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LIFE WITHOUT YOU
As recorded by Stevie Ray Vaughan
(From the 1985 Album SOUL TO SOUL)
Transcribed by http://www.goobz.com/jruiz
Words and Music by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. 1 w/ clean tone.'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Gtr. 2 w/ dist.'
Intro
Slow Ballad Rock Q=64
A
4/4
Gtr I Gtr I
H E. Q S +Q. T S. E S S a E E
|------------5-|-(5)---12s14--12--9-------------||------------5-|-(5)---12s14--12-10----10----10-||------------6-|-(6)--------------9-11--9h11--9-||--------------|--------------------------------||--------------|--------------------------------||--------------|--------------------------------|
~~ T T S S S T S. S S S +S Q E|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||-9-------------------------------------------||-9h11p9----11--------------------------------||--------12-12--------12----14b15r(14)-12--14-||--------------12s14-----14-------------------|
F#m C#mE N.C.A ~ Q +E. S S S S S S S S S Q S E. a E e E a E|-----------------------------|----------------------|||-!2--(2)---------------------|---------9----9---5---|||-!2--(2)---------------2-----|----2----9----9---5---|||-!4--(4)-----------2-4---(4)-|-4-------9h11-9---5h6-|||-------------2-3-4-----------|----------------------|||---------2-5-----------------|----------------------||
Verse |3| +E E e S S S S S S S T T E S|-------5-----5-----------------||-------5-----5-----------------||-------6-----6-7-6-----7s5h6---||-(6)---------------7s9-------7-||-----------7-------------------||-----5-----5-------------------|
G#m F#m |3-| E S S e S S E e E E +S S S S S S E a +E S E S S T S.|-------5-----5-4---(2)-|-(2)-------------------------------------||-------5-----5-4----2--|-(2)-----2-------5-----------------------||-------6-----6-4----2--|-(2)-----2---2h4---4pb5r(4)-2------------||-----------------------|-----(2)---2------------------2-2h4------||-----7-----7-----------|------------------------------------2h4--||-5-5-------5-----------|-----------------------------------------|
C#mE N.C. A E E E E a E e E a E|-----2--------------5----||-----2---9----9-(x)-5----||-----2---9----9-(x)-5h6--||---------9h11-9-(x)------||-------------------------||-2-2---------------------|
|3| |3-| +E a E T S. E T S. E T S. E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S +E S|---------5s7--5-5----5--------|-2-5-----------------------------------||---------5s7--5-5h7--5-5s7--5-|-2-5-5---5-2-------------------------2-||-(6)---5---------------4s6--4-|-----4b5-4-2---------------2-4b6r(4)-2-||-----7-6----------------------|-------------4-----2---2h4-------------||------------------------------|---------------------4-----------------||------------------------------|---------------0h2---------------------|
F#m |3| +E E S E S S S S +S S S S T S.|--------------------------------------||-(2)-2--------------------------------||-(2)-2---2-----2-4b5r(4)-2------------||---------2-----------------2-(4)------||-------------4-------------------2h4--||-------2-----4------------------------|
C#mE N.C.A E E e E a E e E a E +E E E S S S S S S S S a S S|-----2------------5---|-------5-----5---5---------------||-----2---9----9-x-5---|-------5-----5---5---------------||-----2---9----9-x-5h6-|-(6)---6-----6h7---7--6----------||---------9h11-9-x-----|---------------------(5)-7-----7-||----------------------|---------------------------7s9---||-2-2------------------|-----5-----5---------------------|
B C C# E E E S S e e e a E +E S S E S S S S e E a S S|------5------5-7-8-9----|------------9-x-----9----9---9-----9-||------5------5-7-8-9----|------------9-x-----9----9---9-----9-||-----(6)-----6-8-9-9h10-|-(10)-10-----------10-11-----9h10-10-||------------------------|---------11-----11-------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------------||-5-5-------5------------|---------------------------9---------|
S S E e S S S S S S a S S S S|-------9--9-x----9------------------------||-------9--9-x----9--9---------------------||------10-10-x---10-11-10------------------||-11----------------------11-------11-11---||----------------------------11s13---------||----9---------9-------------------------9-|
D E S S e S S S S e a S S S S|--10--------10---------10-10-10-10-------------||--10--------10---------10-10-10-10----10-------||--11--------11---------11-12-11-11h12-11-------||-(12)------------------------------------12----||-----------------------------------------------||-(10)-10-10----10-(10)----------------------10-|
