SOMETIMES IT'S OUR MISTAKES THAT MAKE FOR THE GREATEST IDEAS
As recorded by Norma Jean
(From the 2004 Album BLESS THE MARTYR, KISS THE CHILD)
Transcribed by James Martyn
Words by Josh Scogin Music by Norma Jean
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Verse
Q=140
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H E E E E E E E E H
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| Gtr II| W E E E E H|--------------|------------------------||--------------|------------------------||--------------|-----------------<5>----||--------------|-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>--------||--------------|------------------------||--------------|------------------------|
Q H. +W +H E E E E|---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------||--2------------------|--------------|----------2-2-0-0--||----------3----------|--(3)---------|--(3)--------------|
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| E E H Q +W +W|---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------<5>---------|--------------|-------------------||-<5>-<5>--------<5>--|-(<5>)--------|-(<5>)-------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------||---------------------|--------------|-------------------|
N.C. E E E E H Q H. +W +H E E E E|------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||--1---1---1---1---1-----|--2---------------|--------------|----------2-2-0-0--||------------------------|----------3-------|--(3)---------|--(3)--------------|
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| E E E E H E E H. +W +W|------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||-----------------<5>----|---------<5>------|-(<5>)--------|-(<5>)-------------||-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>--------|-<5>-<5>----------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------||------------------------|------------------|--------------|-------------------|
N.C. E E E E H Q H.|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||--1---1---1---1---1-----|--2------------------||------------------------|----------3----------|
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| E E E E H E E H Q|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||-----------------<5>----|---------<5>---------||-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>--------|-<5>-<5>--------<5>--||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
+W +H E E E E|-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|----------2-2-0-0--||--(3)------------|--(3)--------------|
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| +H. Q +W|-----------------|-------------------||------------<5>--|-(<5>)-------------||-----------------|-------------------||-(<5>)-----------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------||-----------------|-------------------|
N.C. E E E E H Q H.|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||--1---1---1---1---1-----|--2------------------||------------------------|----------3----------|
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| E E E E H E E H Q|------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------||-----------------<5>----|---------<5>---------||-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>--------|-<5>-<5>--------<5>--||------------------------|---------------------||------------------------|---------------------|
+W +H E E E E|--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|----------2-2-0-0--||--(3)---------|--(3)--------------|
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| +W +W|--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------||-(<5>)--------|-(<5>)-------------||--------------|-------------------||--------------|-------------------|
N.C. Gm E E E E H Q H.|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-1--1-1-1--1------|---2-------------||------------------|-------3---------|
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| Q. Q. Q +H H|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------11----||------------------|-----------12----||------------------|-----------12----||-8------9-----10--|-(10)------10----||------------------|-----------------|
+W +H E E E E|-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------------------||-------------------|---------------2--2--0--0--||--(3)--------------|-(3)-----------------------|
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| +H E E Q E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------------||-(11)----11-11-11--|-11--11-11-11-------11-----||-(12)----12-12-12--|-12--12-12----12-12----12--||-(12)----12-12-12--|-12--12-12-----------------||-(10)----10-10-10--|-10--10-10-----------------||-------------------|---------------------------|
N.C. Gm E E E E H Q H. +W +H E E E E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||-1--1-1-1--1------|---2-------------|------------------|----------2-2--0-0--||------------------|-------3---------|--(3)-------------|-(3)----------------|
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| Q. Q. Q +H H +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------||------------------|-----------11----|-(11)--11-----11--|------11------11----||------------------|-----------12----|-(12)--12-----12--|------12------12----||------------------|-----------12----|-(12)--12-----12--|------12------12----||-8------9-----10--|-(10)------10----|-(10)--10-----10--|------10------10----||------------------|-----------------|------------------|--------------------|
N.C. Gm E E E E H Q H.|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-1--1-1-1--1------|---2-------------||------------------|-------3---------|
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| Q. Q. Q +H H|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------11----||------------------|-----------12----||------------------|-----------12----||-8------9-----10--|-(10)------10----||------------------|-----------------|
+W +H E E E E|----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------||----------------------|--------------2--2--0-0--||--(3)-----------------|-(3)---------------------|
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| +Q E E E E Q E E E E E E Q|----------------------|-------------------------||-(11)--11-11-11-11----|-11--11-11-11---11-11----||-(12)--12-12-12-12----|-12--12-12-12---12-12----||-(12)--12-12-12-12----|-12--12-12-12---12-12----||-(10)--10-10-10-10----|-10--10-10-10---10-10----||----------------------|-------------------------|
N.C. Gm E E E E H Q H.|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------------||-1--1-1-1--1------|---2-------------||------------------|-------3---------|
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| Q. Q. Q +H H|------------------|-----------------||------------------|-----------11----||------------------|-----------12----||------------------|-----------12----||-8------9-----10--|-(10)------10----||------------------|-----------------|
+W +H E E E E|----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|----------------------||----------------------|------------2-2--0-0--||--(3)-----------------|-(3)------------------|
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| +Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q|----------------------|----------------------||-(11)--11-11----11-11-|------11-11-----11----||-(12)--12-12----12-12-|------12-12-----12----||-(12)--12-12----12-12-|------12-12-----12----||-(10)--10-10----10-10-|------10-10-----10----||----------------------|----------------------|
