DREAM THEATER - "just let me breathe" Tablature

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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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


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