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FAKE HEALER
As recorded by Metal Church
(From the 1989 Album BLESSING IN DISGUISE)
Transcribed by Wilfried
Words by Vanderhoof Music by Wells / Vanderhoof
G5
5 5 x x x x Eb5
1 1 x x x x Bb5
x 1 3 x x x F5
3 3 x x x x
Bb5(type 2)
8 8 x x x x A5
7 7 x x x x G#5
6 6 x x x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'guit.1'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'guit.2 (+ harmonies solos)'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'rythmique solo'
Intro
Q=105
D5 F5 E5D5C5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q||----------------------|--------------|||o---------------------|--------------|||----------------------|--------------|||--7---------7---7-7-7-|-10-9-7-5-5-5-|||o-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--8-7-5-3-3-3-|||------0-0-0-----0-0-0-|--------------|
D5 F5 E5F5 G5 C5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------------|-----------------|||---------------------|----------------o|||---------------------|-----------------|||-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|-10-9-10-12-5-5--|||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--8-7--8-10-3-3-o|||-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|-----------------||
Main Riff (Intro, Chorus) D5 C5D5 C5D5 Gtr I W +W S S E S S S S S S E S S S S|----------|------------||------------------------------||----------|------------||o-----------------------------||----------|------------||------------------------------||-7--------|-(7)--------||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------||-5--------|-(5)--------||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------||----------|------------||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtr II| W +W S S E S S S S S S E S S S S|----------|------------||------------------------------||----------|------------||o-----------------------------||----------|------------||------------------------------||-7--------|-(7)--------||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------||-5--------|-(5)--------||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------||----------|------------||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|
C5D5 D5E5 E5F5 G5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------5-7-7-|-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12-||-------------------------3-5-5-|-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------0-0-0-0------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------5-7-7-|-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5-||-------------------------3-5-5-|-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------0-0-0-0------------------|
N.C. 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|----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
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| 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|----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
Verse 1 C5D5 Gtrs I, II S S E 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||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|||--5-7-7-------------------------|---------------------------------|||o-3-5-5-------------------------|---------------------------------|||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x|----------|----------------------------------|||----------|---------------------------------o|||----------|----------------------------------|||-3--------|----------------------------------|||-1--------|-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------o|||----------|-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1--||
Chorus C5D5 C5D5 C5D5 Gtr I S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7-|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5-|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
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| Gtr II| S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7-|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5-|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E5 E5F5 G5 S S E S S S S S S E S S E|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12---||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10---||-------0-0-0-0--------------------|
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| S S E S S S S S S E S S E|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5---||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7---||-------0-0-0-0--------------------|
N.C. Gtrs I, II 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|----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
Verse 2 C5D5 S S E 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||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|---------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|||--5-7-7-------------------------|---------------------------------|||o-3-5-5-------------------------|---------------------------------|||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Bb5 W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x|----------|----------------------------------|||----------|---------------------------------o|||----------|----------------------------------|||-3--------|----------------------------------|||-1--------|-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------o|||----------|-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1--||
Chorus C5D5 C5D5 C5D5 Gtr I S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7-|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5-|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
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| Gtr II| S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7-|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5-|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
E5 F5 G5 S S E S S S S S S E S S E|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12---||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10---||-------0-0-0-0--------------------|
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| S S E S S S S S S E S S E|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5---||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7---||-------0-0-0-0--------------------|
Gtrs I, II 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|----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||----------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------o||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
Interlude B#5 C5 Bb5 D#5 W W W E E E E E E E E|----------|----------|----------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------|-----------------||----------|----------|----------|-----------------||-3--------|-5--------|-3--------|-----------------||-1--------|-3--------|-1--------|-----1-----1---1-||----------|----------|----------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Solo
G5 Eb5
Gtr III
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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, II S E S E S E S S S Q S E S E S E S S S Q||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------3-----------------------|----------------------------------o||||----3---------5-3---5-3-----------|---0-----3---1-0---1-0-------------||||--5-----5---------------5---------|-1-----1---------------1-----------||||o-------------------------5-------|-------------------------1--------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| Gtr II| S E S E S E S S S Q S E S E S E S S S Q||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---3-----6---4-3---4-3-----------|---------3------------------------o||||--3-----3---------------3---------|---3---------5-3---5-3-------------||||--------------------------3-------|-5-----5---------------5-----------||||o---------------------------------|-------------------------5--------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 G5 Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5e 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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x W||-----------------------------------||-15--------------------------------|||o-----------------6-6-6-6---------o||--8--------------------------------|||--7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5--||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
