Carpe Diem

Song: A Change of Seasons. Part 3: Carpe Diem
Artist: Dream  Theater
Album: A Change of Seasons
Drummer: Mike Portnoy
Tabbed by: Dean Christesen

Part 3 of this 20 minute track begins with the voice in the backround that says "Carpe Diem: Sieze the day..." then "I'll always remember/the chill of November..."

The drums start after the words "...We can hope for the future/but there may not be one."
8:46       9/8         |-----Play 7x------|
H   |-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx-x
x|-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx-xx|
S   |----o-------o--o--|----o-------o--o--|
B   |o------o-o--------|o------o-o--------|
Hf  |------------------|------------------|
    (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|
9:07                   |------Play 3x-----|
C   |x-----------------|------------------|x-----------------|
H   |-ddx-xx-x-xx-xx-x
x|-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx-xx|
-ddx-xx-x-xx-xx-x
X|
S   |
----o-------o--o--|----o-------o--o--|----o-------o--o--|
B   |o------o-o--------|o------o-o--------|o------o-o--------|
Hf  |------------------|------------------|------------------|
    (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+)
9:20
C   |------------------|------------------|------------------|
H   |-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx-x
X|-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx-xX|
-xxx-xx-x-xx-xx---|
S   |----o-------o--o--|----o-------o--o--|----o-------o--o-
d|
B   |
o------o-o--------|o------o-o--------|o------o-o--------|
Hf  |x-----------------|x-----------------|x-----------------|
    (1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+|1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+)
9:27   In this section, you may not be able to hear the d's, but they're there.      5/4                               |-------Play 5x------|
S   |oooooooo--o---oooo-
d|oooooooo--o---oooo-d|
oooooooo--o---oooo-
d|
B   |
g---g---g---g---g---|g---g---g---g---g---|g---g---g---g---g---|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + )
           4/4
S   |oooooooo--------|
B   |g---g-----------|
    (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + )

END
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Dean Christesen