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MIDNIGHT MOVER
As recorded by Accept
(From the 1985 Album METAL HEART)
Transcribed by Asmogriff (ComfortablyDumb)
Words and Music by P. Baltes, U. Dirkschneider, J. Fischer, W. Hoffmann, S. Kaufmann and Deaffy
Arranged by Accept
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist 2'
Intro
Q=145
C#5 F#5 C#5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
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|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||-----6-----6---6-|---6-----6-----6-|-------6------6---6-|---6-----6-----6--||---6---6---------|-6---6-----6-----|-----6---6----------|-6---6-------6----||-4-------4---4---|-------4-----4---|--4--------4----4---|-------4---4------||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------|
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| Gtr II| W H E E E E +H E E E E H Q E E|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|------------------||-----------------|---------------6-|-(6)---------11---6-|---------------9--||-----------------|---------------6-|-(6)---------11---6-|---------------9--||-----------------|---------------4-|-(4)----------9---4-|---------------7--||-----------------|---------4-2-0---|--------------------|------------------|
B5 C#5 C#5 PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-||-----6---6---------|--6----6-----6-----||--4--------4---4---|---------4-----4---||-------------------|-------------------|
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| +Q. H E +H E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-(9)-----4-------6-|-(6)-------------6-||-(9)-----4-------6-|-(6)-------------6-||-(7)-----2-------4-|-(4)-------------4-||-------------------|-----------4-2-0---|
F#5 C#5 C#5 E5
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||-------6------6---6-|---6-----6-----6--||-----6---6----------|-6---6-------6----||--4--------4----4---|-------4---4------||--------------------|------------------|
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| +H E E E E Q E E Q E E|--------------------|------------------||--------------------|------------------||-(6)---------11---6-|-------6-------9--||-(6)---------11---6-|-------6-------9--||-(4)----------9---4-|-------4-------7--||--------------------|------------------|
B5 A5 C#5 PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-||-----6---6---------|--6----6-----6-----||--4--------4---4---|---------4-----4---||-------------------|-------------------|
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| +Q. H E +H E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-(9)-------------2-|-(2)-------------6-||-(9)-----9-------2-|-(2)-------------6-||-(7)-----9-------0-|-(0)-------------4-||---------7---------|-----------4-2-0---|
F#5 C#5 E5
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-------6------6---6-|------6-----6-----6--||-----6---6----------|--6-----6-------6----||--4--------4----4---|----------4---4------||--------------------|---------------------|
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| +H E E E E +H.. E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-(6)---------11---6-|-(6)--------------9--||-(6)---------11---6-|-(6)--------------9--||-(4)----------9---4-|-(4)--------------7--||--------------------|---------------------|
B5 C#5 C#5 PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-||-----6---6---------|--6----6-----6-----||--4--------4---4---|---------4-----4---||-------------------|-------------------|
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| +Q. H E +H E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-(9)-------------6-|-(6)-------------6-||-(9)-----9-------6-|-(6)-------------6-||-(7)-----9-------4-|-(4)-------------4-||---------7---------|-----------4-2-0---|
F#5 C#5 E5
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-------6------6---6-|------6-----6-----6--||-----6---6----------|--6-----6-------6----||--4--------4----4---|----------4---4------||--------------------|---------------------|
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| +H E E E E +H.. E|--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||-(6)---------11---6-|-(6)--------------9--||-(6)---------11---6-|-(6)--------------9--||-(4)----------9---4-|-(4)--------------7--||--------------------|---------------------|
Verse
B5 A5
PM-----------| PM--|
E E E E E E E E +H E E E E +H Q. E +E E E E q Q|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||-------------------||-------------------|----------------|-----------------||o------------------||-------6-----6-----|------------6---|-----------------||-------------------||-----6-----6---6---|--------------6-|-(6)-------------||----------1-2------||--4------4-------0-|-(0)------4-----|--------/xS==[4]-||o-(4)-2-4----------||-------------------|--------4-------|-----------------||-------------------|
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| +Q. H E +W +W W|-------------------|----------------|-----------------||-------------------||-------------------|----------------|-----------------||o------------------||-(9)-------------2-|-(2)------------|-(2)-------------||-------------------||-(9)-----9-------2-|-(2)------------|-(2)-------------||-------------------||-(7)-----9-------0-|-(0)------------|-(0)-------------||o------------------||---------7---------|----------------|-----------------||-------------------|
