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As the Years Go Passing By Guitar Tablature 
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                           AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY
                            As recorded by Gary Moore

Transcribed by Daniel Pacheco
          Cm                   Fm                   G7                   Ab7
      x 3 5 3 4 3          1 3 3 1 1 1          3 5 3 4 3 3          4 x 4 5 x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Slow Blues Q=138
                             G7
 12/8
  Gtr I
                   |--3--|
  H.      Q.   Q   S  S  S    Q       +E   +Q.    H.
|--------------------11-13-|-13b15===(13)-(13)r-----------|
|-----------------13-------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|


  Ab7                      G7
                                        |----3-----|
  S  S  S  S  E  +S   S Q  Q.   E  S S  S     +S   S
|---13-11------------11------------8-8-----------------|
|---------13-13-(13)--------------11-8-----------------|
|--------------------------------------10b12-(10)-10---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


  Cm
                  |--3--|
  E  S  a     +S  S  S  S  +S   S  +Q    +Q.   Q.
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8---------------------------------|
|-8-10-10b12-(10)---10------------------------------|
|----------------------10-(10)-10-(10)--(10)--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


                 |-3--|
  E S  S S S S S S  S S E +Q.   Q.
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|---8---------------------------------||
|-----10-9-8-5-8-8-10---6-(6)---------||
|-------------------------------------||


 Verse
  Cm             Fm
  W              W
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|


  Cm
                               |--3--|
  Q.   Q  S  S S  a      +S   +S  S  S  E  E S E.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10b11==(10)r(10)p8----------8----|
|-----------10----------------------10-10-10------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


                       |--4:3---|
  Q.   Q  S  S  a     +E   E E  E  a     +S   S  +Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------11----------------------------------------|
|--------------10b11-(10)-10-8-10-10b12-(10)----------|
|--------------------------------------------10-(10)--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  Fm
  W              S  S E +E  +Q.   H.
|--------------|-8-11-8-(8)-(8)---------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|


  Cm
               |-------4:3--------|
  H.      Q.   E  E  +E   a      +E
|------------------------------------|
|----------------11-(11)-------------|
|------------------------10b12==(10)r|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|


                                                    G7
    |------4:3-------|                 |-3--|
   +E  E  E  a      +E   +Q.    +Q.    S  S S  Q    W
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-(10)-8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)---(10)r-----10-8-----|------|
|---------------------------------------------10--|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|


         Ab7                      G7        Cm
                             ~~~~
   a      +S   +S  S  S  E  +Q.   H.        H.      Q   E      +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------11b13==(11)---|
|-10b11==(10)r(10)-8----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-(10)-----------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|


         |--3--|                  |--3--|
   +E   +E  E  E  a      +S   +S  S  S  S  +E  S  S Q  +E  Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(11)r(11)-8---------------------------------------------------||
|-------------10-10b11==(10)r(10)-8------------8h10-8--(8)------||
|-----------------------------------10-10-(10)------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||


 Verse
                 Fm                       Cm
                        ~~
  W              S S  S E. Q.   H.        H.      Q.   E.  S  a      +E
|--------------|---8-11-8---------------|--------------------13b15==(13)-|
|--------------|------------------------|-----------------13-------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|


                                    ~~~~~~~
    |--4:3--|                 |--3--|
   +Q    E  E  a     +Q.   E  S  S  S  +E   +Q    E
|-(13)r-11-13-13b15-(13)-------------------------11---|
|----------------------------13-13-13-(13)-(13)-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  Fm
                                         ~~~~~~~~~~
  H.      Q.   E  a      +Q      +E   S  S  E  +Q.   H.
|----------------11b13==(11)--|-(11)r------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------13-13-(13)-----------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|


  Cm
                                                        ~~~~~~~~
               |--4:3--|                        |-3--|
  H.      Q.   E  E E  E    S      +S   +S  S E S S  S  Q   +H.
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------8-10-|-10b12==(10)r(10)-------8----------------|
|----------------10------|--------------------------10-10--(10)----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|


  G7                                Ab7                        G7
  H.      Q.   E.  a     +S  S  S   S  S  a     +S   S E +Q.   H.
|---------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
|----------------------------8-11-|---11-------------------------------|
|-----------------10b12-(10)------|------10b12-(10)-10-8-(8)-----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  Cm
                                      ~~
  H.      Q  E  a      +S   +S  S  S  E    +Q.   Q.   Q.   Q  S S
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------8----||
|--------------10b12==(10)r(10)p8-------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------10-10-|-(10)-----------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
   |-4:3--|
   E E  E E  S S  a      +Q    +Q.    Q.
|----8-11-8--------------------------------|
|-11--------11---11b13==(11)--(11)r--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


