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JUST GOT PAID
As recorded by ZZ Top
(From the 1973 Album RIO GRAND MUD)
Transcribed by unregistered
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'chop guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'slide guitar'
Intro
Q=88
4/4
Gtr I
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W Q S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S S e e e e S e
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E. S S e e e e S e W +H +Q +S S E|--------------------|-5--------|-(5)----(5)\--(5)\-----|||--------------------|----------|-----------------------|||--------------------|----------|-----------------------|||----------5---------|----------|-----------------------|||-7----5-7---7-5-7-5-|----------|-----------------------|||--------------------|----------|-----------------------||
Pre-Verse Q=92 ~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||---------5--------------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7--------||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0----------|
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| Gtr II| H Q E S S|------------------------------------3b5-3-||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||------------5----------------------------------||-5----7-------------7-----5--------7-5---7-----||--------0------0------0------0---------0-------|
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| Q +Q +H|-3b5==========(3)-----------(3)r---------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||---------5----------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|
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| E E Q H|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||---------5-------------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5-----7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0---------0-------|
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| H E S S Q|-----------------------------12/---------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------12/---||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|
~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------5------------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5----7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0--------0-------|
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| H E S S Q|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------10-9-10/---||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
~~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||---------5-------------------------------|||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5-----7----|||-----0-----0-----0-----0--------0--------||
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| H E E +Q|-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------12---(12)---|||-----------------------------------------|||-----------------------------------------||
Verse 1 S S E s S E S S E s S E S S E s E S S e S s S E|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||------9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7-----||------9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7-----||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
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| +S S E Q H W|----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||-(12)-----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||---------5----------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|
S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||---------5------------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7tr0---||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0--------|
S S E s S E S S E s S E S S E s E S S e S s S E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||---9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7--------||---9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7--------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Gtr II| W H Q E S S|-------------------------|-----------------------12---||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-----------5-------------------------------||--5--7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7-------||-------0-----0-----0-----0-------0---------|
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| ~~~~~| Q Q Q E E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-12/---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------12---||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
~~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S H +Q. E|--------------------------------------------------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------||------------5-------------------------------------|---------------||---5--7-----------7-----5--------7-5-----7--------|-5----(5)------||--------0-----0-----0-------0--------0------------|-3----(3)------|
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|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| +H +Q +S S E W|--------------------------------------------------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------||-(12)---------------------(12)---------(12)-------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------||--------------------------------------------------|---------------|
~~~ H +H S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|---------5------------------------------||-7----(7)----|-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5----7----||-5----(5)----|-----0-----0-----0-----0--------0-------|
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| W H E S S Q|-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|-----------------------------14---12----||-------------|----------------------------------------||-------------|----------------------------------------|
~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-----------5-------------------------------||--5--7-----------7-----5-----7--5----7-----||-------0-----0-----0-----0--------0--------|
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| H E S S Q|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-12/---------------------------------------||-------------------------------14---12-----||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 S S E s S E S S E s S E S S E s S E S S E s S E|-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||----9---9----------9---9-----|---7---7-------7---7-----||----9---9----------9---9-----|---7---7-------7---7-----||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H +H W|-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-14-----------(14)-----------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------------------|-------------------------|
~~ ~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||---------5----------------------------|---------5----------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----|-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|
S S E s S E S S E s S E S S E s E S S e S s S E|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||---9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7-----||---9---9-------9---9-----|---7---7---7-7-7---7-----||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||---------5----------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|
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| Gtr II| W|--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S H +Q. E|--------------------------------------|----------------||--------------------------------------|----------------||--------------------------------------|----------------||---------5----------------------------|----------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7-5---7----|-5----(5)\------||-----0-----0-----0-----0-------0------|-3----(3)\------|