B5 PM--| |-3-| Q E E +Q. E +E E E E E S S S E E|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||----4-4-(4)-------|-------------------------||----4-4-(4)-------|---------1-2-1h2p1-------||----2-2-(2)---[4]-|-(4)-2-4-----------4-[2]-||------------------|-------------------------|
$ F#5 PM--| +Q. E +Q. E +E E E E Q Q|-------------------|------------------||-------------------|------------------||-------------------|------------------||-------4-(4)-------|---------1-2------||-(2)---4-(4)---[4]-|-(4)-2-4----------||-------2-(2)-------|------------------|
B5 PM--| |-3-| Q E E +Q. E +E E E E E S S S E E|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||----4-4-(4)-------|-------------------------||----4-4-(4)-------|---------1-2-1h2p1-------||----2-2-(2)---[4]-|-(4)-2-4-----------4-[2]-||------------------|-------------------------|
1. 2.,D.S. F#5 F#5 A5 +Q. E +Q. E Q. Q. E E|----------------------||------------------||---------------------o||------------------||-------11-(11)--------||-------11----2-2--||-------11-(11)--------||-------11----2-2--||-(2)----9--(9)---[4]-o||-(2)----9----0-0--||----------------------||------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Esus4/C E5 A5B5 A5 B5
PM----| PM--|
+H. E E +H +E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E q q|--------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||--------------|-------------------|----------------|------------------||-(2)--------2-|-(2)----(2)-----9\-|------------2-4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-(2)--------2-|-(2)----(2)-----9\-|------------2-4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-(0)------0-3-|-(3)----(3)-5S7-7\-|---0-----0--0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0--2---||--------------|-------------------|-----2-2--------|------------------|
Chorus $$ To Coda B5C#5 E5 B5 A5 B5 PM--| E E E E Q. E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||-4-6---6-6------|----------------9-|-(9)-9-9-4-4----4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-4-6---6-6------|----------------9-|-(9)-9-9-4-4----4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-2-4---4-4----7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7----7-|-(7)-7-7-2-2----2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0--2---||--------------4-|-(4)-4-4-5-5------|------------------|------------------|
To Dbl. Coda C#5 A5 E5 B5 E E E E Q. E +W H.. E +H.. E|----------------|------------|-------------|---------------9------||----------------|------------|-------------|--------------12b14===||-4-6---6-6----2-|-(2)--------|-9-----------|----------------------||-4-6---6-6----2-|-(2)--------|-9---------9-|-(9)------------------||-2-4---4-4----0-|-(0)--------|-7---------9-|-(9)------------------||----------------|------------|-----------7-|-(7)------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W W H Q E E|----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------||----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------||----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------||----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------||----------------|------------|-------------|---------------4------||----------------|------------|-------------|----------------------|
Guitar Solo B5 ~~~~~~~~~~~ +Q E E H +E E E E +Q E E|--(9)\------------------|-------------------------------||-(12)r\---9-9-11b13-----|-(11)-11--------------------9--||----------9-9-11b13-----|-(11)-11-9------------------9--||------------------------|-----------11-(11)pb13--11-----||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| PM--|| +E E E E q Q Q E E +Q. E|------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|---------4--4--(4)-------------||------------1--2--------|---------4--4--(4)-------------||--(4)---2-4-------------|---------2--2--(2)---------[4]-||------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#5 ~~~~~~ Q Q E E E E E E E E +Q E S S|----------------------------|------------------------||------------9---------------|------------------------||--------9---9---------------|----------------------9-||-------11-----11------------|------------------11----||---------------------11-10--|--9--7------------------||----------------------------|-------9-9-(9)----------|
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| PM---|
| |-3-|| +E E E E E S S S E E +Q. H E|----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------1-2--1h2p1--------|---------4--------------||-(4)-2--4-------------4-[2]-|-(2)-----4--------[4]---||----------------------------|---------2--------------|
B5 PM---| |-3--|
E S S E E Q E E Q E E +Q +E S S S|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------------------9-||-[11]b13r11p9-[11]-9-[11]b13--9----|-----9-----------------------9---||--------------------------------11-|-11----11-(11)pb13--(11)-11------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| PM-------|
| +E E E E q Q Q E E +Q. E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----4--4--(4)-------------------||-------------------1---2-----------|-----4--4--(4)-------------------||--(4)-----2-----4------------------|-----2--2--(2)-----------[4]-----||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#5
|-3--| |-3--| |--3--|
