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A TALE THAT WASN'T RIGHT
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1987 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT.1)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com) (NecroWraith)
Words and Music by Michael Weikath
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Intro Solo - M.Weikath
Moderately Slow Ballad Q=61
Am
4/4
Gtr I
H E +E S S S T +T
|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------16b17-(16)---16---16b17==(16)r||-14tr15-------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| E E E E E E E E|--------------------------------------------||--1-------1----1---------1------------------||--2-------2----2---------2------------------||--------2---2---------2-------2-------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| E E E E E E E E|--0-------0----0---------0------------------||--1-------1----1---------1------------------||--------2---2---------2-------2-------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
E ~~~~~~~~~ +Q S S +E +H|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-(16)-----14b16==(14)-(14)r-------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------||---0----0---------------0-----0---||---1----1---------------1-----1---||------2------------2--------2---2-||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|---0----0---------------0-----0---||---0----0---------------0-----0---||------1------------1--------1---1-||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
Am ~~~~ a a a +E a +Q S S S S Q S S|----------------------------------------------------||-----15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)---15-13-12h13---------12-||---x-------------------------------------14---14----||-x--------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------------||-------------1-------------1--------1-------1-------||-------------2-------------2--------2-------2-------||------------------------2-----2-----------2----2----||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|-------------0-------------0--------0-------0-------||-------------1-------------1--------1-------1-------||------------------------2-----2-----------2----2----||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
F
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|---3----| |--3--|
a +E E E a +S E T T T H|------------------------------------------------------||-12b13-(12)-12------13b15-(13)-13---12h13p12----------||-----------------14--------------------------14-------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------------------||---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---||---------2------------------2-----------------2---2---||---------------3------------------3-------------3---3-||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---||---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---||---------------2------------------2-------------2---2-||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------|
Dm ~~~ a +E a +Q S S S S Q.|-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)---15-13-12h13---------||-------------------------------------15------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------------||---------3-------------3--------3--------3---||---------2-------------2--------2--------2---||--------------------0-----0-----------0----0-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|---------1-------------1--------1--------1---||---------3-------------3--------3--------3---||--------------------2-----2-----------2----2-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
Am
|--3--|
S S S S a +S S. T T T T Q. S T +T|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------14-16-16b17-(16)-16----14-16p14p13-14------14-16b17==(16)r==||---14-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|------------------------------------------------------------------||-1------------------1---------------------1----1------------------||-2------------------2---------------------2----2------------------||-------2-------------------2-----------------2----2---------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E|-0------------------0---------------------0----0------------------||-1------------------1---------------------1----1------------------||-------2-------------------2-----------------2----2---------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------|
E Am +Q. a +E Q E +E H H|-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-(16)-----17b19-(17)-17---14b17-(14)-|-14--------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E e E Q|-------------------------------------|-----------------|||---0----0-------------0----0---------|--1---1---1------|||---1----1-------------1----1---------|--2---2---2------|||------2-----------2-----2---------2--|----2---2--------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E e E Q|--------0-------------0----0---------|--0---0---0------|||---0----0-------------0----0---------|--1---1---1------|||------1-----------1-----1---------1--|----2---2--------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------|||-------------------------------------|-----------------||
Verses Am E Am F Gtrs I, II 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||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1----|||--2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2----|||----2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---3---3--|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr III| 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||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1----|||o-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1----|||----2---2---2---2-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1. Dm Am E Am G 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 H|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----|||-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---3----o|||-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-2---2---0-----|||---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-0-----|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2----o|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----||
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| 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 H|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---3-----|||-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---3----o|||---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2-0-----|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-----|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2----o|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----||
Chorus
2.
