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FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Souza, Christian Music by Peterson, Skolnick
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Solo Gtr.'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Alex 2nd Solo Gtr.(Harmony)'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=210
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------4-------4-|-------4---------||---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-||-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
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| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------4-------4-|-------4---------||---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-||-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
3/4
-----| PM--------|
E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
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|-----| PM--------|
| E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-----------------------|----------------------||-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------4-------4-|-------4---------||---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-||-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
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| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-------4-------4-|-------4---------||---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-||-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
3/4
-----| PM--------|
E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|
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|-----| PM------------|
| E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S Q.|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-7\------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-7\------------|
Slightly Slower Q=200
$
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
||------------------|---------------------|||o-----------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|||----7-6-5---7-6-5-|---7-6-5-5-----5-7-8-|||o---7-6-5---7-6-5-|---7-6-5-5-----5-7-8-|||--0-------0-------|-0---------0-0-------|
PM PM PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||---7-6-5---7-6-5-|-6s7---5s4---4s5----|||---7-6-5---7-6-5-|-4s5---3s2---2s3---o|||-0-------0-------|-----0-3s2-0--------||
To Coda
4/4
PM PM PM------------------|
q q E E Q q E E E E E E q q E E Q E E +S E. E +S E. E||---------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------------||||o--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------------o||||---------------|------------2---|--------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5---||||--4--4--4-4s5--|-4--4-4s5-4-2-4-|-4--4--4-4s5--|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5---||||o-4--4--4-2s3--|-4--4-2s3-2---4-|-4--4--4-2s3--|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3--o||||--2--2--2------|-2--2-----------|-2--2--2------|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3---||
1st and 2nd Verses Faster Q=206 PM--------------------------- E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||--------------------------------|||o-------------------------------|||--------------------------------|||--------------------------------|||o-4-----------------------------|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-----------| PM------------------------|
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------4s5--4-2---|---------------------------------||-------------4s5--4-2-4-|---------------------------------||----------------------4-|-4-------------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
PM------| PM PM--------------------------------------|
E E +S E. Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a Q E E E|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5------|-------------------------------|-------------4s5--4-2-----||-4-2-(2)-4--5------|-------------------------------|-------------4s5--4-2-4---||-2-0-(0)-2--3----3-|-4-----------------------------|----------------------4---||-2-0-(0)-2--3--0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
PM--------------------------- E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-4-----------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
---------| PM------------------------|
E E +S E. Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------|--------------------------------||------------------|--------------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5--5--|--------------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5--5--|-4------------------------------||-2-0-(0)-2--3--3--|-4------------------------------||-2-0-(0)-2--3--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
PM--------| PM------------------------------------| PM
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E +S E. Q E E|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------||-------------4s5--4-2---|-------------------------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5--------||-------------4s5--4-2-4-|-------------------------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5--------||----------------------4-|-4-----------------------------|-2-0-(0)-2--3----3---||-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-(0)-2--3--0-3---|
PM--------------------------- E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-4-----------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-----------| PM------------------------|
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------4s5--4-2---|-------------------------------||-------------4s5--4-2-4-|-------------------------------||----------------------4-|-4-----------------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus
PM------------------| PM----------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E S S S S S S S S E E Q|-----------------------||------------------------||-----------------------||------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-||------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-||-------------------4s5--||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-||-4---------------4-2s3--||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
PM--------| PM PM PM----------|
S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E Q|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-------------------2---|-------------------------||-------------4s5-4-2-4-|-------------------4s5---||-------------2s3-2---4-|-4---------------4-2s3---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
PM------------------| PM----------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E S S S S S S S S E E Q|-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------------||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-|-------------------4s5--||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-4---------------4-2s3--||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
PM--------| PM PM PM----------|
S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E Q|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-------------------2---|-------------------------||-------------4s5-4-2-4-|-------------------4s5---||-------------2s3-2---4-|-4---------------4-2s3---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1. 2.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E E E +S E. E +S E. E E E. E. E. E. E|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------|||-----------------------o||-----------------------|------------------|||------------------------||-----------------------|------------------|||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5--||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-|-7-8--7--8--9--10-|||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-o||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-5-6--5--6--7---8-|||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3--||-----------------------|-5-6--5--6--7---8-||
Slightly Faster Q=213 Gtr I PM------| PM----------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||----------------------|---------------------|||o---------------------|---------------------|||----------------------|---------------------|||----------------------|---------------------|||o-----------7h8p7-----|---------------------|||--0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6h7p6-1h2p1-|
