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The Dividing Line

Dark Tranquillity

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                      DARK TRANQUILLITY - THE DIVIDING LINE
                           From the Album - THE GALLERY
                            Version 1.0 - OCTOBER 2000

Transcribed by Pedro Guerrero 
E-mail address: pgl666@mixmail.com

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 b = full bend   \ = slide down   ah = artificial   x = muffled string
 h = hammer-on   / = slide up            harmonic 
 p = pull-off    M = palm mute    ~ = hold note

Intro:
(Fig.1)

|7-0-5-7-0-3-12-8-0-12-10-0-8-0-7-0-5-7-----12------10----------|
|---------------------------------------8-10--0-8-10--0-8-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Fig.2
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|2-2---2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2-2----|
|0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0-0---0-0----|
 . .   . .   . .   .   . .   . .   . .  palm muting

Fig.3
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|2-2---x---2-2---2-2---2-2-2---|
|0-0---x---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---|
 . .       . .   . .  

Fig.3 (gtr.2)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7\--7-7\--7/8--10\8--8\7--7-7\--7-7\--7/8--10-10\8--8\7-7|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr.2 plays fig.3 twice

Bridge to fig.4
|------------------|
|------------------|
|---------9--7--5--|
|-5--5/7-----------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
NOTE: Only gtr.2 does the slide to A, gtr.1 keeps G sounding

Fig.4
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-7-----------------------5--------|
|-7-7-5-7-7-----7-7-5-7-7-----7-7-5-7-7-------7-7-5----------|
|-----------5-7--------------------------5-7-----------------|

Fig.4 (gtr.2)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------4-------|
|-6-6-4-6-6-----6-6-4-6-6-5-7-6-6-4-6-6-------6-6-4--5-------|
|-7-7-5-7-7-----7-7-5-7-7-----7-7-5-7-7-------7-7-5----------|
|-----------5-7--------------------------5-7-----------------|


Fig.5 (oops... let the problems begin - corrections are welcome) ;)
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7-7----------------------------7-7-----5-5-3-----|
|-7-0-5-7-7-----8-8-10-8-7-5-7-0-5-7-0-3-5-----3-5-------5---|

All notes played with excessive palm muting

Fig.5 (cont.)
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------9-9--------------------------------9---|
|-9---7-9-9-----10-10-12-10-9-7---9---7-9----------|
|---7-------------------------------7------10------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

All notes played with a very slightly palm muting


Bridge to chorus (play with triplets)

    3           3         3
 --------    -------    -------
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-12-10-9----10-9-------9--------------|
|-----------------12------12-10----8---|
|--------------------------------------|

Fig.6 (chorus or something like that)... I'm not sure of this part
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------5p3---------------5p3---------------------------|
|-----7-7-7------5--7-7-7----------5--5-5-5--------2--(3)----|
|-5-5---------------------5-5---------------3-3-3--2--(3)----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
(chord in brackets is played the last time)

Fig.7 (gtr.1 - play this part staccatoed)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2---|
|-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0---|

Fig.7 (gtr.2 - play first time with excessive palm muting
           and play second time with a slight palm muting)
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------7-7---5-5-3-----|
|-7-0-5-7-0-3-5-----3-------5---|
|-------------------------------|

Fig.8 (gtr.1)
|-7-0-5-7-0-3-12-12-8-0-12-10-0-5-0-7-0-5-7-0-3-5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------2--2--2--2---|
|--------------------------------------------------2--2--2--2---|
|--------------------------------------------------0--0--0--0---|
						   .  .  .  . 	

Gtr.2 plays fig.8 with E5

Then play fig.4 - Gtr.2 while gtr.1 plays this: (well, not perfect) :)

|-----------------------------7--7h8--5h7--3h5--1h3--0---|
|-8h10--6h8--5--8h10--6h8--5-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

And play chorus again


SOLO (only the beginning, i couldn't play it whole... :():
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------T------------T-----T-----T-------------------------|
|-12b(13)-19-(13)r12~--17p12-19p12-15p12\7--7\5-5--7--5------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


Fig.9 (Tremolo picked)
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------8-------|
|----------7--------7-9-10---9-----|
|---7-9-10---9----0------------7---|
|-0------------7-------------------|
|----------------------------------|


Fig.9b (Tremolo picked)
|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------8------10~~-a.h-|
|----------7--------7-9-10---9-------------|
|---7-9-10---9----0------------7-----------|
|-0------------7---------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

Fig.9c (Gtr.1) Not sure about this part
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------8--------------------------------------10-11-10-6-8---|
|----------7---------------7-9-10---10-7-9-----------7------------7-9-10----------------|
|---7-9-10---10-9-10-9---0--------------------7-9-10---10-9-7-9-------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fig.9c (Gtr.2) Not sure about this part
|----------------------------7--------------------------------------------------|
|---------7-----------7-9-10---10-7-9-----------7----------7-9-10-10-11-10-6-8--|
|---6-8-9---9-8-9-------------------------6-8-9---9-8-6-8-----------------------|
|------------------4------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------------4---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Fill Fig. 9c
  T      T      T      T
|-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8-12p5h8--|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

Then play fig.9 and this is the last time:
|----------------|
|------------10--|
|---7-9-10-9-7---|
|-0--------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|

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