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S E|-12b14---12-11-9----11-9----9------------------|-------------------------------------------||-----------------12------12---12p11p9----11p=9-|-----9---------------11p9--------------9---||--------------------------------------12-------|-12----12p11p9----11-11p9--------------9---||-----------------------------------------------|---------------11---------11-11-11-11------||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
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| PM---|| |-3--|
| +E E E E E S S S E E +Q. H E|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|------------------11-----------------------||---------------1-----2----1h2p=1---------------|------------------11-----------------------||-(4)---2--4-----------------------4------[2]---|-(2)---------------9------------------[4]--||-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Verse B5 PM--| E E E E q Q Q E E +Q. E|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------||------------------|----4-4-(4)-------||---------1-2------|----4-4-(4)-------||--4--2-4----------|----2-2-(2)---[4]-||------------------|------------------|
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| Q H E E H H|------------------|------------------||-(9)--------------|------------------||-(9)------------xS|=x----------------||------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda F#5 PM--| |-3-| +E E E E E S S S E E +Q. E +Q. E|-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||---------1-2-1h2p1-------|-------4-(4)--------||-(4)-2-4-----------4-[2]-|-(2)---4-(4)---[4]--||-------------------------|-------2-(2)--------|
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| W W|-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------|
& B5C#5 A5 A A/F# A/F# Gtr I E E E E Q. E +H H +W H H|-----------------|--------------|------------|------------||-----------------|--------^2----|-(2)--------|-2----^2----||-4-6---6-6-----2-|-(2)----^2----|-(2)--------|-2----^2----||-4-6---6-6-----2-|-(2)----^2----|-(2)--------|-2----^2----||-2-4---4-4-----0-|-(0)----^0----|-(0)--------|------------||-----------------|--------------|------------|-2----^2----|
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| Gtr II| H Q E E +W +W W|-----------------|--------------|------------|------------||-----------------|--------------|------------|-2----------||---------------2-|-(2)----------|-(2)--------|-2----------||---------------2-|-(2)----------|-(2)--------|-2----------||---------------0-|-(0)----------|-(0)--------|------------||-----------------|--------------|------------|-2----------|
Guitar Solo 2 C#5 F#5 C#5 \0.5 PM| +Q E E +E +E E E Q E E E E +E. S|--------4----(4)-(4)-----|---------------------------||-(2)----4b5==(4)r(4)-2---|--2---------11----(11)---9-||-(2)-------------------4-|------------11----(11)---9-||-(2)---------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|------0-0-0----------------||-(2)---------------------|---------------------------|
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| +Q H E E +H E E E E|-------------------------|---------------------------||-(2)---------------------|---------------------------||-(2)-------------------6-|-(6)--------11---------6---||-(2)-------------------6-|-(6)--------11---------6---||-----------------------4-|-(4)---------9---------4---||-(2)---------------------|---------------------------|
E5 B5 C#5 ~~~ H. E E +E E E E +E E E E|----------------|-----------------------||--------------9-|-(9)----9--------------||--------------9-|-(9)-11-9-8-(8)-9-8----||-11\------------|----------9-(9)---9-11-||----------[0]---|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------|
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| +H. E E +Q. H E|----------------|-----------------------||----------------|-----------------------||-(6)----------9-|-(9)------4----------6-||-(6)----------9-|-(9)------4----------6-||-(4)----------7-|-(7)------2----------4-||----------------|-----------------------|
C#5 F#5 C#5 +Q H E S S E E E S S E E E E|----------------------|------------------------------||----------------------|--9---------------------11b13-||--------------------9-|-----9------------------11b13-||-(11)------------11---|-------11-9-11-11-11-11-------||-------x\-------------|------------------------------||----------------------|------------------------------|
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| +H E E E E +H E E E E|----------------------|------------------------------||----------------------|------------------------------||--(6)-------------6---|-(6)--------------11-----6----||--(6)-------------6---|-(6)--------------11-----6----||--(4)-------------4---|-(4)---------------9-----4----||-----------4-2-0------|------------------------------|
E5 B5 C#5 +E. S E a E +E S S E E +Q. E +Q. E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-(11)------------------------9-----|--(9)\----12-----(12)\------------||-(11)-9-------------------9-11b13==|=(11)r\---14b16==(14)r\---16b18===||--------11-9h11-(11)-9h11----------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| +H. E E +Q. H E|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------||--(6)------------------------9-----|--(9)------4---------------6------||--(6)------------------------9-----|--(9)------4---------------6------||--(4)------------------------7-----|--(7)------2---------------4------||-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
