Metropolis—Part I “The Miracle and the Sleeper” (Bass)
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        Metropolis Part 1 The Miracle and The Sleeper - Dream Theater
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Tabbed by: Russell Pagden
E-mail: irradium97@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Main Tab:
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|---(let intro play)---|
E|----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------| 3x
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------3-333-33-333-33-333-33-|
E|-2-3-0--000-00-000-00-000-00-2-3------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------3-333-333-333-333-333-333-|
E|-2-3-0--000-000-000-000-000-000-2-3---------------------------|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-2-3-0-------------|
G|-----------------------------| 2x
D|-----------------------------|
A|-5-77777\\\\\\\-(long slide)-|
E|-----------------------------|
G|------------------| 4x
D|------------------|
A|-----------5------|
E|-0-000-0023--2320-|
G|------------------| 13x
D|------------------|
A|------------------|
E|-0000-00000000000-|
             |
(may not be the right number of notes)
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------5--4------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
A|--------------2-222-22-222-22-222-22------2-222-22-222-22-222-22---0--3-333-33-333-33-333-33-----------------|
E|-0000-000-2-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0------------|
[Rest for an extra bar]
G|-4--------4+----------2+-----4--------4+----------2+---|
D|-4--------------------2+-----4--------------------2+---|
A|--------------5+--------------------------5+-----------|
E|------------23------0----3--------------23------0----3-|
G|-4--------4+----------2+-----4--------4+------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------2+-----4-------------------------5---5--55--2---2---2-------|
A|--------------5+--------------------------5+--------------------------------------|
E|------------23------0----5--------------23----3-5-3-2----3------3---0---0---0-----|
G|---------------------------------------| 2x
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-2-2-55550--2-2-55557--2-55550---------|
E|-------------------------------2-3-5---|
G|------------------| 13x
D|------------------|
A|-----------5------|
E|-0-000-0023--2320-|
G|-------------| 
D|-------------|
A|-----------5-|
E|-0-000-0023--|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------5--4------------------------2--------------------------------------------|
A|-----2-222-22-222-22-222-22------2-222-22-222-22-222-22---0--3-333-33-333-33-333-33-----------------|
E|-2-3-------------------------------------------------------------------------------3-2-0------------|
[Instrumental section starts here]
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-4-------11-99----9-9-----11-99----7-9---|
A|----4---9--9--9--7-7-7---9--9--9--5-5-7--|
E|-------7--------5-----5-7--------3-----5-|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|---11-99----9-9-----11-99----9-77--|
A|--9--9--9--7-7-7---9--9--9--7-7--7-|
E|-7--------5-----3-7--------5-------|
G|-1616----1616---1616---1414--1414--1414-----1616--1616--1616--1616--1616--1616---| 
D|-------12-----11-----10-----7-----7-----7-10-----9-----9-----5-----5-----7-----7-|
A|-1616----1616---1616---1414--1414--1414-----1616--1616--1616--1616--1616--1616---|
E|-----10------9------8------5-----5-----5-8------7-----7-----3-----3-----5-----5--|
   R R  L L R RLL R R LL R R LL R RLL R RLLLL R R LLR R LLR R LLR R LLR R LLR R LL

G|-1616--1616--1616--1414--1414--1414-----1616--1616--1616--1616--1616--1616-| 
D|------9-----9-----7-----7-----7-----7-9------9-----9-----5-----5-----7-----|
A|-1616--1616--1616--1414--1414--1414-----1616--1616--1616--1616--1616--1616-|
E|-----7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5-7------7-----7-----3-----3-----5------|
   R R LL R RLL R RLL R RLL R RLL R RLLLL R R LL R RLL R RLL R RLL R RLL R R

G|------------------------5+------------------------5+-|
D|-----2-2-2---4-------5+----4---2-2-2---4-------5+----|
A|-2----0-0-00-2----5+-------2----0-0-00-2----5+-------|
E|-----------------3--3--3-------------------3--3--3---|
G|---------------------------------------5-4---------------|
D|---11-99----9-9-----7---7---454----676-------------------|
A|--9--9--9--7-7-7---5---5---2---2--4---4------------------|
E|-7--------5-----5-7---3---0------2-----------------------|
G|--2--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2----------------2-0---------------2-3--------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------0-2---------------0-2-2------------|
                                                                          S S S
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-22222---------0-2-----------0-2---------22-22-220-|
G|----11----| 4x
D|--4---9-4-|
A|---9---9--|
E|-2--------|
   LLRR RRL
G|-----12------| 4x
D|--5----10--5-|
A|---10----10--|
E|-3-----------|
   LLR R R R L
G|-----14------| 2x
D|--7----12--7-|
A|---12----12--|
E|-5-----------|
   LLR R R R L
G|-----16------| 2x
D|--9----14--9-|
A|---14----14--|
E|-7-----------|
   LLR R R R L
G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2---------------14\22222222222222222222222222222222-| (32 notes)
G|-----------------------------------| 9x
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-022222222222222222222222222222222-| (33 notes)
G|--9---16--10h12p10-| 4x
D|-------------------|
A|-7--14--15---------|
E|-------------------| 
   LL R R R L  R  L
[4 bars rest here]
G|--9--16-----9--16-----9--16-----9--16--10h12p10-| 2x
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-14------7-14------7-14------7-14--15---------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
   LL R R    LL R R    LL R R    LL R R R L  R  L
G|--9--16-----9--16--10h12p10-| 2x
D|----------------------------|
A|-7-14------7-14--15---------|
E|----------------------------|

