BATTLE WITHOUT HONOR OR HUMANITY
As recorded by Tomoyasu Hotei
(From the 2003 Album KILL BILL VOL. 1 SOUNDTRACK)
Music by Tomoyasu Hotei
Arranged by Tomoyasu Hotei
Transcribed by C. Thomas
How can you not love this song? In case you don't know which one it is. It is the song that played over the scene when Oren Ishii and her crew enter and walk through her club. It also plays some of the trailers/commercials and during the DVD main menu.
There isn't a lot to note for it. The clean tone on guitar I is pretty dry and thin. A single coil guitar (fender, tele, or something similar) in the bridge position should work well. If you don't have a guitar like this, make do with what you have. The synth sound of guitar II can be achieved with distortion and a little reverb. Note that some of the synth parts might not be completely playable. Once again, you'll have to make do and pick out what's most important. guitars III-V are all distorted. I'd suggest using some compression/sustain to enhance the sustains. There is also some delay during some of the distorted guitar parts. Set the delay to occur three 16th notes after the primary attack. The delay should also be set up for a dual regeneration (two delayed notes) with a low repeat volume. If the delay is too loud, it can get muddy. You should only hear it faintly when playing over it. There are a few time where guitar III performs some vibrato drives. I might be incorrect, but they sound a little like they were achieved with a Bigsby Vibrato Arm. If that is the case, it may be a classic style Gretch guitar. After the vibrato dives, the guitarist plays with the strings in between the nut and tuning machines (over the head stock). I didn't note these in the tab. You'll have to listen to the sound for the timing and you can play what you like. Head stocks come in many sizes and your guitar might produce different pitches. You can use a harmonizer for most of the octave leads (played by guitars III and IV). Guitar V joins during the last four bars of the leads and adds another harmony (minor 3rd diatonic of D Major). You can either play this part as double stops or use an intelligent pitch shifter if you have one. Well, that's about it. It pretty basic. Hope you all enjoy.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth.'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist.'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist.'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Dist.'
Q=92
4/4
Gtr I
PM----------------| PM------| PM----|
S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2-----------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-|
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------||-----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-|
PM----------------| PM----------------|
S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------||-----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-|
Gtr II W H E E +S E.|-------------------------|---------------15-(15)-17--||-------------------------|---------------15-(15)-17--||-------------------------|---------------12-(12)-14--||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM----------------| PM----|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S H|-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-------------------------|---------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2-----------------------||-----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-----2-2-2-----------------||-----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-----0-0---0---------------|
E E Q H W||---------------------------|-------------------------|||o-17\----------------------|-------------------------|||--16\----------------------|-------------------------|||--14\----------------------|-------------------------|||o--------------------------|-------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM----------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S||---------------------------|-------------------------|||o--------------------------|-------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------|||---0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------|||o------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-|
1. W H E E +S E.|-------------------------|---------------15-(15)-17---|||-------------------------|---------------15-(15)-17--o|||-------------------------|---------------12-(12)-14---|||-------------------------|----------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------o|||-------------------------|----------------------------||
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| PM----------------| PM----|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S H|-------------------------|----------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------o|||-------------------------|----------------------------|||-0h2---------------------|-0h2------------------------|||-----2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---|-----2-2-2-----------------o|||-----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-----0-0---0----------------||
2. W W|-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------||
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| PM----------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------|||-----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-||
Gtrs III, IV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a H +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|-15s19-----------(19)-----19s17-15s19s|=17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-12s16-----------(16)-----16s14-12s16s|=14-----------(14)-----14-12-11---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----0h2------------------------------|--0h2-----------------------------||---------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 Q Q H +Q Q|-12-----------/15-----19-----|-17-----------(17)------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--9-----------/12-----16-----|-14-----------(14)-----16-----||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------14-----||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--0h2------------------------|--0h2-------------------------||------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-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a H +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|-15s19-----------(19)-----19s17-15s19s|=17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-12s16-----------(16)-----16s14-12s16s|=14-----------(14)-----14-12-11---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----0h2------------------------------|--0h2-----------------------------||---------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-|
Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ H E. S E. S H. E S S|-12-----------15------15----------|----------------------------|||-------------------------15----15-|-14-------------------------|||--9-----------12------12----------|----------------------------|||-------------------------12----12-|-11-----------------------2-|||----------------------------------|--------------------------2-|||----------------------------------|--------------------/12s0-0-||
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| PM-----------------------| PM------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|----------------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------------|----------------------------|||--0h2-----------------------------|--0h2-----------------------|||------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-||
*\0.5_____ E. S Q H H Q S S E|---------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------||-2-------------------------|---------------------x-<5>------||-2-------------------------|---------------------x-<5>------||-0-------------------------|---------------------x-<5>------|
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| PM------------------| PM-----------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|---------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------|--------------------------------||-0h2-----------------------|-0h2----------------------------||-----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-| *Bends with Vibrato Arm
Gtr II W|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| / \0.5____/0____\0.5______/| +E +E +E +E +E +E +Q|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----||-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----||-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----(<5>)---(<5>)-(<5>)-----|
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| Gtr I
| PM------------------------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---0h==2-------------------------------------------------||-----------2-------2-----2---------2---2---2-----2---2---||-----------0-------0-----------0---0-------0-----0-----0-|
H E E +S E.|-----------------------------------------15-(15)-17------||-----------------------------------------15-(15)-17------||-----------------------------------------12-(12)-14------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
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| \0.5______/0____\0.5____/| +E +E +E +E +E E +S E.|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||-(<5>)-----(<5>)-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)----5--(5)--7------||-(<5>)-----(<5>)-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)----5--(5)--7------||-(<5>)-----(<5>)-(<5>)---(<5>)---(<5>)----3--(3)--5------|
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| PM----------------------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S|---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---0h====2-----------------------------------------------||-------------2-----2-------2-------2---2--2---2------2---||-------------0-----0-----------0---0------0---0--------0-|
E E Q H W|--------------------------|-------------------------||-17\----------------------|-------------------------||-16\----------------------|-------------------------||-14\----------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q Q H W|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--9\----------------------|-------------------------||--9\----------------------|-------------------------||--7\----------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM----------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------||------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-|
Q Q Q Q W|-------------------------------|--18-----------------------|||------------------------17-----|--17-----------------------|||-----------------16-----16-----|---------------------------|||---------17------17------------|---------------------------|||---------10--------------------|-(10)----------------------|||-12-----(12)-------------------|-(12)----------------------||| Q H. +W
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| PM---------------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------------|---------------------------|||--0h2--------------------------|---0h2---------------------|||------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-||
Gtr II H +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|----19-----------(19)-----19-17-15-19-|-17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtrs III, IV| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| a H +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|-15s19-----------(19)-----19s17-15s19s|=17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-12s16-----------(16)-----16s14-12s16s|=14-----------(14)-----14-12-11---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----0h2------------------------------|--0h2-----------------------------||---------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 Q Q H +Q Q|-12------------15-----19-----|-17-----------(17)------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------16-----||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H Q Q H +Q Q|-12-----------/15-----19-----|-17-----------(17)------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--9-----------/12-----16-----|-14-----------(14)-----16-----||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------14-----||-----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||-----------------------------|------------------------------||--0h2------------------------|--0h2-------------------------||------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 +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|----19-----------(19)-----19-17-15-19-|-17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtrs III, IV, V| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| a H +Q S S S S H +Q S S E|-15s19-----------(19)-----19s17-15s19s|=17-----------(17)-----17-15-14---||-12s15-----------(15)-----15s14-12s15s|=14-----------(14)-----14-12-10---||-12s16-----------(16)-----16s14-12s16s|=14-----------(14)-----14-12-11---||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| PM------------------------| PM------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----0h2------------------------------|--0h2-----------------------------||---------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 Q Q W|-12-----------15------------|----------------------------|||---------------------15-----|----------------------------|||----------------------------|--6-------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------------||
