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45
As recorded by Shinedown
(From the 2003 Album LEAVE A WHISPER)
Transcribed by Adam Dyer
Words by Brent Smith Music by Brent Smith & Tony Battaglia
Arranged by Brent Smith & Tony Battaglia
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Clean 2'
Intro
Q.=50
Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4
12/8
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------|||-----------------------------|--------------------------|||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)---|------0-----0-----0-----0-|||----2-------0------0---------|----0-----0-----4-----4---|||-----------------------------|-3------3-----3-----3-----|||-0-------2------3------------|--------------------------||
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| Gtr II| <| H. H. W.|-----------------------------|-0------------------------|||-----------------------------|-0------------------------|||-----------------------------|-0------------------------|||-----------------------------|-2------------------------|||-----------------------------|-3------------------------|||-----------------------------|--------------------------||
Verse Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4 |-3-| E E E E E E E E E +E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------3-------||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)-0h2p0-----|-------0-------0-------0-----0----||----2-------0------0-------------4p0-|-----0-------0-------4---------4--||-------------------------------------|--3-------3-------3---------------||-0-------2------3--------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr V| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------------|-12--------------12---------------||-8------10------8--------------------|---------12--------------12-------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4 E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------3------||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)---0-|-------0-------0-------0-----0---||----2-------0------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------4---------4-||-------------------------------|--3-------3-------3--------------||-0-------2------3--------------|---------------------------------|
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| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------|-12--------------12--------------||-8------10------8--------------|---------12--------------12------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4 |-3-| E E E E E E E E E +E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|--------------------------3-------|||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)-0h2p0---0-|-------0-------0-------0-----0----|||----2-------0------0-------------4---|-----0-------0-------4---------4--|||-------------------------------------|--3-------3-------3---------------|||-0-------2------3--------------------|----------------------------------||
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| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------------|-12--------------12---------------|||-8------10------8--------------------|---------12--------------12-------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus Am Am6 Em Gtr III E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--0--0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---------------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtrs I, II| W. H. E E E E E E|---------------------------|--------------------------||-(1)-----------------------|--------------------------||-(2)-----------------------|--------------------------||-(2)-----------------------|--------------2s4s5-4s2---||-(0)-----------------------|------------------------2-||---------------------------|--------------------------|
Am Am6 E E E E E E E E E E E E|-0--0---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---||-1--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---||-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---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---||------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------(0)---------------------(0)----------||---------------(1)---------------------(1)------||-2-----(2)---------(2)---------(2)---------(2)--||-2-(2)---------------------(2)------------------||-0---------------------(0)----------------------||------------------------------------------------|
G E5/F#
Gtr I
PM------|
E E E E E E e e e E E E|-------------------------|||-0-----------------------|||-0-----------------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-----|||-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-||
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| Gtr II
| PM------|
| E E E E E E e e e E E E|-------------------------|||-0-----------------------|||-0-----------------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-----|||-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-3-2-||
Chorus Em D5 C5 Gtrs I, II H. H. H. +Q. E E E|------------------------------|----------------------------||-0----------------------------|----------------------------||-0-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)-----------||-2-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)-----------||-2-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)-----------||-0-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)-------3-2-|
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E E E|----0-0----0-0--------0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----0-0----0-0----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----0-0----0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----2-2----2-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-----||----2-2-2--2-2----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-----||-0----------------------------|------------------------3-2-|
Emadd2 D6sus4 Cmaj7 Am Gtr I H. H. H. H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------0-------------|||-2----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------4-------------|||-2----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------3-------------|||-0----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------5-------------||
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| Gtr II Gtrs I, II| E. E S E. E S a E. E S a E S E S Q. Q E H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|-----------------5-------------|||-9--9-9-9--9-9-9s11--11-11-11s12-12-12-12-|-----------------5-------------|||-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-10------10---10-7-------------|||-7--7-7-7--7-7-7s=9---9--9--9s10-10-10-10-|--x-------x----x-7-------------|||-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------------------|--8-------8----8-5-------------||
