DREAM THEATER - "Only A Matter Of Time" Tablature

Only A Matter Of Time - Bass Tab


Author - MARIN VERAJA




******* ONLY A MATTER OF TIME *******

This song Myung plays as a mad (he seems inspired by Iron Maiden's bass
but his way of playing is really much more difficult).
Here is one of the easiest "When Dream And Day Unit" songs:



Intro
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4------2-4--------5------4-3--------4------5-4------5-3--------5----|
E|--------------------3-----------------3--------------------------3------|



1st groove
G|--------------5---5----|-------------5------5----|----------5---5----|
D|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|
A|--------4---4---4------|----5--4---4---4--4------|----4---4---4------|
E|----3------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|

--3--
G|----------------5---5----|--------------5-----5----|-------5---5-5----|
D|----8h7h6----------------|--------8----------------|------------------|
A|----------4---4---4------|----4h5-----4---4-4------|----4----4--------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|


G|-------5-----5------5-5-----5--5~----|
D|-------------------------------------|
A|----4----4-4-----4-------4-----------|
E|-------------------------------------|




G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----4----3--1----1--4----1----3--4----3--1----1--4----3--1----5----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



Another groove
G||---------5-----------------------|| (x2)
D||*-----------5(5)--6(6)--3(3)----*||
A||*----4-4------------------------*||
E||---------------------------------||


G||------5-----------------|| (x4)
D||*---------5----6--3----*||
A||*----x--------x--------*||
E||------------------------||


G|-----5--------------------------5---------------------------|
D|----------5----6---------------------5----6--------3--------|
A|----4----4----4----------------4----4----4----4-------------|
E|-------------------0-0-2-x-x-3------------------------------|
|with drums|



slides ŕ la Tony Levin

G|----0/9\5/10\0---------------------------|
D|--------------------------0-0/7~~~~\0----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


G|---0/10\0-------0/13\12\10~~-------0/13-0/12-0/10~~---0/8~~~----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
(if you do have rusty strings ,like me, your fingers should
begin to hurt you)



little break then 2nd groove variations
G|-----------------------------5----------------|-----5-----------------|
D|----------------------0-2-3-3----5---6---3----|---------5---6---3-----|
A|----------0-2-3-4--4--------------------------|----4------------------|
E|----0-1-3-------------------------------------|-----------------------|


G|-----5----------------|----5----------------|-----5--------------|-drums-|
D|---------5---6---3----|--------5---6---3----|----------5----6----|--fill-|
A|----4-----------------|---------------------|----4----4----4-----|-------|
E|----------------------|---------------------|--------------------|no bass|


G|----5----------------|
D|--------5---6---3----|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

some slides again
G|--------------------------------0/5-5/13-7/12----------------------------|
D|----3~~~~~----3/6\3/6\3/10\3-0/3-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------(0/5~)--------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------5/9--5/8--(8)----|


G|------drum fill------|---------------0/5-5/13-7/12----------------------|
D|----(with guitar-----|------------0/3-----------------------------------|
A|-----and keys--------|----0/5~~~----------------------------------------|
E|---but no bass...)---|------------------------------------(7)--(10~)----|
(now your fingers must be bleeding)


this time there is some bass (yeah!)
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------------0-2-3-4-5~----|----------classical-------------|
A|----------0-2-3-4---------------|-----------section--------------|
E|----0-1-3-----------------------|--------------------------------|


G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0-2-4~~---2-0----------------------------------------------|
A|----3~~-------------------3-2-----1-3-x2~~-----3-2------2-3-2~~----|
E|----------------------3~~-----5~~----------5~~-----5~~-------------|


G||---------------------------||(x8) G||-----5-----------------|| (x2)
D||*-------------------------*|| D||*--------5---6---3----*||
A||*----x-3-3-3-3-x-x-3-3----*|| A||*---------------------*||
E||---------------------------|| E||-----------------------||