. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend
p - pull off Suffixes for bend
t - tap f - full bend h - half bend
ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend
* - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Tuning D G C F A D
----------------------------------------------------------
Fill A
|------------11-12-11h12p11----11-12-14-12-11-----------------------------|
|-12~--12-13----------------13----------------13-12-----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------14-12-11--------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------14-13--------| I
|------------------------------------------------------------------15-14~-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------9--10-9h10p9------9--10-12-10-9------------------------------|
|-9~---9--10----------------10----------------10-9------------------------|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------12-10-9---------------|II
|------------------------------------------------------------12-11--------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------13-12~-|
Play Fill A once
RIFF A
|-----------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------|-----|
|-----------------------------|-----|Gtr
|----------2~-------4/5-------|-----|I&II
|-2-2-2-2------2-2--2/3---4/5-|---3-|
|-0-0-0-0------0-0------0-2/3-|-0-1-|
. . . . . . . .
Fill B
|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|Gtr
|-------------|I&II
|-4-3h4p3-----|
|---------5-4-|
Play Riff A 8 times,
on the 8th time leave out the last bar and insted play Fill B once
Riff B
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|Gtr
|-------4--3---------------|------|I&II
|-2--3--2--1--4--5-4-3h4p3-|------|
|-0--1--------2--3---------|-5-4~-|
Fill C
|-----|
|-----|
|-----|Gtr
|-----|I&II
|-3-2-|
|-1-0-|
Play Riff B 4 times,
on the 4th leave out the last bar and instead play Fill C once
RIFF C
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------| I
|-2---1---2---2---3---2----3--2--2---1---2---2---3---2----3--2-|
|---0---0---0---0---0---0--1--0----0---0---0---0---0---0--1--0-|
| . . . . . . . . . . . . |
| |
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------|II
|-(2)----------------------3--2------------------(2)-----------|
|-(0)----------------------1--0------------------(0)-----------|
Play Riff C once
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Riff D
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|-2---1---2---2---3---2----3--2--2---1---2---2---3---2----3--2-|
|---0---0---0---0---0---0--1--0----0---0---0---0---0---0--1--0-|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Play Riff D twice
Riff E
|-------------------------|---|
|-------------------------|---|
|-4--3----------6-------5-|---|Gtr
|-2--1---5--7---4---6---3-|---|I&II
|--------3--5-------4-----|-2-|
|-------------------------|-0-|
Play Riff E 4 times, on the 4th time leave out the last bar
Riff F
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------|I&II
|----------------------------------------------7-----6-|
|-00000000000000000000000044444444444444444444---444---|
............................................ ...
Continuation of Riff F
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------------------------------------------------| I
|----------------------------------------------6-7-9--7-6----|
|-00000000000000000000000044444444444444444444------------7~-|
| ............................................ |
| |
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------8-9-11-9-8----|Gtr
|---------------------------------------------------------9~-|II
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-00000000000000000000000044444444444444444444---------------|
............................................
Play Riff F twice
Riff G(Played durings James's solo)
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|Gtr
|-5-------4-----| I
|-----5---2---4-|
|-3---3-------2-|
Play Riff 6 times
Riff H
|--------------------7h8p7------------------|
|---------------9-10-------10-9-------------|
|----------9-10-----------------10-9--------|Gtr
|---7-9-10---------------------------10-9---|I&II
|-7---------------------------------------8-|
|-------------------------------------------|
continuation of Riff H
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------10-11-10-8----8--------------------|Gtr
|-10-11------------11---11-10-8-10-11-10-8-|I&II
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Play Riff H 4 times
RIFF I
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------|I&II
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-000000000000000000000000111111111111111111111111-|
................................................
Play Riff I 4 times
Now, go back and:
Play Riff A 8 times,
on the 8th time leave out the last bar and insted play Fill B once
Play Riff B 4 times,
on the 4th leave out the last bar and instead play Fill C once
Play Riff C once
Play Riff D twice
Play Riff E 4 times, on the 4th time leave out the last bar
Play Riff F twice
Riff J(Played during Chuck's solo)
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|Gtr
|------------------|II
|-2--7--8--3--6--5-|
|-0--5--6--1--4--3-|
Play Riff J 6 times
End with
|----|
|----|
|----|Gtr
|----|I&II
|-2--|
|-0--|
