Band- Dream Theater
Song- The Killing Hand
I The Observance
Q=120 H.=HQ=80 Q=120
4/4
Gtr I
Wx15 W H Q. E +W
||-------------|----------||------<5>-------|--------|
||-------------|----------||------------<5>-|-(5)----|
||-------------|----------||----------------|--------|
||-------------|----------||-3--------------|--------|
|-3-| |-3-|
H Q. E +H +Q +E S S S E E Q H H Q E S S S
|------<5>-------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|------------<5>-|-(5)----(5)--(5)-------|-------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-3--------------|-----------------3-3-3-|-3-3---------|-----------3-3-3---|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E Q H H Q E S S S E E E S S S E E Q H Q E S S S
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3---------|-----------3-3-3-|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3----|-----------3-3-3-|
~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E S S S E E Q H Q E S S S E E Q H +E +H. S S S
|--------------------|-----------------|--------12----|-(12)-(12)\------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3---3-3-3-3-3----|-----------3-3-3-|-3-3----------|-----------------3-3-3-|
~~~
|--3--|
E E Q Q. S S S E Q Q E +Q
|--------12-------12-14-|-15-14--12------------|
|--------------12-------|------------15-(15)\--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-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-|-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 Q E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------5--3h5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3---------|
3/4 4/4
Q E E Q E E E E +Q +H E E E E E E H +E E +Q
|---------------|-10------------------|----------------|----------<5>-(5)---|
|-------------8-|----10-(10)--(10)----|------12-----10-|--------------------|
|---------------|---------------------|---10------8----|--------------------|
|-3--3-3-3--3---|---------------------|-8-------6------|-3----(3)-----------|
+W H +E E +Q +W
|-(5)--------|-------------------|------------|
|------------|----------<5>-(5)--|-(5)--------|
|------------|-------------------|------------|
|------------|-3----(3)----------|------------|
7/8
H +E E +Q +H +Q +E
|----------<5>-(5)--|-(5)----(5)--(5)---|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-3----(3)----------|-------------------|
4/4
~~
W +H +Q Q W +H +Q Q W
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|-------|
|----------|----------------|----------|------------------|-------|
|----------|-------------5--|----------|-------------/13--|-12----|
|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-----|-3--------|-(3)----(3)-------|-------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
+H +Q Q W
|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-----------|
|-(12)----(12)------|-10--------|
|---------------10--|-----------|
~~~~~~
+H +Q Q H +Q +Q H H
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
|-------------------|-10----(10)--(10)S=|=7---------|
|-(10)----(10)--13--|-------------------|------8----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E +H +Q Q W +H +Q Q
|------------15s14s12-|-(12)----(12)-------|-----------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|--------------------|
|-10----(10)----------|---------------/13--|-12--------|-(12)----(12)-------|
|---------------------|--------------------|-----------|---------------10---|
|-3-|
H +E E E E +H +Q Q W H Q +E S S S
|------------12s14s15-|-(15)----(15)------|-12--------|------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------15--|-----------|-12----10--(10)\--------|
|-10----(10)----------|-------------------|-----------|------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|-----------|-----------------3-3-3--|
<
|-3-|
E E Q H +H +Q +E S S S
||---------<5>----|-(5)----(5)--(5)-------|
||o---------------|-----------------------|
||o---------------|-----------------------|
||--3-3-----------|-----------------3-3-3-|
<
|-3-|
E E Q H +H +Q +E S S S
|---------------|-------------------------||
|--------<5>----|-(5)----(5)--(5)--------o||
|---------------|------------------------o||
|-3-3-----------|-----------------5-5-5---||
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3-|
E E Q H +H +Q +E S S S E E Q H +H +Q +E S S S
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|--------5----|-(5)----(5)--(5)-------|--------7----|-(7)----(7)--(7)---------|
|-------------|-----------------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-3-3---------|-----------------3-3-3-|-3-3---------|-----------------3-3-3---|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-3-|
E E Q H +H +Q +E S S S E E Q H +H Q Q
|-------------|-----------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|--------8----|-(8)----(8)--(8)-------|--------/13----|-(13)---------------|
|-------------|-----------------------|---------------|---------/11s=/8\---|
|-3-3---------|-----------------3-3-3-|-3-3-----------|--------------------|
3/4 4/4
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
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|------12-----10-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---10------8----|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-------6------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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 Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5------5------|---------5-5------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----3-3----3-3-|-3-3-3-3-----3-5--|
II Ancient Renewal
Q=100
3/4 4/4
E E +Q +H E E E E E E W W
|-10------------------|--------------||----------|------|
|----10-(10)--(10)----|-----8-----10-||-5--------|-5----|
|---------------------|---6-----8----||----------|------|
|---------------------|-4-----6------||----------|------|
W H H W W W
|----------|-5---------|----------|----------|------|
|-5--------|------7----|-5--------|-3--------|-5----|
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|-----------|----------|----------|------|
H H E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S S E H Q +E S S
|-5---------|-----------------------|------------------------|-----------------|
