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WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
As recorded by Led Zeppelin
(From the 1969 Album LED ZEPPELIN II)
Words and Music by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, John Bonham & Willie Dixon
Arranged by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones & John Bonham
Transcribed by C. Thomas
E5 D5 E5(t2) E
x 7 9 x x x x 5 7 7 x x x 7 9 9 x x x 7 9 9 9 x
(E5) A5
0 7 x x x x 5 7 7 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dist.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. w/ Slide'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. w/ Open Wah'
Intro
Q=88
D5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
H E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------||---------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------------------------||-------------------------------||---------------------------------||-----------0------(0)----0-----||-9-------9-------9-------9-------||-----------5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||-7-------7-------7-------7-------||--------/7-------------7-------||---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
E5 D5 E5
PM--| PM| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----|-9-------9-------9-------9-------||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|-7-------7-------7-------7-------||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----|||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------||
$ 1st and 2nd Verse E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 E5 D5 PM--| PM| PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----|-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----|||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------||
Chorus
E5 D5 E5(t2) E5 D5 E5(t2)
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-|---------------------7---7-7-7-7-9-||-9-------9-------9\-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-9-------9-------9\--7---7-7-7-7-9-||-7-------7-------7\-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-------7-------7\--5---5-5-5-5-7-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------------|
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| Gtr II| W E H E Q|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------|-----9s=============(2)\-----------||--------------------------------|-----9s=============(2)\-----------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
To Coda
E5 D5 E5(t2) E5 D5 E5(t2)
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-|------------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-||---9-------9--------9\--7-7-7-7-7-9-|---9-------9--------9\--7-7-7-7-7-9-||---7-------7--------7\--5-5-5-5-5-7-|---7-------7--------7\--5-5-5-5-5-7-||-----0-0-0---0-0-0------------------|-----0-0-0---0-0-0------------------|
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| E H E Q E H E Q|------------------------------------|------------------------------------||---9s==============(2)\-------------|---9s==============(2)\-------------||---9s==============(2)\-------------|---9s==============(2)\-------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5 D5 E5(t2)
PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S|-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||---------------------7---7-7-7-7-9-|||-9-------9-------9\--7---7-7-7-7-9-|||-7-------7-------7\--5---5-5-5-5-7-|||---0-0-0---0-0-0-------------------||
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| E H E Q|-----------------------------------|||-----9s=============(2)\-----------|||-----9s=============(2)\-----------|||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------|||-----------------------------------||
& E5(t2) +W +W|---------------|----------------|||---------------|----------------|||-(9)-----------|-(9)------------|||-(9)-----------|-(9)------------|||-(7)-----------|-(7)------------|||---------------|----------------||
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| E H.. H E e Q|---------------|----------------|||-----9s========|==5s===0-(0)----|||-----9s========|==5s===0--------|||---------------|----------------|||---------------|----------------|||---------------|----------------||
1st Breakdown Wx40|---------|||---------|| Approximately 40 measures of drum, guitar and vocal |---------|| improvisation. Just go nuts here with a wah pedal, |---------|| delay, reverb, a slide and whatever else you can get |---------|| your hands on. The weirder, the better.|---------||
Guitar Solo
E
Gtr III
|--3--|
Q. S S S S S S S S S E|-------------12-----------------------------||----------------15-12-----------------------||-------14b16----------15-14-15-14-12-14b16==||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| e. e. E H|--------------------------------------------||-9--9---------------------------------------||-9--9---------------------------------------||-9--9---------------------------------------||-7--7---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~
|----6----| |----6----|
+E +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S s E +E|---------------------------------------------|----------------------12-15-------------||-------------------0-------------------------|-------/12-(12)-12-15-------15b17==(15)-||-(14)-(14)r----2b4---4p2p0-2p0-0-------------|----------------------------------------||---------------------------------2p0---------|----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------2-2p0---|----------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------3-|-0--------------------------------------|
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| e. e. E H e. e. E H|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------||---9--------9--------------------------------|-9--9-----------------------------------||---9--------9--------------------------------|-9--9-----------------------------------||---9--------9--------------------------------|-9--9-----------------------------------||---7--------7--------------------------------|-7--7-----------------------------------||---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E ~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ +Q. S S S +S +S +T +T S S S S +Q. S. S. s. S S s. S S|----------12-15-15b19==(15)-(15)-(15)r(15)-15-12-15-12-|-(12)-----19pb20---19--18--------------||-(15)r-------------------------------------------------|------17------------------20-17--20-17-||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
