Great Debate Chords & Tabs
Dream Theater
The Great Debate
Transcribed by Travis Lausch
from the 2002 release
"Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence"
[A] Intro (0:00)
2:02 of bass, drums and synth
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(2:02)
Gtr. 1 (w/dist.) Gtr. 2 (w/dist) Gtr. 1 continue pattern for next 12 meas.
x11 ~~~~ ~~~~~~ x6
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||o-4--------o||o-------------|------------o||
||o-2--------o||o-------------|------------o||
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(2:43)
x4
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||o-----------------------|-----------------o||
||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0-o||
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[B] 1st Verse (2:52)
P.M. Throughout
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x4
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|--2-2-0--2--0--4--2--0--|--2-2-0--4--2--0--2--0-o||
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(3:13)
Doubled 8va by Gtr. 1
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x4
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|--2-2-0--2--0--4--2--0--|--2-2-0--4--2--0--2--0-o||
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[C] 1st Pre-Chorus (3:33)
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||o-------7--------7--7--|--------7--------7--7--|
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|-----------------------|--------------------0--||
|-----------------------|--------------------0--||
|--------------------9--|--------------------9-o||
|--------------------9--|--------9-----------9-o||
|--------7--------7--7--|--------7--------7--7--||
|--0--0--0-----0--------|--0--0--------0-----0--||
[D] 1st Chorus (3:56) __________________________________________
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||--7-7-7-7-8-8-7-7--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5--|-------------------|------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
||-------------------|-------------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||
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|2. | (w/wah effects) x4
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|-------------------|-------------------||o---------------------------o||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||o-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-2-3-o||
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------------------------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--||------0-----0-----0----------||
[E] 2nd Verse (4:28)
(wah off)
P.M. Throughout x8 x4
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||o---------------------------o||o-----5---5-----------o||
||o-2-0---2-0---2-0---2-0-2-3-o||o-2---5---7------3--3-o||
||-----------------------------||--2---3---5------3--3--||
||------0-----0-----0----------||--0---3---5------1--1--||
*---------------------------------------------| x3
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||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9------|
||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9------|
||----------------------------x-x-x-x--||-----------------------------------|
||------0------0-----0------0-x-x-x-x--||------0------0-----0------0--------|
*=tacit 3rd time
(w/additional guitar effects)
x8 P.M.-| P.M.-| P.M.-| P.M.-------------|x4
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||o-------------------------o||o----------5--------7--------7--------------o---|
||o-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-3-o||o-2--------5--------7--------7-3------3-----o---|
||---------------------------||--2--------3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5-5-3------3---------|
||-----0---0---0---0---------||--0--0-0-0-3--------5--------5-1--1-1-1--1-1----|
x3
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||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----|
||o-9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9-----------o||--9\7---10\9---9\7---10\9---9----|
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||------0------0-----0------0-x-x-x-x--||------0------0-----0------0------|
[F] 2nd Pre-Chorus (5:57)
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||o-----------------------------------|-----------------------4-5-4h5p4----|
||o-2-2--2-2--2-2--------4-5-4h5p4----|--2-2--2-2--2-2----5-7-----------5--|
||--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-4-5-----------5--|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0------------------|
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|-----------------------4-5-4----|-----------------------7p5p4-----------o||
|--2-2--2-2--2-2----4-5-------5--|--2-2--2-2--2-2----4-5-------5p4p2p0----||
|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0--------------|--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-------------------0--||
[G] 2nd Chorus (6:21) __________________________________________
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||--7-7-7-7-8-8-7-7--|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5--|-------------------|------------------o||
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
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_________________________________________
|2. |
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|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-------------------|
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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|------------|--2--------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--3----5----|--3--------|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--3----3----|--3--------|
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[H] Bridge (6:50)
(w/filter and EQ change) (normal w/dist.)
