Chords for DREAM THEATER - Room 137 (Track By Track)
Tempo:
135.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
E
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Hey everybody, this is John.
I'm sitting here with Mike and
I'm going to talk about a couple of tunes from the new album.
Yeah
[D] [B]
[A]
[Ebm] [B] well, I
Guess [Eb] there's a few kind of really cool [D] things about the song.
[F] First of all, it's [E] the lyrical debut of Mike Mangini
yes, yes, which is really really cool and
[F] It I
Guess maybe you could talk about how [E] it came about like with the tempo
Yeah, [Gb] the tempo and it was the only example [G] on the album [E] where the working [Fm] title was the title of the song
Right [E] because you said it and we [G] have a chart.
It was like [B] that's the title wrote it down.
It was [G] called
Room 137.
[A] Yes.
I noticed the tempo was 137 and it reminded me of a story about [Em] a physicist [F] named Wolfgang Pauli
[D] and he
[Gb] Went to a hospital.
I didn't remember [G] all the details at the time
I just [Ab] knew he went to a somewhere and on the door
it was room number 137 and he knew that he [Am] was going to die when he saw it because
Turns out he spent his life
Trying to figure out what the answer [A] to one over 137 is which is supposed to be the [G] physics
Quantum key to different dimensions [N] and all kinds of things and I told John about that.
Yeah, it was well
[Bm] It was kind of it was a progression [D] of you know
Eventually writing the lyrics because he had this great idea.
I was like that [E] it's freaking [Gbm] awesome
I love [E] that song title wrote it [G] down and [Ab] then Mike had sent me an email
[D] With all this kind of research, you know, and he was kind of like I don't [Em] know, you know
What you gonna do lyric wise but [Gb] here's like some [Eb] research on the [Gb] whole thing and Pauly [D] and I was like great cool
I didn't really you know think about it because we were still writing and then the next step is Mike was like
Yeah, I had some time and I [Am] wrote a lyric
And I read it I was like that's awesome and [D] so
You know it something that obviously, you know, you really were interested in
Yes, and so you were able to write that in such a way that I think it comes across really cool.
Thanks
Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Yeah, and I think
Also the other cool thing about the song there's a couple of songs on this album that are more fun
Rhythmically and very different than anything we've ever done right so the groove to this song
Song eight is the other song [G] the shuffle feel these are like not typical [D] dream theater feels or grooves
I feel like
We tend to be a little more serious
With our feels and grooves and these just have [N] this kind of swing.
Yeah, this is swing.
That's it
Which is [Dm] different the man genie swing [E] yeah sassy swing.
[D] Yeah, it's kind of the balance to like try to make the swing
You know as a guitar player write a riff that is heavy in a swing
So that it doesn't because sometimes that swing kind of thing could it'll sound [C] too like rock and roll
And so there's a way that you can kind of [G] darken it up.
Totally
That's [D] that's a seven string song and it's a thing I had suggested the key of [A] O minus right to be extra heavy
O-minus [D] work for a bridge and go like extra low yeah
That's cool, and it also took a [G] funny turn that we don't [D] normally do there's a little bit of [Eb] a beatle II vibe going on
[D] Yeah, right.
Yeah, and the [Ab] in sort of the [D] B section bridges and the [E] outro of the song
[D] [E] Just by using a succession of dominant chords it kind of [D] went in that direction
It's almost thinking like King's X Beatles
And and we went with that
You enjoyed right?
Moment, yeah
Talking about the keys of the the treatment of that [G] right, but very cool really cool groove
Mike Mangini debut lyric [Gb] and what I liked also just [D] one last thing about the lyric when you presented it
Because you're a drummer and everything you rhythmically you knew exactly how to
Put [Em] the lyrics in the stanzas, [D] so it was like this works perfectly.
Thank you.
That was really cool
That's one of my pet peeves
Lyric doesn't sit right vocally like when that when the singer action actually has to sing it if it sits in an awkward spot rhythmically
[Dm] It's very jarring to the listener.
So [F] Mike was really you worked out.
[A] Yeah, very cool.