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| ~~| Q Q Q Q 4x W||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|||------------------3----------------||--7--------------------------------|||------------------3----------------||-----------------------------------|||o-----------------1---------------o||--5--------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
G5 Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5eG5)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W|-18-------------------------------||--6-------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-10-------------------------------||----------------------------------||--8-------------------------------||----------------------------------|
Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5eG5) Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5e 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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W W|-17-------------------------------|-16-------------------------------||--5-------------------------------|--4-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W W|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||--9-------------------------------|--8-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||--7-------------------------------|--6-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5 Eb5
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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
S E S E S E S S S Q S E S E S E S S S Q||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---------3-----------------------|----------------------------------o||||----3---------5-3---5-3-----------|---0-----3---1-0---1-0-------------||||--5-----5---------------5---------|-1-----1---------------1-----------||||o-------------------------5-------|-------------------------1--------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| S E S E S E S S S Q S E S E S E S S S Q||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||||o---3-----6---4-3---4-3-----------|---------3------------------------o||||--3-----3---------------3---------|---3---------5-3---5-3-------------||||--------------------------3-------|-5-----5---------------5-----------||||o---------------------------------|-------------------------5--------o||||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
G5 Eb5 Bb5 F5 G5 Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5e 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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x W||-----------------------------------||-15--------------------------------|||o-----------------6-6-6-6---------o||--8--------------------------------|||--7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3---------5-5-5-5--||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
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| ~~| Q Q Q Q 4x W||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------o||-----------------------------------|||------------------3----------------||--7--------------------------------|||------------------3----------------||-----------------------------------|||o-----------------1---------------o||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
G5 Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5eG5)
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W|-18-------------------------------||--6-------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-10-------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5eG5) Bb5(typeG5BbA5G#G5BbA5G#5e 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
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ W W|-17-------------------------------|-16-------------------------------||--5-------------------------------|--4-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| W W|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||--9-------------------------------|--8-------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-|
C5D5 C5D5 C5D5 S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7-|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5-|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
D5E5 E5F5 F5 Gtr I S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
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| Gtr II| S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Verse 3 C5D5 Gtrs I, II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------||--------------------------------||---------------------------------||o-------------------------------||---------------------------------||--------------------------------||---------------------------------||--5-7-7-------------------------||-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------||o-3-5-5-------------------------||-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-||--------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|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
Bb5 W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x|----------|----------------------------------|||----------|---------------------------------o|||----------|----------------------------------|||-3--------|----------------------------------|||-1--------|-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------o|||----------|-----------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1--||
Chorus C5D5 C5D5 C5D5 Gtr I S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7--|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5--|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
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| Gtr II| S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7--|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5--|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
D5E5 E5F5 G5 S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
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| S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Outro solo C5D5 C5D5 C5D5 Gtrs I, II S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--5-7-7---------5-7-7---------|-------------------------5-7-7--|||o-3-5-5---------3-5-5---------|-------------------------3-5-5--|||--------0-0-0-0-------0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
D5E5 E5F5 G5 Gtr I S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-9-9---------9-10-10-10-12-12-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8-10-10-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
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| Gtr II| S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x|--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||--------------------------------|---------------------------------o|||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-7-5-5---------5--7--7--7--5--5-|----------------------------------|||-5-7-7---------7--8--8--8--7--7-|---------------------------------o|||-------0-0-0-0------------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
Gtrs I, II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x W||-----------------------------------||------|||o---------------------------------o||------|||-----------------------------------||------|||-----------------------------------||------|||o-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------o||-0----|||------------3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1--||-0----|
End
D5 F5 E5D5C5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q||----------------------|--------------|||o---------------------|--------------|||----------------------|--------------|||--7---------7---7-7-7-|-10-9-7-5-5-5-|||o-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--8-7-5-3-3-3-|||------0-0-0-----0-0-0-|--------------|
D5 F5 E5F5 G5 C5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------------------|------------------|||---------------------|-----------------o|||---------------------|------------------|||-7---7-7-7-7---7-7-7-|-10-9-10-12-5-5---|||-5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|--8-7--8-10-3-3--o|||-----0-0-0-----0-0-0-|------------------||
D5 W +W|----------|--------*||----------|--------*||----------|--------*||-7--------|-(7)----*||-5--------|-(5)----*||----------|--------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