C# C B E S S E S S e e e a E +E S S S S S S S S S S a S S a S S|-10-------10-10----10--9-8-7---|---------------7-------------------------||-10-------10-10----10--9-8-7---|-----7---7---7---10-7---7----------------||-11-------11-11----11-10-9-7h8-|-(8)-8-8-8-9----------9---7h8------------||----12----------12-------------|-------9----------------------9------9---||-----x-----------x-------------|--------------------------------9s11-----||----10-10-------10-------------|-----------------------------------------|
Bb A B C C# E E E e E E E S S E E e S S e e e E|-----7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|-5---5-x---5-7-8--9-||-----7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|-5---5-x---5-7-8--9-||-----8---8-8-8-8-7-|-6---6-x---6-8-9-10-||-------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------------||-7-7---------------|---5-----5----------|
+E S S E S S a S S S S a S S S S|--(9)--9-----9----------------------------------||--(9)--9-----9-x----9-------------9-------------||-(10)-10----10-x----9h10-11-11b13---9h10--------||---------11------11-----------------9----11-----||------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------9-9-|
D E S S a S S S S a S S S S S S S S|-10-------10----------------------------------------||-10-------10----10----------------------------------||-11-------11h12-11----------------------------------||-12----------------12-12-------12-12-14-12----12-14-||-------------------------12s14-------------14-------||----10-10-------------------------------------------|
E N.C. C#mE N.C.A
|--3--|
Q S S S S a Q S S S S S Q Q a E e E a E|-----------------------0-------------|-----17\-----------5---||---------------12-----12-------------|-----17\--9----9---5---||---------------12-13--13h14p13-------|----------9----9-x-5h6-||------------12-----------------14----|-14-------9h11-9-x-----||------12-14--------------------------|--x--------------------||-0--0-----------------------------12-|-12--------------------|
A +S S E e E S S S S a S S T T T T|-----!5---5---5---------------------------||-----!5---5---5---(5)-(5)-----------------||-(6)-!6---6---6-7--6--(6)-----------------||-----!7----------------7------7-7h9-7h(9)-||-----!x-------------------7s9-------------||--------5---------------------------------|
G#F#m E E a E S S e e E E +Q S e S E Q a E|-------5-----5-4-x-2-|-(2)-----------------||-------5-----5-4-x-2-|-(2)--------2--------||-----6-------6-4-x-2-|-(2)--2-4-----2----2-||---------------------|----------2------2---||---------------------|---------------------||-5-5-------5---------|---------------------|
C#mE N.C. A E E e S S a E E T S. a E +E E e E S S S S S S S S|-----2-----------------5---|--------5-----7----7s=8---8---||-----2----------9------5---|-----^5-5---------------------||-2---------9----9------5h6-|-(6)-^6-6---7---7-(7)s8-8---8-||-2-----x---9h11-9----------|-----^7-----------------------||-------x-------------------|-----^7-----------------------||---2---x-2--------0h2------|-----^5-----------------------|
G#m F#m S S S S e S S e e E E +S e S a E S S S S +S S S S S T T|--8s=9--0------5-----5-4-3-2-|-(2)-------2-----------------------------||-----------(5)-5-----5-4-3-2-|-(2)-------2-----------------------------||-(8)s9-(9)-(6)-6-----6-4-3-2-|-(2)-----2---x---2-4b6r(4)p2-----4b6-x-x-||-----------------------------|-----2-2-----x-2-------------4-2---------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-------------------5---------|-----------------------------------------|
FmEmN.C.D S S S S E S S E E e E e S S e S S e S S s s S S|-----------------2-1-0---|-10-------10-------10-------10-10-------||----------2--2---2-1-0---|-10-------10-------10-------10-10-------||-4p2------2--2---2-1-0---|-11-------11-------11-------11-11-------||-----4-2-(4)---4---------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------|----10-10----10-10----10-10-------10-10-|
C# C B e S S e S S a e e E a E|-10-------10-------10-----9-8-7---||-10-------10-------10-----9-8-7---||-11-------11-------10h11-10-9-7h8-||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----10-10----10-10----------------|
|3-| |3-| E S S S S S S E S E S S a S S S|---------7-----------------------------||---7-----7-----------------------------||-8-8-----8-9-8----------------------^8-||-----(9)-------9------9----9--------^7-||-----------------9s11---11---11s9------||----------------------------------7----|
BbA Ab G |3| E E e S S e e e E E E E. S S S S S S E S T T|-----7-----7-6-5-4s|=3-----3----3-----------------||-----7-----7-6-5-4s|=3-----3--3-3-----------------||-----8-----8-7-6-5s|=4-----4--4-4-5-4-------------||-------------------|---(5)----------3-------5-----||-------------------|------------------5-5-7---7s5-||-7-7-----7---------|----3-------------------------|