x8 x8
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||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o||
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(7:36)
hold for 8 meas. (lyrics enter)
16
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(8:07)
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||o-2------|--3------|--1------|--2------|---------|----------|
||o-0------|--0------|--0------|--0------|--3------|--2-------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/great_debate_tab_ver_3.html ]
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|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5--|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o||
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(8:36)
x4
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||o-0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5--|--0-3-5-0-3-5-0-3-6-0-3-5-o||
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~ x3 ~
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||o-----------7---------o||---------------------|------------5----------|
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||--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--||--8--8--8-7-7--7--7--|--3-3--3--3---3--3--3--|
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~ ~ ~
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|---------------------|------------7----------|--7---------7----------|
|----------7----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--|----5--5--5---5--5--5--|
|--3--3--3---5--5--5--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
~ x3 ~
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||o-----------7---------o||---------------------|------------5----------|
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||--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--||--8--8--8-7-7--7--7--|--3-3--3--3---3--3--3--|
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~ ~ ~
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|---------------------|------------7----------|--7---------7----------|
|----------7----------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|--5-5--5--5---5--5--5--|----5--5--5---5--5--5--|
|--3--3--3---5--5--5--|-----------------------|-----------------------|
[I] Keyboard Solo (9:23)
x16
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||o-------------------------o||-------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------o||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|
||----7---7---7-----7-4h5h7--||--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2-2-2--2--2-|
||--0---7---7---6h7----------||--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0-|
[J] Guitar Solo (9:56)
~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~
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|--------------------|--7\6\5-7/10-10-----------------------------------|
|----------------6---|--------------------------------------------------|
|--\4----4\3\2-4-----|--------------------------------------------------|
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~~~~ ~~~~
|--/15---15\\\\\\\-|--------------------|--------------------------------|
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|------------------|-4p2p0--------------|-------------4-7-6-----7---6/7--|
|------------------|-------4p2p0--------|---------4-7-------4/5---5------|
|------------------|-------------4p2p0--|--4---44------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
--/19p15-------------|------------------------------*--------------------|
---------15\14-------|-/19--17-19-20p19p17-20p19p17-//-//-//-//-//-//-//-|
---------------11/12-|---------------------------------------------------|
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*=repeat previous beat
~~~~ A.H. A.H.
|------22\19-------19\17-----------------|---------------------------------|
|--17--------19\17-------15\14-----------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------12\11\9\7-|--9b11r9-------------7-6-7-6-----|
|----------------------------------------|---------11-/11-11-----------9b--|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------|--7p5---8p5----10p8---|
|--6p4---7p4---6p4---------6p4---7p4---9p7p0-9p7p0--|------6-----5-------9-|
|------4-----4-----4\3/4\3-----4-----4--------------|----------------------|
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|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------|
----------------|--12p0-14p0-15p0-17p0-12\10\7-5\3-3-2---7-5--------|
--12p10---------|--------------------------------------5------etc.--|
--------11-etc.-|---------------------------------------------------|
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|--19b21-21-21r19----19b21-22r21-19b21--|--19-21-22p21p19-//-//-//-//-//--|
|-----------------19--------------------|---------------------------------|
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~~~~ ~~~
--20p19p17-19p18p16-17p16p14-15p14p12--|-------------12-15r14p12-15b17--|
---------------------------------------|-------15b17--------------------|
---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|--14----------------------------|
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~~~~
|--17b19p15-------15r14p12-----19b21p17----17b19-----|
|-----------17p15----------15-----------17-----------|
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[K] Interlude (10:38) x4
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||o---------------------------------o||--------------------|
||o---------------------------------o||--------------4h5h7-|
||--------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5----------||--------5h6h7-------|
||--0-0-0-------------------1-1-1-1--||--5h6h7-------------|
x2
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||o------2--2------2--2----2---|----------------------------------o||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--0--0------0--0------0------|--0-0-0-------------5-5-5-3-3-2-2--||
||-----------------------------|--------3-3-3-2-2-2----------------||
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||o-------4-5-4-----------|-------------4---4---4h5p4h5---o||
||o---5-7-------7-5-------|-------4-5-7---5---5---------5-o||
||--0---------------3-2---|-4-5-7--------------------------||
||----------------------3-|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------14-16-14--|
|--------------------5-7-8-7-8-10-8-10-12-7-10-12-14-15-17-----------|
|--------------4-5-7-------------------------------------------------|
|--------4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-5-7-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
+ +
|-17p14p12-17p14p12-//-//-//-//-//-//-//--|
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+ +
|-16p14p12-16p14p12-//-//-//-//-//-//-//--|
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[L] Outro (11:20)
x4
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||o-----------------------|-----------------o||
||o-2-2-0--2--0--3--2--0--|--2-2-0--3--2--0-o||
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~~~~ ~~~~~~ x8 x8
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||o-------------|------------o||o-4-----o||
||o-------------|------------o||o-2-----o||
||---------7----|-----7--7----||--2------||
||--0--0--------|--0----------||--0------||
To Fade out
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Performance notes:
This song is basically a long Petrucci masterpiece complete with everything
you'd expect from the artist. The solo is included, but most of it is wrong
(I'm sure of it) and the chromatic interlude is definitely wrong too. I
welcome anyone to change it and give me the right one. Just email me.