N.C. Gm W W|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|
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| Q. Q. Q +H H|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------11----||---------------|---------12----||---------------|---------12----||-8----9----10--|-(10)----10----||---------------|---------------|
W H H|----------------------|-------------!-0----------||----------------------|-------------!-0----------||----------------------|-------------!(0)---------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
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| +Q E E E E Q E E E E E E Q|----------------------|--------------------------||-(11)--11-11-11-11----|-11-11-11-11------11-11---||-(12)--12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12------12-12---||-(12)--12-12-12-12----|-12-12-12-12------12-12---||-(10)--10-10-10-10----|-10-10-10-10------10-10---||----------------------|--------------------------|
Guitar Break H=H (Em) W +H.. S S W +W 4x||-----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)-----||||o----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)----o||||-----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)-----||||--2--------|-(2)------------|------------|---------||||o-2--------|-(2)------------|------------|--------o||||--0--------|-(0)------------|------------|---------||
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| W +H.. S S W +W 4x||-----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)-----||||o----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)----o||||-----------|------------0-0-|--0---------|-(0)-----||||-----------|----------------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||||o-2--------|-(2)------------|------------|--------o||||--0--------|-(0)------------|------------|---------||
Breakdown Q=160 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
Bb5 B5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||---8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||---6--6--6--7--7--7--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb5 B5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||--6--6--6--7--7--7--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
Chorus Bb5 B5 G5 Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E||--------------------|--------------------------|||o-------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------|--------------------------|||--8------9------5---|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o-8------9------5---|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||--6------7------3---|-(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------|--------------------------|||o-------------------|--------------------------|||--------------------|-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--8--8-8-9--9-9-5-5-|--5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||o-8--8-8-9--9-9-5-5-|--5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|||--6--6-6-7--7-7-3-3-|--3-----------------------|
Bb5 B5 G5 Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------------|---------------------------|||-8------9------5---|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||-8------9------5---|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||-6------7------3---|-(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------|--------------------------o|||-------------------|-----10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-8--8-8-9--9-9-5-5-|--5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-8--8-8-9--9-9-5-5-|--5---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o|||-6--6-6-7--7-7-3-3-|--3------------------------||
Bb5 B5 G5 Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E||-------------------|-------------------------------|||o------------------|-------------------------------|||-------------------|-------------------------------|||--8------9------5--|-(5)-5-5-----5-----5-----5-5-5-|||o-8------9------5--|-(5)-5-5-----5-----5-----5-5-5-|||--6------7------3--|-(3)-3-3-----3-----3-----3-3-3-|
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| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q||-------------------|-------------------------------|||o------------------|-------------------------------|||--3--3-3-4--4-4----|--3--5-5b5.5-5b5.5-5b5.5p3-----|||--3--3-3-4--4-4-5--|---------------------------5---|||o-1--1-1-2--2-2-5--|-------------------------------|||----------------3--|-------------------------------|
Bb5 B5 G5 Q. Q. Q +E E E E E E E E|------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------------o|||------------------|--------------------------------|||-8------9------5--|-(5)-5-5-----5-----5-----5-5-5--|||-8------9------5--|-(5)-5-5-----5-----5-----5-5-5-o|||-6------7------3--|-(3)-3-3-----3-----3-----3-3-3--||
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| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q|------------------|--------------------------------|||------------------|-------------------------------o|||-3--3-3-4--4-4----|--3--5-5b5.5-5b5.5-5b5.5p3------|||-3--3-3-4--4-4-5--|---------------------------5----|||-1--1-1-2--2-2-5--|-------------------------------o|||---------------3--|--------------------------------||
Bridge G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
F5 F#5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||---5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--10-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|||--10-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|||o--8--8--8--9--9--9-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
F5 F#5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-10-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|||-10-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|||--8--8--8--9--9--9-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
Out-Chorus Bb5 B5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||---8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||o--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|||---6--6--6--7--7--7--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb5 B5 G5 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-------------------------|--------------------------|||--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|||--8--8--8--9--9--9--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-o|||--6--6--6--7--7--7--3--3-|--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x|-------------------------|--------------------------|||-------------------------|-------------------------o|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|||--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-o|||-------------------------|--------------------------||
G5 > W +W +W W|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*||--5--------|--(5)--------|--(5)--------|---------*||--5--------|--(5)--------|--(5)--------|---------*||--3--------|--(3)--------|--(3)--------|---------*|
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| >| W +W +W +W|-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*||-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*||-10--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*||--8--------|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)----*||-----------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
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
