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/ Dream Theater / Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002) / Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: III. War Inside My Head 2:08 guitar tab

WAR INSIDE MY HEAD
                          As recorded by Dream Theater
            (From the 2002 Album SIX DEGREES OF INNER TURBULENCE CD2)

Words by Mike Portnoy

Music by John Myung, John Petrucci, Mike Portnoy, and Jordan Rudess
Transcribed by Ben Max

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Moderately Q.=126
  Ebm
 12/8
  Gtr I
   ~~~                            ~~~~~~~~~
   H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------------8----|-7---------6-------|
|-/8--------9---------|------8------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  ~~~                            ~~~~~~~~~
|  H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------------9----|-8---------7-------|
|-/9-------10---------|------9------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


 ~~~~~
   H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-7---------6tr7----|
|----------------8----|------7------------|
|-/8--------9---------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|~~~~~
|  H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-7---------6tr7----|
|----------------9----|------8------------|
|-/9-------10---------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


   ~~~                            ~~~~~~~~~
   H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------------8----|-7---------6-------|
|-/8--------9---------|------8------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|
|  ~~~                            ~~~~~~~~~
|  H.       Q.   Q.     Q.   Q.   H.
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|----------------9----|-8---------7-------|
|-/9-------10---------|------9------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|


                      Cb7      Bb7
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    H.      H.         H.       H.
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|--/8-------7-------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-/7-------[6]----|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|   H.      H.         H.       H.
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|
|-/10-------9-------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-/5-------[4]----|


  Ebm
   ~~~                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H.            Q.     Q.       Q.     Q.     H.
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------8------|-7-------------6------------|
|-/8-------------9-------------|--------8-------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|  ~~~                                         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.            Q.     Q.       Q.     Q.     H.
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------9------|-8-------------7------------|
|-/9------------10-------------|--------9-------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  PM--------------------------------------------------------
|  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--8-8-8---------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--6-6-6---------6-6-6------|-6--6-6-6---------6-6-6-----|