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| W H H|--------------------------------------|----------------||--------------------------------------|------12\-------||--------------------------------------|------12\-------||--------------------------------------|----------------||--------------------------------------|----------------||--------------------------------------|----------------|
~~~ H +H S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|--------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------|---------5-------------------------------||-7----(7)\----|-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5-----7----||-5----(5)\----|-----0-----0-----0-----0---------0-------|
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| H H H E S S Q|--------------|-----------------------------------------||------14\-----|-----------------------------------------||------14\-----|-----------------------------------------||--------------|-----------------------------14-12-14/---||--------------|-----------------------------------------||--------------|-----------------------------------------|
~~~ S S T T S T T S T T S T T S S S E. S|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||---------5--------------------------------||-5-7-----------7-----5-----7--5-----7-----||-----0-----0-----0-----0---------0--------|
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| H E S S Q|------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------10/----||-----------------------------14-12--------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
S S T T S T T S T T S T S. E +Q|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||----------------------------2-(2)--||---------5------------------2-(2)--||-5-7-----------7-----5------0-(0)--||-----0-----0-----0-----0-----------|
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| W|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
+W +H +E E Q|-------------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------||-(2)---------------------------------|-(2)----(2)------||-(2)---------------------------------|-(2)----(2)------||-(0)---------------------------------|-(0)----(0)------||-------------------------------------|-----------------|
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| ~~| E S S +S S S S E E Q W|-------------------------------------|-----------------||-12/---------------------------------|-----------------||--------12-(12)/------12-12/-12/-----|-12\-------------||-----14------------12------------14--|-----------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------||-------------------------------------|-----------------|
E E Q S S E Q E E Q S S E Q|-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------||----------9--9---9-----|----------------9--9----9--||-7--------9--9---9-----|---7------------9--9----9--||-7---------------------|---7-----------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------|
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| H E E E E +Q. E S S S S Q|------------12/--------|---------------------------||----------------11/----|---------------------------||--------------------12-|-(12)/-------12---12---12--||-----------------------|------------------14-------||-----------------------|---------------------------||-----------------------|---------------------------|
E E Q S S E Q|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-------------------------9-9-----9--||--7----------------------9-9-----9--||--7---------------------------------||------------------------------------|
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| E S S +S S E S E S Q|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-12----12-(12)----12----12----------||----14---------14----14------14/----||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
E E Q S S E Q E E Q S S E Q|---------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------||-------------9--9------9---|------------------9--9--9---||--7----------9--9------9---|--7---------------9--9--9---||--7------------------------|--7-------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
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| H E S S +Q Q. S S E E Q|---------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|-10\------------------------||-14\------12---------------|-----------------------12/--||---------------12-12-(12)--|---------12-12-14---14------||---------------------------|----------------------------||---------------------------|----------------------------|
S S e Q S s S s S E S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-------7-------------9-----9---9---||-7--7--7-------------9-----9---9-7-||-7--7----------------------------7-||-----------------------------------|
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| S S E S S E S S E Q|-----------------------------------||---10/---10/---10/-----10/---------||-------9-----9-----9---------9-----||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
S S e Q S s E S E S|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-----7------------------9-------9----||-7-7-7------------------9-------9--7-||-7-7-------------------------------7-||-------------------------------------|
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| S S E S S S S E E S E.|---7---12-12/------------------------||--------------12---------------------||---------------------12---12---------||-----------------14/-----------14----||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
S S e Q S S E E +S S S S e Q S S E Q|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------7-----------------9--9--9-(9)---|------7-----------------9-9-9---||-7--7--7-----------------9--9--9-(9)-7-|-7--7-7-----------------9-9-9---||-7--7--------------------------------7-|-7--7---------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| S S E S S S S +E E Q S S E S S S S H|---------------------------------------|--------------------17/---------||---------12----------------------------|--------17-17-------------------||---14----------------------------------|---16---------16----------------||------14----14---14-(14)---14-16-------|-----------------14-------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E E Q S S E E +S S|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||----------------------------7--7--7-(7)---||--5-------------------------7--7--7-(7)-5-||--5-------------------------------------5-|
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| S S S S S S S S S S E Q|------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||-19\-21--------------------17-15-14-------||----------22\---22\---19------------------||----------------------22------------------|
S S e Q S S E E +S S|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||--------7---------------7-7-7-(7)---||--5--5--7---------------7-7-7-(7)-5-||--5--5----------------------------5-|
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| E S S S S S S H|------------------------------------||----------10---8-8---9\-------------||-14\---12---------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
S S e Q S S E E +S S|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-----7-------------7-7--7---(7)---||-5-5-7-------------7-7--7---(7)-5-||-5-5----------------------------5-|
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| S S S S S S S S E E S S S S|-----3-----3-----3---3/-3---------||---5---3-5---3-5----------3--5----||-7--------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
S S e Q S S E Q S e S e E e S e S S s|--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|---9---9---9---9-9-9-9--||------7------7-7-7--|---9---9---9---9-9p7h9--||-5--5-7------7-7-7--|------------------------||-5--5---------------|------------------------|
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| W W|-5\-----------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------||--------------------|------------------------|
S e S e E e S e S S s S e S e E e S e S S s S e S e E e S e S S s|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-|---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-|---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-||---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-|---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-|---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
