The Root Of All Evil bass

The Root Of All Evil

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 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----||-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 e e e e
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
 ||*-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*||-----------------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|
 ||*-------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
 ||------------------|------------------||
 ||*---------------6-|---------------8-*||
 ||----8---6---8-----|---8---6---8-9----||
 ||*-----------------|-----------------*||
 ||--6---6---6---6---|-6---6---6--------||


  "This Dying Soul" part:
    6/4
   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---|-1h3-3-3-3---3-3-------3---|
 |-------------------------|---------------------------|
 |-----------------1-1---1-|-------------------1-1---1-|

   e e e q   e e e e q   e   e e e e e e e e e e e e
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------3-----1h3-3-3---3-|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-1-1-1-----1-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|

   e e e q   e q   e e e e   e e e e q   e e e e e e e  
 |-------------------------|---------------------------|
 |-------------------------|---------------------------|
 |-1h3-3-3---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 e e e e e e e e e e
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|
 |-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

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