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IMITATION OF LIFE
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING)
Transcribed by warlockmb & abysslord
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by warlockmb
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
Moderately Q=142
D C D
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM----| PM| PM
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E
||------------------|---------------------|||o-----------------|---------------------|||--7-----6---------|-8-----7---7-6h7p6---|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------8-|||o-----------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|
1.,2.,3. A Gsus2/A C F#m/A PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|---------------------|||-----------------|--------------------o|||-----------------|---------------------|||-7-----7-5-----5-|-8-----8-4-/5-4-/5---|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0-----o|||-----------------|---------------------||
Verse
4. Slower Q=110
C F#m/A F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E H +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 4x
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||-8-----8-4----|-(4)--------||--------------5---|-----------------3--|||-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)--------||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|||--------------|------------||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||
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| Gtr III| H H +W W W 4x|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||---------4----|-(4)--------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||---------2----|-(2)--------||------------------|--------------------||
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||--------------5---|-----------------3-|||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|
1. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||-------------5---|-----------------3--|||-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|||-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||
2. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +W E E E E E E S S S S|-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-------------5---|-----------------3-|-(3)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|-(1)--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|------------|---------------------|
Pre-Chorus Faster Q=236 F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
N.C. N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5
PM------------------------| PM PM
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W E E E E E E E E|------------------------------||-----------||------------------||-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----------------||------------------------------||-----------||--5s4-------------||------------------------------||-----------||--3s2---4s3-------||-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----0-2s1---3s2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------||------------0-1s0-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------------------||-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------||-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W|-----------------|------------------------------||-------||-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------||-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------||-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------||-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------||-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|||------------------|-----------------------||
$ F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
Pre-Chorus F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
To Coda
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W|-----------------|------------------------------||-------||-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------||-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------||-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------||-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------||-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|||------------------|-----------------------||
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
Bridge
Slower Q=164
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||------------------|---------9s10------|||o-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8-|
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|---------9s10-------|||-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8--||
Chorus F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||------------------|-----------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--||
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 Gtrs I, II PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
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| Gtr III| W W|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|
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| W H Q. E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|------------2s======7--||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
N.C. A5 G5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-----------7-------------5-------------||--0---0----5----0---0----3----0---0----|
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| T T T T T T| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM---------------------|
E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-4s===5--------------------------------||-2s===3---0----0----1---1----1----1----|
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| T T T T T| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p=||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5
PM---| PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-----------7--------------------5-------------------||-0----0----5------0------0------3------0------0-----|
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| T T T T T T T| S S S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-0-14p7p0-14p7p0-16p7p0-17p7p0-16p7p0-14p7p0-12p7p0-||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||--4s====5----------------------------||--2s====3-----0-----0------1-1-1-1---|
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| T T T T ~~| S T T S T T S T T S T T H|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-10p7p0-9p7p0-7p5p0-5p3p0-/3---------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||-------7--------5-------|-4s==5---------------------||--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|-2s==3---0-0--1--1-1---1---|
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| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|-5h7p5h7p5-8-(8)-7-5h7p5h7-||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------7--------5-------|--4s====5-------------------------------||--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|--2s====3-----0---0---1---1--1-----1----|
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| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S|------------------------|-10h12p10h12p10-/13-(13)-12-10h12p10h12-||------------------------|----------------------------------------||-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||--9s=====8------9s==8-------------9s===8--|----------------------------------------------||--7s=====6---0--7s==6--------0----7s===6--|--0------0---0-0--0---0--------0----0--0---0--|
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| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~| E +E E E +E +E +E +E E +E E E +E +E +E +E|-12b14r(12)p10h12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r(12)-|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-12b14r(12)p10h==12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r==(12)-||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5Bb5 D5 C#5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||---9s===8---9s8----12s==11-----|------------------------------------||---7s===6-0-7s6-0--10s===9-----|---0------0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----|
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|~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~| H. +E S S +H. +E S S|---------------------------/21-|-(21)b23==============(21)\---------||-/21b23-----------(21)\--0-----|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------0-/21-||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 PM PM E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--9s====8-----------9s====8-----------9s====8----||--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0-----7s====6----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----||----------21----------21----------21----------21-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM---------------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--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 S S|-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----||----------21----------21----------21----------21-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 Bb55B5 C#5 PM PM E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--9s====8-----------9s====8----------12s===11----||--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0----10s====9----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------19h21p19h21-19h21p19-------------21-||-19h21p19-------------------------21-19h21p19----||----------21-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|
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| ~~| S S S S S S S S H|-19h21p19h21-19h21h22----24---------||----------------------24------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
Chorus
Faster Q=234
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|
D.S. al Coda Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9-----12s11--------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----10s=9-12s11--|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-------10s=9-o|||------------------|-----------------------||
Outro
Slower Q=110 1.,2.,3. 4.
&
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5/F D5/A
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +H.. E
||------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------*|||o-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|--------------*|||------------------|--------------------||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|||--------------5---|-----------------3--||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||-4-4-5-2-4-4-------|--------------*|||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|--------------*|
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
