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AMETHYST
As recorded by X Japan
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Q=78 4/4 Gtr I E E E E +E E E E +H +E E E E|---------------7-12-|-(12)----(12)---------||-------5-(5)-8-0----|----------------------||---0-4------------9-|--(9)-----(9)---------||-------------5------|----------------------||-2------------------|--------------10-9-10-||--------------------|----------------------|
Q E E +E E E E +H +E E E E|------------3-7-12-|-(12)----(12)--------||------5-(5)--------|---------------------||------4-(4)-0-4----|---------------------||----5-----------14-|-(14)----(14)-2-4-5--||-7-----------------|---------------------||-0-----------------|---------------------|
E E E E +E E E E +H +E E E E E E E E E E Q W|---------------7-12-|-(12)----(12)-------|----------------|------||-------5-(5)-8-0----|----------------7-8-|-8---7-------5--|-4----||-4---4------------9-|--(9)-----(9)-9-----|-7---7-------5--|-4----||---5---------5------|--------------------|-0-7---7---7----|-4----||--------------------|--------------------|---------5------|------||-7------------------|--------------------|----------------|-7----|
Q. S S E. S +E E Q E S S +H Q. E Q S E. W|---------------------|-----------------|--------3--2----|------||-0----5-7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------|-1----1------5--|-7----||-0-------------------|----7------------|-0--------------|-7----||-2-------------------|------7-9-(9)----|-2--------------|-7----||-3-------------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-5----||---------------------|-7---------------|----------------|------|
Q. S S E. S +E E Q E S S +H Q. E Q S E. W|---------------------|-----------------|--------3--3-5--|------||-0----5-7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------|-1----1---------|-7----||-0-------------------|----7------------|-0--------------|-7----||-2-------------------|------7-9-(9)----|-2--------------|-7----||-3-------------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-5----||---------------------|-7---------------|----------------|------|
E E E S S E. S +E E Q E S S +E S S +Q|----------------------|-----------------------||-----0-5-7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------------||-----0----------------|----7------------------||---2------------------|------7-9-(9)-7-9-(9)--||-3--------------------|-----------------------||----------------------|-7---------------------|
Q. E Q S E. Q. E E E E E|--------3--2----|---------------------||-------------5--|-7-------------------||------5---------|-7-------------------||-5--------------|-0---------------12--||-7--------------|------9-10-12-14-----||-5--------------|---------------------|
E E E S S E. S +E E Q E S S +E S S +Q|----------------------|-----------------------||-------5-7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------------||----------------------|----7------------------||-9---5----------------|------7-9-(9)-7-9-(9)--||---7------------------|-----------------------||-8--------------------|-7---------------------|
Q Q Q S E. E E E E Q E S S|-------3--3-5--|--------------------||---------------|-7-------7--8-10-12-||-5--5----------|-7---7---7----------||-7-------------|-0-7---7------------||-7-------------|--------------------||-5-------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E.|-----------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--||---------------5-|-8-------------5------||---0-4-------4---|-9--------------------||-------5---5-----|----------------------||-2---------------|----------------------||---------7-------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E.|-7---------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--||---------5-------|-8-------------5------||-----4-------4---|-9--------------------||---5---5---5---5-|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-7---------------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q|-7---------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--|-----------------|----7--5--7---||---------------5-|-8-------------5------|-7---------------|--------------||-----4-------4---|-9--------------------|-7---7-------7---|--------------||---5---5---5-----|----------------------|-0-7---7---7---7-|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|---------5-------|-6------------||-7-------7-------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
E E E E +H Q Q Q Q|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|----------------||-21------------------|----19--19------||----21-19-21-(21)----|-0----------21--||---------------------|----21--21------||-20------------------|------------22--|
E E +Q E E E E Q Q Q Q|-------------------------|-0--------------||----12-(12)--------------|-0--12--10--12--||-14-------------------11-|-0--12--11--12--||-------------------12----|-2--------------||----------------12-------|-2--------------||-15----------14----------|-0--------------|
E E E E +H Q Q Q Q|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|------------19--||-21------------------|----19--19------||----21-19-21-(21)----|-0--------------||---------------------|----21--21------||-20------------------|----------------|
E E +Q E E E S S Q Q Q Q|---------------------------|--------------||-19-17-(17)----------------|--------------||---------------------------|----4--2--4---||---------------------------|--------------||---------------------------|-2------------||--0----------0-17-19-17-15-|-0------------|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q Q|-0-----------------|-------------|-----------------2-|-0-----------||-0---------------5-|----3--3-----|---------------3---|-0--0-----0--||-0-4-2-4-(4)---0-4-|----------4--|-2-4-(4)-----2-----|-0--0--2--0--||-2-----------2-----|-------------|-------------------|-2-----2-----||-3-----------------|-5-----------|-------------------|-2-----------||-------------------|-------------|-3-------3-2-------|-------------|
