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POISON WAS THE CURE
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PEACE)
Transcribed by Rick Dobbins
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman - Solo Guitar'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=138
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx4 4x
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A5 C5C#5 A5 PM----------------------------| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H W 3x||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||||o-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------o||||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||||--2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---2------|-------||||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-0------|------o||||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||
A5 C5C#5 A5 PM----------------------------| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H +W|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------||-----------------|-----------------|-------14-(14)----|-(14)----||-2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---14-(14)----|-(14)----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-12-(12)----|-(12)----||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
Gtr I +W +W +W|------------|-------------|---------|||------------|-------------|---------|||-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----|||-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----|||-(12)-------|-(12)--------|-(12)----|||------------|-------------|---------||
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| Gtr II| W W W|------------|-------------|---------|||------------|-------------|---------|||------------|-------------|---------|||--14s=======|===6\--------|---------|||--12s=======|===4\--------|---------|||------------|-------------|---------||
Pre-Verse
Double Time Feel Q=284
(A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM
Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-----------------||----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4--||-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2--||----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II| PM PM PM PM| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4--||----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5----||-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-----------------||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5 Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-------------------|||----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9--|||-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--|||----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-------------------||
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| PM PM PM PM| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|||----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-------------------|||-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
Verse (A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5 PM PM PM PM PM Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|||o----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|------------------|||-----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|------------------|||-----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4---|||o-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2---|||-----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|------------------|
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| PM PM PM PM| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|||o----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4---|||-----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5-----|||o-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5 PM PM PM PM PM Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q 5x|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o|||----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|--------------------|||----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9---|||-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--o|||----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|--------------------||
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| PM PM PM PM| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q 5x|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|||----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|--------------------|||-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--o|||----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
Chorus
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----||-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----||-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----||-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----||-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 G#5G5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-4----5-(5)--6--|-(6)-7----6--5--||-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|-2----3-(3)--4--|-(4)-5----4--3--|
G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 A5 G#5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5 Bb5 B5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|||-5----6-(6)--7--|-(7)-8----7--6--|-7----8-(8)--9--|-7----8-(8)--9--|||-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-5----6-(6)--7--|-5----6-(6)--7--||
Bridge
C5 C5 B5 B5 Bb5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||-12--------------|-------------12-11-|-(11)--------------|-------------11-10-||-10--------------|-------------10--9-|--(9)--------------|--------------9--8-||-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5A5 A5G#5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------||-(10)--------------|-------------10-9-|-(9)--------------|-------------9-8-||--(8)--------------|--------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-||-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G#G5 G5F#5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------||-(8)--------------|-------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-||-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------------|-------------5-4-||------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
F#F5
3/4
PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E H|------------------|-----------------|------------|||------------------|-----------------|------------|||-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------|||-(4)--------------|-------------4-3-|-(3)--------|||------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------------|||------------------|-----------------|------------||
Breakdown
F5 G5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5
4/4
PM--------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||----------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----||-3----5-(5)--5--|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----||-1----3-(3)--3--|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|||----------------|----------------|----------|--------|||----------------|----------------|----------|--------|||----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----|||-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----|||-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------||
Interlude A5 C5 Gtr I PM PM PM Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||-----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0----------|||-----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0--|||o-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|||--2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|------------------|||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D5 F5 E5 PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM----| PM Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q 3x|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------1-----o|||----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|-------2-(2)-5-----|------1-(1)--------|||-0------0--------|-----0-------------|--3------------3---|-2------------2----|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
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| PM-----------------------------| PM----------| PM----------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 3x|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|||-7---------------|-------------------|-10----------------|-9-----------------|||-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|--8--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-7--0-0--0--0-0-0-o|||-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
A5 C5 PM PM PM Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0---------||----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0-||-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
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| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------||-2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|-----------------||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D5 F5 E5 PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM---| PM Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----|||----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------|||-0------0--------|-----0-------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
