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SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1985 Album KILLING IS MY BUSINESS... AND BUSINESS IS GOOD)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mustaine Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Poland Rhythm'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Mustaine Lead'
Intro
H=H
4/4
Gtr III
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----2-5p2-------3-6p3---|-----4-7p4-------5-8p5---|
|---4-------4---5-------5-|---6-------6---7-------7-|
|-5-----------6-----------|-7-----------8-----------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Q=180
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----6-9p6--------7-10p7---|-------8-11p8----------9-12p9-----|
|---8-------8----9--------9-|----10--------10----11--------11--|
|-9-----------10------------|-11--------------12---------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
H=H
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------10-13p10----------11-14p11----|-------12-15p12----------13-16p13----|
|----12----------12----13----------13-|----14----------14----15----------15-|
|-13----------------14----------------|-15----------------16----------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------14-17p14----------15-18p15----|-------16-19p16----------17-20p17-------|
|----16----------16----17----------17-|----18----------18----19----------19----|
|-17----------------18----------------|-19----------------20-------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Q=300
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------18-21p18----------19-22p19----|-------20-23p20----------21-24p21-----|
|----20----------20----21----------21-|----22----------22----23----------23-|
|-21----------------22----------------|-23----------------24-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Q=137 1.,2.,3. 4.
E5
Gtrs I, II
W +W 4x +H H
||-----------|-------------||--------------|
||o----------|------------o||--------------|
||--9--------|-(9)---------||-(9)----x----|
||--9--------|-(9)---------||-(9)----x----|
||o-7--------|-(7)--------o||-(7)----------|
||--0--------|-(0)---------||-(0)----------|
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------------||
||-------------------|--------------------||
||o-7--------------5-|-7---------------8-o||
||----5-6-7--8-5-7---|---5-6-7--8-5-7-----||
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||-------------------|--------------------||
||o------------------|-------------------o||
||-------------------|--------------------||
||--9--------------7-|-9--------------10--||
||o---7-8-9-10-7-9---|---7-8-9-10-7-9----o||
||-------------------|--------------------||
E5
Gtrs I, II
W +W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|------------|---------------------------------|
|----------|------------|---------------------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-2h3p2---2h3p2---3h4p3---3h4p3---|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-------5-------5-------6-------6-|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|---------------------------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|---------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-4h5p4---4h5p4---5h6p5---5h6p5------|
|-------7-------7-------8-------8----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Q=190
PM---| PM PM---|
E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||---------------4-----------5----------------------|
||o--------------2-----------3-----------------5----|
||---0-----0-----------0-----------0-----0-----3----|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--17p12----12-12-12-17p12----12-12-12-17p12----12-|
||o-------15----------------15----------------15----|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
PM---------| PM---|
E E E E E E Q 3x
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------4------------------------------||
|--------------------2-----------------3-----------o||
|--0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----1------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|-16p12----12-12-12-16p12----12-12-12-16p12----12---||
|-------15----------------15----------------15-----o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------||
B5 C5
PM---| PM PM---|
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------4-----------5----------------------|
|--------------2-----------3-----------------5----|
|--0-----0-----------0-----------0-----0-----3----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17p12----12-12-12-17p12----12-12-12-17p12----12-|
|-------15----------------15----------------15----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
B5 F5
PM---------| PM---|
E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------4--------------------------|
|--------------------2-----------------3--------|
|--0-----0-----0-----------0-----0-----1--------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-16p12----12-----------------------------------|
|-------15----11h13-11--------------------------|
|----------------------10h12-10-----------------|
|-------------------------------10h12-10--------|
|----------------------------------------12-11--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
B5 C5 G5 B5 F5
PM-| PM PM| PM---| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------4---5-------|----------4--------|
|--------2---3-----5-|----------2-----3--|
|---0--0---0---0-0-3-|---0--0-0---0-0-1--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(11)---------------|-(11)--------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
B5 C5 G5 B5 F5
