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WATERLOO
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 2004 Album THE GLORIOUS BURDEN)
Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=162
Em Esus2
4/4
Gtr IV
W W
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| Gtr II| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H||---------------------------|-----------------------|||o--------------------------|-----------------------|||----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|||--9------------------------|-----------------------|||o--------------------------|-----------------------|||---------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q||---------------------------|-----------------------|||o--------------------------|-----------------------|||-----------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|||------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|||o-----------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|||--0-0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2
PM-------|
W H E E E E|--------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||--------------------------|--------------------11-12-11----|||--------------------------|-----------------9--------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| ~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|--------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||---9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-------------|||-9------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||--------------------------|--------------------------------||
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| PM----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q|--------------------------|--------------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------------o|||----------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-------|||-----------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-------|||-----------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------o|||-0-0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0---------------------||
D5 C5 N.C. Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E H H +H. +Q|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||-9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11---9-|-7-----9--------|-(9)-------------(9)\---||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr I| PM| PM--------| PM| W +H. E E H. +E E E E E E +E E Q|------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||------------|-----------------------|----------------|------------------------||-7----------|--(7)------------------|-5--------(5)---|------------------------||-5----------|--(5)--------------5-0-|-3--------(3)-0-|--3--2------------2-----||------------|-----------------------|----------------|-------5-3-(3)-5--------|
Em Esus2 Gtr III ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------|||-----12----------------------|-----------------------|||--12-------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr II| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|||---9-------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|-------------------------------|||---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------o|||----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---|||-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------|||----------------------------|------------------------------o|||----------------------------|-------------------------------||| H E E E E
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| ~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|-------------------------------|||----------------------------|------------------------------o|||-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------|||--9-------------------------|-------------------------------|||----------------------------|------------------------------o|||----------------------------|-------------------------------||
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| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q|----------------------------|-------------------------------|||----------------------------|------------------------------o|||------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------|||-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------|||-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----o|||--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------||
D5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~| H H +Q. E +E Q E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------|
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| PM|| W +H. E E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||--7----------|--(7)-------------------||--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-||-------------|------------------------|
C5 N.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +H. +Q|------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\---|||------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------||
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H H +H. +Q|------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\---|||------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------||
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| PM---------| PM| H. +E E E E E E +E E Q|------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------|||--5---------(5)---|--------------------------|||--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----|||------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5---------||
Verse $ $$ E5 G5 E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------10-12---13-12---10------|||--12-12-12-11-12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12---|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| E S S E E +H +E E E E E E E E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-------------------10--------------|||---9--9--9-----9--(9)--------|--(9)--9---11-12------12---11--9---|||-----------12----------------|-----------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| PM---| PM------------------------------| PM|| E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|||---9-----------9--(9)--------|---------------------------12------|||o--7--7--7--5--7--(7)--7-7-7-|---7---7-7--7--7-7--7--0-0-10--0-0-|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
F#5 D5 E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12-10--------------------|--------------10---12-10-------------||-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11---12--------------12-11-----||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12-11--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9--------||-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12-----||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| PM| PM--------------------------------------|
| E E S S E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S|--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12-11------7--(7)--------|-------------------------------------||-10--9-0-0--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--0-0---||--------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B5 D5 N.C. Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-12-----10---(10)------------|----------------------10-----||----------------------12-----|-11-----12-----(12)----------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| Q. E +Q Q Q. Q +E Q|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-12-----11---(11)------9-----|---------9------(9)---11-----||-----------------------------|-12--------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| PM-------------------| PM-------------------|
| Q E S S E S S E S S Q E S S E S S E S S|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||--4--------------------------|--7--------------------------||--2---2--2-2---2--2-2--2-0-0-|--5---5--5-5-5---5--5--5-----||-----------------------------|-------------------------5-5-|
A5 E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||-11--9--------------------|------------9-11---12-11----9----------|||-----------11-(11)--------|-(11)-11----------------------11-------|||--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
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| E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E 4x|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||--------------------------|--------------------9------------------|||-12-11--------------------|-----------11-12------12---11----------|||-----------12-(12)--------|-(12)-12----------------------12------o|||--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
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| PM--------------------------------------|