  Fm
                                           |---4:3---|
  Q.   E S  S  S  S  E  a      +E   +S  S +S   E E.  E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------11-13-11----------------------------------|
|----------12----------10b12==(10)r(10)p8-(8)-10--------|
|---------------------------------------------------10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~            ~
                   |--3--|
   a      +S   +S  S  S  S  +E   +Q    S  S S  S Q  +Q.     H.      E  a      +Q    +E    E  E
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)r-11-13-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10b12==(10)r(10)-8------------------------8h10-8--(8)---|------------------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-(10)-(10)--10-10---------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~             ~~~~~
              |--3--|                   |--4:3---|
   a     +E   S  S  S  E  +Q    +S   S  E  E  E  E  Q  E
|-13b15-(13)-13p11---------------------11-13-15-11-11-------|
|------------------13-13-(13)--(13)-13----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


                                                                             |----3-----|
   a      +E   +E    E E  E E  a     +E   E E  a     +S  S T T  T T  a      +S   +T  T  S
|-11b13==(11)-(11)r-11-8-----------------------------------8------------------------------|
|------------------------11-8----------------------------8---8-11-8-----------------------|
|-----------------------------10b12-(10)-10-8-10b12-(10)------------10b12==(10)r(10)p8----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                        ~~~~~~~
   |-3--|  |-3-|       |-3--|  |--3--|
   S  S S  S S S  S  S S  S S  S  S  S  E  +Q.   Q  S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8------------------------------------------|
|-10----8-10---8------------8---------------------------|
|----10----------10----8-10---10-10-10-10-(10)----------|
|-------------------10----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------0-|


  a  S S Q  +Q.    Q.   Q  S  S
|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------13-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9s10s8p6--(6)----------------|
|-------------------------------|


         G7
                                                ~~
   a      +Q.    +E    E  E  E  a     +E  S  S  Q  E
|-13b15==(13)---(13)r-13-11-13-13b15-(13)------------|
|-------------------------------------------13-13----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


  Ab7                    G7
  Q   a      +Q.    +E    E S  S E  a      +E   +E  S  S
|----11b13==(11)---(11)r-11-8----------------------------|
|-----------------------------11-8-----------------------|
|----------------------------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8-10-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|


         Cm
                         ~~                             ~~~~~~~~~~
                |--3--|
   a      +E   +S  S  S  E  +E  E E Q.   Q   S S   S  S E +E  +Q.   +Q.   Q.
|--------------------------------------------8-8-|-8----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------11-9-|-8----------------------------||
|-10b12==(10)r(10)p8------------8----------------|---10-8-(8)-(8)---(8)---------||
|--------------------10-10-(10)------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------||


 Verse
                                Fm
                                             ~~~~~~~~
                                  |---3---|
  H.      Q.   E  a      +Q      +S    S  S  Q   +E  Q  H.
|----------------13b15==(13)--|-(13)r-11------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------13-13--(13)------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Cm
                                                    ~
  H.       E     +E   E  Q   E    a     +E  E E  E  E E  E  E     +E   +E   Q
|------------------------------|------------8-8-[8]-8-8-11-13b15-(13)-(13)-------|
|---------11b13-(11)-13-13-----|-11b13-(11)--------------------------------13----|
|---------------------------12-|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


                                  |---4:3---|
  H.      Q.   E  a      +Q      +E    E E  E  a      +S   +S  Q  H.
|----------------11b13==(11)--|-(11)r-11-8--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------11-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------10b11==(10)r(10)-8----------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|


  Cm
  H.      Q.   E  S S  a     +S   S   S  S  S S  S  a      +S   +S    S  Q   +H.
|-----------------8-8---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------11-8---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10b12-(10)-10-|-8----10-8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)r----------------|
|-----------------------------------|---10---------------------------10-10--(10)----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|


  G7                             Ab7             G7
                                    ~~~~~~~~~~~
  H.      Q.   Q  S  a     +S     S S +Q   +Q.   H.
|-----------------8------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------10b12-(10)-|-10-8-(8)--(8)-----------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|


  Cm
                                       ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  H.      Q.   E.  S S  S   S  S  S  S E +Q.   +Q.   Q.
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-8-10-10s12-8-(8)---(8)---------||
|--------------------8-10-|--------------------------------||
|-----------------10------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||


 Piano Solo
  Wx11              H.      Q.   Q   E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------13-||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||


 Guitar Solo
        Cm
   a     +S  S  S  S  S  S  +Q.    +E   E     +E   +E  Q
|-13b15-(13)---13p11-------------------11b13-(11)-(11)----|
|--------------------13-13-(13)---(13)--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  Fm
  Q.   E  E      +E   +E    S S  S S  a      +S   +S  S  S  S S
|--------11b13==(11)-(11)r-11-8----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------11-8-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8----10-8--|
|-------------------------------------------------------10-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