God.
It was the [B] first time
[A] [B]
I'm sitting here with Mike and
I'm going to talk about a couple of tunes from the new album.
Yeah
[D] [B]
[A]
[Ebm] [B] well, I
Guess [Eb] there's a few kind of really cool [D] things about the song.
[F] First of all, it's [E] the lyrical debut of Mike Mangini
yes, yes, which is really really cool and
[F] It I
Guess maybe you could talk about how [E] it came about like with the tempo
Yeah, [Gb] the tempo and it was the only example [G] on the album [E] where the working [Fm] title was the title of the song
Right [E] because you said it and we [G] have a chart.
It was like [B] that's the title wrote it down.
It was [G] called
Room 137.
[A] Yes.
I noticed the tempo was 137 and it reminded me of a story about [Em] a physicist [F] named Wolfgang Pauli
[D] and he
[Gb] Went to a hospital.
I didn't remember [G] all the details at the time
I just [Ab] knew he went to a somewhere and on the door
it was room number 137 and he knew that he [Am] was going to die when he saw it because
Turns out he spent his life
Trying to figure out what the answer [A] to one over 137 is which is supposed to be the [G] physics
Quantum key to different dimensions [N] and all kinds of things and I told John about that.
Yeah, it was well
[Bm] It was kind of it was a progression [D] of you know
Eventually writing the lyrics because he had this great idea.
I was like that [E] it's freaking [Gbm] awesome
I love [E] that song title wrote it [G] down and [Ab] then Mike had sent me an email
[D] With all this kind of research, you know, and he was kind of like I don't [Em] know, you know
What you gonna do lyric wise but [Gb] here's like some [Eb] research on the [Gb] whole thing and Pauly [D] and I was like great cool
I didn't really you know think about it because we were still writing and then the next step is Mike was like
Yeah, I had some time and I [Am] wrote a lyric
And I read it I was like that's awesome and [D] so
You know it something that obviously, you know, you really were interested in
Yes, and so you were able to write that in such a way that I think it comes across really cool.
Thanks
Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Yeah, and I think
Also the other cool thing about the song there's a couple of songs on this album that are more fun
Rhythmically and very different than anything we've ever done right so the groove to this song
Song eight is the other song [G] the shuffle feel these are like not typical [D] dream theater feels or grooves
I feel like
We tend to be a little more serious
With our feels and grooves and these just have [N] this kind of swing.
Yeah, this is swing.
That's it
Which is [Dm] different the man genie swing [E] yeah sassy swing.
[D] Yeah, it's kind of the balance to like try to make the swing
You know as a guitar player write a riff that is heavy in a swing
So that it doesn't because sometimes that swing kind of thing could it'll sound [C] too like rock and roll
And so there's a way that you can kind of [G] darken it up.
Totally
That's [D] that's a seven string song and it's a thing I had suggested the key of [A] O minus right to be extra heavy
O-minus [D] work for a bridge and go like extra low yeah
That's cool, and it also took a [G] funny turn that we don't [D] normally do there's a little bit of [Eb] a beatle II vibe going on
[D] Yeah, right.
Yeah, and the [Ab] in sort of the [D] B section bridges and the [E] outro of the song
[D] [E] Just by using a succession of dominant chords it kind of [D] went in that direction
It's almost thinking like King's X Beatles
And and we went with that
You enjoyed right?
Moment, yeah
Talking about the keys of the the treatment of that [G] right, but very cool really cool groove
Mike Mangini debut lyric [Gb] and what I liked also just [D] one last thing about the lyric when you presented it
Because you're a drummer and everything you rhythmically you knew exactly how to
Put [Em] the lyrics in the stanzas, [D] so it was like this works perfectly.
Thank you.
That was really cool
That's one of my pet peeves
Lyric doesn't sit right vocally like when that when the singer action actually has to sing it if it sits in an awkward spot rhythmically
[Dm] It's very jarring to the listener.
So [F] Mike was really you worked out.
[A] Yeah, very cool.
God.
It was the [B] first time
[A] [B]
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Hey everybody, this is John.
