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HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE
As recorded by AC/DC
(From the 1977 Album LET THERE BE ROCK)
Words and Music by Angus Young, Malcolm Young, Bon Scott
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Angus Young (Lead Guitar)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Malcolm Young (Rhythm Guitar)'
Intro
Q=128 1.,2.,3.
G5 D/F# G5 D/F# G5 A5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Q. E +Q Q +E E +Q Q Q W +W 4x
||--3----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-2-(2)--3--2--|----------|---------||||o-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)-3-(3)--3--3--|----------|--------o||||--0----2-(2)--0--|-(0)-2-(2)--0--2--|-2--------|-(2)-----||||--0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-0-(0)--0--0--|-2--------|-(2)-----||||o----------------|------------------|-0--------|-(0)----o||||--3----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-2-(2)--3--2--|----------|---------||
4. W +W +W +W|----------|------------|------------|--------||----------|------------|------------|--------||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||----------|------------|------------|--------|
Pre-Verse 1. A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A A7A Gtr I E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
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| Gtr II| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||||--------------------|----------------|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse 1 2. A7A A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E|--------------||--------------------|----------------||--------------||o-------------------|----------------||--------------||--------------------|----------------||-5-7-7-7------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---||-0-0-0-0------||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---||--------------||--------------------|----------------|
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| E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E|--------------||--------------------|----------------||--------------||o-------------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------||--------------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---||-0-0-0-0------||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---||--------------||--------------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4. A7A A7A A7A A7A E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----||-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
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| E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----||-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----||-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
Chorus D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 Gtrs I, II H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------||-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----||-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----||---------------|------------|----------|------------------||-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5 H. +E E +W H. +E E +W +W|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----||---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----||-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------(1)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-------(2)---|------------|--------||-0-------(0)---|------------|-0-------(0)-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
Pre-Verse 1. A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A A7A Gtr I E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
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| Gtr II| E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E H E E E E H||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||||o-------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------o||||--------------------|----------------|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---|-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---|-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||||--------------------|----------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse 2 2. A7A A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E|--------------||--------------------|----------------||--------------||o-------------------|----------------||--------------||--------------------|----------------||-5-7-7-7------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---||-0-0-0-0------||o-0---x-0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---||--------------||--------------------|----------------|
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| E E E E H E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E E E|--------------||--------------------|----------------||--------------||o-------------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------||--------------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------||--5-----4-(4)---5---|---4----5---4---||-0-0-0-0------||o-0-----0-(0)---0---|---0----0---0---||--------------||--------------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4. A7A A7A A7A A7A E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||-5-7-7-7------|-5-7-7-7-------||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----||-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
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| E E E E H E E E E H 4x E E E E +H E E E E +H|--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------||--------------|--------------o||----------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----||-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-2-2-------||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----||-0-0-0-0------|-0-0-0-0------o||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----||--------------|---------------||----------------|----------------|
Chorus D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 Gtrs I, II H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------||-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----||-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----||---------------|------------|----------|------------------||-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5 H. +E E +W H. +E E +W +W|---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----||---------------|------------|-------------3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----||-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------(1)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-------(2)---|------------|--------||-0-------(0)---|------------|-0-------(0)-3-|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
Guitar Solo A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 Gtr I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E E E E E E E E E +E T T T T T T T T T T T T|-----------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-(7)-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||-----------------|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||-----------------|-------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
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| Gtr II| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------------------||-----------------|-------------------------------------||-5-----4-----5---|---4------5----------4---------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-------0-------0-------||-----------------|-------------------------------------|
A ~~~~~~~~~~~~PM--| ~ |-3-| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E E +Q H +E S S S E E|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------------5-(5)b5.5---|-------------------------||-----------------------------------5-(5)b5.5---|-------------------7b9-7-||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---5-(5)b5.5---|-7-------(7)-0h5h7-------||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------|-------------------------||-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---------------|-------------------------|