F#F E N.C. C#mE6N.C.A E E E S S E E E E +E E S S S S E E E S S S E. Q a E e a E E|-----3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)-----------------7---------|--------------9-----5-|||-----3-----3-2-1-0-|-(0)---8-8-(8)b8.5---8-8-8-8---|-8-------9----9-----5-|||-----4-----4-3-2-1-|-(1)---7-7-(7)b7.5---7-7-7-7---|-7-------9----9-----6-|||-------------------|-------x-------------x---x-----|-x-------9h11-9-----7-|||-------------------|-------7-7-----------7---7-----|-7--------------------|||-3-3-----3---------|-----0-------------0---------0-|----------------7h9-5-||
Verse
~
|-3--|
+E E e E a S E. a S S S T T S S E S Q S S T T S S S E|-(5)-^5-(5)---5---5--------------|----------------------------------||-(5)-^5-(5)---5---5--5-----------|----------------------------------||-(6)-^6--6----6h7-6--6h7-6-------|----------------------------------||-(7)-^7--7-----------------7-----|-7-9-9b11-9-9------7-x-9b10-9-7---||-----^x----------------------7h9-|---------------7h9--------------9-||-(5)-^5--------------------------|----------------------------------|
F#m ~ E E E. S S S S S a S S S S|-x----(2)-2---5b5.5-2----------------||-------2--2-2---------2--------------||-------2----2-----------5s4-2---4b6--||------------------------------4------||-------------------------------------||---12s=2-----------------------------|
A
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|3-| |-3-|
+E S E S S S E +E. S E a E +Q S E S S S S S T T S S S|------------------------------------5---|--------7---8---8---8s=9---9---||------------------------------------5---|-------------------------------||-(4)-2---------2-(4)-(2)-(2)-(2)/---5h6-|-(6)--7---7s8-8---8---/9-9---9-||-------(2)-(2)--------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gtr II W|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| |-3--|
| S a S E T T T S S S S S S S S S a E|-9-9s12-9-9h11p9s7-9-7-5---5---------------||-------------------------5---5---7---------||-------------------------------7---(5)h(6)-||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
F#m W H Q S E +T T|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------------4b5r==(4)-2---|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
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| E. S S S S S S S S S S E S S E. +S S S S S S E S S E|------5-2---------------------|------------------------------5---------|||----2---2-2-5---------------5-|----------------------5-5s7-------------|||----2-----2-2-4b5-4-2---2-4-2-|-4-4pb6r(4)-2-----4s6-------------------|||----4-----------------4-------|--------------4-2-----------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------|||------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo A Gtr II ~~~ E E +H a a Q +E. +S a S +S S S E S S E +E|-5--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||----------------------------------|------------------------5b7-5-5----------||-4b6-4b6-(4)----------------4b6===|=(4)r(4)----4b6r(4)-2-2---------4b6r(4)--||-------------------------x--------|---------x-------------------------------||-----------------------x----------|-----------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| ~~~ PM--|| E E S S E E S S Q +Q E. S E s s E S S|-5--------5----------------^5-----|-(5)-------^5-----------5---4-4-4----3s2-||-------------5-------------^5-----|-(5)-------^5-----------5---4-4-4----3s2-||---------------6-----------^6-----|-(6)-------^6-----------6---4-4-4----3s2-||-----------------7---------^7-----|-(7)-------^7----------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||-----x-----------5-5-5------------|----------------------5------------------|
F#m ~~~ E. S S S S S S S +S S S S a S T T|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||--2p=(0)-----2---2-4b6r(4)-2-4-2-------------||---------2h4---4-----------------2h4---4---4-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--|
| +Q Q E E E S S S|-(2)-----2-------2------2----2---------------||-(2)-----2-------2------2----2---------------||-(2)-----2-------2------2----2-----2h4p==2---||-----------------4------4----4---------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S S S S S S S S S|-------2--2-2----------5-----5------5--------||-------2--2-2--------5-----5------5-------5--||-------2--2-2-/7b7.5-------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||-2-2-2---------------------------------------|
|
