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GREEDY FLY
As recorded by Bush
(From the 1996 Album RAZORBLADE SUITCASE)
Words and Music by Gavin Rossdale
Bb F G#
6 8 8 7 x x 1 3 3 2 x x 4 6 6 5 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Lead riff) clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gavin (Rhythm) distorted'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Solo) w/octaver'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Lead fill)'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=112
Cm Cm
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--8----------------|-----------8--------|----------8--------||----8---8---8----8-|------8------8----8-|------8-----8----8-||------8---8--------|---11---11-----11---|----8---8----------||-10-----------10---|-9------------------|-10-----------10---||-------------------|--------------------|-------------------||-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Cm Cm7/B E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------8--------||-----------8--------|-----------8----------|||------8------8----8-||o------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-o|||---11---11-----11---||-----8---8----------|---11---11------8-----|||-9------------------||--10-----------10---|-9--------------------|||--------------------||o-------------------|---------------------o|||--------------------||--------------------|----------------------||
C5 CmC5 Ab5 Gtr II E E E E q E E E E q E E q||----------------------|------------------||||o---------------------|-----------------o||||-----5--5-3--5--------|------------------||||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--o||||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---||
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| Gtr I| E E E E q E E E E q H||----------------------|------------------||||o---------------------|-----------------o||||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------||||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------||||o---------------------|------11---------o||||----------------------|------------------||
Verse 1 C5 CmC5 Ab5 E E E E q E E E E q E E q 4x||----------------------|------------------||||o---------------------|-----------------o||||-----5--5-3--5--------|------------------||||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--o||||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---||
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| E E E E q E E E E q H 4x||----------------------|------------------||||o---------------------|-----------------o||||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------||||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------||||o---------------------|------11---------o||||----------------------|------------------||
C5 CmC5 Ab5 Gtr II E E E E q E E E E q E E q|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||----5-5-3-5--------|---------------------||----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----||----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----||---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4----|
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------8--------|-----------8---------||------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-||----8---8----------|---11---11------8----||-10-----------10---|-9-------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
C5 CmC5 Ab5 E E E E q E E E E q E E q|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||----5-5-3-5--------|----------------------||----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6-----||----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6-----||---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4-----|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------8--------|-----------8----------||------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11--||----8---8----------|---11---11------8-----||-10-----------10---|-9--------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------|
Verse 2 C5 CmC5 Ab5 E E E E q E E E E q E E q||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||-----5--5-3--5--------|-----------------|||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4--|
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| E E E E q E E E E q H||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8---------|||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10---------|||o---------------------|------11---------|||----------------------|-----------------|
C5 CmC5 Ab5 E E E E q E E E E q E E q|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||----5--5-3--5--------|-----------------||----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--||----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--||----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4--|
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| E E E E q E E E E q H|---------------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------||----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8---------||---10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10---------||---------------------|------11---------||---------------------|-----------------|
C5 CmC5 Ab5 E E E E q E E E E q E E q|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||----5--5-3--5--------|------------------||----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---|
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| E E E E q E E E E q H|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------||---10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------||---------------------|------11----------||---------------------|------------------|
C5 CmC5 Ab5 Gtr II E E E E q E E E E q E E q|-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|---------------------|||----5-5-3-5--------|---------------------|||----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----|||----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----|||---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4----||
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------8--------|-----------8---------|||------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-|||----8---8----------|---11---11------8----|||-10-----------10---|-9-------------------|||-------------------|---------------------|||-------------------|---------------------||
Pre-Chorus Cm Ab Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8-------|-------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM--------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|-------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|-------------------------||--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Cm Ab E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8-------|--------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|--------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|--------------------------||--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
Cm Ab E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8-------|-------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-||-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|-------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|-------------------------||--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------7--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-||--4----------------------|-------------------------||--5-----4--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-||--5----------------------|-------------------------||--3----------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Cm Ab E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8-------|--------------------------||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--||-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM--------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|--------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|--------------------------||--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--------||-------------------------|--------------------------||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb Gtrs II, IV E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|
Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|
Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|
1. Bb F Ab N.C. Bb F Ab E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------|-------------------||-----------------|----------|-------------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|----------|-7-7s2-2-2s5---5-5-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6---6-6-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6---6-6-||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|----------|-6-6s1-1-1s4---4-4-|
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| Gtr II| W W H E S S E E|-----------------|----------|-------------------||-----------------|----------|-------------------||-----------------|----------|-4---------4-4-4-5-||-----------------|----------|-------------------||-----------------|----------|-------------------||-----------------|----------|-------------------|
C5 CmC5 Ab5 +W E E E E q E E E E q E E q|---------------------||------------------|---------------||---------------------||------------------|---------------||-(5)-----------------||-----5-5-3-5------|---------------||-(6)-----------------||-----5-5-5-5--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--||-(6)-----------------||-----3-3-3-3--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--||-(4)-----------------||--------------4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4--|
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| ~~~| E E Q +E E +Q W W|-------8--(8)-8-(8)--||-(8)--------------|---------------||---------------------||------------------|---------------||--4----5--(5)-5-(5)--||--5---------------|---------------||---------------------||------------------|---------------||---------------------||------------------|---------------||---------------------||------------------|---------------|
E E E E q E E E E q E E q|----------------|----------------|||----------------|---------------o|||---5-5-3-5------|----------------|||---5-5-5-5--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6---|||---3-3-3-3--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--o|||------------4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4---||
Interlude 2. Bb F Ab F Ab F Fm Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|----------------||---8-------8-------|---8-------8---------|||-----------------|----------------||-----9-9-----------|-----9-9-------------|||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2--||-------------10-10-|-------------10-10\--|||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3--||-------------------|---------------------|||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3--||-------------------|---------------------|||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1--||-------------------|---------------------||
Chorus $ Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb Gtrs II, IV 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7--||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6--|
To Coda Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7--||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6--|
F Ab N.C. Bb F Ab E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E +W|-----------------|----------|-----------------|--------|||-----------------|----------|-----------------|--------|||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|----------|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|-(5)----|||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-(6)----|||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-(6)----|||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|----------|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|-(4)----||
Guitar Solo C5 Eb5D5 C5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5 Gtr II W E E E E +Q Q W E E E E +Q Q|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-10--------|-13s12-10-6-(6)--6--|-10-----------|-13s=12-10--6-(6)--6---||--8--------|-11s10--8-4-(4)--4--|--8-----------|-11s=10--8--4-(4)--4---|
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| Gtr III| ~~~| W W H Q Q +Q H.|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|-----------8--|-(8)----(8)------------||-----------|--------------------|-------10-----|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------||-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
C5 Gtr III ~~~~ H Q E E H +Q +E E|---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------||------------10-|--10b12----(10)--(10)r(10)-||---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr II| W +W|---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------||---------------|---------------------------||-10------------|-(10)----------------------||--8------------|--(8)----------------------|
H Q E E H. +E S S|-----------------|--------------------------||--------------11-|-(11)b13r=====(11)-(11)---||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------|
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| +W +W|-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-----------------|--------------------------||-(10)------------|-(10)---------------------||--(8)------------|--(8)---------------------|
C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5 Gtr II W E E E E +Q Q|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------||-10------------------------------------|--13s=12-10-6-(6)---6-------||--8------------------------------------|--11s=10--8-4-(4)---4-------|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~| E Q E Q E E +E E E E +Q E E|--8------(8)---8------(8)---8------(8)-|--(8)--8---------------8b10-||-11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)-|-(11)----11--------11-11----||---------------------------------------|------------8-(8)---8-------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5 W E E E E +Q Q|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||--10------------------------------------|--13s=12------10--6-(6)---6-----||---8------------------------------------|--11s=10-------8--4-(4)---4-----|
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| ~~~~~~| +E Q E Q E E +E E E E +Q Q|--(8)b10r=(8)---8------(8)---8------(8)-|--(8)--8------(8)--------11b13--||-(11)----(11)--11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)-|-(11)-11pb13r(11)--------11b13--||----------------------------------------|------------------8-(8)---------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5 W E E E E +Q Q|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||--10---------------------------|--13s====12-10---6--(6)-------6--||---8---------------------------|--11s====10--8---4--(4)-------4--|
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| E E H +E E Q. +E E Q.|-(11)b13-11-(11)b13----(11)-11-|-(11)b13-------(11)-----11b12----||-(11)b13-11-(11)b13----(11)-11-|-(11)b13-------(11)-----11b12----||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Bb FAb F AF Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +Q +H +Q +Q +H. +W|-(11)b13--(11)r===(11)r=|=(11)--(11)------|-(11)------|||-(11)-----(11)----(11)--|-(11)--(11)------|-(11)------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
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| Gtr II| W +W +W|------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||--10--------------------|-(10)------------|-(10)------|||---8--------------------|--(8)------------|--(8)------||
Interlude D.S. al Coda Bb F Ab N.C. Gtrs II, IV E E E E E E E E W 3x||------------------|--------||||o-----------------|-------o||||--7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|--------||||--8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|--------||||o-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-------o||||--6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|--------||
& F Ab F Ab F Bb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|
F Ab E E E E E E E E E E Q H|-----------------|-------------*||-----------------|-------------*||-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|-5-5-5-------*||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-6-6-6-------*||-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-6-6-6-------*||-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|-4-4-4-------*|
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
