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COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION
As recorded by MEGADETH
(From the 1992 Album COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION)
Transcribed by DoomMaker (DoomMaker@Chello.hu)
Words and Music by Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson, Nick Menza & Marty Friedman
Arranged by MEGADETH
Amadd9
x 0 7 5 0 0
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Solo Guitar'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar 2'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=126
A5 F5 (G5) F5 E5 A5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM------------------------|
H. E E H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|--------------------|
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)----2--|
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)----2--|
|-0-------2-3-|--8-------2-3-|-------------2-3-|------8-7-(7)--3-0--|
|-------------|--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3----------------|
+W +W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)---------------|
|-(0)---------------|-(0)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-2s3s|==8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+W +W
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)----------------|
|-(2)---------------|-(2)----------------|
|-(0)---------------|-(0)----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------7-7-7-7\-|
|-------------------|--3--3-3-3----------|
>
+W +W
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(2)-----------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(2)-----------------|-(2)-----------------|
|-(0)-----------------|-(0)-----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------7-|---------------------|
|--0--0-0-0-0-3s5h7---|--8--8-8-8-8-8-7-8-7-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
+W W
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|-(2)------------------|-2----------------||
|-(2)------------------|-2----------------||
|-(0)------------------|-0----------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|
| E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|----------------------|------------------||
|--------------------2-|------------------||
|--5--5-5-5-5-5\-3h5---|---------7-7-7-7--||
|----------------------|-3-3-3-3----------||
Verse
A5 F D G5 E
Gtrs III, VI
W W W H H
||-----------|-1--------|-2--------|-3----0-----||
||o----------|-1--------|-3--------|-3----0----o||
||--2--------|-2--------|-2--------|-0----1-----||
||--2--------|-3--------|-0--------|-0----2-----||
||o-0--------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||
A5 F5 D5 G5 E5
Gtrs I, II
H. Q W W H H
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|------9----|
|-2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|-5----9----|
|-0-------3/--|--8--------|-5--------|-5----7----|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-3---------|
A5 F5 D5 G5 E5
H. Q W W H H
|------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
|------------|-----------|----------|-----------||
|-2----------|-10--------|-7--------|------9----||
|-2----------|-10--------|-7--------|-5----9----||
|-0-------3--|--8--------|-5--------|-5----7----||
|------------|-----------|----------|-3---------||
Pre-Chorus
A5 F5 (G5) F5 E5
PM| PM------------------------|
H. E E H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)------||
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)------||
|-0-------2-3-|--8-------2-3-|-------------2-3-|------8-7-(7)--3---||
|-------------|--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-------------3-||
Chorus
N.C.
E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E
$
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|
|--------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|---------------------------------|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|---14-14-14---14-12----12--------|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14--|
|------------------------------|---------------------8-----8--7--|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|
|--------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|---------------------------------|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|---14-14-14---14-12----12--------|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14--|
|------------------------------|---------------------8-----8--7--|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E
To Coda
E S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------------------|-5---------------------------|
|--------------------------------|---8-6-5---6-5-------5-------|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|-2-------7-----7-6-----7-6---|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|---5-3-2---3-2-----8-2-----8-|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|---------5-----5-4-1---5-4-1-|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Gtrs IV, V
~~~
E S S S S E Q Q +H H H H
|---------------------|-------------|-----------||
|---------------------|--------5----|-8---------||
|---7-6---------------|-------------|-7----7----||
|-7-----8-7-5----7b9r=|=(7)----7----|-5----4----||
|---5-4-1-----7-------|-------------|-----------||
|-5-------5-3-0--5b7r=|=(5)---------|-----------||
E S S S S E Q Q +H H H H
Verse
A5 F5 D5 G5 E5
Gtrs I, II
H. Q W W H H
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|------9----|
|-2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|-5----9----|
|-0-------3/--|--8--------|-5--------|-5----7----|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-3---------|
|
| Gtrs IV, V
| W W W W
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-5-----------|--6--------|-7--------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-2-----------|--3--------|-4--------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|----------|-----------|
W W W W
A5 F5 D5 G5 E5
Gtrs I, II
H. Q W W H H 3x
||--------------|-----------|----------|------------||
||o-------------|-----------|----------|-----------o||
||--2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|------9-----||
||--2-----------|-10--------|-7--------|-5----9-----||
||o-0-------3/--|--8--------|-5--------|-5----7----o||
||--------------|-----------|----------|-3----------||
Pre-Chorus
A5 F5 (G5) F5 E5
PM| PM------------------------|
H. E E H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)------||
|-2-----------|-10-----------|-----------------|-----10-9-(9)------||
|-0-------2-3-|--8-------2-3-|-------------2-3-|------8-7-(7)--3---||
|-------------|--------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-3-3-------------3-||
Chorus
N.C.