I'm sitting here with Mike and
I'm going to talk about a couple of tunes from the new album.
Yeah _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [B] well, I
Guess [Eb] there's a few kind of really cool [D] things about the song.
[F] First of all, it's [E] the lyrical debut of Mike Mangini
yes, yes, which is really really cool and _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] It I
Guess maybe you could talk about how [E] it came about like with the tempo
Yeah, [Gb] the tempo and it was the only example [G] on the album [E] where the working [Fm] title was the title of the song
Right [E] because you said it and we [G] have a chart.
It was like [B] that's the title wrote it down.
It was [G] called
Room 137.
[A] Yes.
I noticed the tempo was 137 and it reminded me of a story about [Em] a physicist [F] named Wolfgang Pauli
_ [D] _ and he
[Gb] Went to a hospital.
I didn't remember [G] all the details at the time
I just [Ab] knew he went to a somewhere and on the door
it was room number 137 and he knew that he [Am] was going to die when he saw it because
_ Turns out he spent his life
Trying to figure out what the answer [A] to one over 137 is which is supposed to be the [G] physics
Quantum key to different dimensions [N] and all kinds of things and I told John about that.
Yeah, it was well
[Bm] It was kind of it was a progression [D] of you know
Eventually writing the lyrics because he had this great idea.
I was like that [E] it's freaking [Gbm] awesome
I love [E] that song title wrote it [G] down and [Ab] then Mike had sent me an email
[D] With all this kind of research, you know, and he was kind of like I don't [Em] know, you know
What you gonna do lyric wise but [Gb] here's like some [Eb] research on the [Gb] whole thing and Pauly [D] and I was like great cool
I didn't really you know think about it because we were still writing and then the next step is Mike was like
Yeah, I had some time and I [Am] wrote a lyric
And I read it I was like that's awesome and [D] so
You know it something that obviously, you know, you really were interested in
Yes, and so you were able to write that in such a way that I think it comes across really cool.
Thanks
Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Yeah, and I think
Also the other cool thing about the song there's a couple of songs on this album _ that are more fun
_ _ Rhythmically and very different than anything we've ever done right so the groove to this song
_ Song eight is the other song [G] the shuffle feel these are like not typical [D] dream theater feels or grooves
I feel like
_ We tend to be a little more serious
With our feels and grooves and these just have [N] this kind of swing.
Yeah, this is swing.
That's it
Which is [Dm] different the man genie swing [E] yeah sassy swing.
[D] Yeah, it's kind of the balance to like try to make the swing
You know as a guitar player write a riff that is heavy in a swing
So that it doesn't because sometimes that swing kind of thing could it'll sound [C] too like rock and roll
And so there's a way that you can kind of [G] darken it up.
Totally
That's [D] that's a seven string song and it's a thing I had suggested the key of [A] O minus right to be extra heavy
O-minus [D] work for a bridge and go like extra low yeah _
_ _ That's cool, and it also took a [G] funny turn that we don't [D] normally do there's a little bit of [Eb] a beatle II vibe going on
[D] Yeah, right.
Yeah, and the [Ab] in sort of the [D] B section bridges and the [E] outro of the song
[D] _ [E] Just by using a succession of dominant chords it kind of [D] went in that direction
It's almost thinking like King's X Beatles
_ And and we went with that
_ _ You enjoyed right? _
Moment, _ yeah
Talking about the keys of the the treatment of that [G] right, but very cool really cool groove
Mike Mangini debut lyric [Gb] and what I liked also just [D] one last thing about the lyric when you presented it
Because you're a drummer and everything you rhythmically you knew exactly how to
Put [Em] the lyrics in the stanzas, [D] so it was like this works perfectly.
Thank you.
That was really cool
That's one of my pet peeves
_ Lyric doesn't sit right vocally like when that when the singer action actually has to sing it if it sits in an awkward spot rhythmically
[Dm] _ It's very jarring to the listener.
So [F] Mike was really you worked out.
[A] Yeah, very cool.
God.
