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Just Let Me Breathe

Dream Theater
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Song

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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