Buy Dream Theater sheet music at Sheet Music Plus Buy John Myung's instructional video 'Progressive Bass Concepts' Lines In The Sand Author - Robert Ballou #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# "LINES IN THE SAND" by Dream Theater Bass Tab Off the recording: Falling into Infinity Author: Robert Ballou [vampd4@hotmail.com] Last updated: 11:39 2/3/1999 Thanks to Kevin for all his aid in transcriping this. Tabbed out for a five- string. For a lot of the parts, I have simply provided the basic chord progression and general feel (which may not be tabbed out correctly). Add what flavor you will with arppegios and the different scale modes. [A - INTRO] x2 G-----------------||-----|-----|-----|------------|| D-K E Y B O A R D-||o----|-----|-----|-----------o|| A-----------------||-----|-----|--3--|------------|| E----I N T R O----||o----|--1--|-----|--3----(1)-o|| B-----------------||--3--|-----|-----|------------|| x6 x8 G-----------||-----------------|---------------|| D----------o||o----------------|------3-------o|| A-----------||--3-5--3-5--3-5--|--3\5---5/3----|| E----------o||o----------------|------------3-o|| B----3-3----||-----------------|---------------|| Next comes a hard lick that I haven't figured out yet, nor can Kevin. After the hard run, comes a groove part. The groove has a loose feel to it, but the general idea is written out below, just play around with it for a bit see what happens, what fits, etc. [B - Verse 1] x2 G-----------------|-----------------------||--10----10----12\15/12--------|| Do----------------|----------------------o||-----12----12----------12-12--|| A-----------------|-----------------------||------------------------------|| Eo-------1--3-----|--------1--3--5-x-----o||------------------------------|| B--3-3-x-------3--|--3-3-x-----------3-x--||------------------------------|| "Sometimes..." G-----------------|-----------------------|| Do----------------|----------------------o|| A-----------------|-----------------------|| Eo-------1--3-----|--------1--3--5-x-----o|| B--3-3-x-------3--|--3-3-x-----------3-x--|| There's a small lick right before he says "Somtimes when, the spirits..." that I'm not sure on, but just compt something around D on the low string. [C - Pre-Chorus] x2 "Tragic..." ~x4 G-----------||-----------------|----------------|---------------|| D----------o||o----------------|----------------|------3-------o|| A-----------||--3-5--3-5--3-5--|--3-5-----------|--3\5---5/3----|| E----------o||o----------------|------3-5---1-3-|------------5-o|| B----3-3----||-----------------|----------------|---------------|| [D - Chorus] I wasn't able to pick up exactly how they run the chorus but they alternate between the first bit that lands of F and the second that lands on G. "Swept away..." xN G-------------------|-----------------------------|| D----3-5-------3----|------------3-5--------3-5---|| A--5-----2-3-5------|--------2-3-5-----2-3-5------|| E----------------1--|-2-3-5-----------------------|| B-------------------|-----------------------------|| xN G-----------------------|-------10---------------|| D--10-12--10-12--10-12--|----10----12/10---------|| A-----------------------|--12-------------12/10--|| E-----------------------|------------------------|| B-----------------------|------------------------|| Chromatic run... G-----------------------------10--|---------------------| D-----------------10-12/10--------|---------------------| A--5-8-9-10-11-12----------12-----|--/ 3 \-----------| E---------------------------------|--10-10-10-10/8------| B---------------------------------|-----------------10--| G--------------------|--/ 3 \-----------| D--/ 3 \----------|--12-12-12-12/10-----| A--12-12-12-12/10----|-----------------13--| E-----------------13-|---------------------| B--------------------|---------------------| G--/ 3 \--------------|| D--15-15-15-15/12--------|| A-----------------15-11--|| E------------------------|| B------------------------|| / 3 \ = Triplet (To F. Guitar Solo 2nd Time/ End after 3rd Time) [E - Verse 2] (This verse is a close facsimile to that of B. Verse 1, execept it also combines a taste of the pre-chorus...) G-------------------------|| Do-----------------------o|| A-------------------------|| Back to C. Pre-Chorus Eo-------1-3-------1-3-5-o|| B--1-3-x-----3-1-3--------|| [F - Guitar Solo] (Half-time Feel) xN G-----|-----|-----|-----------||-----|-----|-----|-----|| Do----|-----|-----|----------o||o----|-----|-----|----o|| A-----|-----|--3--|-----------||--1--|-----|-----|--3--|| Eo----|--1--|-----|--3---(1)-o||o----|--3--|--1--|----o|| B--3--|-----|-----|-----------||-----|-----|-----|-----|| [G - Interlude] "We fabricate..." "In our stream..." G-----|-----|-----|-----------||-----|-----|-----|-----|| Do----|-----|-----|----------o||o----|-----|-----|----o|| A-----|-----|--3--|-----------||--1--|-----|-----|--3--|| Eo----|--1--|-----|--3---(1)-o||o----|--3--|--1--|----o|| B--3--|-----|-----|-----------||-----|-----|-----|-----|| (Sometimes in the second chord progession plays a 'D' on the B string, then goes on to C. Listen for it, it happens right before they are going to change to another part of the song - that's the best way I can describe it.) At some point or 'nother it goes back to this: (keyboard groove) G-----------||-----------------|---------------|| D----------o||o----------------|------3-------o|| A-----------||--3-5--3-5--3-5--|--3\5---5/3----|| E----------o||o----------------|------------5-o|| B----3-3----||-----------------|---------------|| Eventually it goes into this chromatic bit: G----------------|---------------|----------------|-------5--------| D----------------|------3--------|-------3-5--5-7-|---5\7---7/5----| A--3-5-----------|--3\5---5/3----|--3-5-----------|--------------7-| E-------1-3--3-5-|------------5--|----------------|----------------| B----------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| G----------------------|-------12-----------| D--------10-12--12-14--|-12\14----14/12-----| A--10-12---------------|----------------14--| E----------------------|--------------------| B----------------------|--------------------| G----------------------|-------17-----------|| D--------15-17--17-19--|-17\19----19/17-----|| A--17-19---------------|----------------19--|| E----------------------|--------------------|| B----------------------|--------------------|| Goes back to the keyboard groove, where John does his beautiful harmonic bit that I have no idea how to do: (here's the lick for the keyboard jam, free of charge) G-----------||-----------17\14----12----|-----|| D----------o||--------17-------15----12-|-----|| A-----------||--------------------------|-----|| E----------o||--------------------------|-----|| B----3-3----||--3-3---------------------|-3-3-|| to B. Verse 1 then to a part I'm not to sure on. to C. Pre-Chorus ...There it is. For most of the song, play off the feel and what you here, this ought to help you get in the right area. I'm sorry I wasn't able to make this more comprehensive, but like I said, it should get you in the right ball park. Enjoy. -- Robert Ballou [Back to Bass Tablatures]