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| PM----------| PM-----------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------||-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-||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 ~ ~~~~~~~~ |-3-| +Q E E +Q E E +E S S S S S S S E E E E|-------------------------|-------5---5-------------------||-------------------------|-------5-8-5---5---------------||-(7)---7b9-7-(7)---7b9-7-|-(7)-7-------7---5---7-5b5.5---||-------------------------|-------------------7---------7-||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| PM| PM-| PM--| PM--| PM PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||--5--------4-------5-----|-----4-------------5---4-------||--0--0-0---0--0--0-0---0-|--0--0---0---0-----0-0-0-----0-||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
A Q E E +E E E E|----------------------------------||--------8b10==(8)r-8b10-8b10-8b10-||----------------------------------||-7\-------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| PM------------|
| E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-2--2-2-2-------------------------||-2--2-2-2-------------------------||-0--0-0-0------0---0----0----0----||----------------------------------|
A ~~~~~ E Q. +E +E E S S|-------------------------x-x-x-||-8b10-8b10======(8)r(8)\-x-x-x-||-------------------------x-x-x-||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
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| PM--------|
| E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-2----2-----2-2----------------||-2----2-----2-2----------------||-0----0-----0-0--0---0---0-0---||-------------------------------|
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 E E Q E E Q E E Q E Q E|-x-----------------------|--------------------------||-x-10-10\-------10-10\---|-----10-10\---/10-10---12-||-x----------/11----------|-/11----------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM--| PM-| PM PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-5--------4---------5----|------4---------5----4----||-0--0--0--0---0--0--0--0-|---0--0--0--0---0--0-0--0-||-------------------------|--------------------------|
A ~~ ~~ +Q Q +E E E E +Q E E +E E E E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-(12)---12---(12)r12\---13b15==|=(13)r---13-10-(10)-10\---15b17-||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| PM-------| PM-------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||---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----||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A7 A6 A7 ~~~~ +Q +Q +Q E +S S|---------------------------------||-(15)---(15)---(15)---15r(15)p13-||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------|
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| PM| PM-| PM| E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---5---------4---------5---------||---0--0---0--0---0--0--0---0-----||---------------------------------|
A6 A7 A6 Q E E +E E E E|---------15--------------15--------------||-15b17------15b17==(15)r----15b17-15b17==||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| PM PM| PM PM| E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-------4-------------5-------4-----------||--0----0--0--0-------0----0--0-----0-----||-----------------------------------------|
A ~~~~ ~~~~~~ +Q. +E +E Q E H +E +E E E|---------------------------15-|---------------------------15b17==||-(15)-----(15)r(15)-15b17-----|-15b17========(15)r(15)\----------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| E E E E +H E E E E +H|------------------------------|----------------------------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------||---2--2-2---2---(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)----------------||------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A +Q E E +E +E +E E|-(15)r---15b17-15b17==(15)-(15)r(15)-----||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------(0)-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| E E E E +H|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||---2---2--2-----2------(2)---------------||---2---2--2-----2------(2)---------------||---0---0--0-----0------(0)---------------||-----------------------------------------|
H.=H 2/4 Q E E +H +W W H|-15b17---15b17-15b17==(15)----|-(15)r--------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
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| E E E E +H +W +W +H|------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------||--2----2--2-----2------(2)----|--(2)---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||--2----2--2-----2------(2)----|--(2)---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||--0----0--0-----0------(0)----|--(0)---------|-(0)--------|-(0)----||------------------------------|--------------|------------|--------|
Chorus D5 G5 D5 G5 D5 4/4 Gtrs I, II H. +E E +W W E E E E +E Q.|-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------||-3-------(3)-3-|-(3)--------|-3--------|-3-3-3-3-(3)-3----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-2----||-0-------(0)-0-|-(0)--------|-0--------|-0-0-0-0-(0)-0----||---------------|------------|----------|------------------||-------------3-|-(3)--------|----------|-3-3-3-3-(3)------|
E A5 E G5 H. +E E +W H. E E +W|---------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----||---------------|------------|-----------3-|-(3)----||-1-------(1)-2-|-(2)--------|-1-------0-0-|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-2-|-(2)--------|-2-------0-0-|-(0)----||-2-------(2)-0-|-(0)--------|-2-----------|--------||-0-------(0)---|------------|-0---------3-|-(3)----|
Outro
Q=128 1.,2.,3.
A7 A6 A7 A6 A7 A6 A7A5 A7A5
Gtr I
PM| 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 4x||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||--5-----4-----5---|---4-----5---4---|-5-7-7-7---------|-5-7-7-7-----------||||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
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| Gtr II
| PM| 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 4x||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2-----------||||--5-----4-----5---|---4-----5---4---|-2-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2-2-----------||||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
4. A7A5 A7A5 E E E E +H E E E E +H|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----||----------------|----------------|
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| E E E E +H E E E E +H|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------||-2-2-2-2-(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)----||----------------|----------------|
rall. Q=80 a tempo Q=128 A7A5 A7A5 E E E E +H E E E E +H +H. +E S S E E Q H|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*||----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*||----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*||-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-5-7-7-7-(7)----|-(7)------(7)-7-7-|-7-----------*||-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-0-0-0-0-(0)----|-(0)------(0)-0-0-|-0-----------*||----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
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| E E E E +H E E E E +H +H. +E S S E E Q H|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*||----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*||-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-2-2-2-2-(2)----|-(2)------(2)-2-2-|-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-----------*||----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------*|
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
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