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VORTEX
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1997 Album CRYPTIC WRITINGS)
Transcribed by unregistered
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
B5/G
3 x 4 4 x x
A5
x 0 2 2 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=180
B5
4/4
Gtr II
E E Q H W
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/ /
Gtr I |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----4-----3-----|-2h3p2-0-2-0-------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-------------4-2-0-||-----------------|-------------------|
W W
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------------------||-----------------|---------------------------||-----4-----3-----|-3p2p0-4p2p0---------------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-------------3p2p0-4p2p0---||-----------------|---------------------------|
E E Q H W W W
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/ /
PM--------------|
|-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 E|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----4-----3-----|-2h3p2-0-2-0-------|-----------------|-----------2-----||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-------------4-2-0-|-2---------5-4-2-|-5-----------5-4-||-----------------|-------------------|---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-------|
B5
Gtr II
W +W
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/ /
Gtr I |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----4-----3-----|--2h3p2-0-2-0-------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|--------------4-2-0-||-----------------|--------------------|
B5/G A5
W W
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/ /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----4-----3-----|-3p2p0-4p2p0--------------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-------------3p2p0-4p2p0--||-----------------|--------------------------|
B5
W +W W W
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/ /
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------|
|-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 E|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----4-----3-----|--2h3p2-0-2-0-------|-----------------|-----------2-----||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|--------------4-2-0-|-2---------5-4-2-|-5-----------5-4-||-----------------|--------------------|---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-------|
Verse
B5 D5 G5 F#5 F5
Gtrs I, II
PM------------|
W W W E E E E E E E E||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------|||o----------|----------|----------|-----------------|||--4--------|-7--------|----------|-----------------|||--4--------|-7--------|-5--------|-----------------|||o-2--------|-5--------|-5--------|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-|||-----------|----------|-3--------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-|
B5 D5 G5 F#5 F5
PM------------|
W H. +Q H. +Q E E E E E E E E|----------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||----------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||-4--------|-7-------(7)/--|-12-------(12)\--|------------------||-4--------|-7-------(7)/--|-12-------(12)\--|------------------||-2--------|-5-------(5)/--|-10-------(10)\--|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--||----------|---------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|
B5 D5 G5 F#5 F5
PM------------|
W W W E E E E E E E E|----------|----------|----------|------------------||----------|----------|----------|------------------||-4--------|-7--------|----------|------------------||-4--------|-7--------|-5--------|------------------||-2--------|-5--------|-5--------|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--||----------|----------|-3--------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|
B5 D5 G5 F#5 F5
PM------------|
W H. +Q H. +Q E E E E E E E E|----------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||----------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||-4--------|-7-------(7)/--|-12-------(12)\--|------------------||-4--------|-7-------(7)/--|-12-------(12)\--|------------------||-2--------|-5-------(5)/--|-10-------(10)\--|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--||----------|---------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--|
B5
Gtr II
W +W
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/ /
Gtr I |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----4-----3-----|--2h3p2-0-2-0-------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|--------------4-2-0-||-----------------|--------------------|
B5/G A5
W W
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/ /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----4-----3-----|-3p2p0-4p2p0--------------||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|-------------3p2p0-4p2p0--||-----------------|--------------------------|
1.
B5
W +W W W
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/ /
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------|
|-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 E|-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|-----------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|-----------------|------------------|||-----4-----3-----|--2h3p2-0-2-0-------|-----------------|-----------2------|||-2-2---2-2---2-2-|--------------4-2-0-|-2---------5-4-2-|-5-----------5-4-o|||-----------------|--------------------|---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5--------||
Bridge 2. Gtrs I, II PM----| PM----| PM| PM| PM PM PM| 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|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------||-2---------5-4-2-|-5---------------||o-----2-----0---1-|---1-----1p0------||---0-1-2-3-------|---2-3-4-5-4-3-2-||--0-0---0-0---0---|-0---0-0-----3p0--|
Bb5F5 PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------5--|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|---------3--3--|-----------------|------------------||-----2-----0---1-|---1-----1-----|-----2-----0---1-|---1-----1p0------||-0-0---0-0---0---|-0---0-0-------|-0-0---0-0---0---|-0---0-0-----3p0--|