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E E E|----0-0----0-0-----------------0--0--0--0-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0--------3--3-----3--3--3--3-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0----2---2--2-----2--2--2--2-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----2-2----2-2----0---0--0-----0--0--0--0-|--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2------|||----2-2-2--2-2----------------------------|--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3------|||-0----------------------------------------|--------------------------3-2--||
Verse Gtr I E E E E E E E E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|--------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)---|------0-----0-----0-----0-||----2-------0------0---------|----0-----0-----4-----4---||-----------------------------|-3------3-----3-----3-----||-0-------2------3------------|--------------------------|
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| <| H. H. W.|-----------------------------|-0------------------------||-----------------------------|-0------------------------||-----------------------------|-0------------------------||-----------------------------|-2------------------------||-----------------------------|-3------------------------||-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3-| E E E E E E E E E +E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------3-------||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)-0h2p0-----|-------0-------0-------0-----0----||----2-------0------0-------------4p0-|-----0-------0-------4---------4--||-------------------------------------|--3-------3-------3---------------||-0-------2------3--------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr V| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------------|-12--------------12---------------||-8------10------8--------------------|---------12--------------12-------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4 E E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------3------||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)---0-|-------0-------0-------0-----0---||----2-------0------0-------0---|-----0-------0-------4---------4-||-------------------------------|--3-------3-------3--------------||-0-------2------3--------------|---------------------------------|
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| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------|-12--------------12--------------||-8------10------8--------------|---------12--------------12------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
Em D/F# G5 Csus2 C#sus4 |-3-| E E E E E E E E E +E S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|--------------------------3-------|||------0-(2)---2------0-(0)-0h2p0---0-|-------0-------0-------0-----0----|||----2-------0------0-------------4---|-----0-------0-------4---------4--|||-------------------------------------|--3-------3-------3---------------|||-0-------2------3--------------------|----------------------------------||
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| Q. Q. H. Q. Q. Q. Q.|-------------------------------------|-12--------------12---------------|||-8------10------8--------------------|---------12--------------12-------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus Am Am6 Em Gtr III E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--0--0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||---------------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtr II| W. H. E E E E E E|---------------------------|--------------------------||-(1)-----------------------|--------------------------||-(2)-----------------------|--------------------------||-(2)-----------------------|--------------2s4s5-4s2---||-(0)-----------------------|------------------------2-||---------------------------|--------------------------|
Am Am6 E E E E E E E E E E E E|-0--0---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2---2---2---||-1--1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---||-2--2---2---2---2---2---2---2---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---||------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------(0)---------------------(0)----------||---------------(1)---------------------(1)------||-2-----(2)---------(2)---------(2)---------(2)--||-2-(2)---------------------(2)------------------||-0---------------------(0)----------------------||------------------------------------------------|
G E5/F#
Gtr I
PM------|
E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E|-------------------------------|||-0-----------------------------|||-0-----------------------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|||-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-||
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| Gtr II
| PM------|
| E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E|-------------------------------|||-0-----------------------------|||-0-----------------------------|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|||-x-x-x-x-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-||
Chorus Em D5 C5 Gtrs I, II H. H. H. +Q. E E E|------------------------------|----------------------------||-0----------------------------|----------------------------||-0-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)-----------||-2-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)-----------||-2-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)-----------||-0-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)-------3-2-|
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E E E|----0-0----0-0--------0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----0-0----0-0----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----0-0----0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-----||----2-2----2-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-----||----2-2-2--2-2----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-----||-0----------------------------|------------------------3-2-|
E F# G C Am Gtr I H. H. H. H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------0-------------|||-2----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------4-------------|||-2----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------3-------------|||-0----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------5-------------||