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H Q Q H. E S S|-12-----------15------------|----------------------------|||--8-----------12-----15-----|-14-------------------------|||--9-----------12-----11-----|--9-----------------------2-|||---------------------12-----|-11-----------------------2-|||----------------------------|--------------------/12s0-0-|||----------------------------|----------------------------||
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| PM------------------| PM------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|----------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------------|||--0h2-----------------------|--0h2-----------------------|||------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-||
< > E. S Q E. S Q E. S E S S S S E S E. H +E. +S E T T T T|---------------------|---------------17-15----17-15--|---------------------14h15h17-||-17--17----17--17----|-17--17---17---------17--------|-17----(17)-(17)-----15h17h20-||---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-17--17----17--17----|-17--17------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------|-17----(17)-(17)--------------||---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| W +Q. e S S E S E. W|---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||--2------------------|-(2)---------------------------|------------------------------||--2------------------|-(2)---------------------------|--2---------------------------||--0------------------|-(0)---------------------------|--2---------------------------||---------------------|-----------0----5--3--0--5--3--|--0---------------------------|
W|-19---------------------------------------------------------||-17---------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------|
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| +E E T T T T T T T T S E +S +S +S E|------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------x-12-----(12)-(12)-(12)\-----||-------12h14p12h14p12h14p12h14-x-14b16==(14)-(14)r(14)\-----||-(2)--------------------------------------------------------||-(2)--------------------------------------------------------||-(0)--------------------------------------------------------|
E. S Q E. S Q E. S E S S S S E S E.|---------------------|---------------17-15----17-15--||-17--17----17--17----|-17--17---17---------17--------||---------------------|-------------------------------||-17--17----17--17----|-17--17------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------|
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| W +Q. e S S E S E.|---------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------||--2------------------|-(2)---------------------------||--2------------------|-(2)---------------------------||--0------------------|-(0)---------------------------||---------------------|-----------0----5--3--0--5--3--|
< > H +E. +S Q E S S S S S S E S S S S E|--------------------|-----24---24---24---24--22--------------|||-17----(17)-(17)----|---------------------------24-22--------|||--------------------|-----21---21---21---21--19-------24-21--|||--------------------|---------------------------21-19--------|||-17----(17)-(17)----|---------------------------------22-19--|||--------------------|----------------------------------------||
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| W +E S S S S S S H|--------------------|----------------------------------------|||--------------------|--------------------17\-----------------|||--------------------|----------------------------------------|||--2-----------------|-(2)--2----2----2-----------------------|||--2-----------------|-(2)--2----2----2-----------------------|||--0-----------------|-(0)--0----0----0-----------------------||
Gtr III a E E Q H W|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||-0s12-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM----------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------||--------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-|
\2.5_____________ W Q E. S H|-------------------------|------------0--0---------------||-------------------------|------------0-10---------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| PM----------------| PM----------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------------||-----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-|
/ +Q +E +E +E +E +Q|--(0)-----(0)--(0)----(0)----(0)--(0)-----||-(10)----(10)-(10)---(10)---(10)-(10)-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| PM-------------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||---0h2------------------------------------||-------2---2----2------2--2---2----2--2---||-------0---0-------0---0------0----0----0-|
W W|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM----------------| PM----------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S S S e e S S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-0h2---------------------|-0h2---------------------||-----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-|
Gtr II H E E +S E. E. S +E E H|-----------------15-(15)-17------|-19--22-(22)-24\------*||-----------------15-(15)-17------|-19--22-(22)-24\------*||-----------------12-(12)-14------|-16--19-(19)-21\------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*|
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| Gtr III| H E E +S E. E. S +E E H|---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|------7--(7)--9\------*||------------------5--(5)--7------|--9---7--(7)--9\------*||------------------5--(5)--7------|--9---5--(5)--7\------*||------------------3--(3)--5------|--7-------------------*|
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| Gtr I
| PM------------------------|
| S S e e S S S S e e S S W|---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*||---------------------------------|----------------------*||-0h2-----------------------------|----------------------*||-----2-2-2---2-2--2---2------2---|----------------------*||-----0-0---0-0----0---0--------0-|----------------------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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