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CLOSER
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 3'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 4'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Moderately Q=90
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
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Q H Q +Q Q H Q H Q +Q Q H
|---------6--|-(6)--8-------|------------|------6--8----||----6-------|---------8----|-6-------6--|-(6)----------||------------|--------------|----5-------|--------------||------------|--------------|------------|--------------||------------|--------------|------------|--------------||------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H H Q Q Q H Q Q H Q|-----------|---------6--|-6--8-------|-------------||-8----6----|------6-----|---------8--|-6-------6---||-----------|-5----------|------------|----5--------||-----------|------------|------------|-------------||-----------|------------|------------|-------------||-----------|------------|------------|-------------|
Verse Chorus N.C. F Gtr II Wx16 E S S +S S e S S e S S E E S S +S S e S S e S S E 4x|-------------||------1-(1)-----------------|-----1-(1)------------------|||-------------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|||-------------||----------------3-----4-----|---------------3-----4------|||-------------||--3---------3-----3-----3---|-3---------3-----3-----3----|||-------------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o|||-------------||--1-1---------1-----1-----1-|-1-1---------1-----1-----1--||
N.C. Gtr II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q H Q +Q Q H|-------------------------6-------|-(6)-------8------------------------||---------6-----------------------|-------------------8----------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-7-------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q H Q +Q Q H|---------------------------------|-----------6-------8----------------||-6-----------------------6-------|-(6)--------------------------------||---------5-----------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H H H Q Q|---------------------------------|-------------------------6--------||-8---------------6---------------|-----------------6----------------||---------------------------------|-5--------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E F G G# S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q H Q Q H Q|-6-------8-----------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------8-------|-6-----------------------6--------||---------------------------------|---------5------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse N.C. Gtr II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||----------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3--4--4-4-4-|||o-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| W H Q Q||----------------------------------|--------------------3--------12--------|||o---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)-------(6)-------|||--9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-------(9)-------|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3-4-4-4-4---|||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------o|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
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| W H H 4x|---------------------------------|--------------------3------------------|||---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)----------------o|||-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-----------------|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
Chorus F Gm/F G#/F# Cm/F Gtr II E S S +S S e S S e S S E E S S +S S e S S e S S E 4x||------1-(1)-----------------|-----1-(1)------------------||||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||||----------------3-----4-----|---------------3-----4------||||--3---------3-----3-----3---|-3---------3-----3-----3----||||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||||--1-1---------1-----1-----1-|-1-1---------1-----1-----1--||
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| Gtr I| q q q q q q q e e 4x||----------------------------|----------------------------||||o---------------------------|---------------4-----4-----o||||--2------2------3-----3-----|-5------5------5-----5---2--||||--3------3------5-----5-----|-6------6----------------0--||||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||||----------------------------|----------------------------||
N.C. Gtr I ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q H Q +Q Q H|-------------------------6-------|-(6)-------8----------------------------||---------6-----------------------|--------------------8-------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||-7-------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3--4--4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| W H Q Q|---------------------------------|--------------------3--------12---------||---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)-------(6)--------||-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-------(9)--------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q H Q +Q Q H|---------------------------------|-----------6--------8-----------------||-6-----------------------6-------|-(6)----------------------------------||---------5-----------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3-4-4-4-4--||-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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| W H H|---------------------------------|--------------------3-----------------||---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)----------------||-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)----------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Interlude 1. N.C. Gtr III W H Q Q W H H||-----------|---------3---12---|----------|---------3------||||o----------|--6-----(6)--(6)--|----------|--6-----(6)----o||||--9--------|-(9)----(9)--(9)--|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-----||||-----------|------------------|----------|----------------||||o----------|------------------|----------|---------------o||||-----------|------------------|----------|----------------||
2. A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5 Gtr III W H H|-----------------|------------3-------||-----------------|--6--------(6)------||-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
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| Gtr IV| ~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-------7-6-------|--------------------||-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--||-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5 W H Q Q|-----------------|------------3----12---||-----------------|--6--------(6)---(6)--||-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)---(9)--||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------|
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| ~~~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-------7-6-------|----------------------||-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7--6---||-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5--4---|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5 W H H|-----------------|------------3-------||-----------------|--6--------(6)------||-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
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| ~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-------7-6-------|--------------------||-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--||-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5 W H Q Q|-----------------|------------3----12---||-----------------|--6--------(6)---(6)--||-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)---(9)--||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------|
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| ~~~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-------7-6-------|----------------------||-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7--6---||-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5--4---|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5 W H H|-----------------|------------3-------||-----------------|--6--------(6)------||-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------|
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| ~| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-----------------|--------------------||-------7-6-------|--------------------||-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--||-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
Bridge F# Gtr II e S s +S S e S e S e S S e S s +S S e S e S e S S||----------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|||----------------------------|---------------------------------|||----4-------4---4---4---4---|-----4-------4----4----4-----4---|||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|||--2---2-(2)---2---2---2---2-|--2----2-(2)---2-----2----2----2-|
