THE FOUR HOSREMEN
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1983 Album KILL 'EM ALL)
Transcribed by www.mikesguitarsite.co.uk
Words & Music by James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich & Dave Mustaine
E5 0 2 x x x x
E5(type 2) x 7 9 x x x
D5 x 5 7 x x x
C5 x 3 5 x x x
G5 3 5 x x x x
Gtr I, II (E A D G B E) - 'James Hetfield Rhythm w/dist'
Gtr III, IV (E A D G B E) - 'Kirk Hammett Lead w/dist'
Intro
Q=204(8=s8)
4/4
Gtrs I, II Gtr II
PM------------------------------------------------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5-----------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5-----7--5--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-5--5--7--5--||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-3--5--5--3--||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-||----3--------||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---0---|
E5
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W W W
| |
/ /
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-----7--5--|||---5-[7]--7p5-----|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-3--5--5--3--|||-7------------7p5-|-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---7---|-3--3--------||
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7p5-----||-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-5-|---5-7p5-----7p5-||-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---0---|-7---------------||-Rhy Fig 1
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-||-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---7---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q|-------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------||-------------------|----------------||-5-----7--5--||-------9--------9--|-------9--7--7--||-3--5--5--3--||-------7--------7--|-------7--5--5--||----3--------||-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0----------|end Rhy Fig 1-||-Rhy Fig 2
PM--| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q|-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------------------|----------------||-------9--------9--|-------9--5--7--||-------7--------7--|-------7--3--5--||-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0----------|
PM--| PM--| PM--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------------------|-----------------|-------------|||-------------------|-----------------|-------------|||-------------------|-----------------|-------------|||-------9--------9--|-------9--12--9--|-5-----7--5--|||-------7--------7--|-------7--10--7--|-3--5--5--3--|||-0-0-0----0-0-0----|-0-0-0-----------|-3--3--------|| end Rhy Fig 2-|
Verse 1
Rhy Fig 2 x2
Chorus W +H +E E Q W +H +E E Q||-----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|||o----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|||-----------|-----------------|----------|----------------|||--9--------|-(9)----(9)-9-9--|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7-|||o-7--------|-(7)----(7)-7-7--|-5--------|-(5)----(5)-5-5-|||-----------|-----------------|----------|----------------||-Rhy Fig 3
1. W +H +E E Q W +W|----------|-----------------|----------|----------|||----------|-----------------|----------|---------o|||----------|-----------------|----------|----------|||-5--------|-(5)----(5)-5-5--|-4--------|-(4)\-----|||-3--------|-(3)----(3)-3-3--|-2--------|-(2)\----o|||----------|-----------------|----------|----------||
2. Q Q Q Q|-------------|||-------------|||-------------|||-4--5--4-----|||-2--3--2--5--|||----------3--|| end Rhy Fig C-|
Rhy Fig 1 x2
Verse 2 & 3
$
Rhy Fig 2 x2
Chorus
Rhy Fig 3
Rhy Fig 1 x2 ->To Coda
Gtrs I, II PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W E E E E E E E E E E 7x E E E E E Q Q|----------||-----------------------||-----------------|||----------||o---------------------o||-----------------|||----------||-----------------------||---------5-4--4--|||-2--------||-----------------------||---------3-2--2--|||-2--------||o---------------------o||-----------------|||-0--------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0---------||
PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S E. Q||----------------------|-------------------|||o---------------------|-------------------|||----------------------|-----------5s4--4--|||----------------------|-----------3s2--2--|||o---------------------|-------------------|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------| |-Rhy Fig 4
PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H 4x|---------------------|-----------------|||---------------------|----------------o|||---------------------|-----------5-----|||---------------------|-----------3-----|||---------------------|----------------o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|| end Rhy Fig 4-|
Half time Q=102(8=s8) Straight Eights Q=164
2/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------------------|-------------|------5---6---7-|||-7-5---5-----------------|-7-5---5-----|------3---4---5-|||-----7---7-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-|-----7---7-6-|-5--------------|||-Riff B end Riff B-|
4/4 PM| PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 8x||------------------|------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------o||||------------------|------------------||||------------------|-------5---6---7--||||o---------8-7-5-7-|-------3---4---5-o||||--0-0-5-7---------|-0-0-0---0---0----||
Bridge PM--------------------| PM PM PM--------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||||------------------|-------5---6---7-|-----------------|-------5---6---7---||||o-----------------|-------3---4---5-|-----------------|-------3---4---5--o||||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0---0---0-----|||-Rhy Fig 5 end Rhy Fig 5-|
Half time Q=102
Riff B x2
Slower Q=90 e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E 4x||----------------------|----------------------||||o---------------------|---------------------o||||------4---------2-----|-----4---------2------||||--2-2---2---------2---|-------2---------2----||||o---------2-5-5-----5-|-3-3-----3-2-2-----2-o||||----------------------|----------------------|| |-Rhy Fig 6 end Rhy Fig 6-|
Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 6 x7
Gtr III
~~~~~ ~~~~ ~~~~
|----3-----|