1. 2. B5 PM| PM| PM PM PM| PM| PM| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E H E E E E E E E E H H|-----------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------||-----------------|--------------o||-----------------|-----------||-----------------|---------------||-----------------|-----------||-----------------|---------3-----||---------------3-|------3----||-----2-----0---1-|---1-----1----o||-----2-----0---1-|------1----||-0-0---0-0---0---|-0---0-0-1-----||-0-0---0-0---0---|------1----|
Interlude Q=180 E E E S S E E Q E E E E E S S E E||--------------------|-------------------|||o-------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-7-----------------|||------2h3p2---2-4/--|---7-5-3-5h6p5-3---|||o-2-5-------5-------|-----------------5-|||--------------------|-------------------|
F#5 F5
PM| PM PM------------------|
E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------|------------------|||-------------------|-----------------o|||-------------------|------------------|||-----5-------------|------------------|||---------3h4p3-----|-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-o|||-3-3---3-------6-3-|-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1--||
Guitar Solo
B5 Bm7
Gtr III
~~ PM---| ~~~~~~~~ PM------------|
H E E E E +Q E E E E S S E|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-/9-----9--9-9-9-|-(9)--9-9--9--9-9-7---||-----------------|--------------------9-||-----------------|----------------------|
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| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM----|
| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||--4----(4)-----7-|-(7)------(7)---------||--4----(4)-----7-|-(7)------(7)---------||--2----(2)-2-0---|--------------0-2---0-||-----------------|----------------------|
B5 Bm7 ~ ~ H S S E a E E E E H +Q|--------------------|-----------------------||--------------------|-----------------------||-7------------------|-----------------------||-------9--7---7-9-7-|-----------------------||------------9-------|--9\-5-----------------||--------------------|-------7--------(7)\---|
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| PM--| PM|| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|--------------------|-----------------------||--------------------|-----------------------||-4----(4)---------7-|-(7)------(7)----------||-4----(4)---------7-|-(7)------(7)----------||-2----(2)---2---0---|--------------0--2---0-||--------------------|-----------------------|
B5 Bm7 ~~ H E E E E +E +E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-/9-----9--7---7pb9r|=(7)b9-(7)-9-7--9--7-----||-------------9------|---------------------9-8-||--------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM| PM|| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--4----(4)-----7----|-(7)-----------(7)-------||--4----(4)-----7----|-(7)-----------(7)-------||--2----(2)-2-0------|-------------------0-2-0-||--------------------|-------------------------|
B5 A5 G5 G5 A5 E E E S S E E E a E +Q +Q E E q|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|-------------------7----||------------------------|-------------------7----||------------------------|----------------/9------||-7s5/-9s7p5--7--5-------|------------------------||------------------7-5h7-|-(7)---(7)\-------------|
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| PM PM PM--|| H +E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||-4----------(4)---------|------------------------||-4----------(4)---7---5-|--------5---7-----------||-2----------(2)---7---5-|--------5---7----0-2-0--||----------------0-5---3-|-----0--3---5-----------|
B5 Bm7
PM------------| ~~~~~~PM
Q Q +E E E E S S E a E E +E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||----7b7.5--(7)-------|---------------------7---||-9-------------9-9-9-|--9--7---7h9-7-(7)---7---||---------------------|-------9-----------9---9-||---------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM| PM--|| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|---------------------|-------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------||-4---------(4)-----7-|-(7)-----------(7)-------||-4---------(4)-----7-|-(7)-----------(7)-------||-2---------(2)-2-0---|-------------------0-2-0-||---------------------|-------------------------|
B5 Bm7 ~~~~~~~~~~~ Q Q +E +E E E +H S S S S S S S S|---------------------------|---------9h=10-9p7-9p7----7-||----------------------9b10-|-(9)-------------------10---||-7--9pb11===(9)r(9)p7------|----------------------------||-7-------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM-| PM--|
| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|---------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------||-4----------(4)-------7----|-(7)----(7)-----------------||-4----------(4)-------7----|-(7)----(7)-----------------||-2----------(2)--2--0------|---------------0---2----0---||---------------------------|----------------------------|
B5 Bm7 ~~~ 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 E +Q|-12p7-10p7-9p7----7--7------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------10-------7-10p7-9p7----7-|--8p=7----7------------------------||-----------------------------------10---|-------10---10p9-7----9----7-(7)---||----------------------------------------|-------------------9-----9---------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| PM--| PM|| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--4-----------------(4)-------------7---|-(7)-----------------(7)-----------||--4-----------------(4)-------------7---|-(7)-----------------(7)-----------||--2-----------------(2)----2---0--------|---------------------------0--2--0-||----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B5 A5 G5
|--3--| |---3----| |---3---|
+E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------------10-11-12---12b14-||---------10-12-10-11--12--------------------||-(7)\-11------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM| H +E E E E|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--4---------------(4)-----------------------||--4---------------(4)----------7----5-------||--2---------------(2)----------7----5-------||-------------------------0-----5----3-------|
