Dream Theater

Dream Theater - Lines In The Sand bass tab

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

|-----------------|----------------------------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|-------------------------------------|-----------------|

|-----------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------|

|-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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