Lines in the Sand Lyrics

As recorded by Dream Theater
(From the 1997 Album FALLING INTO INFINITY)
Words by John Petrucci Music by Dream Theater
Gtr I (B E A D G C)
Q=54
Gtr I
W W W H +E E +Q
H. +E. S W H. +E. S
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
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S
||o------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +S S E E. S E S S S S S S 3x
|------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------|------------------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--5---3-5---5---5-|-3--5---3-(3)-5---|-3--5---3h5---5--|
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.
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
E. S +E E E. S +E E W
Q E E E S S Q Q E S S S S E E E Q E E E S S Q
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
|-----7-----------7-7--||o-----------------|---------------------o||
|----------------------||o-----------------|--------------3-4-5--o||
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
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 S S S
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--5---3-5---5---5-|-3--5-------------|--------3h5---5--|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E E. S +E E +S E. S S E
||o-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------|
||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1-|-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5----|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------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||
||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
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
W E S S E E +E S S S E. 8x E S S E E +E S S S E. 7x
|-7--------||o------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
|----------||o------------------------o||-||o-------------------------o||
T T T T T T T T
E. S +E E E S S S S S S E. S +E E H
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 S S S
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.
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E
||o-------------------------|-------------------|
||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1--|
E. S +E E +S E. S S E E. S +E E +E E +S E.
|-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5---|-------------------------|
E. E. W E E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|------------------|----------------------------o||
|-------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||
||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
Q=60
W W W H. Q 4x
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------o||
||o----------|-1--------|----------|-3-------1---o||
W W W W
Q S S S S +H Q S S S S +H W W
W W W H. Q
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------o||
||o----------|-1--------|----------|-3-------1---o||
W W W W
W W W W
Q=120
W +H W +H W +H W +H
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-1--------(1)----|-----------------|-3--------(3)----o||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-1-1-1-1-3-1-1-o||
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---|------------------|
E. S E S S S S S S
|--------------------o||
|------------------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 S S S
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 S S S
E. S +E E H E. S +E E S S S S S S E. E. S +E E H
T T T T
E. S +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S +E E H 12x
|----------------------------------------||o---------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||o---------------------o||
Q E. S +S S E S E. 14x
||o----------------------o||-|
||o---------------3-4h5--o||-|
Q E. S +S S E S E. Q E. S +S S E S E.
||o----------------------o||-||o-----------------------o||
||o-3--3--6-(6)-6--------o||-||o---------------3-4h5---o||
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-----5h7--|-5h7---7-(7)-5-------------------|
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-----5h7--|-------------5-(5)---5h7---7---|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E E. S +E E +S E. S S E
||o-------------------------|------------------|-------------------------|
||o-5--------------2-(2)-3--|-5-----1--------1-|-1--2-(2)-3-(3)-4--4h5---|
E. S +E E +E E +S E. E. E. W E E. S +E E +S E. S S E
|-------------------------|------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------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||
||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
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. S +E E E. S +E E
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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