C#5 C#5 F#5 C#5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM| PM| PM| PM| +Q E E +Q. S S E S S E S S E S S E S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------||--------17-----------------------|---------------------------||-(16)r-----16b18==(16)r\-----6-6-|-6-x-x-8-x-x-9--x-x-11-x-x-||---------------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------4-4-|-4-x-x-6-x-x-7--x-x--9-x-x-||---------------------------------|---------------------------|
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| +H E E E E H E E E E|---------------------------------|---------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------||--(6)------------------------6---|-6-------------11------6---||--(6)------------------------6---|-6-------------11------6---||--(4)------------------------4---|-4--------------9------4---||--------------------4----2-0-----|---------------------------|
E5 B5 C#5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------9-x-x-10S12-|-12--x-x-14-x-x-16-x-x-17S14----||--9--x-x-11-x-x-------------|--------------------------------||----------------6-x-x--7S=9-|--9--x-x-11-x-x-13-x-x-14S11----||--7--x-x--9-x-x-------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| +H. E E +Q. H E|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-(6)----------------------9-|-(9)--------4--------------6----||-(6)----------------------9-|-(9)--------4--------------6----||-(4)----------------------7-|-(7)--------2--------------4----||----------------------------|--------------------------------|
C#5 C#5 F#5 C#5
PM-|
|-3--|
S S E +E +E Q. S S E E E E a E S S S E E|-------14b16==(14)r(14)pb16==14r\-----12-12-|-12-9---9-11p9-12p11p9-11-12-||--x--x--------------------------------------|------9----------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||--x--x--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| +H E E E E H E E E E|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------||-(6)-----------------------------------6----|--6------------11----------6-||-(6)-----------------------------------6----|--6------------11----------6-||-(4)-----------------------------------4----|--4-------------9----------4-||------------------------------4---2-0-------|-----------------------------|
E5 B5 A5
TP TP TP TP TP TP
|--3--| |--3---| |--3--|
+E E E E +Q S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q|-(12)----14----------------------------|--------14---16-17-19-----||------14----[14]-(14)\--12S14-14-14-14-|-16--17-------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| +H. E E +Q. H E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------||--(6)--------------------------9-------|-(9)----------------------||--(6)--------------------------9-------|-(9)-------9----------7---||--(4)--------------------------7-------|-(7)-------9----------7---||---------------------------------------|-----------7----------5---|
A5 ~~~~ Q +E E +H +Q H.|-19b21===(19)r19pb21==(19)-------|-(19)r--x\------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------|
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| +Q Q E E E E +Q E E +Q E E|---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------||-(7)\----------------------7---7-|--(7)\-----7-(7)----7-||-(7)\----------------------7---7-|--(7)\-----7-(7)----7-||-(5)\----------------------5---5-|--(5)\-----5-(5)----5-|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda A5 B5 A5 B5 W W W|------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------|
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| PM--| PM--|
| +Q Q E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|----------------|------------------||------------------|-2-------2--2-4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-(7)\-------7---7-|-2-------2--2-4-|-(4)-------2--4---||-(7)\-------7---7-|-0-------0--0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0--2---||-(5)\-------5---5-|---2-2-2--------|------------------|
Out-Chorus && E5 B5 A5 B5 C#5 E5 PM--| E Q E +Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||---9--4-(4)----4-|-(4)-------2--4--|-4-6---6-6------|----------------9--||---9--4-(4)----4-|-(4)-------2--4--|-4-6---6-6------|----------------9--||---7--2-(2)----2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0--2--|-2-4---4-4----7-|-(7)-7-7-7-7----7--||-----------------|-----------------|--------------4-|-(4)-4-4-5-5-------|
B5 A5 B5 C#5 A5 PM--| +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q. E +W|------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------||------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------||-(9)-9-9-4-4----4-|-(4)-------2--4--|-4-6---6-6----2-|-(2)----||-(9)-9-9-4-4----4-|-(4)-------2--4--|-4-6---6-6----2-|-(2)----||-(7)-7-7-2-2----2-|-(2)-2-2-2-0--2--|-2-4---4-4----0-|-(0)----||------------------|-----------------|----------------|--------|
E5 B5 B5 C#5 W W H E E E E W|----------|----------|--------------|------*||----------|----------|--------------|------*||-9--------|-4--------|-4----------6-|------*||-9--------|-4--------|-4----------6-|------*||-7--------|-2--------|-2----------4-|------*||----------|----------|------4-2-0---|------*|
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
