JUST LET ME BREATHE As recorded by DREAM THEATER Music by DREAM THEATER Transcribed by Joe Britton - Larrylaffer_uk@yahoo.co.uk Gtr I (B E A D G C) 4/4 Gtr I E S S S S S S +S S E S E S E S S S S S S +S S E S E S 5x ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7--|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S E S S S S S S +S S E S E +S |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-(7)\--| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S 4x ||-------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-o|| ||-------------------------------|| E E E S S +S S E S S E 3x ||----------------------------|| ||o--------------------------o|| ||----------------------------|| ||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------|| ||o--------------------7s5-3-o|| ||--5-3-5-3-------------------|| E E E S S +S S E E E E E E S S +S S E S S E 4x |-----------------------||----------------------------|| |-----------------------||o--------------------------o|| |-----------------------||----------------------------|| |-----------------------||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------|| |-----------------------||o--------------------7s5-3-o|| |-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6-||--5-3-5-3-------------------|| E E E S S +S S E E E E S S S S S S +S S E S E S |-----------------------||------------------------------| |-----------------------||o-----------------------------| |-----------------------||------------------------------| |-----------------------||------------------------------| |-----------------------||o-----------------------------| |-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------|| |---------------------------------o|| |----------------------------------|| |-------------------------5--------|| |-7-5-7---5h7---5h7---5h7---7-5h7-o|| |-------0-----0-----0--------------|| E E E S S +S S E S S S S 7x E E E S S +S S E S S S S ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-5-5-3-3--||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-6-6-3-3--| E E E S S +S S E S S S S 3x E E E S S +S S E S S S S ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-5-5-3-3--||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-6-6-3-3--| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|----------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|-----------------------------------|| ||------------------------------|-------------------------5---------|| ||o-----------------------------|-7-5-7---5h7---5h7---5h7---7-5h7--o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-----0-----0---------------|| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S E S S S S E. S +S S E E E |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-|---------7----------------| |------------------------------|------------4-(4)-4-5-7---| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5-----------|-5-5-5-5----------------3-| |------------------------------|--------------------------| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-7--| |---------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5--------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S E S S E E +Q |------------------------| |------------------------| |---------7-----7--------| |------------------------| |-5-5-5-5---5-5----------| |-----------------6-(6)--| E E E S S +S S E S S E 7x E E E S S +S S E E E ||----------------------------||------------------------| ||o--------------------------o||------------------------| ||----------------------------||------------------------| ||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------||------------------------| ||o--------------------7s5-3-o||------------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-------------------||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6--| 6/4 E. S +E E H E. S +E E H S S S S +E E +E E H Q |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------5-(5)--------------------| |-7--6-(6)-5------|-----------------|-7-5---------7-(7)\-------------| |-----------------|-7--6-(6)-5------|-----7--------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------12\--| 4/4 E E E S S +S S E S S S S 3x E E E S S +S S E S S S S ||-----------------------------||---------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||---------------------------| ||-----------------------------||---------------------------| ||-----------------------------||---------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||---------------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-5-5-3-3--||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-6-6-3-3-| E E E S S +S S E S S S S 3x E E E S S +S S E S S S S ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||-----------------------------||----------------------------| ||o---------------------------o||----------------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-5-5-3-3--||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-6-6-3-3--| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------5-------| |-----------------------------|-7-5-7---5h7---5h7---5h7---7-5h7-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-----0-----0-------------| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S E +S E. |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-------------------------------| |-----------------------------|-7-5h7---5h7---5h7-5-7-(7)-5---| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-----0-----------------| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S E S S S S E. S +S S E E E |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-|---------7----------------| |------------------------------|------------4-(4)-4-5-7---| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5-----------|-5-5-5-5----------------3-| |------------------------------|--------------------------| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-7--| |---------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5--------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S e E +Q |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |---------7-7-----7--------| |--------------------------| |-5-5-5-5-----5-5----------| |-------------------6-(6)--| E E E S S +S S E S S E 7x E E E S S +S S E E E ||----------------------------||-----------------------| ||o--------------------------o||-----------------------| ||----------------------------||-----------------------| ||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------||-----------------------| ||o--------------------7s5-3-o||-----------------------| ||--5-3-5-3-------------------||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6-| 6/4 E. S +E E H E. S +E E H S S S S +E E +E E H Q |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------5-(5)--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-7-5---------7-(7)\-------------| |-----------------|-7--6-(6)-5------|-----7--------------------------| |-5--4-(4)-3------|-----------------|---------------------------12\--| 4/4 E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 4x ||--------------------|----------------------||-| ||o-------------------|---------------------o||-| ||--------------------|----------------------||-| ||--------------------|----------------------||-| ||o-------------------|-------------------5-o||-| ||--3-0-0-3-(3)-0-0-3-|-(3)-0-0-3-(3)-0-5----||-| E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E 4x ||--------------------|-----------------------|| ||o-------------------|----------------------o|| ||--------------------|-----------------------|| ||--------------------|-------------------5---|| ||o-3-0-0-3-(3)-0-0-3-|-(3)-0-0-3-(3)-0-5----o|| ||--------------------|-----------------------|| 5/4 E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S S S 4x ||-------------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------------o|| ||--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-0--|| E S S +S S S S E S S S E S +S S S S |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-----7-(7)-7-7-7-------5-5---------5h7-| |---------------------------------------| |-5-5-------------5-5-5-----5-(5)-5-----| E S S +S S S S E S S S E S +S S S S |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-----7-(7)-7-7-7-------5-5-------------| |-----------------------------------5h7-| |-5-5-------------5-5-5-----5-(5)-5-----| E S S +S S S S E S S S E S +S S S S |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-----7-(7)-7-7-7-------5-5---------5h7-| |---------------------------------------| |-5-5-------------5-5-5-----5-(5)-5-----| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------11-12-16-18-19-18-16-| |-----------------------9-11-12----------------------| |------------------9-10------------------------------| |-----------7-9-10-----------------------------------| |-------7-8------------------------------------------| |-5-7-8----------------------------------------------| E S S S E S S S E S S S E S E |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |-7-5-7---7-5-7---7-5-7---7--5-7-| |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| This next section features some cross-handed tapping, Hold down the B at fret 2 with your right hand, whilst tapping all other notes legato style with your left hand. Then repeat, but one octave higher 4/4 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-5-|-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-8--| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-2-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-|-7-2-5-7-2-7-2-5-7-2-5-2-3-5-3-2-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-7-|-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-10-| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |-4-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-|-9-4-7-9-4-9-4-7-9-4-7-4-5-7-5-4-| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 4/4 S S S S S S S S +S S E S E S 3x S S S S S S S S S S E +S E. ||---------------------------------||------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------o||------------------------------| ||---------------------------------||------------------------------| ||---------------------------------||------------------------------| ||o-------------------------------o||---------------------7-(7)-6--| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S E S S S S E. S +S S E E E |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-|---------7----------------| |------------------------------|------------4-(4)-4-5-7---| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5-----------|-5-5-5-5----------------3-| |------------------------------|--------------------------| S S S S E. S +S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------7----------7-7-5-5-7-7--| |---------------------------------| |-5-5-5-5----5-(5)-5--------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S E S S +E S S S E. W +W |----------------------------|----------|--------| |----------------------------|----------|--------| |---------7---------7-7-5-7--|----------|--------| |----------------------------|----------|--------| |-5-5-5-5---5-5-(5)----------|-0--------|-(0)----| |----------------------------|----------|--------| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S E S S S S S S +S S E S E S 4x ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7--|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------|| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S E S S S S S S +S S E S E +S |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-(7)\-| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------|--------------------------------| E S S S S S S +S S E S E S 4x ||-------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------o|| ||-------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------|| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-o|| ||-------------------------------|| E E H Q E E E S S +S S E S S E 7x E E E S S +S S E E E |---------------||----------------------------||------------------------| |---------------||o--------------------------o||------------------------| |---------------||----------------------------||------------------------| |---------------||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------||------------------------| |-0--------12\--||o--------------------7s5-3-o||------------------------| |---------------||--5-3-5-3-------------------||-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6--| E E E S S +S S E S S E 3x ||----------------------------|| ||o--------------------------o|| ||----------------------------|| ||----------/7-(7)-7-5--------|| ||o--------------------7s5-3-o|| ||--5-3-5-3-------------------|| E E E S S E E +Q E E E S S +S S E S S E 3x |--------------------||-----------------------------|| |--------------------||o---------------------------o|| |--------------------||-----------------------------|| |--------------------||----------/7-(7)-7-5---------|| |--------------------||o--------------------7s5-3--o|| |-5-3-5-3-3-5-1-(1)--||--5-3-5-3--------------------|| 5/4 E E E S S +S S E E E E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S S S 3x |-----------------------||-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------||o-----------------------------------o|| |-----------------------||-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------||-------------------------------------|| |-----------------------||o-----------------------------------o|| |-5-3-5-3-5-(5)-5-3-0-6-||--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0--|| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------11-12-16-18-19-18-16-| |-----------------------9-11-12----------------------| |------------------9-10------------------------------| |-----------7-9-10-----------------------------------| |-------7-8------------------------------------------| |-5-7-8----------------------------------------------| E S S +S E S E E S E S +S S E |----------------------------------*| |----------------------------------*| |----------------------------------*| |-7-5-7-(7)-7-5-7-7-5-7-7-(7)-5-7\-*| |----------------------------------*| |----------------------------------*| 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 ***************************************************************************************** * Generated using Power Tab Editor by B.S. 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