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| e. e. E H e. e. E H|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||---9---9-----------------------------------------------|---9--9--------------------------------||---9---9-----------------------------------------------|---9--9--------------------------------||---9---9-----------------------------------------------|---9--9--------------------------------||---7---7-----------------------------------------------|---7--7--------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ +Q. S S S S S S S S E|-------------------------------------------19-----------|||-(17)----17-19-19b21---19b21---------19b22----17--------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------|||--------------------------------------------------------||
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| e. e. Q S S +S S E|--------------------------------------------------------|||---9--9-------------------------------------------------|||---9--9-------------------------------------------------|||---9--9----------------------0-------(0)-------0--------|||---7--7----------------------5pb5.5==(5)r------5pb5.5---|||-----------------------/7-------------------7-----------||
3rd Verse E5 D5 Gtr III S s E Q H|------------------------------------------------||-19s=(12)---------------------------------------||-(0)--------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------|| e E Q H
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| Gtr I| PM---| PM|| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||--9-----------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||--7-----------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||-------0--0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 W|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------|
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| PM--| PM|| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM| S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-------------------------------------------|||-9-------9-----9-9\----0------(0)----0-----|||-7-------7-----7-7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|||---0-0-0---0-0------/7-------------7-------||
Chorus
E5 D5 E5(t2) E5 D5 E5(t2)
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-|----------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-||-9-------9-------9\-7-7-7-7-7-9-|-9--------9--------9\-7-7-7-7-7-9-||-7-------7-------7\-5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7--------7--------7\-5-5-5-5-5-7-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|---0-0-0-----0-0-0----------------|
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| Gtr II| W E E E E H|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------|-----9s==(5)----------------------||--------------------------------|-----9s==(5)----------------------||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------|----------------------------------||--------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E5 D5 E5(t2) E5 D5 E5(t2)
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-----|
S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||----------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-|-----------------------7-7-7-7-7-9-|||-9-------9--------9\--7-7-7-7-7-9-|-9-------9----------9\-7-7-7-7-7-9-|||-7-------7--------7\--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-7-------7----------7\-5-5-5-5-5-7-|||---0-0-0---0-0-0------------------|---0-0-0---0--0---0----------------||
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| E Q. E E Q E Q E H|----------------------------------|-----9s======(2)\------------------|||-----9s==========(2)\-------------|-----9s======(2)\------------------|||-----9s==========(2)\-------------|-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
2nd Breakdown (E5) W +W|------------|--------------||------------|--------------||------------|--------------||------------|--------------||-7----------|-(7)----------||-0----------|-(0)----------|
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| E H Q. Q Q H|------------|--------------||------------|--------------||---9s===5s==|=(0)----------||---9s===5s==|=(0)----------||------------|--------------||------------|--------------|
W W W W|----------|----------|----------|----------||----------|----------|----------|----------||----------|----------|----------|----------||----------|----------|----------|----------||----------|----------|----------|----------||----------|----------|----------|----------|
2/4 W W W H|----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------||----------|----------|----------|------|
E5(t2) A5 D5 4/4 > E. S H. +W +W +H +E S S +S S E|--------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------------|||--------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------------|||-9------------|------------|------------|-----------------------------------|||-9----7-------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----(7)----0------(0)----0-----|||-7----7-------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----(7)----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-|||------5-------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----(5)-/7-------------7-------||
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
Outro
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
D5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~ PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
Begin Fade
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------|
E5 D5 PM--| PM--| ~~~ S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-9-------9-------9\----0------(0)----7-||-7-------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r-----||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7---|
Fade Out
E5 D5
~~~PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------*||-------------------------------------------*||-------------------------------------------*||-6-------9-------9\----0------(0)----0-----*||---------7-------7\----5b5.5==(5)r---5b5.5-*||---0-0-0---0-0-0----/7-------------7-------*|
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