PM| PM PM| PM--| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 3x
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------||
||------4---5-------|-------4---------||
||o-----2---3-----5-|-------2-----3--o||
||--0-0---0---0-0-3-|-0-0-0---0-0-1---||
E5 F5
PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----| PM--| PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E E H H
||--------------------|--------------------||-------------------|------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------o||-------------------|------------|
||--9-------9---------|-9-------9----------||-9-------9---------|------------|
||--9-------9---------|-9-------9----------||-9-------9---------|-9----3/----|
||o-7-------7---------|-7-------7---------o||-7-------7---------|-9----3/----|
||----0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-0--||---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-7----1/----|
Verse
Q=137
F5 E5 D5 Bb5 B5 D5 F5 E5 D5 Bb5B5Bb5B5
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 S S S S 6x
||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||--10S9-----9-------7-----------7-|-10S9-----9-------7-----------------||
||--10S9-x-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-7-|-10S9-x-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-x-8/-9-8/-9---||
||o--8S7-x-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-8-x-9-x-5-|--8S7-x-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-x-8/-9-8/-9--o||
||-----------------------6---7-----|------------------------6/-7-6/-7---||
Guitar Solo
E5 F#5 Bb5 F#5
PM--| ~~ PM----| ~~ PM--| ~~~PM----|
E S S E. E S S S Q E S S E. E S S S Q
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|-------10---------------|
|-------9----------11--|--------8----------11--|
|-------7-----------9--|--------------------9--|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0------|
E5 F#5 Bb5 F#5
PM--| ~~ PM----| ~~ PM--| ~~~PM----|
E S S E. E S S S Q E S S E. E S S S Q
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------10----------------|
|-------9----------11--|--------8----------11---|
|-------7-----------9--|--------------------9---|
|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
E5 F#5
PM--------| ~~ PM--------------| ~~
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|---------------9-----------------------11--|
|---------------7------------------------9--|
|-0-----0---0---0--0------0----0---0--------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~ ~~
| |-----6-----| |-------6-------|
| S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-8p5----------------11p8-------------------|
|-----6-9p6-----------------9-12p9----------|
|-------------8-5--------------------11--8--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Bb5 F#5
PM--------| ~~~ PM--------------------|
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-----------------------------------------11-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
|-0-----0---0--------------------0----------0-----0----0------------------|
|
| |-----6------| |--------6--------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----6-----------9-----------12--------------15-18p15------18-----21-----|
|-5h8---8-8h==11-----11-11h14------14-14h17--------------17-----17--------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------18--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
PM---------| ~~ PM-----------------| ~~
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------9--------------------------11--|
|------------------7---------------------------9--|
|--0------0---0----0--0-------0-----0----0--------|
|
| ~~ ~~
| |------6------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11p8------------------17p14---------------------|
|------9-12p9-------------------15-18p15----------|
|---------------11-8-----------------------16-----|
|---------------------------------------------16--|
|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 F#5
PM------------| ~~~ PM--------------------|
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------10-------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8-----------------------------------------11-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
|-0--------0----0--------------------0----------0-----0----0------------------|
|
| |-------6--------| |--------6--------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------11------------12-----------15--------------18-21p18------21-----24-----|
|-8h11----11-11h==14-----14-14h17------17-17h20--------------20-----20----17--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
PM------------| ~~~PM-----------------| ~~
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------9--------------------------11--|
|----------------------7---------------------------9--|
|--0--------0----0-----0--0-------0-----0----0--------|
|
| ~~~ ~~
| |-------6--------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S Q S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------16p13---------------------|
|-14p11----16p12--------------------14----------------|
|-------12---------14-11---------------13p10----------|
|----------------------------------------------11-13--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 F#5
PM------------| ~~~ PM--------------------|
E S S E. E S S S Q
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------8-----------------------------------------11-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
|--0--------0----0--------------------0----------0-----0----0------------------|
|
| |-------6--------| |--------6--------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------12------------15-----------18--------------21-24p21------24-----24-----|