        Cm
          |-3--| |-3--|                                     |-3--|
   a     +S  S S S  S S  a  T  T T  T  S S  S S  a     +E   S S  S  Q  T  T T  T  +Q
|--------------8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8---8-11p8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-(10)------------10s11p10p8----10-8-10---10b12-(10)-10-8--------8----------------|
|----------------------------------10---------------------------10-10----10-8-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-(10)--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Q.   E  a      +Q    +E    S  S S  a     +S   S S  a     +S  S S  S
|---------------------------11-----------------------------------8-------|
|--------11b13==(11)--(11)r----11-8----------------------------8---11----|
|-----------------------------------10b12-(10)-10-8-10b12-(10)-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Fm
                                ~~~~~~~~~
  |------4:3------|   |--3--|
  E  E  E  a     +E   S  S  S  +Q    +E   E E Q.
|-8-11-13-13b15-(13)-13p11---------------11--------|
|--------------------------13-(13)--(13)-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                                                  |--------4:3---------|    |--4:3---|  4:3|                      |--3--|
  E  a  a      +Q    +Q.    +Q     a  a      +E   E   a      +E   +E   E    E  E  E  E  E  Q.  Q.   E.  a     +S  S  S  S
|------15b18==(15)--(15)---(15)r-----15b18==(15)-15r-13b15==(13)r(13)-11-|-13-11----11-11------------------------------11--|
|---13----------------------------13-------------------------------------|-------13-------13---------------------8-11-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------10b12-(10)----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


            |-3--|  |------6------|                         |-3--|           |--3--|
  T  T T  T S  S S  T  T T  T  T  T S  S  a      +E   +E    S S  S  +Q    Q  S  S  S
|-8h11p8----8----------------------------------------------------------------8-11-13-|
|--------11---11p8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------11p10p8----10----8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)r-10-8----------------------|
|--------------------------10----10-----------------------------10-(10)-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  G7
                                      ~~
                     |------4------|
   +Q.        +Q    +E    E  E  S  S  E  E E
|-(13)b15====(13)--(13)r-11-13-11-------------|
|---------------------------------13-13-11----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


  Ab7                G7
                                        |-------4:3-------|
  Q.    a      +Q.    +E   E  E  a     +E   a     +E   E  E
|------18b20==(18)---(18)r---15-15b18-(15)-13b15-(13)-13-11-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|


  Cm
                                    ~~
                           |--3--|
   S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T  S  S  S  Q   +Q    E Q.
|-13-11-13-15-13h15p13p11----11----------------------|
|-------------------------13----13-13--(13)---------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|


                                                           Verse
  |------7:8------|
  S  S S  S  S S  S  T  T T  T T  T T T S S a E E +Q.       W
|----8---------------------------------------------------||------|
|---11-8-------------------------------------------------||------|
|--------11-10-8----10----8------------------------------||------|
|----------------10----10---10-8-------------------------||------|
|--------------------------------10-9-8-6-8-8s9-6-(6)---||------|
|--------------------------------------------------------||------|


  Fm             Cm
  W              H.      E  a      +Q    +Q.
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)---|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|


    |-------4:3-------|
   +E    a     +E   E E S  S S  S  S  S  +E  E E Q.
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-(11)r------------------------------------------------|
|-------10b12-(10)-10-8---10-8---------------8---------|
|------------------------------10-10-10-(10)-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


  Fm
                                        ~~~~~~~~~~
  H.      Q.   E  a     +Q     S  S  S  S  E  +E   E E H.
|----------------13b15-(13)--|---13p11------------11-----------|
|----------------------------|---------13-13-(13)--------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|


  Cm
                     ~~~~~~~~~~
  H.      E  a      +Q    +Q     a     +E
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)r-------------|
|-------------------------------10b12-(10)-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


        |--4:2--|
   E E  S S  S  S  +Q.   S  S  Q   +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-8-10-8--------------8----------------|
|-----------10-10-(10)-----10-------------|
|-----------------------------10--(10)---|
|-----------------------------------------|


  G7                                  Ab7 G7
                               ~~~~~
  H.      Q.   E  a      +S   +S  E   +H.      H.
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|----------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8-|-(8)------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||


 Outro
  Cm
                        |----4:3----|
  H.      E  a     +Q   E  E  E  S  S
|-----------13b15-(13)----13-11-13-11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


                          H.=H
      ~~~~~~~               ~~~~                ~
   S  S  +Q    Q.    a     +H.         S S S  S E E  E E  H.
|-----------------------------------|--8-8-8--------------8-----*|
|-13-13-(13)--11--------------------|-11-9-8--------------8-----*|
|-------------------10b12-(10)------|--------10-8-7-------8-----*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------10-8-10-----*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------*|


Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
 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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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
-----------
 |  - 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
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