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WALKING IN THE AIR
As recorded by Howard Blake
(From the 1984 Album THE SNOWMAN SOUNDTRACK)
Words and Music by Howard Blake
Arranged by For solo guitar By Brian Murtagh
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Moderately Q=100 4/4 Gtr I a H. +E E E E E e E E E E +E E E e E E E E|-----------------|-----------------------|-----------------------------||---^3------(3)---|-----------------------|-----------------------------||-0h^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------(0)---|-0-------0-------------|--0------------0-------------| H H H H
+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--||----------0-------0-------0--|----------0------0------||------0---------------0------|------0------------0----||--0------------0-------------|--0------------0--------| H H H H
Verse E E E E E E E E +E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E e|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------||-3-3-1-(1)-------------|---------------------------|-3-3-1-(1)-------------||-----------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---------0-----------|--0------------0-----------|-0---------0-----------| H H H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||---------1-1-------|-----------1-1-------||-0-(0)-0-----0---0-|-(0)-(0)-0-----0---0-||----2----------2---|------2----------2---||-3---------3-------|--3----------3-------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
E +E E E E E +E E E +E E +E E +E E S S|----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||-^3-(3)-2-----0-------------|-^0-(0)-------------------0h2-||-^0-(0)----0-----0--(0)--0--|-^3-(3)--2--(2)--0--(0)-0-----||----------------------------|------------------------------||-^5--5--5-(5)-5-(5)--5--(5)-|-^3--3--(3)--3--(3)--3--------| 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|-----------------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------||-(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-------| H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E e|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-3-3-1-(1)-------------|-----------------------|-3-3-1-(1)-------------||-----------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--------0--------||-0---------0-----------|--0------------0-------|-0---------0-----------| H H H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||---------1-1-------|-----------1-1-------||-0-(0)-0-----0---0-|-(0)-(0)-0-----0---0-||----2----------2---|------2----------2---||-3---------3-------|--3----------3-------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
E +E E E E E +E E E +E E +E E +E E S S|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^3-(3)-2-----0-------------|-^2-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-0h2-||-^0-(0)----0-----0--(0)--0--|-^3-(3)--2--(2)--0--(0)--0------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^5--5--5-(5)-5-(5)--5--(5)-|-^3--3--(3)--3--(3)--3----------| 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|-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-(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-------| H H H H
Interlude E E E E E E +E +E E E E E E +E E +E|----------------------|-----------------------||-^1---1---------------|-----------------------||----3---3-2-0-(0)-(0)-|-2-0-2--0--------------||-^3---3---3----3------|-0---0-----3-(3)-3-(3)-||----------3--------3--|-0------------0-----0--||-^3---3---3-----------|-0---0-(0)-0-----------| Q Q Q E E Q E +E E Q E
E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E S S|-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-----------------3-|-3-2-3-2-0-----0--0h=2-||-3-2-3-2-0-(0)-0---|-0---0------0----------||-1----------1------|-----------------------||-------------------|-5---5---5-(5)---(5)---| H E Q. Q Q E +Q +E
H H H Q. E|--------------1----------|-5---------5----------||--3----------------------|----------------------||-(2)---------(2)---------|-------------------2--||-----0-----0-----0-----0-|---0-----0----0-------||---------0-----------0---|-------0--------------||--0----0------0----0-----|-0---0-----0----0-(0)-| E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E +E
Verse E E E E E E E E E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E e|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||-3-3-1-(1)-------------|-----------------|-3-3-1-(1)-------------||-----------2-(2)-(2)-2-|-------2-2-----2-|-----------2-(2)-(2)-0-||-3-3-2p=0---------0----|-----0-----0-----|-3-3-2p=0---------0----||-----0--------0--------|---0---------0---|-----0--------0--------||-0---------0-----------|-0-------0-------|-0---------0-----------| H H H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||---------1-1-------|-----------1-1-------||-0-(0)-0-----0---0-|-(0)-(0)-0-----0---0-||----2----------2---|------2----------2---||-3---------3-------|--3----------3-------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
E +E E E E E +E E E +E E +E E +E E S S|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^3-(3)-2-----0-------------|-^2-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-0h2-||-^0-(0)----0-----0--(0)--0--|-^3-(3)--2--(2)--0--(0)--0------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^5--5--5-(5)-5-(5)--5--(5)-|-^3--3--(3)--3--(3)--3----------| 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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-(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-------------| H H H H
Chorus E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S|-----0---------0-----|-----5---------5-----||---2---2-----2---2---|---6---6-----6---6---||-2-------2-2-------2-|-7-------7-7-------7-||---2---2-----2---2---|---7---7-----7---7---||-0---0-----0---0-----|-5---5-----5---5-----||---------------------|---------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
E E H Q E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-^0-1-3-------0--|---------0-------||-^0-----0---0----|-0-----0---0-----||-^0---0---0---0--|-----0-------0---||-----------------|---2-----------2-||-----------------|-5---------------| Q E E E E Q W
