Lines in the Sand Dream Theater
As recorded by Dream Theater
(From the 1997 Album FALLING INTO INFINITY)
Words by John Petrucci Music by Dream Theater
Transcribed by Joe Britton Larrylaffer@yahoo.co.uk
Gtr I (B E A D G C)
Q=54
[4/4] Gtr I
W W W H +E E +Q
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------| |----------|----------|----------|-----------------| |----------|----------|----------|-----------------| |----------|----------|-3--------|-----------------| |----------|-1--------|----------|-3----(3)-1-(1)--| |-3--------|----------|----------|-----------------|
H. +E. S W H. +E. S
|---------------|----------|------------------| |---------------|----------|------------------| |---------------|----------|------------------| |---------------|----------|-3-------(3)------| |-------------1-|-1--------|-------------3----| |-3-------(3)---|----------|------------------|
Q=124
T T T T T T T T
H +E E +Q E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
|-----------------|------------------12-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------12----10----------|-----------------| |-----------------|------------------------10-12----|-----------------| |-----------------|------------------------------12-|-----------------| |-3----(3)-1-(1)--|---------------------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--3--3-(3)-----------------------|-3--3-(3)--------|
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
|-----------------12-------------|-----------------| |--------------12----10----------|-----------------| |-----------------------10-12----|-----------------| |-----------------------------12-|-----------------| |--------------------------------|-----------------| |-3--3-(3)-----------------------|-3--3-(3)--------|
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
|-----------------12-------------|-----------------| |--------------12----10----------|-----------------| |-----------------------10-12----|-----------------| |-----------------------------12-|-----------------| |--------------------------------|-----------------| |-3--3-(3)-----------------------|-3--3-(3)--------|
[3/4] E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
||-------------------|--------------------| ||o------------------|--------------------| ||-------------------|------------3---5---| ||--3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5-| ||o------------------|--------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S 3x
|------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------o|| |------------------|------------3----------|| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5-3------|| |------------------|------------------5---o|| |------------------|-----------------------||
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S E.
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|------------3---5---|------------------|------------3----| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5-|-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3h5---5--| |------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
[4/4] S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S [3/4] S S S S S S S S S E.
|----------------------------------------|----------------------| |-----14-------8-------------------------|----------------------| |-/12----12\-6---6-0------8------5-------|----------------------| |--------------------5-/6---6\-3---3-0-6-|-5-5-5-5---3---6---5--| |----------------------------------------|----------------------| |----------------------------------------|----------------------|
[4/4] S S S S S S S S +H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-3-3-3-3---5---6-(6)----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-/10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |------------------------|------------------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E W
|-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |-----------------------|------| |----3-(3)-3----3-(3)-3-|------|
Q E E E S S Q Q E S S S S E E E Q E E E S S Q
|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------3-4-5-|-----------------| |-3--3-----3-3-6--|-3--3-3-6-6-6-------|-3--3-----3-3-6--|
S S E E S S E E Q Q E E E S S Q Q E S S S S E E E 7x
|-5-5---5-5-/9\-5------||------------------|----------------------|| |-----7-----------7-7--||o-----------------|---------------------o|| |----------------------||------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------||------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------||o-----------------|--------------3-4-5--o|| |----------------------||--3--3-----3-3-6--|-3--3-3-3-6-6---------||
T T T T T T T T
Q E E E S S Q E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
|-----------------|-----------------12-------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------12----10----------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------------10-12----|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------------------12-|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------------------------|-----------------| |-3--3-----3-3-6--|-3--3-(3)-----------------------|-3--3-(3)--------|
[3/4] E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|------------3---5---| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5-| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |------------------|---------------------| |-3--5-------------|--------3-0-5-5-5-5--| |--------3-(3)-5---|-1--3----------------| |------------------|---------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S E.