Q Q S +S S S S +E +S +S|------------------------------------------------------------||-15b17---15b17-----15b17r(15)p12-15-15b17==(15)---(15)r(15)-||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ Q +S +S S S Q. S S|-15b17====(15)r(15)-12-15-14b14.5-------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------9\-/9-||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
~~ S S S S +S S S S S S S S T T E. S T T S S S S S S Q. +E|-7------9-(9)-7--------10-9-7-----------|----------------------------------||---10-7---------10-8-7--------7h10p7----|-7-10p7---------------------------||----------------------------------------|--------9-7-6h7-6-----------------||----------------------------------------|------------------7---------------||----------------------------------------|--------------------7--------(7)\-||----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
S S E E S S S E S E S S|---------------------------------------------||---12-12-12--------12---12--------12---12-12-||-9-11-11-11\---/11-11---11\---/11-11---11-11-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
~~~~~ ~~
|---3---| |--3---|
E +E S S S S S S S +S S S E S S|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||-14b16==(14)r-14p11-------------------------------------------||----------------------14-12----12-14b16r(14)-12----12---12-12-||----------------------------14------------------14------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|---3---|
S S +T S T S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------12-13p12------12-13-||-11h12-(12)-11----11-12-11h12p11----11-12-14------------14-------||---------------14----------------14------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~ S S S S S S S S E. S +E E|--------------------------------20------------||-13s15-15s17-17s19-19s20-20----(20)-(20)\-----||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------|
Gtr III
|----3-----|
Q E +S S T T S T T S T T T T S S S|-17b19---17b19r==(17)-15-17p15-14-15p14s12-14p12---------------------||-------------------------------------------------15-15-14----12---14s||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q E +S S T T S T T S T T S T T S|-17b19---17b19r==(17)-15-17p15-14-15p14-12-14p12-10----12p10----8----||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------|
PM--|
|----3----| |---3----| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T S S E S S|----------------------------------------------------------------------------||-12---10---12-10---8---10-8-------8-----------------------------------------||------------------------------9-------9-7---9-7-----------------------------||--------------------------------------------------9---7---------------------||--------------------------------------------------------10-7----------------||-------------------------------------------------------------10-------7---7-|
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| |---3---|
| T T S T T S T T T T S T T S S S S S T S. +S S|-10p8----7-----8p7---5----7-5-------5---------------------------------------||--------------------------------8-----8-7-8p7---5---7----5------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------7--6-------------||----------------------------------------------------------------7----(7)/---||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs III, IV PM----------------------| |----6----| |-----6-----| |------6------| |-------6--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------------12----12-||---------------------8---8-10-8-10-12-10-12-15-12---15----15----||-------7---7-9-7---9---9----------------------------------------||-9-7-9---9------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----5-----| |------5------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S E E|-15p12-12-12-15p12-12-12-12-15p12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12-15p12-12-12-12-12-12-15b17-15b17--||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr III
|--3--|
E S S T T T T T T a T T T T T T a T T T T T T a T T T T T T T|-15b17-15-12-15p12-15p12-15-12-12h15p12----12-15p12-12h15p12----12-15p12-12h15p12----12-15p12-12-||----------------------------------------15-------------------15-------------------15-------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
T T T T T T a T T T T T T T T T T E E E E|-15p12------12----15p12-12h15p12----12-15p===12----15p12----12-15b17-------15b17----15b17----15\--||-------15-------------------------15----------------------15--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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|Gtr IV
| |---3---| |---3----|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T S S S S S E|-17p12-12h15p==12----12----15p12-17p12-12h15p===12----12-15p12-15----12---------------------------||-------------------15-------------------------------15-------------------15-12--------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-12-----------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14-12\-||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
2/4 ~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-12h14-12p11h12p===11-------11-------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------14----14-12p11h12p11s==9-11p9s|=7---------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------||
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| ~| S S S S S +T T S S S S S S T T S S S H|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------------------10--8--7h8p7------|-----------|||-----7--9--7--9b11r(9)p7-----7--9--7---------------7---|-----------|||--9-----------------------9--------------------------9-|-7---------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------||
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| e E S S E e E S S E e E S S E|-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------|||--------------4-----------------------------2----------|-----4-----|||--2-----2-----------2---------------------------2------|-------2---|||--------------------------2-----5-----5------------5---|-3-3-----3-|||-------------------------------------------------------|-----------||
4/4 Gtr I \7 E E E E E E E E S +E. +Q H|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|--7----(7)-(7)-------||-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|---------------------||-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|---------------------||-----------------|----------------0----|