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----3---------3-----|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0---------||---4---4-----4---4---|-----1-------1---|-------0---0-----|-------5---5-------||-5-------5-5-------5-|---2---2---2---2-|-----7-------7---|-----6-------6-----||---5---5-----5---5---|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|---6-----------6-|---7-----------7---||-3---3-----3---3-----|-----------------|-7---------------|-0-----------------||---------------------|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-------------------| E E E E E E E E W W
Verse Moderately Q=100 E E E E E E E E +E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E e|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------||-3-3-1-(1)-------------|---------------------------|-3-3-1-(1)-------------||-----------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---------0-----------|--0------------0-----------|-0---------0-----------| H H H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||---------1-1-------|-----------1-1-------||-0-(0)-0-----0---0-|-(0)-(0)-0-----0---0-||----2----------2---|------2----------2---||-3---------3-------|--3----------3-------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
E +E E E E E +E E E +E E +E E +E E S S|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^3-(3)-2-----0-------------|-^2-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-0h2-||-^0-(0)----0-----0--(0)--0--|-^3-(3)--2--(2)--0--(0)--0------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^5--5--5-(5)-5-(5)--5--(5)-|-^3--3--(3)--3--(3)--3----------| 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|-----------------------------|---------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------||-(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-------| H H H H
Interlude E E E E E E +E +E E E E E E +E E +E|----------------------|-----------------------||-^1---1---------------|-----------------------||----3---3-2-0-(0)-(0)-|-2-0-2--0--------------||-^3---3---3----3------|-0---0-----3-(3)-3-(3)-||----------3--------3--|-0------------0-----0--||-^3---3---3-----------|-0---0-(0)-0-----------| Q Q Q E E Q E +E E Q E
E E E E E E +E +E E E E E E +E E +E|----------------------|-----------------------||-^1---1---------------|-----------------------||----3---3-2-0-(0)-(0)-|-2-0-2--0--------------||-^3---3---3----3------|-0---0-----3-(3)-3-(3)-||----------3--------3--|-0------------0-----0--||-^3---3---3-----------|-0---0-(0)-0-----------| Q Q Q E E Q E +E E Q E
E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E S S|-------------------|-----------------------||-------------------|-----------------------||-----------------3-|-3-2-3-2-0-----0--0h=2-||-3-2-3-2-0-(0)-0---|-0---0------0----------||-1----------1------|-----------------------||-------------------|-5---5---5-(5)---(5)---| H E Q. Q Q E +Q +E
+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-------------| H H H H
Chorus E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S|-----0---------0-----|-----5---------5-----||---2---2-----2---2---|---6---6-----6---6---||-2-------2-2-------2-|-7-------7-7-------7-||---2---2-----2---2---|---7---7-----7---7---||-0---0-----0---0-----|-5---5-----5---5-----||---------------------|---------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
E E H Q E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-^0-1-3-------0--|---------0-------||-^0-----0---0----|-0-----0---0-----||-^0---0---0---0--|-----0-------0---||-----------------|---2-----------2-||-----------------|-5---------------| Q E E E E Q W
E E E S S E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----3---------3-----|-----------------|---------0--------||---4---4-----4---4---|-----1-------1---|-------0---0------||-5-------5-5-------5-|---2---2---2---2-|-----7-------7----||---5---5-----5---5---|-3-3---3-3-3---3-|---6-----------6--||-3---3-----3---3-----|-----------------|-7----------------||---------------------|-3---3---3---3---|------------------| E E E E E E E E W
H.=H E E E E E E E E E E S S S S H|---------0-------|-------------5----------||-------5---5-----|-----------5------------||-----6-------6---|---6-----6-----------2--||---7-----------7-|-------7----------------||-0---------------|-0---0----------(0)-(0)-||-----------------|------------------------| W Q H +E E
Verse Moderately Q=100 E E E E E E E E +E E E e E E E E E E E E E E E e|-----------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------||-3-3-1-(1)-------------|---------------------------|-3-3-1-(1)-------------||-2-2-------2-(2)-(2)-2-|-(2)-(2)-(2)-2-2-(2)-(2)-2-|-2-2-------2-(2)-(2)-0-||-3-3-2p=0---------0----|----------0-------0--------|-3-3-2p=0---------0----||-----0--------0--------|------0---------------0----|-----0--------0--------||-0---------0-----------|--0------------0-----------|-0---------0-----------| H H H H H H
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||---------1-1-------|-----------1-1-------||-0-(0)-0-----0---0-|-(0)-(0)-0-----0---0-||----2----------2---|------2----------2---||-3---------3-------|--3----------3-------||-------------------|---------------------| H H H H
E +E E E E E +E E E +E E +E E +E E S S|----------------------------|--------------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^3-(3)-2-----0-------------|-^2-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-0h2-||-^0-(0)----0-----0--(0)--0--|-^3-(3)--2--(2)--0--(0)--0------||----------------------------|--------------------------------||-^5--5--5-(5)-5-(5)--5--(5)-|-^3--3--(3)--3--(3)--3----------| E E E +E E +E E +E E E +E E +E E Q
Outro H.=H +E E E e E E E E Q Q E Q E Q Q Q E E W|-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------*||-----------------------|------------------|-------------------|-------*||-(2)-(2)-(2)-2-2---0-2-|-^3---2---0-------|-^0---0----------0-|-^0----*||----------0------0-----|-^0---------0---0-|-^1---3---1----1---|-^0----*||------0----------------|-^1-1---1-1---1---|-^3-3-3-3---3------|-^2----*||--0------------0-------|------------------|-------------------|-------*| H Q Q E Q E Q Q E E E Q Q.
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