G|--9--16--10h12p10-| 5x
D|------------------|
A|-7-14--15---------|
E|------------------|
G|-------------------| 4x
D|-------------------|
A|----777---777--7-8-|
E|-000---000---7-----|
G|---3----7---7-----11---------------15-16151413-----19----15---|
D|-------6--------10---------13----13-----------1716----12---14-|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---4----7---8------10-11----11------------------------------|
G|---------------| 4x
D|---------------|
A|-------887765--|
E|-776655--------|
[Bloody hard part starts here]
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4--5-4-4----4--5-4-4----4--5-4-4----4--5--5-4--4-2-0-5-4--4-2-0--|
A|-----23-3-2-2----23-3-2-2----23-3-2-2----23-32-2-32-0-3-0-2-32-0-3-0-|
E|-323---------323---------323---------323-----------------------------|
G|---2----------2-----------|
D|----52-4---2----52-4---2--|
A|-23---5-523-53-3--5-523-5-|
E|---------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------9--12-11---11-9-----|
D|--4-5--5-7--4-5-7---4-5---4-5-7---5-7---7-9---9-10-12----99--9--107--7-7107-|
A|-------------0-0-0-2-2-2/3-3-3-3/5-5-5/7-7-7/8-8--8--8/9--------------------|
E|-2-2--3-3--3----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--12-11---11-9-------13--12----11-----9---14--12----11-----9----------------------11-9----12-11---14--12-----|
D|-9--9--107--7-7107910--10--1412--12910-129--10--1412--12910-109--14--1211--12-10-7--7-1079--9--910--10--1014-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------10--10----10--9--9----------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----16--14----14--12-----17--16------1711-|
D|-1212--12--1210--10--10/14--14--171416-----|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
G|-121412119--------------------|
D|----------109-----------------|
A|-------------10910121097------|
E|------------------------10875-|
[Bloody hard part finishes here]
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4--2--002--002----------2--002--2----------2-------------------|
E|--------------------002-3-5------------002-3-5----3--20--7/10~-5-7-|
                      |                                |
              (v. fast triplet)           (two, then zero, not twenty) 
[*A*]
                                          
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|-3--20-7/10~-5-|
[Instrumental section finishes here]
G|---------------------------------------------------------| 2x
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-222-2-22222-0252-222-2-2222-0252-222-2-22222-0252-------|
E|---------------------------------------------------2-3-5-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-666666666666666666666666666666663333333333333333/10101010101010101010101010101010-|
G|---------------------------------------7-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-8-8-88-8-888-8-8-88-8-888-6-6-66-6-666--------|
G|--------------------10-9-7-9-----------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|-8-8-88-8-888-8-8-88--------8----------------------|
G|-11-------------h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11h12/14-------p11-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-10------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                    R     R     R     R     R     R     R     R     R     R     R     R  R
Extra:
[Live Scenes From New York Breakdown - To Be Inserted At The *A*]
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|-3--20---7/10~--5-7---|
Just groove around on this pattern for a bit for a break/to talk to
the crowd, do some extra stuff, or whatever... you can do it for
however long you like. Additionally, the '20' can also be a '2p0',
the '10~' can be just a '10', just improvise, find stuff that works
well... have some fun with it!

Legend:
| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| L left hand tap
| R right hand tap
| S thumb slap
| P finger pop
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Extra Notes: So, this song is really damn hard! The only advice for the tricky
tapping and solo parts which I can offer is that you take it slow at first,
work on your technique (e.g. anchoring your thumb on the side of the neck for
the tapping, or using as many fingers as possible), then speed up. This tab
probably isn't perfect (I doubt the first tapping part is for sure), but it
should be pretty damn close. 
Have fun!
~ Russ