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INTRO TO REALITY
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1990 Album PERSISTENCE )
Transcribed by unregistered
G
3 2 0 0 0 3
G5
3 5 x x x x
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
Bb
x 1 0 3 3 x
F
1 0 3 2 1 1
CIII
x 3 x x x x
GIII
3 x x x x x
BbI
x 1 x x x x
FI
1 x x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=135
G
6/4
Gtr I
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E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q||------------------------------|-----------------------------||||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o||||-------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------||||------------------------------|-----------------------------||||o------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2---o||||--3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------||
C
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------[0]--|---------------------------||------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------||-----------------------------|---------------------------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------[0]--|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------|
Bb F
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------||----------------------------|---------------------------||------8p5---8p5---8--6--8\--|------3p0---3p0---3--0-----||-6--6-----6-----6-----------|-1--1-----1-----1-------0--|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------[0]--|---------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------||------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| Gtr II| H. +H. +H. +H.|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|--------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------||---------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------||-------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||--3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| +H. +H. +H. +H.|--------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------||-(5)---------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------||--------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------------|------------------------------|
C
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
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| H. +H. +H. +H.|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| H. +H. +H. +H Q|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
Bb F
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------8p5---8p5----8---6--8\--|------3p0---3p0----3---0-----||-6--6-----6-----6-------------|-1--1-----1-----1---------0--|
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| H. +H Q H. +H.|------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||-7----------------(7)-----7\--|-----------------------------||-8----------------(8)-----8\--|-7----------------(7)--------||------------------------------|-8----------------(8)--------||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| H. +H. +H. +H.|-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-4----------------(4)----------|-(4)---------------(4)--------||-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q||--------------------------------|------------------------------||||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||||---------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||||--------------------------------|------------------------------||||o------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--o||||--3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3-------------||
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| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q||------------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3---||||o-0----------------(0)--2---3---|-----------------------2--3--o||||--0----------------(0)----------|-4----------------(4)---------||||--------------------------------|-5----------------(5)---------||||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
C C
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q|-----------------------7---8---|-----------------------7--8--||-5----------------(5)--7---8---|-5----------------(5)--7--8--||-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--||-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--||-4----------------(4)----------|-4----------------(4)--------||-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Bb F
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------8p5---8p5----8---6--8\--|------3p0---3p0----3---0-----||-6--6-----6-----6-------------|-1--1-----1-----1---------0--|
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| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q|-----------------------6--5---|-----------------------5-----||-3----------------(3)--6--5---|-----------------------5-----||-3----------------(3)---------|-2----------------(2)-----2--||------------------------------|-3----------------(3)-----3--||------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--||-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------|
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| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--||-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--||-4----------------(4)----------|-4----------------(4)--------||-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G5
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q||-------------------------------------------|||o------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------[0]-----|||-------------------------------------------|||o----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-------------|||--3------3-----3-----3---------------------|
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| H. Q Q Q||-----------------------------2------3------|||o----------------------------2------3------|||--4--------------------4-------------------|||--5--------------------5-------------------|||o------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------------------------------|||o------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||o------------------------------------------|||--3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|||----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-----2------o|||-3------3-----3-----3---------------------||
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| H. Q Q Q|----------------------------2-----3-------|||----------------------------2-----3------o|||-4--------------------4-------------------|||-5--------------------5-------------------|||-----------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------||
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| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------o|||------------------------------------------|||------------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------o|||-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||
C
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------[0]-----||----------5p2---5p2----5------4-------------||-3------3-----3-----3-----------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| H. +Q Q Q|------------------------------7------8------||-5--------------------(5)-----7------8------||-5--------------------(5)-------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| PM------------------------------------------
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||-8--8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||----------5p2---5p2----5------4-----2-----||-3------3-----3-----3---------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| H. +Q Q Q|------------------------------7-----8-----||-5--------------------(5)-----7-----8-----||-5--------------------(5)-----------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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|----------------------------------------|| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||-8--8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
G5
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||----------------------------------[0]-----||------------------------------------------||----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-------------||-3------3-----3-----3---------------------|
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| H. Q Q Q|----------------------------2------3------||----------------------------2------3------||-4--------------------4-------------------||-5--------------------5-------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| PM----------------------------------------
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-----2-----||-3------3-----3-----3-------------------|
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| H. Q Q Q|----------------------------2-----3-----||----------------------------2-----3-----||-4--------------------4-----------------||-5--------------------5-----------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------|| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Bb5 F5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||----------8p5---8p5---8-----6--8\--|----------3p0---3p0---3-----0-------------||-6------6-----6-----6--------------|-1------1-----1-----1-------------0-------|
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| H. Q Q Q H. Q Q Q|----------------------------6--5---|----------------------------5-------------||-3--------------------3-----6--5---|----------------------------5-------------||-3--------------------3------------|-2--------------------2-----------2-------||-----------------------------------|-3--------------------3-----------3-------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
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| PM-----------------------| PM-----------------------------------|| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------||----------------------------8--7---|------------------------------------------||-6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|-1--1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
G5 F#5 F5 E5
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
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| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
G
6/4 2/4
Gtr IV
Q W Q H
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/
Gtr II
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E 3x||--------------------------------------|---7-----||||o-------------------------------------|---8----o||||--4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-0-7p0-0-6p0-0-5p0-0-|-4----0--||||--------------------------------------|---------||||o-------------------------------------|--------o||||--------------------------------------|---------||
6/4 2/4
|--3--| |--3--|
H. H Q E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E|-------------------------------------|-----7-----------|||-------------------------------------|-----8-----------|||-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-0-7p0-0-6p0-0-5p0-0-|-4-----------0---|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------||
G5
6/4 2/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E 4x||--------------------------------------|-----7------------||||o-------------------------------------|-----8-----------o||||--4-0-5-0-6-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-6-0-|-7-----------0----||||--------------------------------------|------------------||||o-------------------------------------|-----------------o||||--------------------------------------|------------------||
CIII
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|---------------------------||||o-------5-----6p5---8p5---|-------5-----6p5---8------o||||--5-5-5---5-5-----5-----5-|-5-5-5---5-5-----5---5-5---||||--------------------------|---------------------------||||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||||--------------------------|---------------------------||
GIII G5
6/4 2/4
|---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q.
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/ / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E||--------------------------------------|---7------||||o-------------------------------------|---8-----o||||--4-0-5-0-6-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-6-0-|-7-----0--||||--------------------------------------|----------||||o-------------------------------------|---------o||||--------------------------------------|----------||
BbI
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
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-----4p3---6p3---|-------3-----4p3---6------||-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----3-|-3-3-3---3-3-----3---3-3--||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------|
FI
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q|-------------------------|-------------------------*||-------------------------|-------------------------*||-------2-----3p2---5p2---|-------2-----3-2---5-----*||-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----3-|-3-3-3---3-3-----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
