Subject: d/dream_theater/carpe_diem.tab
DREAM THEATER
Carpe Diem "Seize the Day"
From:A Change of Seasons
(Standard Tuned Acoustic)
The prelude follows a 4/4 rhythm, and is right after "Crimson Sunrise"
The rest of the song is in a 3/3. It will make your life 82.5 times easier
if you listen to the song a couple of times while reading the tab. Enjoy.
PRELUDE
| E 0 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 |
| D 9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 |
| A 7 7 9 8 |
| E 0 0 0 0 |
E---------------0----------------0----------7-----------------5(5)-let-ring-
| B 8 7 3 3 3 |
| G 5 5 5 5 0 0 0 |
| D 9 9 9 9 4 4 4 |
| A 7 7 5 3 |
| E 0 0 |
LYRICS BEGIN
| E 0 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| D 7 7 7 6 |
| A 0 8 6 7 |
| E |
I'll always remember
| E 0 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| D 7 7 7 6 |
| A 0 8 6 7 |
| E |
the chill of November
| E 0 0 0 0 |
| B 0 0 0 0 |
| G 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 5 |
| D 7 7 7 6 |
| A 0 8 6 7 |
| E |
The news of the fall, the sound in the
| E 0 0 |
| B 0 0 5 |
| G 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 |
| D 7 7 7 7 6 6 |
| A 0 8 7 6 7 |
| E 4 |
Hall. The clock on the wall, ticking away
| E 0 0 0 |
| B 6 6 6 6 11 11 10 8 6 |
| G 7 7 5 5 10 10 |
| D 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| A |
| E |
"Seize the Day," I heard him say
| E 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 |
| B 3 3 2 3 5 |
| G 3 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 |
| D 0 0 0 2 |
| A 0 |
| E |
Life will not always be this way
| E 5 8 13 12 10 |
| B 6 8 6 6 11 11 10 6 |
| G 7 7 5 5 10 10 9 7 |
| D 0 0 0 |
| A |
| E |
Look around, hear the sound
| E 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1(1) 0 1(1) |
| B 1 1 |
| G 3 3 2 2 0 2 |
| D 0 0 |
| A 3 0 |
| E |
Cherish your life while you're still a-
| E 1 0 1(1) 0 1(1) |
| B 1 1 1 1 |
| G 3 3 3 3 0 2 |
| D 3 3 3 3 |
| A 1 3 0 |
| E |
round. Ooh.
| E 0 |
| B 4P3 3(3) 0 0 |
| G 3 3 3(3) 3 3 3 |
| D 3 3(3) 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A 1 1(1) 4 4 4 4 |
| E 2 0 3 2 |
| E 0 |
| B 0 1 |
| G 3 3 2 0 0 |
| D 4 4 4 4 0 2 2 |
| A 4 4 4 4 3 |
| E 0 3 2 0 |
We can
| E 0 2 3 |
| B 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 |
| G 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 |
| D 4 4 2 4 2 |
| A 3/5 |
| E |
Learn, from the past, but those
| E 5 0 0 0 0 |
| B 3 3 0 0 0 0 |
| G 0 0 4 4 3 3 |
| D 2/4 5 5 4 4 |
| A 5 5 4 4 |
| E 3 3 2 2 |
Days are gone. We can hope for the future
| E 0 0 0 /6 12 12 12(12) |
| B 0 0 0 |
| G 2 2 0 |
| D 3 3 4 |
| A 3 3 2 |
| E 1 1 0 |
But there may not be one.
( ) :Sustain
P :Pull off
/ :Slide
Other helpful hints:
There are a couple of changes in the tempo that I wasn't able to add. Listen
to the CD, and you'll know what I mean. Also, definitely don't forget to
drastically slow down during the last line.