Am F5G5 A5 F5G5
Gtr V
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E E E E e E Q Q a +E +E a +H Q a +E +E a +H
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-1---1---1-------||o-----12b13==(12)-(12)r(12)b13-(12)------|----13b15==(13)-(13)r(13)b15-(13)-||-2---2---2-------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||---2---2---------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr VI| ~~~~| E E E E e E Q Q a +E +E a +H Q a +E +E a +H|-0---0---0-------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-1---1---1-------||o------8b10===(8)--(8)r=(8)b10--(8)------|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)b12-(10)-||---2---2---------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| H Q E E H. E E W|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------||--7--------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------||-------------3-5-||o-7----------------------------------3-5-|-5--------------------------------||-------------1-3-||--5----------------------------------1-3-|-3--------------------------------|
F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5 TP a +H a +H Q. a +E +Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-12b13-(12)----15b17-(15)----|-15----13b15==(13)-(13)r---------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| TP| a +H a +H Q. a +E +Q Q|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||--8b10--(8)----11b13-(11)----|-11----10b12==(10)-(10)r---------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| H H H Q E E|-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------5-----|--3------------------------------||---------3-------------5-----|--3------------------5-----------||---------3-------------3-----|--1------------------5----3-5----||---------1-------------------|---------------------3----1-3----|
A5 F5A5 ~~~~ Q a +E +E a +H|----------------------------------------||-----12b13==(12)-(12)r(12)b13-(12)------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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| ~~~~| Q a +E +E a +H|----------------------------------------||------8b10===(8)--(8)r=(8)b10--(8)------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
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| H. E E|----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||-7--------------------------------------||-7----------------------------------3-7-||-5----------------------------------1-5-|
1. G5 F5 E5 A5 ~~~~ ~~~ Q a +E +E a +H H H W|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||----14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)b15-(14)----|------------|-10----------------|||-------------------------------------|-10----9----|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
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| ~~~~ ~~~| Q a +E +E a +H H H E. S Q H|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)b12-(10)----|-10----9----|-10----------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-[9]-[9]-[9]-------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||| H H
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| W H H W|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------|||-5-----------------------------------|--3----2----|--7----------------|||-5-----------------------------------|--3----2----|--7----------------|||-3-----------------------------------|--1----0----|--5----------------||
Verse Am Gtr II S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0---||-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1-||---------2------2-------------2-----2-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5---||-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5-||---------5------5-------------5-----5-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E|---------0--------------------0-----------||-------1--------------------1-------------||-----2--------------------2---------------||---2--------------------2-----------------||-0--------------------0-------------------||------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------||-0------------0------0---0---------0---------0----||-----1-----------1-----1---1------------1------1--||---------2---------2-----------2-----------2------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------||-5------------5------5---5---------5---------5----||-----4-----------4-----4---4------------4------4--||---------6---------6-----------6-----------6------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q|-----------0-(0)---------------------0-(0)--------||---------0-------------------------0--------------||-------1-------------------------1----------------||-----2-------------------------2------------------||---2-------------------------2--------------------||-0-------------------------0----------------------|
Am S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0---||-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1-||---------2------2-------------2-----2-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5---||-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5-||---------5------5-------------5-----5-----||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E|---------0--------------------0-----------||-------1--------------------1-------------||-----2--------------------2---------------||---2--------------------2-----------------||-0--------------------0-------------------||------------------------------------------|
F S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------||-1------------1------1---1---------1---------1----||-----2-----------2-----2---2------------2------2--||---------3---------3-----------3-----------3------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------------||-6------------6------6---6---------6---------6----||-----5-----------5-----5---5------------5------5--||---------7---------7-----------7-----------7------||--------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q|-----------1-(1)---------------------1-(1)--------||---------1-------------------------1--------------||-------2-------------------------2----------------||-----3-------------------------3------------------||---3-------------------------3--------------------||-1-------------------------1----------------------|
Dm S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-5---------5-------5-------5-----5-----5---||-----6-------6---------6-----6-----6-----6-||---------7-----7---------------7-----7-----||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-5---------5-------5---------5-----------5-||-----6-------6---------6---6---6---6-6-6---||---------7-----7-----------------7---------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| T T T Q S T T T H|-------1-------------------1---------------||-----3-------------------3-----------------||---2-------------------2-------------------||-0-------------------0---------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
Am S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0-----||-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1---||---------2------2-------------2-----2-------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5-----||-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5---||---------5------5-------------5-----5-------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E|---------0--------------------0-------------||-------1--------------------1---------------||-----2--------------------2-----------------||---2--------------------2-------------------||-0--------------------0---------------------||--------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-0------------0------0---0---------0---------0---||-----1-----------1-----1---1------------1------1-||---------2---------2-----------2-----------2-----||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-5------------5------5---5---------5---------5---||-----4-----------4-----4---4------------4------4-||---------6---------6-----------6-----------6-----||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
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| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q|-----------0-(0)---------------------0-(0)-------||---------0-------------------------0-------------||-------1-------------------------1---------------||-----2-------------------------2-----------------||---2-------------------------2-------------------||-0-------------------------0---------------------|