                                 Cb7     Bb7
 ~~~~~                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   H.            Q.     Q.       H.       H.
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|-7--------6tr7----|
|-----------------------8------|------------------|
|-/8-------------9-------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|
|~~~~~                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  H.            Q.     Q.       H.       H.
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|-6--------7tr8----|
|-----------------------9------|------------------|
|-/9------------10-------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|
|-----------------------|        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|  E  E E E E E  E  E E E  E E   H.       H.
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|--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------|-5-------[4]------|


  E E E  E E E Q   E +E  Q     E E E  E E E  Q   E +E  Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------/7---------6---|
|------------8-7---------6---|------------8------7-(7)-----|
|-8-8-8--9-8-------8-(8)-----|-8-8-8--9-8------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E  E E E Q   E +E  Q     E E E  E E E  Q   E +E  Q
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------/7---------6---|
|------------9-8---------7---|------------9------8-(8)-----|
|-9-9-9-10-9-------9-(9)-----|-9-9-9-10-9------------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------
| 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------|
|-8-8-8--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------|
|-6-6-6--6-------6-6--6------|-6-6-6--6--------6-6--6------|


  E E E  E E E Q   E +E  Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|------------8-7---------6----|
|-8-8-8--9-8-------8-(8)------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E  E E E Q   E +E  Q
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|------------9-8---------7----|
|-9-9-9-10-9-------9-(9)------|
|-----------------------------|
|
|--------------------|
| 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-------|
|-6-6-6--6-------6-6--6-------|
|-6-6-6--6-------6-6--6-------|


                           Ebm
        ~~        ~~
   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.       W
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|-/7---------6---------||o------------------------------|
|-------7---------6----||-------------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|----------------------||o------------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|
|       ~~        ~~
|  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.       W
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|----------------------||o------------------------------|
|-/7---------6---------||-------------------------------|
|-------8---------7----||-------------------------------|
|----------------------||o------------------------------|
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|
|                          Gtrs II, III
|       ~~        ~~       PM----|
|  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.       E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.
|----------------------||-------------------------------|
|----------------------||o------------------------------|
|----------------------||--8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|----------------------||--8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|-/5---------4---------||o-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|
|-------6---------5----||--6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|


              D5 Bb5   Db5
  W
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| W
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| PM----|
| E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6---|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6---|
|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4---|
|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)-----|


                                             A5 Ab5   Gb5
  PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----7--6-(6)-4--o||
|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0-5--4-(4)-2---||


   Verses
    Ebm                                        D5 Bb5   Db5
    PM----|                        PM----|
    E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------------|-------------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6--|
||--8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6--|
||o-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4--|
||--6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)----|


  Ebm                                        A5 Ab5   Gb5
  PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----7--6-(6)-4--|
|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0-5--4-(4)-2--|


  Ebm                                        D5 Bb5   Db5
  PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6--|
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4--|
|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)----|


                                             A5 Ab5   Gb5
  PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------------------|--------------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----7--6-(6)-4---||
|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0-5--4-(4)-2---||


 Chorus
  Cm                  D/C                 Cm                     Ab7     G7
  Gtr II
            ~~~~                ~~~~                             ~~~~~~~~~~~
  H.        H.        H.        H.        H.      +Q.   +Q   E   H.      H.
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-5-----------------|-5-----------------|-5-------(5)---(5)----|---------------|
|-5-----------------|-4-----------------|-5-------(5)---(5)--x-|---------------|
|-3-----------------|-3-----------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--x-|---------------|
|----------/8-------|---------/10-------|----------------------|-2-------1-----|
|
| Gtr III
|           ~~~~                ~~~~                             ~~~~~~~~~~~
| H.        H.        H.        H.        H.      +Q.   +Q   E   H.      H.
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|-5-----------------|-5-----------------|-5-------(5)---(5)----|---------------|
|-5-----------------|-4-----------------|-5-------(5)---(5)--x-|---------------|
|-3-------/10-------|-3--------/9-------|-3-------(3)---(3)--x-|---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-2-------1-----|


  Cm                  D/C                Fm
            ~~~~               ~~~
  H.        H.        H.       H.        H.       Q.    Q   E
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-6-------(6)---(6)----|
|-5--------/5-------|-5-------/7-------|-5-------(5)---(5)----|
|-5-----------------|-4----------------|-3--------3-----3---x-|
|-3-----------------|-3----------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--x-|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|
|           ~~~~               ~~~
| H.        H.        H.       H.        H.      +Q.   +Q   E
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-6-------(6)---(6)----|
|-5-----------------|-5----------------|-5-------(5)---(5)----|
|-5-----------------|-4----------------|-3-------(3)---(3)--x-|
|-3-------/10-------|-3-------/9-------|-3-------(3)---(3)--x-|
|-------------------|------------------|----------------------|


  1.
  Cb5   Bb5  A5   Ab5    Ebm
                         PM----|
   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|----------------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|-/9----8----7----6----|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|
|-/7----6----5----4----|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|
|
|                        PM----|
|  Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|----------------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|
|-/9----8----7----6----|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|
|-/7----6----5----4----|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|


              D5 Bb5   Db5  Ebm
  PM----|                   PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q    E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6--|-8-8-8-8-----8-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6--|-8-8-8-8-----8-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4--|-6-6-6-6-----6-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)----|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r----|
|
| PM----|                   PM----|
| E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q    E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6--|-8-8-8-8-----8-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6--|-8-8-8-8-----8-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4--|-6-6-6-6-----6-----------------|
|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)----|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r----|


                            Ebm                                        D5 Bb5   Db5
  Gtrs II, III
  PM----|                   PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q    E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-----------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--------6--|
|-8-8-8-8-----------------|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8-----7--8-(8)-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-----7--6-(6)-4--|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----5--8-(8)-4--|
|-6-6-6-6---0-5--4-(4)-2--|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0----6-(6)----|


  Ebm                                        A5 Ab5   Gb5
  PM----|                        PM----|
  E E E e E E Q  E      +Q.      E E E e E E Q  E +E  Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8--------------------||
|-8-8-8-8-----8----------------|-8-8-8-8--------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-----6----------------|-6-6-6-6-----7--6-(6)-4----o||
|-6-6-6-6---0-6--2b2.5==(2)r---|-6-6-6-6---0-5--4-(4)-2-----||


                        Outro
  2.
  Cb5   Bb5  A5   Ab5    Cm                        D/C
                         PM----------------------------------------------|
   Q.   Q.   Q.   Q.     e e e e e e e e e e e e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-/9----8----7----6----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
|-/7----6----5----4----|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|


  Eb6                       Ab7         G7            Ab
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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 e e e e
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|


  D/F#                      Fm                        F#+7
  PM------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  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 e e e e
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-*|


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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Dream Theater albums
2005 Octavarium
2003 Train of Thought
2002 Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence
1999 Scenes from a Memory
1998 Once in a Livetime
1997 Falling into Infinity
1995 A Change of Seasons
1994 Awake
1992 Images & Words
1989 When Dream and Day Unite
Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence tabs
01The Glass Prison tabbass tab
02Blind Faith tabbass tab
03Misunderstood tabbass tab
04The Great Debate tabbass tab
05Disappear tabbass tab
06Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: I. Overture 6:50 tabbass tab
07Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: II. About to Crash 5:51 tabbass tab
08Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: III. War Inside My Head 2:08 tabbass tab
09Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: IV. The Test That Stumped Them All 5:03 tabbass tab
10Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: V. Goodnight Kiss 6:17 tabbass tab
11Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VI. Solitary Shell 5:48 tabbass tab
12Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VII. About to Crash (Reprise) 4:05 tabbass tab
13Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence: VIII. Losing Time / Grand Finale 6:01 tabbass tab

 

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