|-11-14----14-14h==17-----17-17h20------20-20h23--------------23-----23----20--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
PM--------| ~~~ PM------------------| ~~~
E S S E. E S S S Q
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------9----------------------------------11---------------|
|----------------7-----------------------------------9---------------|
|-0-----0---0----0----------0--------0-----0----0--------------------|
|
| |-----6-----| |-----6------| |-------6--------| |-----6------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-9p6---------6-10p7----------7-11p8--------------8-12p9----------9--|
|-----8---8----------9----9------------10----10----------11----11----|
|-------9--------------10-----------------11----------------12-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 F#5
PM------------| ~~~ PM--------------------|
E S S E. E S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------8----------------------------------------11-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------9-----------|
|--0--------0----0-------------------0----------0-----0----0------------------|
|
| |-------6--------| |-------6--------| |--------6---------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-13p10------------10-14p11------------11-15p12--------------12-12--13-16-17/-|
|-------12----12------------13----13--------------14----14--------------------|
|----------13------------------14--------------------15-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
F5 E5 D5 Bb5 B5 D5
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-10S===9------9--------------7---------------7-|
|-10S===9-x-x--9----x-x--x----7-x-8--x----9-x-7-|
|--8S===7-x-x--7----x-x--x----5-x-8--x----9-x-5-|
|---------------------------------6-------7-----|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-22b26-------22b26-----22b26-------22b26-------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
F5 E5 E5 D5 Bb5 B5Bb5B5
S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-10S===9------9--------------7------------------|
|-10S===9-x-x--9----x-x--x----7-x-x--8/---9-8/-9-|
|--8S===7-x-x--7----x-x--x----5-x-x--8/---9-8/-9-|
|------------------------------------6/---7-6/-7-|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|-22b26-------22b26-----22b26-------22b26--------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
F5 E5 D5 Bb5 B5 D5 F5 E5 D5 Bb5B5Bb5B5
Gtrs I, II
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 S S S S 3x
||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
||--10S9-----9-------7-----------7-|-10S9-----9-------7-----------------||
||--10S9-x-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-8-x-9-x-7-|-10S9-x-x-9-x-x-x-7-x-x-8/-9-8/-9---||
||o--8S7-x-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-8-x-9-x-5-|--8S7-x-x-7-x-x-x-5-x-x-8/-9-8/-9--o||
||-----------------------6---7-----|------------------------6/-7-6/-7---||
Breakdown
E5
q q H W
|------------|------|
|------------|------|
|-9--9-------|------|
|-9--9-------|------|
|-7--7-------|------|
|------------|------|
Verse
E5/B F5E5/B G5 B5 F5
PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q 4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------4------||
||--2-x---2-x-x-2-2-3S2-x-2-x---2-2-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---4--3---||
||o-2-x---2-x-x-2-2-3S2-x-2-x---2-2-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---2--3--o||
||------0---------------------0-----|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-0----1---||
Chorus
B5Bb5 G5 B5Bb5 G5
PM------| PM| PM----------------| PM| PM-------
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------4-3---------------|-----------4-3---------------|
||o-----------2-1-----5---------|-----------2-1-----5---------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|
B5Bb5 G5 B5BbG5B5
---------| PM| PM----------------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e Q +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------4-3---------------|-----------4-3---4--(4)----||
|-----------2-1-----5---------|-----------2-1-5-2--(2)---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-----------||
Verse
E5/B F5/C G5 B5 F5
PM PM PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q 4x
||----------------------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------4------||
||--2-x---2-x-x-2-2-3S2-x-2-x---2-2-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---4--3---||
||o-2-x---2-x-x-2-2-3S2-x-2-x---2-2-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5---2--3--o||
||------0---------------------0-----|-3-x-x-3-x-x-3-0----1---||
Chorus
B5Bb5 G5 B5Bb5 G5
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------4-3---------------|-----------4-3---------------|
||o-----------2-1-----5---------|-----------2-1-----5---------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|
B5Bb5 G5 B5BbG5B5
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e e Q +S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
|-----------4-3---------------|-----------4-3---4--(4)----||
|-----------2-1-----5---------|-----------2-1-5-2--(2)---o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-3-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----3-----------||
Guitar Solo
B5Bb5 B5Bb5
PM-------| PM------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------4-3-----0-2p0-----|-----------4-3-------0-2p0-----|
|------------2-1-0-2-------2p0-|-----------2-1-0--2--------2p0-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-------------------|-0-0-0-0-0---------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. E E E H +Q.