It was the [B] first time _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
I'm sitting here with Mike and
I'm going to talk about a couple of tunes from the new album.
Yeah _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Ebm] _ [B] well, I
Guess [Eb] there's a few kind of really cool [D] things about the song.
[F] First of all, it's [E] the lyrical debut of Mike Mangini
yes, yes, which is really really cool and _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] It I
Guess maybe you could talk about how [E] it came about like with the tempo
Yeah, [Gb] the tempo and it was the only example [G] on the album [E] where the working [Fm] title was the title of the song
Right [E] because you said it and we [G] have a chart.
It was like [B] that's the title wrote it down.
It was [G] called
Room 137.
[A] Yes.
I noticed the tempo was 137 and it reminded me of a story about [Em] a physicist [F] named Wolfgang Pauli
_ [D] _ and he
[Gb] Went to a hospital.
I didn't remember [G] all the details at the time
I just [Ab] knew he went to a somewhere and on the door
it was room number 137 and he knew that he [Am] was going to die when he saw it because
_ Turns out he spent his life
Trying to figure out what the answer [A] to one over 137 is which is supposed to be the [G] physics
Quantum key to different dimensions [N] and all kinds of things and I told John about that.
Yeah, it was well
[Bm] It was kind of it was a progression [D] of you know
Eventually writing the lyrics because he had this great idea.
I was like that [E] it's freaking [Gbm] awesome
I love [E] that song title wrote it [G] down and [Ab] then Mike had sent me an email
[D] With all this kind of research, you know, and he was kind of like I don't [Em] know, you know
What you gonna do lyric wise but [Gb] here's like some [Eb] research on the [Gb] whole thing and Pauly [D] and I was like great cool
I didn't really you know think about it because we were still writing and then the next step is Mike was like
Yeah, I had some time and I [Am] wrote a lyric
And I read it I was like that's awesome and [D] so
You know it something that obviously, you know, you really were interested in
Yes, and so you were able to write that in such a way that I think it comes across really cool.
Thanks
Yeah, it was a lot of fun.
Yeah, and I think
Also the other cool thing about the song there's a couple of songs on this album _ that are more fun
_ _ Rhythmically and very different than anything we've ever done right so the groove to this song
_ Song eight is the other song [G] the shuffle feel these are like not typical [D] dream theater feels or grooves
I feel like
_ We tend to be a little more serious
With our feels and grooves and these just have [N] this kind of swing.
Yeah, this is swing.
That's it
Which is [Dm] different the man genie swing [E] yeah sassy swing.
[D] Yeah, it's kind of the balance to like try to make the swing
You know as a guitar player write a riff that is heavy in a swing
So that it doesn't because sometimes that swing kind of thing could it'll sound [C] too like rock and roll
And so there's a way that you can kind of [G] darken it up.
Totally
That's [D] that's a seven string song and it's a thing I had suggested the key of [A] O minus right to be extra heavy
O-minus [D] work for a bridge and go like extra low yeah _
_ _ That's cool, and it also took a [G] funny turn that we don't [D] normally do there's a little bit of [Eb] a beatle II vibe going on
[D] Yeah, right.
Yeah, and the [Ab] in sort of the [D] B section bridges and the [E] outro of the song
[D] _ [E] Just by using a succession of dominant chords it kind of [D] went in that direction
It's almost thinking like King's X Beatles
_ And and we went with that
_ _ You enjoyed right? _
Moment, _ yeah
Talking about the keys of the the treatment of that [G] right, but very cool really cool groove
Mike Mangini debut lyric [Gb] and what I liked also just [D] one last thing about the lyric when you presented it
Because you're a drummer and everything you rhythmically you knew exactly how to
Put [Em] the lyrics in the stanzas, [D] so it was like this works perfectly.
Thank you.
That was really cool
That's one of my pet peeves
_ Lyric doesn't sit right vocally like when that when the singer action actually has to sing it if it sits in an awkward spot rhythmically
[Dm] _ It's very jarring to the listener.
So [F] Mike was really you worked out.
[A] Yeah, very cool.
God.
It was the [B] first time _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _