A CHANGE OF SEASONS
I. The Crimson Sunrise
As performed by Dream Theater
(From the 2006 Album NEW YORK CITY 4/3/93)
Words by Mike Portnoy
Music by Dream Theater
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
 
 Fast Q=150
 
  N.C.(Bm)
 4/4                           3/4
  |-3-|             |-3-|
  S S S e E S S e E S S S e E   E S S e E Q   
|-----------------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------------|---------------||
|-7-7-7-5---------------------|---------------||
|-----------9-9-7---5-5-5-4---|---------------||
|-----------------------------|---7-7-5-------||

 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------2---------|
|-------------4-----5---|-2-2---------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---2-|-----2---2-2-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

                                D5  E5
 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|-------7---9---|
|-------------4-----5---|-5-5---7---9---|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---5-|-----5-5-0-7---|
|-----------------------|---------------|

 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------2---------|
|-------------4-----5---|-2-2---------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---2-|-----2---2-2-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

 4/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|                        |-3-|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S E E E E Q
|-----------------------|------------------5-7-5-4-------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------7---------7-6---|-5---4-------------||
|-----------------------|------7---6-5-4---------------7-|---6---5-----------||
|-------------4-----5---|----4---4-----------------------|---------7---6-----||
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2-----|--------------------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------------------|-------------------||

 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------2---------|
|-------------4-----5---|-2-2---------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---2-|-----2---2-2-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

                                G5  E5
 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|
|-----------------------|-------7---9---|
|-------------4-----5---|-5-5---5---9---|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---5-|-----5-5-0-7---|
|-----------------------|---------------|

 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM|
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E S S E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------------|-------2---------|
|-------------4-----5---|-2-2---------5-4-|
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---2-|-----2---2-2-----|
|-----------------------|-----------------|

                                D5  E5
 4/4                     3/4
 PM---|   PM|   PM|   PM------|   PM
  E S S E S S E S S E E   S S E E E Q
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|---------------||
|-----------------------|-------7---9---||
|-------------4-----5---|-5-5---7---9---||
|-2-2-2-5-2-2---2-2---5-|-----5-5-0-7---||
|-----------------------|---------------||

    N.C.(C#m)
   4/4                 9/8
    PM|   PM      PM    PM
    E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||------4---6-4-4---7-|---6---------------|
||o-4-4---4-------4---|-4---7-------4-7-5-|
||--------------------|-------4-5-7-------|

  4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM    PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4---6-4-4-----|---6---------------|
|-4-4---4-------4---|-4-----------4-7-5-|
|-----------------5-|-----0-4-5-7-------|

 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM    PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----4---6-4-4---7-|---6---------------||
|-4-4---4-------4---|-4---7-------4-7-5-||
|-------------------|-------4-5-7-------||

  N.C.(Em)
 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM   PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----2---4-2-2---5-|---4----------------|
|-2-2---2-------2---|-2---5-------2-5-3--|
|-------------------|-------2-3-5--------|
|-------------------|--------------------|

 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM   PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-----2---4-2-2-----|---4----------------|
|-2-2---2-------2---|-2-----------2-5-3--|
|-----------------3-|-------2-3-5--------|
|-------------------|-----3--------------|

 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM   PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2---4-2-2---5-|---4----------------o||
|-2-2---2-------2---|-2---5-------2-5-3---||
|-------------------|-------2-3-5--------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||

  N.C.(C#m)
 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM    PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4---6-4-4---7-|---6---------------|
|-4-4---4-------4---|-4---7-------4-7-5-|
|-------------------|-------4-5-7-------|

  4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM    PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----4---6-4-4-----|---6---------------|
|-4-4---4-------4---|-4-----------4-7-5-|
|-----------------5-|-----0-4-5-7-------|

 4/4                 9/8
  PM|   PM      PM    PM
  E E E E E S S E E   E E E E E E E E E 
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----4---6-4-4---7-|---6---------------||
|-4-4---4-------4---|-4---7-------4-7-6-||
|-------------------|-------4-5-7-------||

 N.C.
 4/4                               5/8
  Q  E E Q  E E   Q  E  E Q  E  E    Q.  Q
|---------------|------------8-11-|-10-----|
|---------------|----7-10-9-------|--------|
|-----------5-8-|-7---------------|--------|
|----4-7-6------|-----------------|--------|
|-5-------------|-----------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------|

                                        Slower Q=112
                                        F#5
 17/16                                 4/4
   S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   q  E S S q  E S S
|-11-9-8------------------------------|-------------------*|
|--------10-9-7-----------------------|-------------------*|
|---------------8-6-5-----------------|-------------------*|
|---------------------7-6-4-----------|-------------------*|
|---------------------------6-4-3-----|-4----4-4-4----4-4-*|
|---------------------------------5-4-|-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