G5 A5
|------3------| |----3-----|
+Q Q Q Q E E E|-(12)---12b14---12b14---12b14r==12b14-12---10-||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
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| PM PM---------|
| E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||--------------5-------7-----------------------||--------------5-------7-------0--2-------0----||------0-------3-------5-----------------------|
C#5 G5 C#5 Q +E +S +S +E E E E +W|--------------------------------9---9b11-|-(9)--------------||-12b14===(12)-(12)r(12)b14-(12)---9------|------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------|
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| PM| PM|| H E E E E +H +E E E E|-----------------------------------------|------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------||--6--------------------------6-----------|----------------6-||--6--------------------------6------5----|-(5)----(5)-----6-||--4--------------------------4------5----|-(5)----(5)-4-7-4-||--------------------------------4-4-3----|-(3)----(3)-------|
G5 C#5
~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H. +E E|-16s21----16-----------------------------|--------------------14b16===||-------17-------17----14---12------------|----------------------------||-------------18----13---------14-13---12-|-(12)----------(12)---------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| PM---| PM|| H E E E E +H +E E E E|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------||--6-----------------6--------------------|---------------------6------||--6-----------------6---------------5----|--(5)----(5)---------6------||--4-----------------4---------------5----|--(5)----(5)-4---7---4------||-------------------------4-----4----3----|--(3)----(3)----------------|
C#5 G5 C#5 ~~~~ +H E E E E +H E E E E|-(14)----14r=(14)p12-14b15==|=(14)----14r=(14)p12--------||----------------------------|---------------------14b17==||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| PM-| PM-|| H +E E E E +H +E E E E|----------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------||---6-----(6)----------------|----------------------6-----||---6-----(6)----------5-----|--(5)----(5)----------6-----||---4-----(4)----------5-----|--(5)----(5)---4---7--4-----||---------------4---4--3-----|--(3)----(3)----------------|
G5 A5 ~~ +Q +Q E E E E +Q. E H|--------------------------------------|-------------------||-(14)--(14)--14r=(14)-12b12.5---------|-------------------||------------------------------11pb13==|=(11)r==11---------||--------------------------------------|-----------14------||--------------------------------------|-------------------||--------------------------------------|-------------------|
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| PM-|| +H +E E E E H. q|--------------------------------------|-------------------||--------------------------------------|-------------------||--(6)--------(6)----------------------|-------------------||--(6)--------(6)---------------5------|---5-----------7---||--(4)--------(4)---------------5------|---5-----------7---||-------------------4---4-------3------|---3-----------5---|
C#5 G5 C#5
PM| PM| PM| PM-| ~~~
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
E E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E S S S S S E +Q|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---9h10p9p7-----9h10p9p7-----9h|=10p=9p7-----9h10p9p7-------9-(9)----||------------9-9----------9-9---|---------9-9-----------9--9----------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| PM----| PM|| H E E E E +H +E E E E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-6--------------6--------------|----------------------------------6--||-6--------------6------------5-|-(5)------------------(5)---------6--||-4--------------4------------5-|-(5)------------------(5)---4--7--4--||-------------------4-----4---3-|-(3)------------------(3)------------|
C#5 G5 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------------||---------9h10h12/-14h15h17p15-14h15p14----||---6h7h9-------------------------------16-||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| PM---|
| H E E E E|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||-6-----------------6----------------------||-6-----------------6-----------------5----||-4-----------------4-----------------5----||-------------------------4-----4-----3----|
C#5 S S S S S S S S E S S S S E|-----------14-17-14-16----14--------14-------14-------||-14h=15h17-------------17-----17b19----17b19----17b19-||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM------|
| +H +E E E E|------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------6----||-(5)----------------------(5)--------------------6----||-(5)----------------------(5)--4--------7--------4----||-(3)----------------------(3)-------------------------|
C#5 G5
|--3--|
E Q E +S S S S S S S E|-17-----17---19-----(19)-19-19-19-19------------||-20b22==20r--22b24==(22)-------------22r(22)-19-||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
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| PM------|
| H +E E E E|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||--6------------------(6)------------------------||--6------------------(6)----------------------5-||--4------------------(4)----------------------5-||-----------------------------4--------4-------3-|
C#5
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S E +E +E S S|-22p=19----22p19----22p19----22b24-(22)-(22)-22p19-||--------22-------22-------22-----------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
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| PM-|| +H +E E E E|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------6----||-(5)-------------------------(5)--------------6----||-(5)-------------------------(5)-----4----7---4----||-(3)-------------------------(3)-------------------|
G5