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| Gtr II| PM------| PM----------|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||----------------------|---------------------|||o---------------------|---------------------|||----------------------|---------------------|||------------6h7p6-----|---------------------|||o---------------------|---------4h5p4-0h1p0-|||--0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------|
3/4 2/4 PM----| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|---------------|-----------------|-------||---------------|-----------------|-------||---------------|-----------------|-------||---------------|---6h7p6---------|-------||---------7h8p7-|-----------7h8p7-|-8--7--||-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|-6--5--|
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| PM----|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|---------------|-----------------|-------||---------------|-----------------|-------||---------------|---4h5p4---------|-------||---------6h7p6-|-----------6h7p6-|-------||---------------|-----------------|-8--7--||-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|-6--5--|
4/4 PM------| PM----------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||-----------7h8p7-----|---------------------||-0-0-0---0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6h7p6-1h2p1-|
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| PM------| PM----------|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||-----------6h7p6-----|---------------------||---------------------|---------4h5p4-0h1p0-||-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------|
3/4 2/4 PM----| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|---------------|-----------------|----------|||---------------|-----------------|---------o|||---------------|-----------------|----------|||---------------|---6h7p6---------|-3--------|||---------7h8p7-|-----------7h8p7-|-1--3----o|||-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|----1-----||
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| PM----|| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|---------------|-----------------|----------|||---------------|-----------------|---------o|||---------------|---4h5p4---------|----------|||---------6h7p6-|-----------6h7p6-|-3--------|||---------------|-----------------|-1--3----o|||-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|----1-----||
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---------5-------|||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|---5-7-5---8-7-8-|||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------||
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| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-|||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---|||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------|||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------||
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-3-2h3-||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-4-2---------||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|-----------------||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-----------------||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------|
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| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------|
3rd Verse
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---------5-------||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|---5-7-5---8-7-8-||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------|
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| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------|
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-7-6-7-|||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---7-9-7---------|||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-----------------|||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------||
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| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-|||-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---|||-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------|||-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------||
Guitar Solo Slightly Slower Q=204 Gtr III ~ ~ E E E E H E E E E H|----------------|-----------------||-----7-8--------|-------7h8-------||-7-9-----9------|--7h=9-----9-----||----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|
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| Gtrs I, II| PM| PM--|| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------||-2-------2--2-4-|-(4)-------4--4--||-0---0-0-0--0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2--2--|
~
|---3---|
E E E E E +Q E E E E E E H|---------------------------|------------------------||-----7-8-10b12==(10)r---10-|--8h=10p==8s7h8---------||-7-9-----------------------|----------------9-------||---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------|
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| PM| PM----|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------2-|-(2)------------4-------||-5--------5-----------5--0-|-(0)----0---0-0-2--5----||-3---3-3--3-----------3----|-------------------3----|
~ S S S E. E S S S S E E +Q +E E H|-----------------------------------|-------------------||-12h13p12p10h==12-10-8h10-7h8------|-------------------||------------------------------9b11r|=(9)---(9)-7-9-----||-----------------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|-----------------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------||-----------------------------------|-------------------||--2----------------2--------2-4----|-(4)---------4--4--||--0----------0--0--0--------0-2----|-(2)-2--2--2-2--2--|
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|--3--|
S S E E E E E E E H.. S S S|-------------------|-----------------12-12-12---||-------------------|----------------------------||-----7-------------|----------------------------||-7s9---9p7-9p7-----|----------------------------||---------------7s5h|==7-------------------------||-------------------|----------------------------|
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| PM| PM--|| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q|-------------------|----------------------------||-------------------|----------------------------||-------------------|----------------------------||-----------------2-|-(2)--------4---------------||-5---------5---5-0-|-(0)--0-0-0-2--5------------||-3-----3-3-3---3---|---------------3------------|
Faster Q=215 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S +Q +Q|-13-12-10-12-10----10----------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------13----13-12-13-12-10-12-10-------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------12-10-|-12-10-9-10-9-10-9-(9)-(9)---(9)---||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
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| PM---------------------------| PM-------------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--2----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|--3--------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|--1---------1----1------1--1--1--1-|
PM----------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +H +E E E E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-9-9-9-10-9-7-9-7----7---------------|--------------------------||------------------10---10-9-7-7-9-10-|-(10)------(10)-9-10-7----||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| PM--| PM--| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|---5---------5------------||-5-----------------5-----------------|---3---3-3---3-----3-3----||-3--------3---3----3--------3---3----|--------------------------|