| E E E. S E E E E|-------2-------------------------------------||-------2----2--------------------------------||-------2----2--4-------4b6---4pb5---4b4.5----||-------4-------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||-2-2-----------------------------------------|
A ~ |3| S S E E. S E +E E a S S S S E S S E a a S E E S S E|-5-8-5-5--5-8b10r==(8)---8b9---5---|-5-8-5---5---!15\------------5-5---5\-||-----------------------------5---5-|-------------!15\------------5-5-5-5\-||-----------------------------------|----------------------/6h7b8----------||-----------------------------------|--------------------x-----------------||-----------------------------------|------------------x-------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
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| E E Q S S S S E S S E S S Q E E E E|-------5------------5--------------|---------5-------------5-----5-3---2--||-------5---------------5-----------|---------5-------------5-----5-3---2--||-------6----6----7-------------6h7-|---------6-------------6-----6-3---2--||-------7-----------------7---------|---------7----------------------------||-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------||-5---5-----------------------------|-5---5-5------------------------------|
F#m E E +H +T T a E.|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------0-----------||--4b5-(4)b6r(4)r=========(4)-0---4b6r====||-------------------------------x---------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
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| +Q Q s s s s s s s s|-(2)---------2---2-2-2----2------2---2---||-(2)---------2---2-2-2----2------2---2---||-(2)---------2---2-2-2----2------2---2---||-------------4---------4---------------4-||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
~ +H +E. a S +E S S E +E H a a E E|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-(4)b6r==========(4)-----4b6r(4)-2h4-|-4b6r(4)b6---4---------------4b6r==4-||-----------------------x-------------|---------------------------x---------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------x-----------||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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| s s e e s s E Q E e S S E S S S S E S S E|--2------2-2------2--2-----------2---|-------------5-x-x-------------------||--2------2-2------2--2-----------2---|-------------5-x-x-5---5-------------||--2------2-2------2--2-----------2---|-------------6-x-x-6h7-6-------------||-------4-----4-4-----------------4---|-------------7---------------------7-||-------------------------------------|-----------------------------7s==9---||-------------------------------------|-5----5----5-------------------------|
S E. S E S S S S S T T S S T T|---------------------------------------||---5b7---5----5------------------------||-4----------4---4-4pb6-4-2-4p2---2-----||-------------------------------4---2h4-||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
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| E E E. S E E E S S|---------5------5------4---------2-----||---------5------5------4---------2-----||---------6------6------4---------2-----||---------7-------------------------4---||---------------------------------------||-5-----5------5------------------------|
F#m E S S E T T S Q a +S S S S|-------(2)-2-2-2-------------------------||--------2--2-2-2-------------------------||--------2--2-2---4b6====4pb6r(4)-2-------||-----------------------------------2-<4>-||-----------------------------------------||-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
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| E S S E S S E E E e|--------2--2---2------2-------2----2-----||--------2--2---2------2-------2----2-----||--------2--2---2------2-------2----2-----||--------4--4---4------4-------4----4-----||-----------------------------------------||-2-2-2-----------------------------------|
S E S Q E S S S S S S|-------2----------17----17----17----||-------2-------------17----17----17-||-------2----/18---------------------||---4--------------------------------||------------------------------------||-2---2------------------------------|
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| s E s E. S S S S S S S S S|---2---2-----------2-----0-----0----||---2---2--------------0-----0-----0-||---2---2--------2-------------------||---4---4------4---------------------||------------------------------------||-2---2----x-------------------------|
