Burning My Soul

Dream Theater

A
A5
Bb5
C
C5
D
D5
5
E5
F#5
F5
G5
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Key:

from the album 'Falling Into 
Infinity'


transcribed by
  Jeff Jacobson

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moderately slow rock = 104 bpm

INTRO

 bass arranged for guitar 
 riff A
|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|---------------
|-----------------|---------------
|-------1---------|-------0-------
|-2-0-2---2-0-2-5-|-2-0-2---2-0-2-

||--|-----------------|-------------
||--|-----------------|-------------
||--|-----------------|-------------
||--|-----------------|-------------
||--|-------1---------|-------0-----
||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----
|-5-----------0-----8--|-(8)------
|-------3--------------|-----2----
|-2-----------------5--|-(5)------
|----------------------|----------
|----------------------|----------

||----------| play 4 times 
||-5-----6--|              
||----------|              
||-2-----3--|              
||----------|              
||----------|              


 guitar 2 (distorted)
 rhy. fig. 1 (with riffs A and B)
|----------------------------|----
|----------------------------|----
|----------------------------|----
|--2--0--2--/8--2--0--2--/5--|-2--
|--2--0--2--/8--2--0--2--/5--|-2--
|----------------------------|----
      .  .         .  .           

||----------------------| play 6 
||----------------------|        
||----------------------|        
||0--2--/7--2--0--2--3--|        
||0--2--/7--2--0--2--3--|        
||----------------------|        
.  .         .  .              

||times 
||      
||      
||      
||      
||      
      


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                                
"get any colder, and you wonder why
               Bb5         F#5   
 why I can't smile."
(F#5)/



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
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|--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-------------| 
|                    . . . .  . | 

|-------------------------------| 
|----------------------17-17----| 
|---keyboard----------15-----15-| 
|---arranged---------14---------| 
|--for guitar-------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 

                     rake

 guitar 2
 rhy. fill 1
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|--------------------2-2--2--2-2--
|*|                               

||---| 
||---| 
||---| 
||---| 
||2--| 
||     

    nh.   .  . . . pm. .  .  . .  .


Continues after the ad
 guitar 2
 rhy. fill 2
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|--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-| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
                              | 

|                                   
             |                      
                          |
|guitar 2                           
             |                      
                          |
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-
||-5--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--8--8-
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| 
||-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 


                                                                                       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-| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 

|                                   
             |                      
 pm.  .  .  .  .  .  .  . |
|                                   
             |                      
                          |
|                                   
             |                      
                          |
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-
||10-10-10-10-10-|13-13-13-13-13-13-
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------

||-0--0-------------------------| 
||13-13-------------------------| 
||----------7-------------------| 
||-------9-----7--9--5--7-------| 
||-------------------------5--7-| 
||------------------------------| 

                                    
                                    
 pm.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .



 guitar 2
 with riff C
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-
||-5--5--5--5--5-|-8--8--8--8--8--8-
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--3-| 
||-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--5-| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 
||------------------------------| 

|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------

||-0--0--0--0--0-|-0--0--0--0--0--0-
||10-10-10-10-10-|12-12-12-12-12-12-
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------
||---------------|------------------

||-0--0-------------------------| 
||12-12-------------------------| 
||----------7-------------------| 
||-------9-----7--9--5--7-------| 
||-------------------------5--7-| 
||------------------------------| 

                                    
                                    
 pm.  .  .  .  .  .  .  .


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


 guitar 4 (distorted with talk box)
 fill 2
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|--0--0--0--0----------| 


 guitar 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         
|----|----------------------|
|----|-tr___________________|
|--9-|-7(9)-----------------|
|----|----------------------|
|----|----------------------|
|----|----------------------|

||-----------------------------|---------------------- 
||________________-------full--|---------------------- 
||(7)---------------7----7^----|7(14)--7-----7(14)--7- 
||-----------------------------|---------------------- 
||-----------------------------|---------------------- 
||-----------------------------|---------------------- 

                                    
                    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).
 ------------full----------|-
 ------------8^----8(15)-8-|-
 --7(14)--7----------------|-
 --------------------------|-
 --------------------------|-
 --------------------------|-

 |--------------------------------------->------------| 
 |8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---8(15)-8---0-| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 
 |----------------------------------------------------| 

 ah.             ah.         .      
   .         .         .         .
                ah pitch = D
                                    
  p
 -----12-------(12)\-------12p11-
 -/12----------------7-/12-------
 --------------------------------
 --------------------------------
 --------------------------------
 --------------------------------

 |---11|10~~~~~~~~---10-----
 |12---|----------12----10-1
 |-----|--------------------
 |-----|--------------------
 |-----|--------------------
 |-----|--------------------

tr__________-------5--| 
0-------------\5h7----| 
----------------------| 
----------------------| 
----------------------| 
----------------------| 

 --/10p9p7--7h9h10-7--7h9h10-7--7-
 ---------10--------10--------10--
 ---------------------------------
 ---------------------------------
 ---------------------------------
 ---------------------------------

 |9h10-7--7h9h10p9-----|--19--17--
 |------10--------10---|-17-15--17
 |---------------------|16--------
 |---------------------|----------
 |---------------------|----------
 |---------------------|----------

 |17\1212--------| 
 |-------1215----| 
 |---------------| 
 |---------------| 
 |---------------| 
 |---------------| 


 with riff D
 ---
 --1
 ---
 ---
 ---
 ---

 |tr____________________________|
 |2(15)-------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|
 |------------------------------|