PM---------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S H.. +S|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||-------------------|-----------------|---------7-9-7---|-7h9--------------(9)-||--9-5-7-3--5-2-3---|-2---------------|-----6-9-------9-|----------------------||-----------------5-|---3-5-2-3---3---|---7-------------|----------------------||-------------------|-----------5---4-|-0---------------|----------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q E E E E|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------||-10-------10-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2--1-2-1-0-----||--8---8-8--8---8-8-|-8-------8-------|-2-------2-------|-2-----3--2-3-2-0-----||-------------------|-6---6-6-6---6-6-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------9-12-9----|--------------8-------||---------10--------10-|-----------10---10----||-------9--------------|--------10---------10-||----11----------------|---7-10---------------||-12-------------------|-8--------------------||----------------------|----------------------|
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| W W|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||--2-------------------|----------------------||--2-------------------|-3--------------------||--0-------------------|-3--------------------||----------------------|-1--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|---------------10-------|-------------12-15-12----||------------12----12----|----------13----------13-||---------12----------12-|-------12----------------||----9-12----------------|----14-------------------||-10---------------------|-15----------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
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| W W|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|--5----------------------||--5---------------------|--5----------------------||--5---------------------|--3----------------------||--3---------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------13-17-/20-17----|-------------------------||-------13--------------18-|-------------15-18-15----||----14--------------------|----------15----------15-||-15-----------------------|-------15----------------||--------------------------|-13-17-------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| W W|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||-10-----------------------|-------------------------||-10-----------------------|--8----------------------||--8-----------------------|--8----------------------||--------------------------|--6----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------16h19-------12h16-|-------------------------||----17----------12-------|-------12-17-15p13----12-||-16----------13----------|----13-------------14----||-------------------------|-14----------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--2-----------2----------|--2-----------2----------||--0-----0--0--0-----0--0-|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0-|
Harmony Guitar Part Slower Q=210 ~~~ ~~~ H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-13----------12-10-|-------------8-10-|-12----------10-8-|-------------6-8-||-------------------|-10---------------|------------------|--9--------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr IV| ~~~ ~~~| H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-14----------12p10-|-------------9-10-|-12----------10p9-|-------------7-9-||-------------------|-12---------------|------------------|-10--------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtrs I, II| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||--2-------2--------|------------------|------------------|--5-------5------||--0---0-0-0---0--0-|--3-------3-------|--5-------5-------|--3---3-3-3--3-3-||-------------------|--1---1-1-1--1--1-|--3---3-3-3---3-3-|-----------------|
~~ H. E E H. E E|------------------|-----------------||-10-----------8-6-|-----------------||------------------|-7----------9h10-||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
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| ~~| H. E E H. E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-10-----------9p7-|-----------------||------------------|-8----------9h10-||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-10-------10------|-----------------||--8---8-8--8--8-8-|-8-------8-------||------------------|-6---6-6-6--6--6-|
H H H Q E E|-----------------------|-------------/12/--17-19-||------------9tr10------|-12tr13------------------||-9tr10-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| H H H Q E E|-----------------------|--------------/9/--13-15-||-----------------------|--9tr10------------------||------------9tr10------|-------------------------||-9tr10-----------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------|-------------------------||-2----------2----------|--2------------2---------||-0------0-0-0------0-0-|--0------0-0---0----0--0-|
~~~ H. E E H. E E|-20----------19p17-|-------------15-17-||-------------------|-18----------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
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| ~~~| H. E E H. E E|-17----------15p13-|-------------12-13-||-------------------|-15----------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||--2-------2--------|-------------------||--0---0-0-0---0--0-|--3-------3--------||-------------------|--1---1-1-1---1--1-|
~~~ H. E E H. E E|-19----------17p15-|-------------13-15-||-------------------|-17----------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
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| ~~~| H. E E H. E E|-15----------13p12-|-------------10-12-||-------------------|-13----------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|--5-------5--------||--5-------5--------|--3---3-3-3---3--3-||--3---3-3-3---3--3-|-------------------|
~~~ H. E E H. E E|-17-----------15p13-|-------------12h13-||--------------------|-15----------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
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| ~~~| H. E E H. E E|-13-----------12p10-|-------------------||--------------------|-11----------12h13-||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------|
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||--------------------|-------------------||-10-------10--------|-------------------||--8---8-8--8---8--8-|--8-------8--------||--------------------|--6---6-6-6---6--6-|
H H H H|-------------12tr13------|-16tr17------12tr13------|||-12tr13------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------||
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| H H H H|-------------12tr13------|-16tr17------12tr13------|||-12tr13------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------||
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| PM| PM| PM| PM|| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E|-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------|||--2-----------2----------|--2-----------2----------|||--0------0-0--0------0-0-|--0------0-0--0------0-0-||
Gtrs III, IV > H +H +H +H|-12tr13-------(12tr13)-------|-(12tr13)-------(12tr13)-------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| Gtrs I, II
| PM-----------------------| PM-----------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------------|---6s=====7----------------5-6-||--------4-5-----4------5---4-|---4s=====5---4---5--------3-4-||--0-----2-3-0---2------3-0-2-|------------0-2---3------0-----|
W W|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
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| PM------------| PM----|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-||---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-||-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----|
D.S. al Coda
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| PM------------| PM----|
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-|-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-|||---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-|---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-|||-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----|-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----||
& PM PM q q E E Q q E E E E E E q q E E Q|--------------|----------------|--------------||--------------|----------------|--------------||--------------|------------2---|--------------||-4--4--4-4s5--|-4--4-4s5-4-2-4-|-4--4--4-4s5--||-4--4--4-2s3--|-4--4-2s3-2---4-|-4--4--4-2s3--||-2--2--2------|-2--2-----------|-2--2--2------|
PM---------|
E E +S E. H +H Q +Q|-----------------|-----------------*||-----------------|-----------------*||-4-2-(2)-4--5----|-(5)-------------*||-4-2-(2)-4--5----|-(5)----4--(4)\--*||-2-0-(0)-2--3----|-(3)----4--(4)\--*||-2-0-(0)-2--3----|-(3)----2--(2)\--*|
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