2. Am F5G5 A5 Gtr IV ~~~ S S S S S S S S e E Q H E E E E|-0---------0---------0---0--------||------------------------|||-----1-------1---------1-1-------o||-10---------------------|||---------2-------2-------2--------||------------------------|||----------------------------------||------------------7-9---|||---------------------------------o||----------------7-------|||----------------------------------||------------------------||
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| Gtr V| ~~~| S S S S S S S S e E Q E. S Q H|-5---------5---------5---5--------||------------------------|||-----5-------5---------5-5-------o||-10---------------------|||---------5-------5-------5--------||-[9]-[9]-[9]------------|||----------------------------------||------------------------|||---------------------------------o||------------------------|||----------------------------------||------------------------||| H H
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| Gtr IV| T T T T S S T T T T S S E E E E W|---------0-----------0---0--------||------------------------|||-------1-----------1-----1-------o||------------------------|||-----2-----------2-------2--------||------------------------|||---2-----------2---------2--------||--7---------------------|||-0-----------0-----------0---3-5-o||--7---------------------|||-----------------------------1-3--||--5---------------------||
Guitar Solo - M.Weikath N.C. F5 2/4 4/4 Gtr IV a +E Q E a +Q. S S a H|---------------||---------------------------||---------------||---------------------------||-------------9-||-10b12-(10)---10-9-9h10----||-9b10-(9)-7----||---------------------------||---------------||---------------------------||---------------||---------------------------|
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| Gtr V| H W|---------------||---------------------------||---------------||---------------------------||---------------||---------------------------||---------------||---------3-----------------||---------------||---------3-----------------||---------------||---------1-----------------|
G5 E5 |-3-| E E E a +E Q. E a +Q. S T T T H|----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||-------5b7-(5)------7-|-9b10-(9)---9-10p9p7-9----||---5-7---------5------|--------------------------||-5--------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
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| W W|----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||-5--------------------|-------2------------------||-5--------------------|-------2------------------||-3--------------------|-------0------------------|
F5 D5 T E E E a +E Q. E a +Q. S +S H|------------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------------||--------9b10-(9)------9-|-([10])b12==(10)---12r(12)p10----||---7-10----------7------|---------------------------------||-8----------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------------|
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| W W|------------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------------||------------------------|--------------7------------------||-3----------------------|--------------7------------------||-3----------------------|--------------5------------------||-1----------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 A5 F5G5 ~ E E a +E E +Q E +E H H|------------------------------|-------------|||------------------------------|-------------|||-----9b10-(9)-9-(9)-----------|-------------|||---6-----------------9b10-(9)-|-7-----------|||-7----------------------------|-------------|||------------------------------|-------------||
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| W H Q E E|------------------------------|-------------|||------------------------------|-------------|||------------------------------|-------------|||-2----------------------------|-7-----------|||-2----------------------------|-7-------3-5-|||-0----------------------------|-5-------1-3-||
Outro-Chorus A5 F5A5 G5 F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5 Gtrs IV, V H. E E W H H H Q E E|-------------|----------|-----------|-------------||-------------|----------|-----------|-------------||-------------|----------|------5----|-3-----------||-7-----------|-5--------|-3----5----|-3----5------||-7-------3-7-|-5--------|-3----3----|-1----5--3-5-||-5-------1-5-|-3--------|-1---------|------3--1-3-|
A5 F5A5 G5 F5 E5 A5 F5 G5 H. E E W H H H. E E|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------|||-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------|||-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------|||-7-----------|-5--------|-3----2----|-7-------------------|||-7-------3-7-|-5--------|-3----2----|-7-------------3---5-|||-5-------1-5-|-3--------|-1----0----|-5-------------1---3-||
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| Gtr V| W W W H E E Q|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------|||-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------|||-------------|----------|-----------|--------------(x)/---|||-------------|----------|-----------|--------------(x)/---|||-------------|----------|-----------|---------(x)/--------|||-------------|----------|-----------|---------(x)/--------||
Outro-Solo - Weikath (A5) F5 A5 G5 Gtr IV ~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~ S +E. +H +E S S a +Q. S S Q Q|--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||-7b9==(7)-(7)----(7)r-7p5-|-7b9-(7)---7p5S4-----||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr V| H. E E W|--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||--------------------------|---------------------||-7------------------------|------5--------------||-7----------------3---7---|------5--------------||-5----------------1---5---|------3--------------|
F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5
~~~ ~~~~
|---3---|
a +H a +Q E +E E a Q. a +E +Q. +E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||-12b13-(12)----15b17==(15)--15r(15)p13-|-13h15----15b17==(15)r(15)----(15)\-||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
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| H H H Q E E|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------5--------------|-----3------------------------------||---------3--------------5--------------|-----3------------------5-----------||---------3--------------3--------------|-----1------------------5---3---5---||---------1-----------------------------|------------------------3---1---3---|
A5 F5A5 a +E a +E a +Q a +H|-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)--15b17==(15)r=====||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|
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| H. E E|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||---------7------------------------------------------||---------7--------------------------------------3-7-||---------5--------------------------------------1-5-|
G5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ +E E a +E +S. T S E. +E. +S|-(15)----------------------------------------||--------15b17==(15)r(15)-13-15---------------||-------------------------------14--(14)-(14)-||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|
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| W|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---5-----------------------------------------||---5-----------------------------------------||---3-----------------------------------------|
F5 E5
~~~~
|---3----|
S T T S S S S S S a +Q. +S +S S|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------13-15b17==(15)---(15)r(15)p13-||-13----------------12-14-------------------------------||----------10-12-14-------------------------------------||----10h12----------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
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| H H|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||--3----------------------------------2-----------------||--3----------------------------------2-----------------||--1----------------------------------0-----------------|
A5 F5G5 ~~~ ~~~~ Q. E +Q Q|-----------------------*||-----------------------*||-14----13b14-(13)------*||-----------------------*||-----------------------*||-----------------------*|
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| H. E E|-----------------------*||-----------------------*||-----------------------*||--7--------------------*||--7----------------3-5-*||--5----------------1-3-*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