_____________________________________---------| 
(12)----------------------------------15p12---| 
-------------------------------------------14-| 
----------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------| 
----------------------------------------------| 

    * randomly depress and release 
bar while trilling
 ---------------------------
 -12h14h15-12--12h14h15-12--
 ------------14-----------14
 ---------------------------
 ---------------------------
 ---------------------------

 |-------------------------------------|--------------- 
 |12h14h15p14p12-----15----------------|--------------- 
 |--------------14p12--12h14p12--------|------14------- 
 |-----------------------------14p12---|--------------- 
 |----------------------------------14-|---12-----14p13 
 |-------------------------------------|--------------- 

 ------------------------------
 ------------------------------
 ----------------------14------
 -----------------12h14--12--14

 |------------------------17--------|--------------- 
 |----------------12-15h17----15p12-|--17~~~~~~~~~~- 
 |12h14-1514p12-15------------------|--------------- 
 |----------------------------------|--------------- 


 (13)p12--12h13h14---------14------------------------------------|---------------
 -------15------------------------

 |-------------------------------|--

 |------------- 

                                    
                                * 
vibrato with
                                    
                                  
bar
                                    
                                    
     full
 
14~~~~~~~~~~-------------|-17~~~~~~~~~~-19~~~~~~~~~~--------------19---|---22^--
 -------------15~~~~~~~~~~|-------
 -------------------------|-------
 -------------------------|-------
 -------------------------|-------
 -------------------------|-------

 |--------------------20~~~~~~~~~~--
 |----------------------------------
 |----------------------------------
 |----------------------------------
 |----------------------------------

 |----|-------- 
 |----|-------- 
 |----|-------- 
 |----|-------- 
 |----|-------- 

 -----22h24p22p19-------------
 ----------------22p20------22
 ---------------------19--19--
 -----------------------21----
 -----------------------------
 -----------------------------

 |------|------------
 |------|-------15---
 |1921--|------------
 |----20|--14h17----1
 |------|---------17-
 |------|------------

----------------------15-------- 
-------------------------15-17~~ 
tr__________________------------ 
4(19)--------------------------- 
-------------------------------- 
-------------------------------- 


 with open 6th string strikes, palm muted
 -----------------------|---------

 |-------------------------|--------

 |-------------| 

 -----------------------|---------
 -----------------------|---------
 -----------------------|---------
 -----------------------|---------

 |-------------------------|--------
 |-------------------------|--------
 |-------------------------|--------
 |-------------------------|--------

 |-------------| 
 |-------------| 
 |-------------| 
 |-------------| 

                                    
          ah.
                                    
        ah pitch = B


 riff D
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-

||----------------------|-----------
||----------------------|-----------
||----------------------|-----------
||----------------------|-----------
||----------------------|-0-0-0-0---
||3---3---3-3-3-3---3-3-|-----------

--------------| 
--------------| 
--------------| 
--------------| 
0---0-0-0-0---| 
--------------| 

 -------------------------------
 -------------------------------
 -------------------------------
 -------------------------------
 -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
 ---------|-----------------------
 ---------|-----------------------
 ---------|-----------------------
 ---------|-----------------------
 ---------|-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-0-
 -3p0-3-3-|-----------------------

 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|-------------------------------
 |--|-------------2-0---------------
 |--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----2-0-0h2p0-----
 |--|---------------------------3p0-



VERSE 4

 hit E5 many times, palm muted
 ending of verse 4:
|-------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------| 
|--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
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|------------------------|-------
|----------------------2-|-------
|------------------------|-------
|--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0-

||--------------------------|-------
||--------------------------|-------
||--------------------------|-------
||--------------0-0-----0h2-|-------
||--------------------------|-------
||0---0---0-0-0-----0-0-----|-0-0-0-

-------------- 
-------------- 
-------------- 
-------------- 
-------------- 
0---0---0-0-0- 

                 pm. .   . . .      
     . .       . .       . . .      
     . .

 -----|--------------------------
 -----|--------------------------
 -----|--------------------------
 -----|----------------------2-2-
 -4-4-|--------------------------
 -----|--0-0-0-0---0---0-0-0-----

 |--------|--------------------|----
 |--------|--------------------|----
 |--------|--------------------|----
 |----0-1-|-2----------------2-|--0-
 |--------|--------------------|----
 |0-0-----|---0--0--0--0-0-0---|----

-------------- 
-------------- 
-------------- 
0-0-0--0--0--- 
-------------- 
------------0- 

       pm. . .           . .     . .
                    . .             
       .

                                            with fill 3
 ---------------|----------------
 ---------------|----------------
 ---------------|----------------
 ---0-0-----0h2-|----------------
 ---------------|--3-3-3-3---3---
 -0-----0-0-----|----------------

 |---------|------------------------
 |---------|------------------------
 |---------|------------------------
 |---------|--2-2-2-2---3-------2-2-
 |3-3-3-3--|--1-1-1-1---1---1-1-----
 |---------|------------------------

-----------| 
-----------| 
-----------| 
2----------| 
--4-3-2-1--| 
-----------| 

pm.     . .                         
                                 . .
 . .


CHORUS

 same as last time except play rhy. 
fig. 1 4 times.
 and ending with fill 2


 fill 3
|--------------------------------
|-------------------1717---------
|--keyboard--------15---15-------
|--arranged-----14---------------
|-for guitar---------------16-15-
|--------------------------------

||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||14-13-| 
||------|
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Composition: John Myung, John Petrucci, Michael Portnoy, and Derek Sherinian
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