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| PM---------------------------------| PM---| PM| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----|||-----------------|-------------------|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------|||-7---------------|-------------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--|||-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro\Guitar Solo
A5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------||-2-----------------------------|------------------------||-0--------------0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0----0--0-0-0-0-||-------------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr III| ~~~~~~~~~| S +S E +Q +H +Q E +E Q E E|-------------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------||-7pb9r(7)-7b9==(7)---(7)-------|-(7)r---7b9r(7)-7p==5---||-------------------------------|----------------------7-||-------------------------------|------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------|
C5
PM---------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-5-----------------|-------------------||-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------------------|-------------------|
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| W Q E E E E E E|-------------------|------5------------||-6b8===============|=6r-----8-5--------||-------------------|------------8-7-5--||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM--------------------------| PM----------| PM--------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||-7----------------|-----------------|-10-----------------|-9--------------||-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
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| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~| W E E E E E E Q +H +Q Q W|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||------------------|-------5---------|--------------------|----------------||-5b7--------------|-7-5-7---7-5-----|----------------5---|-4--------------||------------------|-------------7---|-(7)------(7)-------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
A5
PM------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||--------------------|-------------------------||-2------------------|-------------------------||-0---0--0-0--0-0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-||--------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-------12-15-15p12-------||--------------------|-12h13-------------13p12-||---------------9h12-|-------------------------||----------9h10------|-------------------------||-----7h10-----------|-------------------------||-5h8----------------|-------------------------|
C5
PM-------------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||--5----------------------|--------------------------------||--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3----3--3-3---3--3--3----3----||-------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q +Q E E E|-15p12-------12h13-------|-15b17---12---(12)-----------13-||-------13h15-------15p12-|------------------------15------||-------------------------|---------------------14---------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------|
D5
PM-------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------||--7----------------------|-----------------------||--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-5-||-------------------------|-----------------------|
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| ~~| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q|-17p13-------------------|-10h13p10---------22p==||-------15-------------10-|----------10-----------||----------14p10----10----|-------------10--------||----------------12-------|-----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------|
F5 E5
PM------------| PM--------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|-------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------|-------------------||-------------------------|-------------------||-10----------------------|---9---------------||--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-||-------------------------|-------------------|
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| ~~~~~~~~~| E E E E E E E E +W|-17----------------------|-------------------||----18-------------------|-------------------||-------19----------------|-------------------||----------19-------19p17-|-(17)--------------||-------------20p17-------|-------------------||-------------------------|-------------------|
A5 Bb5 B5
PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--2----------------------|--2--------3-(3)----4----||--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--------1-(1)----2----||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------20p17-------|-------------20p17-------||-20p17-------------20p17-|-20p17-------------20p17-||-------19p17-------------|-------19p17-------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
C5 D5 E5
PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q|-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||--5----------------------|--5-----------7--(7)-------9---||--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3-----------5--(5)-------7---||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E Q +E +E Q|-20p17-------------20p17-|-------20b22====(20)r(20)-20\--||-------20p17-------------|-20p17-------------------------||-------------19p17-------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 Eb5 E5
PM-------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------||-7--------------------|-7------8-(8)--9--||-5---5-5-5-5---5----5-|-5------6-(6)--7--||----------------------|------------------|
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| |---3----|
| E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|----------------------|------------------||----------------------|-----10----9---8--||----------------------|-9----------------||-0-1s====7---9---10---|------------------||----------------------|------------------||----------------------|------------------|
F5 E5
PM-------------| PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||-10---------------------|--9---------------------||--8----8-8--8-8---8---8-|--7----7---7--7-7--7-7--||------------------------|------------------------|
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| |---3---| |--3---|
| E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E|------------------------|------------------------||--7---------------------|------------------------||----10p9p7-10---9---7---|------------------------||------------------------|-11-10---9------9h10p9--||------------------------|-------------12---------||------------------------|------------------------|
A5 Bb5 B5 C5 D5 E5 W Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +Q Q|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||-2--------------|-2----3-(3)--4--|--5---------------|-5----7-(7)--9--||-0--------------|-0----1-(1)--2--|--3---------------|-3----5-(5)--7--||----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
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| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~| Q. E E E E E W +Q E E E E E E W|------5---------|----------------|------5-----------|----------------||--------3h5-----|----------------|--------8p5-------|----------------||------------7p5-|----------------|------------8p7p5-|----------------||-7--------------|-7--------------|-(7)--------------|-7--------------||----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------||----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------| W W
D5 Eb5 E5 W Q. E +Q Q|------------------|---------------------------||------------------|---------------------------||------------------|---------------------------||--7---------------|--7---------8-(8)-----9----||--5---------------|--5---------6-(6)-----7----||------------------|---------------------------|
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| ~~~| +Q E E E E E E S E. E E E E E E|------5-----------|---------------------13h15-||--------8p5-------|------------------15-------||------------8p7p5-|-17p14-----14h17-----------||-(7)--------------|--------17-----------------||------------------|---------------------------||------------------|---------------------------|
F5 E5 A5 W W Q Q H|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*||-10-----------------------------|--9-------------------|--2------------------*||--8-----------------------------|--7-------------------|--0------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
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| E E E E E T S. E E H +Q E E Q +Q H|--------------------------------|-22b24r===(22)--20p17-|---------------------*||-----------------------17-------|----------------------|-20b22===(20)r-------*||-17p14----14h17-17h19-----19b21-|----------------------|---------------------*||-------17-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*||--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
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