|------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-18--24-19----------------------------------------------------||-----------23-22p19----22p19----------------------------19-19-||--------------------21-------21-21pb23r(21)p19----19-21-------||-----------------------------------------------21-------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
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| PM---|
| +H +E E E E|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||-(6)----------------------------(6)---------------------------||-(6)----------------------------(6)----------------------5----||-(4)----------------------------(4)----------------------5----||---------------------------------------------4-----4-----3----|
C5 Bb5 +S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S|---------------------------------------19-19-22-||-(19)----------19h20p19-20h21h22-20h22----------||------22p21h22----------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
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| PM---| PM| E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||----------------------5-----------------3-------||----------------------3-----------------1-------||----------0-----3-----------------3-------------|
Outro ~~~~ Q +H +Q W|-22b24---(22)-------(22)\---|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------|
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| PM-------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||----------------------------|-----------------||-----------7------5---------|---6-------5-----||-------7--------7-----7---6-|-------6-----5---||--5-----------5-------------|-4---4---3-----3-|
W W|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------|
|
|-------------------| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------||---5-4-----4-----|---3-3-1-1-3------||-------4-------4-|---3-3-1-1-3---2--||-3-------2---2---|-1-----------0----|
A
3/4 4/4
PM------------------------------|
E E E E H +Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------|-------------||------------------|------------------||---------2----|-(2)---------||o-----------------|------------------||---------2----|-(2)------5--||------------------|------------------||-2-0-----2----|-(2)--5h7-5--||------7-----5-----|---6-------5------||-----2---0----|-(0)--5-7----||o---7-----7---7-6-|-------6-----5----||-------0------|-------------||--5-----5---------|-4---4---3-----3--|
A
3/4
PM----------------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H +Q E E Q 3x|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------2----|-(2)---------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------2----|-(2)------5---|||---5-4-----4-----|---3-3-1-1-3-----|-2-0-----2----|-(2)--5h7-5---|||-------4-------4-|---3-3-1-1-3---2-|-----2---0----|-(0)--5-7----o|||-3-------2---2---|-1-----------0---|-------0------|--------------||
4/4 Gtr III H. Q +H H|----------------------|------------------------||-12b14-----------12---|-(12)-------10b12-------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtrs I, II| PM--------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||----------------------|------------------------||---------7-----5------|------6-----------5-----||-------7-----7----7-6-|----------6---------5---||--5--------5----------|---4----4----3--------3-|
+Q H. H. Q|----------------------|------------------||-(10)---10------------|-9------------9---||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------|
|
|------------------------| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||------5--4------4-----|----3-3-1-1-3-----||------------4-------4-|----3-3-1-1-3---2-||---3----------2---2---|-1------------0---|
A 3/4 4/4 ~~ +H H +Q E E Q H. Q|-------------------|-----------8--|-16b17-----------16---||-(9)-------9b11----|-(9)--8-10----|----------------------||-------------------|--------------|----------------------||-------------------|--------------|----------------------||-------------------|--------------|----------------------||-------------------|--------------|----------------------|
|
| PM----------------|
| E E E E H +Q E E Q E E E E E E E E|-------------------|--------------|----------------------||-----------2-------|-(2)----------|----------------------||-----------2-------|-(2)-------5--|----------------------||--2--0-----2-------|-(2)--5h=7-5--|---------7-----5------||-------2---0-------|-(0)--5--7----|-------7-----7----7-6-||---------0---------|--------------|--5--------5----------|
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +H H +Q H. H. Q|-(16)-------14b15-------|-(14)---14------------|-13------------12---||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
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| PM--------------------------------------------| PM|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------------------------|----------------------|--------------------||------6-----------5-----|------5--4------4-----|-----3-3-1-1-3------||----------6---------5---|------------4-------4-|-----3-3-1-1-3----2-||---4----4----3--------3-|---3----------2---2---|--1-------------0---|
A A5
3/4 4/4
~~~~~~~~~~
|---3----|
Q +E S S +E +E E Q +Q +Q Q W|-12---(12)------------------------|------------------|-------------*||-----------13-15-(15)-(15)-13-----|------------------|-------------*||------------------------------14--|-(14)--(14)\------|-------------*||----------------------------------|------------------|-------------*||----------------------------------|------------------|-------------*||----------------------------------|------------------|-------------*|
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| Gtrs I, II| E E E E H +Q E E Q Q Q H|----------------------------------|------------------|-------------*||-------------------2--------------|--(2)-------------|-------------*||-------------------2--------------|--(2)----------5--|-------------*||--2-0--------------2--------------|--(2)----5h==7-5--|-7\----------*||--------2----------0--------------|--(0)----5---7----|-7\----------*||------------0---------------------|------------------|-5\----------*|
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