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-6--------------------6---5---|-6---5-----------(5)-----------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5
PM---------| PM---------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-----3--------------0-----2p=0-------|-----------------4-----3-----------0--2p===0------|
|-----------------2-----1-----0-----2--------------2p=0-|-----------------2-----1-----0--2------------2p0--|
|--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------------------|--0--0--0--0--0-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------17b21--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|----------------------15-17-----------------------|
|-------------------12-14-15-14b16-12-------------------|-------12-16-15-17-17-------17-15-----------------|
|----------12-13-15-------------------14b16-12-------12-|----------------------------------17--------------|
|-12-13-15-------------------------------------14-12----|-14-12-------------------------------------0------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------3-0--|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5
PM-------------| PM---------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4-------3------------0----2p0------------|-----------------4-----3--------------0--2p=0---------|
|-------------------2-------1-------0-2-----------2p==0------|-----------------2-----1--------0--2-----------2p===0-|
|--0----0-0--0----0------------------------------------------|--0--0--0--0--0---------------------------------------|
|
| E. E. E E. Q +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-24b28-----24b28-----24b28---24b28-----24b28-------(24)pb28r|=24-22-20-19-17----17-19-19b21-17-15-15---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------------20----------------------18-17-19b21---|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5
PM---------| PM---------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-----3-----------0--2p=0-------|-----------------4-----3-----------0--2p=0----------|
|-----------------2-----1-----0--2-----------2p=0-|-----------------2-----1-----0--2-----------2p=0----|
|--0--0--0--0--0----------------------------------|--0--0--0--0--0-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-16----------17----------18----------19----------|-20----------21----------22----------23-------------|
|----13-12-13----14-13-14----14-13-14----15-14-15-|----16-15-16----17-16-17----18-17-18----19-18-19----|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5
PM-------------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------4----3------------0----2p=0--------|
|--------------------2----1-------0-2---------------2p0-|
|--0----0-0--0----0-------------------------------------|
|
| E. E E. E. E E.
|-24b26-----24b26---24b26---24b26-----24b26---24b26-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
B5Bb5
PM----------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------4-3--------0-2p0-----|
|----------------2-1----0-2-------2p0-|
|--0-----0-0-0-0----------------------|
|
| ~~
| H H
|-24pb28r============24---------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5
PM---------------------------------|
S S S S S e e S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------4-----------------3-----------------------------------0--------2p=======0---------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------2-----------------1-----------------0--------2-----------------------------------2p=======0---------|
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| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-24-17-24-17-24-17-24-16-24-16-24-16-24-15-24-15-24-15-24-14-24-14-24-14-24-13-24-13-24-13-24-12-24-12-24-12-24-12-24-11-24-11-24-11-24-10-24-10---|
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B5 Bb5 G5 E5
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S S S S S e q e. e
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|--0-------0-------0------0-------0---------------------------------------------------3----------------------0--*|
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| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |-3--|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E
|-24-10-24-9-24-9-24-9-24-8-24-8-24-7-24-7-24-7-24-6-24-6-24-6-24-5-24-5-24-5-24-4-24-4--24-4-24-3-24-3-24-3-0--*|
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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
/ - 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
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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
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