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| Gtr III| W H Q Q||----------------------------|------------------3------12------|||o---------------------------|--6--------------(6)-----(6)-----|||--9-------------------------|-(9)-------------(9)-----(9)-----|||----------------------------|---------------------------------|||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
e S s +S S e S e S e S S e S s +S S e S e S e S S 4x|---------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||---------------------------|--------------------------------|||---4-------4---4---4---4---|-----4-------4----4----4---4----|||---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-2---2-(2)---2---2---2---2-|--2----2-(2)---2-----2---2---2--||
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| W H H 4x|---------------------------|------------------3-------------|||---------------------------|--6--------------(6)-----------o|||-9-------------------------|-(9)-------------(9)------------|||---------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||---------------------------|--------------------------------||
Outro N.C.A5 Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb5E5 Gtr II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------------------------------------|||o-3-5-5-5--5---5--3-5--5--5-5--5--3--5--5-5-|||--------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| W||--------------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------------|||--9-----------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| E E +S E. E. S +E E||--------------------------------------------|||o-------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------|||------2---(2)-/3------/4------/6-(6)---/8---|||o-----0---(0)-/1------/2------/4-(4)---/6---|||--------------------------------------------|
F5 Gb5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------3--3-3---3---4--4---4--4-||--5--6--6-6--6----6--6-6----------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| H Q Q|---------------------------3-----------12-----------||--6-----------------------(6)----------(6)----------||-(9)----------------------(9)----------(9)----------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| E E +S E. E. S +E S S|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-------/9---(9)-/10------/11------/13-(13)---/13s14-||-------/7---(7)--/8-------/9------/11-(11)---/11s12-||----------------------------------------------------|
N.C.A5 Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb5E5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------||-3-5-5-5--5---5--3-5--5--5-5--5--3--5--5-5-||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| W|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| E E +S E. E. S +E E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-----2---(2)-/3------/4------/6-(6)---/8---||-----0---(0)-/1------/2------/4-(4)---/6---||-------------------------------------------|
F5 Gb5 Ab5 Bb5 B5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------3--3-3---3---4--4---4--4---|||--5--6--6-6--6----6--6-6-----------------------------o|||------------------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------------------||
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| H H|---------------------------3--------------------------|||--6-----------------------(6)------------------------o|||-(9)----------------------(9)-------------------------|||------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------------------||
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| E E +S E. E. S +E S S|------------------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------------------|||-------/9---(9)-/10------/11------/13-(13)---/13s14---|||-------/7---(7)--/8-------/9------/11-(11)---/11s12--o|||------------------------------------------------------||
N.C. Gtr III W H Q Q||--------------------------|---------------3-------12----|||o-------------------------|--6-----------(6)------(6)---|||---9----------------------|-(9)----------(9)------(9)---|||--------------------------|-----------------------------|||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| Gtr II| e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e||--------------------------|-----------------------------|||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|||------------------------8-|---------------------------8-|||--10-8-10-8-8---10-8-10---|-10--8-10-8-8-----10-8-10----|||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
W H H|-------------------------|---------------3--------------|||-------------------------|--6-----------(6)------------o|||--9----------------------|-(9)----------(9)-------------|||-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||-------------------------|------------------------------||
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| e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e|-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||-----------------------8-|--------------------------8---|||-10-8-10-8-8---10-8-10---|-10--8-10-8-8-----10-8-10-----|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||-------------------------|------------------------------||
Gtr III W H Q Q||-----------------------------|-----------------3-------12----|||o----------------------------|--6-------------(6)------(6)---|||---9-------------------------|-(9)------------(9)------(9)---|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------------------------8-|-----------------------------8-|||--10---8-10-8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8--8-----10-8-10----|||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|||o--5b7r=====3----------------|--5b7r=====3-------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
EbD5 Db5 W H H|----------------------------|----------------3---------------|||----------------------------|--6------------(6)-------------o|||--9-------------------------|-(9)-----------(9)--------------|||----------------------------|--------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e|----------------------------|--------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||--------------------------8-|-----------------------------8--|||-10---8-10-8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8-8-----10---8-10----|||----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| Q. Q. Q Q. E +S S S S Q|----------------------------|--------------------------------|||----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||----------------------------|--------------------------------|||----------------------------|----------------------8s7--6----|||--5b7r=====3----------------|--5b7r=====3---(3)--3-6s5--4---o|||----------------------------|--------------------------------||
N.C. Gtr II e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|||-------------------------------8-|------------------------------8-|||--10---8-10--8--8------10-8-10---|-10---8-10--8--8------10-8-10---|||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o--5b7r======3-------------------|--5b7r======3-------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr V| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q. E +H Q. E +H||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|||--17--------15----(15)-----------|-15--------14----(14)-----------|||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
EbD5 Db5 e e e S S S e S e e e e e S S S e S e e|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||---------------------------8-|-----------------------------8--|||-10---8-10--8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8-8-----10---8-10----|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| Q. Q. Q Q. E +S S S S Q|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-----------------------------|----------------------8s7--6----|||--5b7r======3----------------|--5b7r=====3---(3)--3-6s5--4---o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Q. H E E E E E +H|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|--------------------------------|||-13--------12--------------8-|--8---7-10----------------------|||-----------------------------|-------------------------------o|||-----------------------------|-----------8---(8)--------------||
N.C. Gtr VI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. H E E E E E +H|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------||-20----18-(18)----|-18----17-(17)----|-16----15----11-|-11-10-13------------||------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------||------------------|------------------|----------------|----------10-(10)----||------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------||------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
3/8 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. H E E E E|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*||-20----18-(18)----|-18----17-(17)----|-16----15----11-|-11-10-13-*||------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*||------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*||------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*||------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
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