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|------------3---5---|------------------|------------3----| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5-|-3--5-------------|--------3h5---5--| |------------------|--------------------|--------3-(3)-5---|-1--3------------| |------------------|--------------------|------------------|-----------------|
[4/4] E. S +E E +E E +S E. [6/4] E. E. W E [4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E
||--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------| ||-----3-(3)-5-(5)----------|----3-------------|-----------------------3--| ||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1-|-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5----| ||--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. [6/4] E. E. W E [4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------o|| |----3-(3)-5-(5)----------|----3-------------|-----------------------3---|| |-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5----------------|----------------3--4-5-----|| |-------------------------|-------3--------3-|-3--4-(4)-5-(5)-----------o|| |-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||------------------------3---------|-------------------------3-----------|| ||--5-5-5-5---3---5-5-3-----5-3-----|-5-5-5-5---3---5-(5)-3-----5-3-------|| ||o---------------------5-------5-3-|-----------------------5-------5-3--o|| ||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------5---------| |---------------------------------|-----5-5-5-6-6-6-7-5-----7-5-----| |-------3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-7-|-7-7-----------------7-------7-5-| |-5-5-5---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------9-9-9-9-7----| |-------------------------7-7-7-7-5-------------10-| |-------------7-7-7-7-5-------------7--------------| |-5-5-5-5-3-------------8--------------------------| |-----------5--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
W E S S E E +E S S S E. 8x E S S E E +E S S S E. 7x
|-8--------||--------------------------||-||---------------------------|| |-7--------||o------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o|| |----------||--------------------------||-||---------------------------|| |----------||----------5-(5)-3-3-3-5---||-||----------5-(5)-3-3-3-5----|| |----------||o------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o|| |----------||--3-3-3-3-----------------||-||--6-3-3-3------------------||
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
|-----------------12-------------|---------------| |--------------12----10----------|---------------| |-----------------------10-12----|---------------| |-----------------------------12-|---------------| |--------------------------------|---------------| |-3--3-(3)-----------------------|-3--3-(3)------|
[3/4] E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|------------3---5-----| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5---| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |-3--5-------------|--------3-0-5-5-5-5-| |--------3-(3)-5---|-1--3---------------| |------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|------------3---5-----| |-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3-5---5---5---| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S E.
|------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|------------3----| |-3--5-------------|--------3h5---5--| |--------3-(3)-5---|-1--3------------| |------------------|-----------------|
[4/4] E. S +E E +E E +S E. [6/4] E. E. W E
||--------------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------------|-------------------| ||-----3-(3)-5-(5)----------|----3--------------| ||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1--| ||--------------------------|-------------------|
[4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E E. S +E E +E E +S E.
|-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|----3-(3)-5-(5)----------| |-----------------------3-|-5--------------2-(2)-3--| |-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5---|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|
[6/4] E. E. W E [4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|------------------|-----------------------------|| |------------------|----------------------------o|| |----3-------------|-----------------------3-----|| |-5----------------|----------------3--4-5-------|| |-------3--------3-|-3--4-(4)-5-(5)-------------o|| |------------------|-----------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||------------------------3---------|-------------------------3-----------|| ||--5-5-5-5---3---5-5-3-----5-3-----|-5-5-5-5---3---5-(5)-3-----5-3-------|| ||o---------------------5-------5-3-|-----------------------5-------5-3--o|| ||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------5---------| |---------------------------------|-----5-5-5-6-6-6-7-5-----7-5-----| |-------3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-7-|-7-7-----------------7-------7-5-| |-5-5-5---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Q=60
W W W H. Q 4x
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|-------------o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|--------------|| ||-----------|----------|-3--------|--------------|| ||o----------|-1--------|----------|-3-------1---o|| ||--3--------|----------|----------|--------------||
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|-3----| |-6--------|-3--------|-1--------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------|
Q S S S S +H Q S S S S +H W W
|-------------------|-------------------|----------|------| |-------------------|-------------------|----------|------| |-------------------|-------------------|----------|------| |-------------------|-------------------|----------|------| |-6--6-6-5-6-(6)----|-3--3-3-3-3-(3)----|----------|------| |-------------------|-------------------|-3--------|-1----|
W W W H. Q
||-----------|----------|----------|--------------|| ||o----------|----------|----------|-------------o|| ||-----------|----------|----------|--------------|| ||-----------|----------|-3--------|--------------|| ||o----------|-1--------|----------|-3-------1---o|| ||--3--------|----------|----------|--------------||
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|-3----| |-6--------|-3--------|-1--------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |-6--------|-3--------|----------|------| |----------|----------|-3--------|-1----|
Q=120
[6/4] W +H W +H W +H W +H
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||------------------|-----------------|-3--------(3)----|------------------|| ||o-----------------|-1--------(1)----|-----------------|-3--------(3)----o|| ||--3--------(3)----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||o-------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-------------------------o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--------------------------|| |-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-o|| |-------------------------|--------------------------||
[3/4] E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S E. S E E +S S E