|------7----|---------5-------------|---------5--------------|------6--(6)-8-6-|
|-----------|--------------------5--|----------------------5-|-3---------------|
|-----------|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3---|-----------------|
|-3-|
H S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------8-7-5-------------|-----------------------|
|-5----------8-7-5-------|---------5-------------|
|------------------8-6-5-|--------------------5--|
|------------------------|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----|
E S S S E. E S S S S E H Q E E
|------------------------|------10--8----|
|---------5--------------|------------8--|
|------------------------|---------------|
|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-5-|-6-------------|
III The Stray Seed
$
H S S E S S E E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S S E
|------12-10-8---------||-----------------------|------------------------|
|-7------------12-10-8-||---------5-------------|---------5--------------|
|----------------------||--------------------5--|----------------------5-|
|----------------------||-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3---|
|-3-|
H Q +E S S H S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|------8-7-5-------------|
|------6--(6)-8-6-|-5----------8-7-5-------|
|-3---------------|------------------8-6-5-|
|-----------------|------------------------|
E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S S E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|---------5-------------|---------5--------------|
|--------------------5--|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-5-|
To Coda
H Q E E H S S E E E W
|------10--8---|------12-10-8------|----------|
|------------8-|-7------------12-8-|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|-6--------|
|-6------------|-------------------|----------|
W E S S S E. E S S S E.
|----------|--------------------------|
|----------|---------5----------------|
|-5--------|--------------------5-----|
|----------|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-------|
E S S S E. E S S S S E W W E S S S E. E S S S E.
|------------------------|----------|----------|------------------------|
|---------5--------------|----------|----------|---------5--------------|
|----------------------5-|-6--------|-8--------|--------------------5---|
|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3---|----------|----------|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-----|
D.S. al Coda
T T T T T T ~~
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q
|-15p7h8h10-15p7h8h10-14p7h8h10-14p7h8h10-12p7h8h10-12p7h8h10-7\--||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
&
|-3-|
H S S E E E E W
|------12-10-----------|------|
|-7----------12-10-7-8-|------|
|----------------------|-6----|
|----------------------|------|
W E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S E. E S S S S E W
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------|------|
|----------|---------5-------------|---------5--------------|------|
|-5--------|--------------------5--|----------------------5-|-6----|
|----------|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3----|-3-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3---|------|
IV Thorns
Q=160
W E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|----------||--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-8--------||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
3/4
S S S S Q +E S S Q Q. Q. Q Q S S S S S S S S 4x
|-----------------------|----------------|-----17-17-------15-15--------||
|-----------------------|-------------8--|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-11----10-------|-11--------15-15-------15-15-o||
|-8-8-8-8-8--(8)-8-8-8--|----------------|------------------------------||
2/4 4/4
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-8---------------|------|
|-----------------|-10-8------------|---12-10-9-10-12-|------|
|---------10-8----|------11-8-10-11-|-----------------|------|
|-8-10-11------11-|-----------------|-----------------|------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S Q +E S S Q
||--------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--(8)-8-8-8--|
3/4
Q. Q. Q Q S S S S S S S S
|----------------|-----17-17-------15-15--------||
|-------------8--|-----------------------------o||
|-11----10-------|-11--------15-15-------15-15-o||
|----------------|------------------------------||
4/4
E E Q H H +Q +E E
|--------------|----------------------|
|-10-----------|----------------------|
|--------------|-11----(11)--(11)-11--|
|--------------|----------------------|
E E Q H H H E E H Q E E H Q
|--------------|-----------|---------------|----------------|
|--------------|-8----9----|-10------------|----------------|
|-12-----------|-----------|-----------10--|-11--------11---|
|--------------|-----------|---------------|----------------|
E E H Q H H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-----------||----------------------------------|
|---------------|-8----9----||o---------------------------------|
|-12--------12--|-----------||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|---------------|-----------||----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----||
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S Q +E S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8--(8)-8-8-8---|
3/4 4/4
Q. Q. Q Q S S S S S S S S W +W
|----------------|-----17-17-------15-15-------|-----------|---------|
|-------------8--|-----------------------------|-15--------|-(15)----|
|-11----10-------|-11--------15-15-------15-15-|-13--------|-(13)----|
|----------------|-----------------------------|-----------|---------|
V Exodus
Q=115
~~~~~~~~~~
W +W W H +Q +Q
||----------|------------|-10--------|---------------------|
||----------|------------|--8--------|---------------------|
||-3--------|-(3)--------|-----------|-/10----(10)--(10)\--|
||----------|------------|-----------|---------------------|
Q H. +W W W
|----<5>------|-(5)--------|-8--------|-10----|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------|
|-3-----------|-(3)--------|----------|-------|
|-------------|------------|----------|-------|
W +W
1.