| E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x|--------------------------|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------|--------------------------------------o|||--------------------------|---------------------------------------|||--------------------------|---------------------------------------|||------------7--(7)--------|--------------------------------------o|||--5--5-5-3--5--(5)--5-5-5-|---5---5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5--5--5-5-----||
Chorus Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------|||-----12----------------------|-----------------------|||--12-------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||------9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------|||---9-------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q||-----------------------------|-----------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------|||-------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--|||--------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--|||o-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--|||---0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|------------------------------||---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)-----------||----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11--||-12-------------------------|-----------------9------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------|| H E E E E
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| ~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)-----------||--9-------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------|
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| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q|----------------------------|------------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------------||------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11-----||-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9-----||-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7-----||--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0-------------------|
Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H|----------------------------|-----------------------||---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-7--------10-(10)------||----12----------------------|-----------------------||-12-------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E Q. E +H|----------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------||-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-7--------11-(11)------||--9-------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------|
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| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +Q Q|----------------------------|-----------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------||------------12-(12)----12---|----------11-(11)--11--||-------------9--(9)-----9---|-----------9--(9)---9--||-------------7--(7)-----7---|-----------7--(7)---7--||--0--0-0--0-----------------|-0--0-0-0--------------|
Em Esus2 ~~~~~~~ E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|-------------------------------||---------10-12-(12)-10--8---|-/15-12-----10-(10)------------||----12----------------------|--------------------11-12-11---||-12-------------------------|-----------------9-------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------|| H E E E E
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| ~~~~~~~| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +H|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----9---11-12-(12)-11--9---|-/14-12-----11-(11)------------||--9-------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| PM-----| PM-----|
| E S S E E +Q Q E S S E E +E E Q|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||------------12-(12)----12---|------------11-(11)-12-11------||-------------9--(9)-----9---|-------------9--(9)--9--9------||-------------7--(7)-----7---|-------------7--(7)--7--7------||--0--0-0--0-----------------|---0--0-0-0--------------------|
D5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +Q. E +E Q E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-12----14----|-(14)---16-(16)-14---12-||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~| H H +Q. E +E Q E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||--9----11----|-(11)---12-(12)-11----9-||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------|
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| PM|| W +H. E E|-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||-------------|------------------------||--7----------|--(7)-------------------||--5----------|--(5)--------------5--0-||-------------|------------------------|
D.S. D.S. C5 N.C. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H H +H. +Q|------------------|---------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------o|||-11-----12--------|-(12)-------------(12)\----|||------------------|---------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------o|||------------------|---------------------------||
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H H +H. +Q|------------------|---------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------o|||--7------9--------|--(9)--------------(9)\----|||------------------|---------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------o|||------------------|---------------------------||
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| PM---------| PM| H. +E E E E E E +E E Q|------------------|---------------------------|||------------------|--------------------------o|||------------------|---------------------------|||--5---------(5)---|---------------------------|||--3---------(3)-0-|---3--2-------------2-----o|||------------------|--------5-3-(3)-5----------||
Bridge
N.C.(E) F5/C
Gtr I
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q|-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|-----------------3--||-------------------------|-----------------3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
N.C.(E) G5/D
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q|-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------5----||-------------------------|-----------------5----||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0------|
N.C.(E) F5/C
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q|-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|--------------------||-------------------------|-----------------3--||-------------------------|-----------------3--||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|
N.C.(E) G5/D
PM----------------------------------| PM PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E|-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------5------||-------------------------|-----------------5------||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0----|
D5/A C5/G N.C. PM| W +H. E E W E E E E +E E Q|----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|||----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|||----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|||----------|--------------|----------|-------------------|||-5--------|-(5)------5---|-3--------|-3-2-----------2---|||-5--------|-(5)------5-0-|-3--------|-----5-3-(3)-5-----||
Interlude E5 F#5 W +W W +W||-----------|------------|----------|--------|||o----------|------------|----------|--------|||-----------|------------|----------|--------|||--2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|||--0--------|-(0)--------|-2--------|-(2)----|
D.S.S. al Coda G5 A5 W +W W +W|----------|------------|----------|----------|||----------|------------|----------|---------o|||----------|------------|----------|----------|||-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)------|||-5--------|-(5)--------|-7--------|-(7)-----o|||-3--------|-(3)--------|-5--------|-(5)------||
Outro
&
E5 F#5
PM-------------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------||-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4---||-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2---|
G5 A5
PM----------------------------------------------|
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q Q|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7---------||-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3--3--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--/12\---|
N.C.(E) F5/C E5
PM----------------------------------| PM
E S S S S E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E Q E E Q H|-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*||-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*||-------------------------|--------------------|-------------*||-------------------------|-----------------3--|-------------*||-------------------------|-----------------3--|-2-----------*||-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|-0-----------*|
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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