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| Gtr II| E E E E E E E E S E. +Q H|-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|---------------------||-----------------|-12b14p=0--(0)-------||-4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5-|---------------------||-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-|---------------------||-----------------|----------------0----|
A Tempo Q=204(8=s8)
Rhy Fig 4 x4
Half time Q=102(8=s8)
Riff B x2
A Tempo Q=204(8=s8)
Gtr II
Rhy Fig 1 x2 ->D.S. al Coda
&
Rhy Fig 1 (1st 4 bars)
\7
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q W|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------|||-----------------|-----------------|-5-----7--5--|-------|||-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-3--5--5--3--|-------|||-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---7---|----3--------|-0-----||
Rhy Fig 4 x4
Outro - Guitar Solo
w/Rhy Fig 4 x8
Gtr III
|----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E|-------------------------------|-------------------------14-12-||-------------------------------|-----------14---------14-------||--------------------------14---|------13--------12-------------||-----------14--------13--------|-12----------------------------||------13--------12-------------|-------------------------------||-12----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-15p12---12-17p12-12-15p14---12-17p15-12-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-15p14---12-17p15-12-15p14-12-17p15-12-|-15p14---12-17p15-12-15p14---12-17p15-12-||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3----| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-15p14---12-17p15-12-15p===14-12-17p15-12--||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
|-------3-------|
Q +Q E +Q. Q Q Q H|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-15b17====(15)r-----15b17==(15)r-------|-15b17---15b17---15b17---15b16----||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3---|
E E E Q E E E Q|-12-------------------12-------------------||----15p==12-12-----------15p==12-12--------||------------14b16----------------14b16-----||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3----|
E E E Q E E E Q|-12-------------------12-----------------||----15p==12-12--------------15p12-12-----||------------14b16-----------------14b16--||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E E E|-12-------------------12-------------------|-12-------------------12-------------12-||----15p==12-12-----------15p==12-12--------|----15p==12-12-----------15p12-12-------||------------14b16----------------14b16-----|------------14b16--------------14b16----||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-15p12-----------------------------------||---------15-12----12-15p12---------------||---------------14------------14-12----12-||-----------------------------------14----||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E S S S S S S e|--------------------------------|------------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------------||-14-12--------------------------|------------------------------7-----||---------14-12------------------|------------7---9p7---7-9-9---------||---------------14-12-10---------|-------/9-----------9---------------||---------------------------12\--|-/7-10------------------------------|
|--3--|
E E Q Q E E E|----------------------------19-19-19-||-------------------------------------||-[9]b11---[9]b11-----9b11\-----------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-20-19-19-19-19-19---19---19-22-19-19-19-19-19-19---19---19--||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-22-19-19-19-19-19---19---19-22-19--19-19-19-19-19-19-||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-22-19-19-19-19-19---19---19-22-19-19-19-19-19---19---19-||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
|---3----| |---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
H Q +E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-22b24---------22b24===(22)r(22)-19-|-22p19------19------------------------19-||------------------------------------|---------22----22-19-22p19------19-22----||------------------------------------|-----------------------------21----------||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3----| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-22p19---------------------------------19-||---------22-19s18-19-22p===19----19-22----||------------------------------21----------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E|-22p19-----------------------------------|---------------------------------12-||---------22-19s18-19-22p19---------------|-----------------------------/14----||-----------------------------21-19----19-|-[21]b24---21b23-----21b22\---------||-----------------------------------21----|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |--3--| |---3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-15p12---14p12----12-15p12---14p12----12-|-15p12---14p12----12-15p===12-14p12-11-||---------------14------------------14----|---------------14----------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E|-15-19p12h15p12-19p==15p==12-19p15p==12-19p15p12--||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-19p15p==12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
|--3---| |-3--| |--3---| |-3--| |--3---| |-3--| |---3---| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-17p14p==0-17p14p0-17p14p==0-17p14p0-|-17p14p==0-17p14p0-17p===14p0-17p14p0--||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--3---| |-3--| |--3---| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E|-22p19p==0-22p19p0-22p19p==0-22p19h22-||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
|-w/Rhy Fig 1 (1st 4 bars) H H W|-22b24---------22b24----|-22b24================||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------|
+Q Q H W W|-(22)r---------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Gtr II Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q H|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-------------|------------*||-----------------|-----------------|-5-----7--5--|------------*||-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-7-5-7-5-7-5-5-5-|-3--5--5--3--|-2----------*||-0---0---0---7---|-0---0---0---7---|----3--------|-0----------*|
