BACK PORCH
As recorded by Presidents Of The United States Of America
Gtr I (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=144
4/4
Gtr I
E E +S S E E S S +S S S S E E +S S S S E S S +S S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3-5-(5)-5-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3--|
E E +S S E E S S +S S E E E E E a +E +E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-|------------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E E E a +E +E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3-|
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0-----------------|
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|
|
| q q q q
|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|-3-----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
| q q q q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse
$
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|----------4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|-----3-x-x-3-----x------3-x-x-3-x-|
|----------5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|-----5-x-x-5-----x------5-x-x-5-x-|
|-------0----------0-----------|--5-----------------5-------------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------0-----3-----0-----|----------------------------------|
|-------0----------------------|--5------0----------5-------4-----|
|
| a W +Q. +E +E E Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------3----------------------|-(3)---------(3)---(3)/-----------|
|-5b7==(5)---------------------|-(5)r========(5)---(5)/-----------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0-----------------|
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
||o---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
||----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
||o-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||------0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
||o-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S 3x
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-o||
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x--||
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-o||
|
| q q q q q q q q 3x
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0------------------||
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----o||
Chorus
$$
Gtrs I, III
E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E +S S E E S S +S S E W
|---------------------------|------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|------|
E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
To Coda
To Coda
E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E a +E +E Q
|---------------------------|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--||
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E S S S S E S S S S S S E E E E a +E +E Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--||
Interlude
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|-----4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|-----5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|---0---------0-----------|---5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|---------------------------|
|---0---------------------|---5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|-^10---------------------|---------------------------|
|-^10---------------------|-^-8-----------------------|
|-^11---------------------|-^10-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-^-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|--3------------3--------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----3------0-------|-2-----0-----------------|
|--3---------------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
|
| H. +Q E E q q q
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-------------------------|
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-6-6---5-----8-----8-----|
|-^2------------------(2)/-----|-4-4---4-----7-----7-----|
|-^3------------------(3)/-----|-5-5---5-----9-----9-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| W W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-3---------------------|-------------------------|
|-2---------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-4---------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|--3-----------3-----------|
|
| q q q q
|--------------------------|
|--------0-----3-----0-----|
|--3-----------------------|
|
| W
|-^1-----------------------|
|-^1-----------------------|
|-^2-----------------------|
|-^3-----------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
| q q q q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Interlude
&
E E E E a +E +E Q E E S E S E S S S E S
|-------------------------|-----4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|
|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--|-----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|
|-------------------------|---0---------0-----------|
|
| E E E E a +E +E Q q q q q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--|---0---------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W W
|-------------------------|-^10---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^10---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^11---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^12---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x--|
|----5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x--|
|--5-----------5------------|
|
| q q q q
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--5-----0-----5-----4------|
|
| W
|-^3------------------------|
|-^3------------------------|
|-^4------------------------|
|-^5------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|--3------------3--------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----3------0-------|-2-----0-----------------|
|--3---------------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
|
| H. +Q Q Q Q Q
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-------------------------|
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-6-----5-----8-----6-----|
|-^2------------------(2)/-----|-4-----4-----7-----5-----|
|-^3------------------(3)/-----|-5-----5-----9-----7-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4--x-4-x-----4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5--x-5-x-----5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0-----------0------------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q q q q q q q q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|------0------3------0-----|-------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| E Q. +H W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3--------(3)-----------|-------------------------|
|---2--------(2)-----------|-4-----------------------|
|---4--------(4)-----------|-3-----------------------|
|---0--------(0)-----------|-5-----------------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|
|
| q q q q
|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|-3-----------------------|
|
| W
|-1-----------------------|
|-1-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
| q q q q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S a +S S a +S +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse
Gtr IV
a W +W +Q +H +Q
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-------3---------|-(3)--------|-(3)--(3)----(3)--|
|-5b7==(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--(5)r===(5)--|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Gtr III
E E S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E S S S E S E S S S E S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-||
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-||
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-||
&&
Gtr I
E E E E a +E +E E +E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----5--5--3--5b6====(5)r=(5)--3b4-(3)-|
|
| Gtr III
| W
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E E E a +E +E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---12-12-10-12b13==(12)r(12)-10---10--|
|---12-12-10-12b13==(12)r(12)-10---10--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
W Q Q H
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|--0----------------------------|---0-----------*|
|
| E E E E a +E +E E +E W
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|----5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3b4-(3)-|---------------*|
|
| W +Q Q H
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|
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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