The Root Of All Evil Chords & Tabs
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The Root Of All Evil Bass Tab
Here's my tab of this powerful song which in my opinion is easier than most of DT songs.
I'm not sure if John Myung plays during the intro, but the harmonics sound right. If you
have a 6-string bass you can play the natural harmonic in the 5th fret.
Myung also uses a 1/2 step down tuning in live performances, but I just tabbed it for
standard tuning.
I also tabbed the tapping figure that Myung plays at the end of the first keyboard solo
which can be also play one string higher with a 6-string bass.
Enjoy, rate and comment please!!!
Song: The Root Of All Evil
Band: Dream Theater
Album: Octavarium
Tuning: G D A E B
Intro I
4/4 ah ah
w x2 q q q q x26 w x8
||---------------------||--x----10----x----10-----||---------------------||
||*-------------------*||*-----------------------*||*-------------------*||
||--r------------------||-------------------------||--r------------------||
||*-------------------*||*-----------------------*||*-------------------*||
||---------------------||-------------------------||---------------------||
Intro II:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x4
||------------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|------------------||
||*-------4-------7-|---6-4-5-6-------*||
||--6-4-6---4-5-6---|-6---------6-7-4--||
Intro III: |1. |2. --3--
E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E | E E E q E E E | E E E E E eee
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||------------------|
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-*||---------.--.--.--|
||--6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6-7-|-6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6----||-L-4-7-6-0--1--4--|
Verse I:
E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E x4
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4-*||
||--6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6-7-|-6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6----||
Post-Verse: |1. |2
E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E | E E E E E E se. | E E E E eeee
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*||-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
||*-------4-------7-|-L-6-7-----------|-------4-------7-|-L-6-7--------7---*||-L-6-7-----------|
||--6-4-6-----4-4---|-------4-4-4-4-4-|-6-4-6-----4-6---|-------4-4-4-4-----||-------4-4-4-4-4-|
Repeat: Intro II (x4)
Verse I (x4)
Post-Verse
Chorus:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Post-Chorus:
E E E q q E E q q E q E E E q q E E q q E q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*---------------4-|-L---------------|---------------4-|-L-----------7---*||
||--6-6-6-4---6-----|---6---4---6-7---|-6-6-6-4---6-----|---6---4---6------||
Verse III:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q x4
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*---------------4-|-4---------------|---------------4-|-4-----------7---*||
||--6-6-6-4-4-6-6---|---6-6-4-4-6-7---|-6-6-6-4-4-6-6---|---6-6-4-4-6------||
E E E q q E E q q E E E E E E q q E E q q E q
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||----------------6-|-L---------------|---------------6-|-L----------------||
||*-8-8-8-6---8-----|---8---6---8-9-9-|-8-8-8-6---8-----|---8---6---8-----*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------7----||
Interlude:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x4
||------------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|---------------8-*||
||----8---6---8---9-|---8---6---8-9----||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||
||--6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6--------||
"This Dying Soul" part:
6/4
E E E E q E q E E E E E E E E q E q E E E E |
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-1h3-3-3-3---3-3-------3---|-1h3-3-3-3---3-3-------3---||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------1-1---1-|-------------------1-1---1-||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/dream_theater/the_root_of_all_evil_btab.html ]
E E E q E E E E q E E E eeeeeeeeee
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------3-----1h3-3-3---3-|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-1-1-1-----1-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E q E E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E E E |
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------|---------------------------||
|-1h3-3-3-3---3-3-------3---|-1h3-3-3-3---3-------------||
|---------------------------|---------------4-4-4-4-4-4-||
|-------------------1-1---1-|---------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E eeeeeeeeee
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-------------------------|-------------------------|
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------|
-------------------------|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-|
Keyboard Solo I:
4/4
w h w w w
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------r-------|-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6\--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Keyboard Solo ending [all 16th notes]:
T T T T T T x4
||--20h13-17h13-------------20h13-17h13--------------||
||*-------------20h13h15h13-------------20h13h15h13-*||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||*-------------------------------------------------*||
||---------------------------------------------------||
Keyboard Solo II:
E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------6-*||
||--8-6-9-8---6-9-8-|-L-6-9-8---6-8-9-|-8-6-9-8---6-9-8-|-L-6-9-8---6-8----||
Keyboard Solo III:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|------------------||
||*-------4-------7-|---6-4-5-6-------*||
||--6-4-6---4-5-6---|-6---------6-7-4--||
Guitar Solo I:
E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E E E E q E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------4--||
||*-6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6-7-|-6-4-7-6---4-7-6-|-L-4-7-6---4-6---*||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo II: |1. |2.
E E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E q E E E | E E E E E E se. | E E q ssssssss
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*||---------986-----|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||------------98689|
||*-------4-------7-|-L-6-7-----------|-------4-------7-|-L-6-7--------7---*||-L-6-7-----------|
||--6-4-6-----4-4---|-------4-4-4-4-4-|-6-4-6-----4-6---|-------4-4-4-4-----||-----------------|
Chorus:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bridge:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Outro:
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x4 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E x4 w
||------------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||---------||
||*-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------|-----------------*||---------||
||------------------|------------------||---------------8-|---6--------------||---------||
||*-------4-------7-|---6-4-5-6-------*||-------8---------|-----4-5-6-------*||---------||
||--6-4-6---4-5-6---|-6---------6-7-4--||-6-4-6---4-5-6---|-6---------4-7-4--||-6-------||
TAB LEGEND:
bpm: tempo 4/4: Time signature ||* & *||: Repeat Open & Close |1.2.: endings
/ : slide up \ : slide down h : hammer-on/pull-off
L : tie note ~ : vibrato r : rest x : dead note
. : staccato T : tapping S : slap P : pop
= : let ring nh: harmonic ah: artificial harmonic
w: whole note h: half note q: quarter note s: sixteen note
t: 32nd note --3--: triplet w. h. q. etc: dotted note