||-------------------|--------------------|------------------| ||o------------------|--------------------|------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|------------------| ||o------------------|------------1---3---|------------------| ||--1--3---1-(1)-3---|-1--3---1-3---3---3-|-1--3---1-(1)-3---|
E. S E S S S S S S
|---------------------|| |--------------------o|| |------------3--------|| |--------3-5---5-3----|| |------------------5-o|| |-1--3----------------||
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
|------------------|--------------------| |------------------|--------------------| |------------------|------------3---5---| |------------------|--------3-5---5---5-| |--------1-(1)-3---|-3--5---------------| |-1--3-------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S +E S S S S S S
|------------------|------------------------| |------------------|----------5-------------| |--------3-(3)-5---|-5--7-(7)---7-5---------| |-3--5-------------|----------------8-5-8---| |------------------|------------------------| |------------------|------------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S +E S S S S S S
|------------------|-------------------------| |--------5-(5)-7---|-7--9-(9)-7--------------| |-5--7-------------|------------10-7----7-10-| |------------------|-----------------10------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S +E S S S S S S
|---------------------|-------------------12------------| |-7--9---10-(10)-12---|-12--14-(14)-12-14----14-12------| |---------------------|----------------------------15---| |---------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------------|
[4/4]
|---3---|
E. S +E E H E. S +E E S S S S S S E. E. S +E E H
|-----------------|------------<2>-----------------<5>-----|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------<2>-----<3>---------<4>-|-----------------| |-----------------|--------------------<2>-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------------------<3>---------|-----------------| |-----------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------| |-3--3-(3)--------|-3--3-(3)-------------------------------|-3--3-(3)--------|
T T T T
|----3-----| |----3-----|
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E H 12x
|------------14-7h9-14-7h9-14-7h9-14-7h9-||-----------------------|| |----------------------------------------||o---------------------o|| |----------------------------------------||-----------------------|| |----------------------------------------||-----------------------|| |----------------------------------------||o---------------------o|| |-3--3-(3)-------------------------------||--3--3-(3)-------------||
Q E. S +S S E S E. 14x
||------------------------||-| ||o----------------------o||-| ||------------------------||-| ||------------------------||-| ||o---------------3-4h5--o||-| ||--3--3--6-(6)-6---------||-|
Q E. S +S S E S E. Q E. S +S S E S E.
||------------------------||-||-------------------------|| ||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------o|| ||------------------------||-||-------------------------|| ||----------------3-4h5---||-||-------------------------|| ||o-3--3--6-(6)-6--------o||-||o---------------3-4h5---o|| ||------------------------||-||--3--3--6-(6)-6----------||
E S S S S S S +S S S S S E. 4x E S S S S S S +S S S S S E.
||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------|| ||o-------------5-(5)-5-----5h7--o||-||o-------------------------------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-------||-||--------------3-(3)-3-----3h5----|| ||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------o||-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3---------3-3-------o|| ||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------||
E S S S S S S +S S S S S E. S S S S +S E S +S E S S S S S
|------------------------------|-----5---------------------------| |-------------5-(5)-5-----5h7--|-5h7---7-(7)-5-------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0------|---------------7-(7)-5-----------| |------------------------------|-----------------------8-5-------| |------------------------------|---------------------------8-5---| |------------------------------|-------------------------------8-|
E S S S S S S +S S S S S E. 4x E S S S S S S +S S S S S E.
||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------|| ||o-------------5-(5)-5-----5h7--o||-||o-------------------------------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0-------||-||--------------3-(3)-3-----3h5----|| ||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------|| ||o------------------------------o||-||o-3-3-3-3-3-3---------3-3-------o|| ||--------------------------------||-||---------------------------------||
E S S S S S S +S S S S S E. E S S S S S S +S S S S S E.
|------------------------------|-------------------------5-----| |-------------5-(5)-5-----5h7--|-------------5-(5)---5h7---7---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0---------0-0------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0-----------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------| |------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. [6/4] E. E. W E [4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E
||--------------------------|------------------|-------------------------| ||o-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------| ||--------------------------|------------------|-------------------------| ||-----3-(3)-5-(5)----------|----3-------------|-----------------------3-| ||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1-|-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5---| ||--------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. [6/4] E. E. W E [4/4] E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------o|| |----3-(3)-5-(5)----------|----3-------------|-----------------------3---|| |-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5----------------|----------------3--4-5-----|| |-------------------------|-------3--------3-|-3--4-(4)-5-(5)-----------o|| |-------------------------|------------------|---------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|------------------------------------o|| ||------------------------3---------|-------------------------3-----------|| ||--5-5-5-5---3---5-5-3-----5-3-----|-5-5-5-5---3---5-(5)-3-----5-3-------|| ||o---------------------5-------5-3-|-----------------------5-------5-3--o|| ||----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------------5---------| |---------------------------------|-----5-5-5-6-6-6-7-5-----7-5-----| |-------3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-5-6-6-6-7-|-7-7-----------------7-------7-5-| |-5-5-5---------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----| |----3-----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------9-9-9-9-7----| |-------------------------7-7-7-7-5-------------10-| |-------------7-7-7-7-5-------------7--------------| |-5-5-5-5-3-------------8--------------------------| |-----------5--------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
E. S +E E E. S +E E
|-8----------8----------*| |-7----------7----------*| |-----------------------*| |-----------------------*| |-----------------------*| |----3-(3)-3----3-(3)-3-*|
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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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