A ~~~~~ T T S E Q E E. E.|-17----17-19b20-19b21---19b21-19b20----19b21----||----17------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E. s E e e e|-----------------5----5-------14----12-------14-||-----------------5----5-------14----12-------14-||-----------------6----6-------14----12-------14-||-----------------7------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||--5--------5-------------x----------------------|
E. E. E. E. S S S S|-19b22---19b21-----19b22-----19b21---19b21-19-17----||-------------------------------------------------17-||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| E E S E s e e e E|---------------5---------5-5-------4--3--------2----||---------------5---------5-5-------4--3--------2----||---------------5h6-------6-6-------4--3--------2----||---------------7-------------------------------4----||----------------------------------------------------||--5----5--------------------------------------------|
F#m ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ S S E E. S S E. E. S +S S E E. S E E E E|-17--20-17-17-----17-17--20b22---20b22---20b22-|-(20)-20-17-17----17-17---20b21---20b22-20b24==||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
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| +Q S E. +E E S E S E E E S S S S S S Q|-(2)-----------2-----(2)-------2-------2--2----|-------------2--2--2--5----5-------------------||-(2)-----------2-----(2)-------2-------2--2----|-------------2--2--2--5----5-------------------||-(2)-----------2-----(2)-------2-------2--2----|-------------2--2--2--5h6--5h===6--------------||-(4)-----------4-----(4)-------4-------4--4----|-------------4--4--4--7----7-------------------||-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||------------2---------------------2------------|---2------2------------------------------------|
A
|--3--| |--3--|
+S +S E E S S S E S S S S S S S|-(20)-(20)-------------------------5-----5---5-----||-----------/17\------------------5---5-----5-----5-||-------------------------7-7b9---------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||----------------/17\-5-5---------------------------|
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| H E E S S S S|-------------------------5-----5-------------------||-------------------------5-----5-----------2-------||-------------------------------6-------2-------2---||-----------------------------------2---------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------|
|---3---| |--3--| |---3---| |-3-| |-3--| |3-| |--3---|
S S S E S S S S S S S S S +S S S S E +S S S|---------5--------5---------------5---5-------------------------------||-----5-----8b10-----8---5-----5-----8-5-------------------------------||-7b9----------------------7b9-----------7b8r(7)p5---5--7b8r(7)p5------||--------------------------------------------------7----------------7--||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S E E E. S|------------------------------------5--------4------3------------3----||-----------2--------------2---------5--------4------3------------3----||-------2--------2-----2---------2-------------------------------------||-2----------------2---------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#m
~~~~~
|-3-| |-3--|
E S S S S S S. T S E S S S s E|-----------2-----2---------2---2-5-2---||-------0h2----2----2-5b7-----2---------||-------------(0)-----------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-2-2-2---------------------------------|
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| E S S E S S S S S S S S S S|-------2------2------------------------||-------2------2--2---------2-------2---||-------2------2--2-------2---2-2-2---2-||-------4------4--4---4---------4-------||---------------------------------------||-2-2-2--------2------------------------|
A ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Q E S S S S E E E E E E E H|-2-------2---2-2-2-2-5b7---5-------|------------------*||-------------------------------5b7-|-5b7-5------------*||-----------------------------------|-------4b6--------*||-----------------------------------|------------------*||-----------------------------------|------------------*||-----------------------------------|------------------*|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E H|-----------------------------------|-------5----------*||-----2---2---2-------2---0---2-0---|-------5----------*||---2---2---2---2---2-------2-------|-------6----------*||-4---------------4-----------------|-------7----------*||-----------------------------------|------------------*||-----------------------------------|-5---5------------*|
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
