0 2 /5 | 2 0 2 /7 2 0 2 3 |
| 2 0 2 /8 2 0 2 /5 | 2 0 2 /7 2 0 2 3 |
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VERSE 1
guitar 2
rhy. fig. 2
listen rhythm and count yourself, hit E5 extremely palm muted many times and
in the end of rhy. fig. 2 hit open E.
play rhy. fig. 2 once, then rhy. fill 1 once.
after rhy. fill 1 play this, palm muted (listen for rhythm):
E5 Bb5 F#5 (F#5)/
"get any colder, and you wonder why why I can't smile."
VERSE 2
guitar 2 (distorted)
play open E many times, listen for rhythm, and rhy. fill 2 at the end.
then this (not muted):
D5 C5
"pick up the slack. and you ask me why my hair's gray."
and right after that:
guitar 2
rhy. fill 3
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| 3 3 3 3 |
| 3 3 3 3 4 4 2 2 2 |
| 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 |
| 1 1 1 1 2 2 |
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| 17 17 |
| keyboard 15 15 |
| arranged 14 |
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rake
guitar 2
rhy. fill 1
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| 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| 0 2.6 2.6 4 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
nh. . . . . pm. . . . . .
guitar 2
rhy. fill 2
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| 0 3 4 4 5 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
nh. . . . . pm. . . . . .
guitar 3
riff C
| 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 | 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 |
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|guitar 2 | |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
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end riff C
| 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 12 | 0 10 12 0 10 12 0 10 10 |
| | 12 10 12 8 10 |
| | 7 9 |
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 | 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 |
| | 7 |
| | 9 7 9 5 7 |
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guitar 2
with riff C
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 |
| 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5 |
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 | 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 |
| | 7 |
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CHORUS
with rhy. fig. 1 (2 times) and fill 2
E5 D5 E5 Bb5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 E5 D5 E5 F5 E5 D5 E5 Bb5 E5 D5 E5 G5 E5 D5 E5 A5 E5 D5 E5 F5
"soul bur - ning my soul"
guitar 4 (distorted with talk box)
fill 2
guitar 2
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 2.6 2 | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.6 2.6 2.2 | |
pm. . . . . . nh. . . pm. . . . . . nh. . .
VERSE 3
with rhy. fig. 2
then rhy. fill 1
then hit D5 many times and then C5
then rhy. fill 3 and fill 1
CHORUS
same than last time
SYNTH SOLO
(synth arranged for guitar)
with rhy. fig. 1 4 times (hold bend)
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| 9 | 7(9) | (7) 7 7^ | 7(14) 7 7(14) 7 |
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ah. .
ah pitch = A * artificial harmonics
achieved be lightly touching str.
w/R.H. index finger at fret indi-
cated in parenthesis and picking
(hold bend) from behind (next bar too).
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| 8^ 8(15) 8 | 8(15) 8 8(15) 8 8(15) 8 8(15) 8 8(15) 8 0 |
| 7(14) 7 | |
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ah. ah. . . . . .
ah pitch = D
p
| 12 (12)\ 12p11 11 | 10~~~~~~~~ 10 tr 5 |
| /12 7 /12 12 | 12 10 10 \5h7 |
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| /10p9p7 7h9h10 7 7h9h10 7 7 9h10 7 7h9h10p9 | 19 17 17\1212 |
| 10 10 10 10 10 | 17 15 17 1215 |
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with riff D
* randomly depress and release bar while trilling
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| 12h14h15 12 12h14h15 12 12h14h15p14p12 15 | |
| 14 14 14p12 12h14p12 | 14 |
| 14p12 | |
| 14 | 12 14p13 |
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| 12 15h17 15p12 | 17~~~~~~~~~~ |
| 14 12h14 1514p12 15 | |
| 12h14 12 14 | |
| (13)p12 12h13h14 14 | |
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* vibrato with
bar
full
| 14~~~~~~~~~~ | 17~~~~~~~~~~ 19~~~~~~~~~~ 19 | 22^ |
| 15~~~~~~~~~~ | 20~~~~~~~~~~ | |
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| 22h24p22p19 | 15 |
| 22p20 22 | 15 15 17~~ |
| 19 19 1921 | tr |
| 21 20 | 14h17 14(19) |
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with open 6th string strikes, palm muted
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| ~~~~(17)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | (17)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 17 | (17) |
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ah.
ah pitch = B
riff D
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| | | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | |
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| 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 0h2p0 | |
| 3p0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
end riff D
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| | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 0 0h2p0 |
| 3p0 3 3 | | 3p0 |
VERSE 4
hit E5 many times, palm muted
ending of verse 4:
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| 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| 2 2 2 0 2 2 2 |
VERSE 5
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| 2 | 0 0 0h2 | |
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| 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| | 2 2 0 1 | 2 2 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
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| | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0 |
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with fill 3
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| 0 0 0h2 | | 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 |
| | 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 1 |
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CHORUS
same as last time except play rhy. fig. 1 4 times.
and ending with fill 2
fill 3
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| keyboard 15 15 |
| arranged 14 |
| for guitar 16 15 14 13 |
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