S e S e E e S e S S s S e S e E e S e S S s S e S e E e S e S S s|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-|---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-|---9---9---9---9-9-9-9-||---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-|---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-|---9---9---9---9-9p7h9-||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
Gtr II ~~ S e S e E e S e e S E S E S E S E +S Q|---------------------|--9b11----9b11----9b11----9b11-(9)-----||---------------------|-------10------10------10----------10--||---9---9---9---9-9p==|=======================================||---9---9---9---9-9---|---------------------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------------------||---------------------|---------------------------------------|
S S S E S S S H|-11-14---19b21-19---------------||------------------19s17\--------||--------------------------------||-------------------------23\----||--------------------------------||--------------------------------|
~~ Q S S S S E S +S E E|----------------------------------------||------24--------------------------------||-23/-----23-23----19b20-19b20-(19)------||---------------21------------------21---||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
Q=88 Gtr I ~ Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-21b23--21b23--21b23--21b23--|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|----------------------------||-----------------------------|-------5--------------------||-----------------------------|-5-7-------7---5---7-5---7--||-----------------------------|-----0---0---0---0-----0----|
Q=92 ~ S e e e e S e Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----5----------------------|----------5--------------------||-5-7---7-5---7--5-----7-----|---5--7-------7---5---7-5---7--||----------------------------|--------0---0---0---0-----0----|
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| Gtr II| H E S S Q +S S E Q H|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||---------------21-21-21b22--|-(21)--------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------|
~~ ~~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-------5----------------------|-------5-----------------------------||-5-7-------7---5---7--5----7--|-5-7-------7---5---7--5--------7-----||-----0---0---0---0------0-----|-----0---0---0---0----------0--------|
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| ~~| H E S S Q H E S S Q|------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------------||---------------------21-------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------------||--------------------------22--|---------------------24b25-23-24b26--||------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E s S E S S E s S E|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|------9---9-------9---9------||-------5------------------------|------9---9-------9---9------||-5-7-------7---5---7--5-----7---|-----------------------------||-----0---0---0---0------0-------|-----------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H E E +Q +S S E Q H|--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------22---(22)--|-(22)------------------------|
~ S S E s S E S S E s S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||---7---7-------7---7-----|-----------------------------||---7---7-------7---7-----|-------5---------------------||-------------------------|-5-7-------7---5---7-5---7---||-------------------------|-----0---0---0---0-----0-----|
~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S E s S E S S E s S E|----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|--------------------------||----------------------------|---9---9-------9---9------||-------5--------------------|---9---9-------9---9------||-5-7-------7---5---7-5---7--|--------------------------||-----0---0---0---0-----0----|--------------------------|
~ S S E s E S S e S s S E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||---7---7---7-7-7---7--------|-------------------------------||---7---7---7-7-7---7--------|--------5----------------------||----------------------------|--5-7-------7---5---7-5---7----||----------------------------|------0---0---0---0-----0------|
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| Gtr II| ~~ ~~| H Q E S S Q Q Q E E|----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||-----------------------21---|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------------|-22----------------------------||----------------------------|----------------------------22-|
~~~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q H +Q. E H +H|----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------5-----------------------------|-5----(5)-----|-7----(7)----||---5--7-------7---5------7-5-----7------|-5----(5)-----|-7----(7)----||--------0---0---0-----0------0----------|-3----(3)-----|-5----(5)----|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| +H +Q +S S E W W|----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||----------------------------------------|--------------|-------------||-(22)---------------(22)-------(22)-----|--------------|-------------|
~~ ~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||-------5----------------------|--------5----------------------||-5-7-------7---5---7--5----7--|--5-7-------7---5---7--5----7--||-----0---0---0---0------0-----|------0---0---0---0------0-----|
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| ~~~~~~~~ ~~| H E S S Q H E S S Q|------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------------|-22----------------------------||---------------------24---22--|----------------------24---22--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-------------------------------|-----------------------------15-||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------5---|---------------------------5----||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--7-5-7-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5--7-5-7------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| H +S E S Q H +S E S Q|---------------------------3---|---------------------------3----||-3---------------(3)-5---5-0---|-3---------------(3)-5---5-0----||-0---------------(0)-----------|-0---------------(0)------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S E Q|---------------------------------15-|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------||------------------------------10----|----------------------------||---------------------12-10-12-------|----------------------------|
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| H +S E S Q H +S S E Q|-------------------------------3----|----------------------------||-3---------------(3)--5-----5--0----|-3---------------(3)--------||-0---------------(0)----------------|-0---------------(0)--------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------------------|----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S E Q S S S S S S S S H +W|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|-----------------16---------|-(16)/----*||----------------------------|-----------------16---------|-(16)/----*||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0---------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-16---------|-(16)/----*||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*|
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| H +S S E Q H +S S E Q W|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*||-3---------------(3)--------|-3---------------(3)--------|----------*||-0---------------(0)--------|-0---------------(0)--------|----------*||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*||----------------------------|----------------------------|----------*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