Q=39 E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +Q +H +Q. E E E Q|-0-----------------|----------2--|-2---------------|----------10-14-----||-0-----------------|-------4-----|-0-5-(5)--(5)----|-(5)---10-------10--||-0-4-2-4-(4)---0-4-|----4--4-----|-0---------------|-----------7-11-11--||-2-----------2-----|-------4-----|-2---------------|--------7-----------||-3-----------------|-5-----------|-3---------------|--------------------||-------------------|-------7-----|-----------------|--------------------|
Q=78 E E E S S E. S +E E Q E S S +E S S +Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||----------7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------------||--------9--------------|----7------------------||------9----------------|------7-9-(9)-7-9-(9)--||---7-10----------------|-----------------------||-8---------------------|-7---------------------|
Q. E Q S E. Q. E E E E E|--------3--2----|---------------------||-------------5--|-7-------------------||------5---------|-7-------------------||-5--------------|-0---------------12--||-7--------------|------9-10-12-14-----||-5--------------|---------------------|
E E E S S E. S +E E Q E S S +E S S +Q|----------------------|-----------------------||-------5-7-8--7-(7)-5-|-7---------------------||----------------------|----7------------------||-9---5----------------|------7-9-(9)-7-9-(9)--||---7------------------|-----------------------||-8--------------------|-7---------------------|
Q Q Q S E. E E E E Q E S S|-------3--3-5--|--------------------||---------------|-7-------7--8-10-12-||-5--5----------|-7---7---7----------||-7-------------|-0-7---7------------||-7-------------|--------------------||-5-------------|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E.|-----------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--||---------------5-|-8-------------5------||---0-4-------4---|-9--------------------||-------5---5-----|----------------------||-2---------------|----------------------||---------7-------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E.|-7---------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--||---------5-------|-8-------------5------||-----4-------4---|-9--------------------||---5---5---5---5-|----------------------||-----------------|----------------------||-7---------------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S +E E S E. E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q|-7---------------|-7-5-3-2-3-(3)---3-5--|-----------------|----7--5--7---||---------------5-|-8-------------5------|-7---------------|--------------||-----4-------4---|-9--------------------|-7---7-------7---|--------------||---5---5---5-----|----------------------|-0-7---7---7---7-|--------------||-----------------|----------------------|---------5-------|-6------------||-7-------7-------|----------------------|-----------------|--------------|
E E E E +H Q Q Q Q|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|----------------||-21------------------|----------------||----21-19-21-(21)----|-0--24--24--21--||---------------------|----21--21------||-20------------------|------------22--|
E E +Q E E E E Q Q Q Q|-------------------------|-0--------------||----12-(12)--------------|-0--12--10--12--||-14-------------------11-|-0--12--11--12--||-------------------12----|-2--------------||----------------12-------|-2--------------||-15----------14----------|-0--------------|
E E E E +H Q Q Q Q|---------------------|----------------||---------------------|------------19--||-21------------------|----------------||----21-19-21-(21)----|-0--24--24------||---------------------|----21--21------||-20------------------|----------------|
E E +Q E E E S S Q Q Q Q|---------------------------|--------------||-19-17-(17)----------------|--------------||---------------------------|----4--2--4---||---------------------------|--------------||---------------------------|-2------------||--0----------0-17-19-17-15-|-0------------|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q Q|-0-----------------|-------------|-----------------2-|-0-----------||-0---------------5-|----3--3-----|---------------3---|-0--0-----0--||-0-4-2-4-(4)---0-4-|----------4--|-2-4-(4)-----2-----|-0--0--2--0--||-2-----------2-----|-------------|-------------------|-2-----2-----||-3-----------------|-5-----------|-------------------|-2-----------||-------------------|-------------|-3-------3-2-------|-------------|
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q E E +E E +E E E E Q. E H|-0-----------------|----------2--|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-------|------3-12----||-0-----------------|-------4-----|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)-------|--------12----||-0-4-2-4-(4)---0-4-|----4--4-----|-0-0-(0)-0-(0)---0-4-|------0--9----||-2-----------2-----|-------4-----|-2-2-(2)-------2-----|---------9----||-3-----------------|-5-----------|-3-------------------|-3------------||-------------------|-------7-----|---------------------|--------------|
Q=44 E E +E E +E E E E Q. E H E E +E E +E E S S E Q Q Q Q|---------------------|--------12----|-----------------------|-------1------||-7-5-(5)-5-(5)-----5-|------8-12----|-7-5-(5)-5-(5)-------5-|-------2------||-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-----5-|---------9----|-5-5-(5)-5-(5)-----5---|----2--2--1---||-7-7-(7)-7-(7)---7---|------5--9----|-7-7-(7)-7-(7)---7-----|----2-----2---||-7-------------7-----|--------------|-7-------------7-------|-3--------2---||-5-------------------|-0------------|-5---------------------|----------0---|
S S E +S E. E. S +Q W|------------------------|-0----*||-2-4-5-(5)-4------------|-0----*||--------------4---------|-1----*||-----------------4-(4)--|-2----*||------------------------|-2----*||------------------------|-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