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| Gtr II Gtrs I, II| E. E S E. E S a E. E S a E S E S Q. Q E H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|-----------------5-------------|||-9--9-9-9--9-9-9s11--11-11-11s12-12-12-12-|-----------------5-------------|||-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-10------10---10-7-------------|||-7--7-7-7--7-7-7s=9---9--9--9s10-10-10-10-|--x-------x----x-7-------------|||-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------------------|--8-------8----8-5-------------||
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E E E|----0-0----0-0-----------------0--0--0--0-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0--------3--3-----3--3--3--3-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0----2---2--2-----2--2--2--2-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----2-2----2-2----0---0--0-----0--0--0--0-|--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2------|||----2-2-2--2-2----------------------------|--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3------|||-0----------------------------------------|--------------------------3-2--||
Breakdown C5 B5 C5 B5 Gtrs I, II, III PM| S S e E Q E H. S S e E Q E Q. E E E|----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||-5-5-5------5-4-------|-5-5-5------5-4----4-----||-5-5-5------5-4-------|-5-5-5------5-4----4-----||-3-3-3------3-2-------|-3-3-3------3-2----2-----||-3-3-3------3-2-------|-3-3-3------3-2----2-3-2-|
C5/G B5/F# S S e S S S S S S E H.|---------------------------||---------------------------||-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-5-4-----||-5-5-5-x-x-x-x-x-x-5-4-----||-3-3-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-3-2-----||-3-3-3-x-x-x-x-x-x-3-2-----|
Em D/F# G N.C.(C5Em Dsus4/C5 ~~ E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E S S E E E E E|------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------|---------------------------|||-----------2-----0------|-----------0-5-5-5---------|||-----2---0-----0--------|-----2---0---5-5-5---------|||---2---------------3----|---2---------3-3-3---------|||-0-----2-----3----------|-0-----2-----3-3-3-----3-2-||
Chorus Em D5 C5 Gtrs I, II H. H. H. +H Q|------------------------------|---------------------------||-0----------------------------|---------------------------||-0-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)----------||-2-------------7--------------|-5------------(5)----------||-2-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)----------||-0-------------5--------------|-3------------(3)----------|
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E Q|----0-0----0-0--------0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0----||----0-0----0-0----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0----||----0-0----0-0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0----||----2-2----2-2-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2----||----2-2-2--2-2----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3----||-0----------------------------|---------------------------|
Emadd2 D6sus4 Cmaj7 Am Gtr I H. H. H. H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||-0----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------0-------------|||-2----------------7-----------------------|--5--------------4-------------|||-2----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------3-------------|||-0----------------5-----------------------|--3--------------5-------------||
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| Gtr II| E. E S E. E S a E. E S a E S E S Q. Q E H.|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|-----------------5-------------|||-9--9-9-9--9-9-9s11--11-11-11s12-12-12-12-|-----------------5-------------|||-x--x-x-x--x-x-x--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|-10------10---10-7-------------|||-7--7-7-7--7-7-7s=9---9--9--9s10-10-10-10-|--x-------x----x-7-------------|||-0--0-0-0--0-0----------------------------|--8-------8----8-5-------------||
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| Gtr III| E. E S E. E S E. E S E S E S E. E S E E E E. E S E E E|----0-0----0-0-----------------0--0--0--0-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0--------3--3-----3--3--3--3-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----0-0----0-0----2---2--2-----2--2--2--2-|--0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0------|||----2-2----2-2----0---0--0-----0--0--0--0-|--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2------|||----2-2-2--2-2----------------------------|--3--3-3--3-3--3-3--3-3-3------|||-0----------------------------------------|--------------------------3-2--||
Out-Chorus G5 C5/G Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|-5--------------------||-----------5----0----|-5----0---------------||-----------5---------|-3--------------------||-0----2----3---------|-3---------0----2-3-2-|
G5 C5/G Am Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. +E E E|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|-----------1----(1)-----||---------------------|-5---------2----(2)-----||-----------5----0----|-5----0----2----(2)-----||-----------5---------|-3---------0----(0)-----||-0----2----3---------|-3------------------3-2-|
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| Gtr IV| ~~~| H. H. H. Q. Q.|---------------------|----------------[9]-----||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|
G5 C5/G Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E|---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|-5----------------------||-----------5----0----|-5----0-----------------||-----------5---------|-3----------------------||-0----2----3---------|-3---------0-----2--3-2-|
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| ~~~| H. H. H. Q. Q.|---------------------|----------------[9]-----||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------||---------------------|------------------------|
G5 C5/G Gmaj7sus4/A Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. Q. H.|---------------------|------------------*||---------------------|-----------^5-----*||---------------------|-5---------^5-----*||-----------5----0----|-5----0----^7-----*||-----------5---------|-3---------^7-----*||-0----2----3---------|-3---------^5-----*|
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| Gtr I| H. H. H. H.|---------------------|------------------*||---------------------|------------------*||---------------------|-----------^0-----*||---------------------|-----------^4-----*||---------------------|-----------^3-----*||---------------------|-----------^5-----*|
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| Gtr III| H. H. H. H.|---------------------|-----------^0-----*||---------------------|-----------^0-----*||---------------------|-----------^0-----*||---------------------|-----------^2-----*||---------------------|-----------^3-----*||---------------------|------------------*|
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
