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LIFTING SHADOWS OF A DREAM
                          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)
    Moderately Q=109
   4/4
    Gtr I
    E E E  E   +E    Q.     E  E  E  E   +E    E   +E    E  11x
||--------<4>-(<4>)-------|----------------------------------||
||o-----------------<4>---|-------------------<5>-(<5>)-----o||
||------------------------|---------<5>-(<5>)-----------<4>--||
||----2-------------------|---<4>----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-3-----3-------------------------o||
||--0---0-----------------|----------------------------------||

  E E E  E   +E    Q.     W
|-------<4>-(<4>)-------|------|
|-----------------<4>---|------|
|-----------------------|------|
|---2-------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-5----|
|-0---0-----------------|------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-3--------|-2--------|-0----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-3--------|-2--------|-0----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|-3--------|-5----|
|-3--------|-5--------|----------|------|

  W          W          W          H.      +E  E
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-3-------(3)-5---|
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|-----------------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-5--------|-3--------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-5----|

    E E E  E   +E    Q.     E  E  E  E   +E    E   +E    E   3x
||--------<4>-(<4>)-------|----------------------------------||
||o-----------------<4>---|-------------------<5>-(<5>)-----o||
||------------------------|---------<5>-(<5>)-----------<4>--||
||----2-------------------|---<4>----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-3-----3-------------------------o||
||--0---0-----------------|----------------------------------||

  E E E  E   +E    Q.     W
|-------<4>-(<4>)-------|------|
|-----------------<4>---|------|
|-----------------------|------|
|---2-------------------|------|
|-----------------------|-5----|
|-0---0-----------------|------|

  H.      +E  E    W          W          W
|----------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------|------|
|----------------|----------|----------|-3----|
|-5-------(5)-5\-|-1--------|-0--------|------|

  W          W          W          W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-5--------|-3--------|------|
|-1--------|----------|----------|-5----|

    E E E E E E E E   +E  E E E E E Q    Q  E E E S S E E   +E  E +E  E E E Q
||------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|
||------------------|---------7-----9--|------------------|--------------------|
||------------------|-----------9------|------------------|--------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-----7----|-3--3-2-3-2-2-2-3-|-(3)-3-(3)-3-3-7-5--|
||------------------|------------------|------------------|--------------------|

  Q  E E E S S E E   +E  E +E  E E E E E   Q.   E Q.   E   +Q.   E H
|------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------||
|------------------|---------------------|---------------|--------------o||
|------------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------||
|------------------|-------------------2-|-3----3-3----3-|-(3)---3-0-----||
|------------------|---------------2-3---|---------------|--------------o||
|-5--5-3-5-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-(5)-5-5-------|---------------|---------------||

  H    H      H    H      H    H      H    H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-3----3----|-5----5----|
|-3----3----|-5----5----|-----------|-----------|

  W          W          W          H.     +E  S S
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------|----------|------------0-0---|
|----------|-3--------|----------|-3------(3)-------|
|-3--------|----------|-3--------|------------------|

  W          H.     +E  S S     W        H.      +E  S S
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|
|-2--------|-0------(0)-5-5-|----------|-7-------(7)------|
|----------|----------------|---3------|-------------0-0--|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

 7/8             2/4       5/8        7/8
  E E E E E E E   E E E E   Q  E E E   E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------|----------|----------------|
|---------------|---------|----------|----------------|
|---------------|---------|----------|----------------|
|-2---2---2---0-|-2---2---|-2--0-2-2-|----------------|
|---2-----------|---------|----------|----------------|
|---------------|---------|----------|-3-5-5---5-3-3--|

 6/4                       5/8          7/8
  E E E E E E E E E E E E   E E E E E    E E E E E S S E
|-------------------------|------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|------------|-5-3-5---5-3-3-3----|
|-5---5---3---3---5---5---|-6---6-6----|--------------------|

 2/4       5/8         7/4
  Q    Q    Q   E E E   E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|---------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|---------|-----------|--------------------------------|
|---------|-----------|-5-----5-----5-----5-----5------|
|-5----8--|-7\--3-3-5-|--------------------------------|
|---------|-----------|---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3----|

 6/4                         4/4
  E E E E E E E E E E E E     W          W
|-------------------------||-----------|------|
|-------------------------||o----------|------|
|-------------------------||-----------|------|
|---5-----5-----5---------||-----------|------|
|-------------------------||o----------|-6----|
|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3---||--3--------|------|

  W          H    H        H.     +E  E   H.     +E  E
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|----------|-----------o||--------------|----------------|
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|----------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|-3--------|-1---------o||------------5-|-6------(6)-5---|
|----------|------1-----||-3------(3)---|----------------|

  W          H    H      H.      +E  E   H.      +E  E
|----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------|-----------|---------------|-----------------|
|-3--------|-1---------|-------------5-|-6-------(6)-5---|
|----------|------1----|-3-------(3)---|-----------------|

  W          H    H      E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|
|----------|-----------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3--------|-1----0----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3--3--3--3--|------------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------9-----|-----------7-------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-3--3--3-3-3-5-|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---|
|-3--3--3--3--|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------|-3--3--3--3-5---|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3--3--3--3--|----------------|

  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-------------|-3--3--3-3-3-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-3--3--3--3--|---------------|-----------------|-------------------|

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

  Q.    E   +E    E   +Q      E  E  E  E   +E    E   +E    E
|------<4>-(<4>)------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------<4>-(<4>)--|-------------------<5>-(<5>)-------|
|---------------------------|---------<5>-(<5>)-----------<4>---|
|---------------------------|---<4>-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-3-----3---------------------------|
|-0-------------------------|-----------------------------------|

    E E E  E   +E    Q.     E  E  E  E   +E    E   +E    E   6x
||--------<4>-(<4>)-------|----------------------------------||
||o-----------------<4>---|-------------------<5>-(<5>)-----o||
||------------------------|---------<5>-(<5>)-----------<4>--||
||----2-------------------|---<4>----------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-3-----3-------------------------o||
||--0---0-----------------|----------------------------------||

  E E E  E   +E    Q.     E  E  E  E   +E    E   +Q
|-------<4>-(<4>)-------|-------------------------------*|
|-----------------<4>---|-------------------<5>-(<5>)---*|
|-----------------------|---------<5>-(<5>)-------------*|
|---2-------------------|---<4>-------------------------*|
|-----------------------|-3-----3-----------------------*|
|-0---0-----------------|-------------------------------*|

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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