LINES IN THE SAND
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 3/4
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 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 6/4 4/4
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E 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----|
||--------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
6/4 4/4
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E 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 6/4
E. S +E E +E E +S E. 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 4/4
E. E. W E 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-----------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
6/4 4/4
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E 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---|
||--------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
6/4 4/4
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E 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
- 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
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