~~~~~~~~~~
Q H. +W W H +Q +Q
||-----<5>------|-(5)--------|-10--------|---------------------||
||o-------------|------------|--8--------|--------------------o||
||o-3-----------|-(3)--------|-----------|-10----(10)--(10)\--o||
||--------------|------------|-----------|---------------------||
W +W
2.
Q E E +H W W +W
|-----12s14-(14)----|-----------||-----------|--------|
|-13----------------|-15--------||o----------|--------|
|-11----------------|-13--------||o-3--------|-(3)----|
|-------------------|-----------||-----------|--------|
1. 2.
~~~
W H +H Q E E +H Q Q Q Q
|-10--------|------------------||-----12s14-(14)----|-----12s=13--------|
|--8--------|-----------------o||-13----------------|-15----------------|
|-----------|-/10----(10)\----o||-11----------------|-13----------13\---|
|-----------|------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
Q E E +H Q Q +H +W E E Q H
|-------------------|----10--(10)----|-(10)--------||--------------|
|----<5>------------|-----8---(8)----|--(8)--------||o-------------|
|-3------<3>-(3)----|----------------|-------------||o-3-3---------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------||--------------|
1. 2.
~~~~~~~~~~
W W H +Q +Q W W
|----------|-10--------|---------------------||-8--------|-10----|
|----------|--8--------|--------------------o||-6--------|--8----|
|----------|-----------|-10----(10)--(10)\--o||----------|-------|
|----------|-----------|---------------------||----------|-------|
1.
~~~~~~~~~~
E E Q H E E Q H W H +Q +Q
||--------------|-------------|-10--------|---------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|--8--------|--------------------o||
||o-3-3---------|-3-3---------|-----------|-10----(10)--(10)\--o||
||--------------|-------------|-----------|---------------------||
2.
Q E E +H Q Q Q Q
|-----12s14-(14)----|-----12s=13-------|
|-13----------------|-15---------------|
|-11----------------|-13----------10\--|
|-------------------|------------------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q
||-----------|---------------5--------------------|
||o-7--------|-7h8p7p5-5h7h8----------------------|
||o-5--------|-----------------8h10h12s13-(13)\---|
||-----------|------------------------------------|
~~ ~~~
H H H H E E E E +E E E E
|-12----14----|-9-----------|------------------10-9----|
|-10----------|-7-----------|----------12-(12)------12-|
|-------------|------/13----|----13-12-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-10-----------------------|
1.
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------------------------10-12-14-------14-17-19\----|
|-------------------10-12-14----------15-17--------------|
|----------10-12-13--------------------------------------|
|-10-12-13-----------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
Q E E +H Q E E +H
|-------------------|--------------------||
|-15--17s19-(19)----|-17--19s20-(20)----o||
|-------------------|-------------------o||
|-------------------|--------------------||
2. Q=145(8=s8)
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +Q Q E E +H
|----------------------------------14--------------------|-------------------|
|-15h17p15-14-------14h15p14-15-17-------------12-(12)\--|-15--17s19-(19)----|
|-------------17-15-------------------12-13-15-----------|-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
6/4
~~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q E E +H E E E E E q q q E E Q E E E E E q q q E E Q
|-------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|-17--19s20-(20)----||------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E q q q E E Q E E E E E q q q E E Q
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E q q q E E Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E q q q E E Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E q q q E E Q E E E E E q q q E E Q
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E q q q E E Q W H W H
|------------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|---------------|---------------*|
|------------------------|---------------|---------------*|
|------------------------|---------------|---------------*|
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
Artist: Dream Theater
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