E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|
|--------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|---------------------------------|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|---14-14-14---14-12----12--------|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14--|
|------------------------------|---------------------8-----8--7--|
|------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E E S S E E S S E S S E
E S S E E S S E E E
|------------------------------|
|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/megadeth/27119.html ]
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12-|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------12-13----12---|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|---14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4---|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|----7--7--7--7--7--------5------|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E E S S E E S S E E E
E S S E E S S E S S E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---14-14-14---14-12----12-------|
|----7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14-|
|---------------------8-----8--7-|
|--------------------------------|
E S S E E S S E S S E
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q
|-5---------------------------|----------------------||
|---8-6-5---6-5-------5-------|----------------------||
|-2-------7-----7-6-----7-6---|---7-6----------------||
|---5-3-2---3-2-----8-2-----8-|-7-----8-7-5----7b9r==||
|---------5-----5-4-1---5-4-1-|---5-4-1-----7--------||
|-----------------------------|-5-------5-3-0--5b7r==||
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q
Guitar Solo 1
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(7)-------------|-(7)-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-(5)-------------|-(5)-------------|---------------|---------------|
| +W +W W W
|
| Gtrs IV, V
| ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~
| E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|--5--5----7-7--7-|--5--5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|
|--5--5----7-7--7-|--5--5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
Gtrs IV, V
~~ ~ ~~ ~ ~~ ~
E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q E Q +Q +Q. E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------||
|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--5-|-7b8r=(7)b8r=(7)s==5-||
|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--7-|-5-5----7-7--5-|-7b8r=(7)b8r=(7)s==5-||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------------||
Interlude
N.C.
Gtrs III, VI
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E S S E a Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----0-3s5-3-------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----3-------5s3p1-|-1h3----1-3s5-3-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|----2-------------|------2-----------|
|---2-3-2s7-------|---2-3-2s7-------|------------------|------------------|
|-0---------7-----|-----------7---0-|------------------|------------------|
|-------------8-7-|-3-----------8---|-2----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E H
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|---------3----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------3------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-----5--------||
|---2-3-2s7-------|---2-3-2s7---------|---2-3-2s7---------|---4----------||
|-----------7---1-|-2---------7-5-3-2-|-3---------7-6p5p3-|-5------------||
|-------------8---|-------------------|-------------------|--------------||
Guitar Solo 2
N.C.
Gtr IV
Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|-----------------|---------------------|
|----5------------|------5--------------|
|------7-(7)------|--------7-(7)--------|
|-7-----------5-7-|-(7)-----------7p5---|
|-----------------|-------------------8-|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|----8-7-(7)------|------8-7-(7)--------|
|-------------5-6-|-(6)-----------6p5---|
|-----------------|-------------------7-|
|-7---------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|------5------------|------6-5-(5)--8-10--|
|--------7-(7)--5-4-|-(4)-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(8)---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|------8-7-(7)--5---|------5--------7--5--|
|-----------------8-|-(8)----9-(9)--------|
|-(7)---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(10)--5------------|------5--------------|
|---------7-(7)------|--------7-(7)--------|
|----------------5-7-|-(7)-----------7p5---|
|--------------------|-------------------8-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|--(5)--8-7-(7)------|------8-7-(7)--------|
|----------------5-6-|-(6)-----------6p5---|
|--------------------|-------------------7-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|------5------------|------6-5-(5)--8-10--|
|--------7-(7)--5-4-|-(4)-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-(8)---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|------8-7-(7)--5---|------5--------7--5--|
|-----------------8-|-(8)----9-(9)--------|
|-(7)---------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|-------12----------------|-------12-------------------|
|-(10)-----15-(15)--------|----------15-(15)-----------|
|-------------------12-14-|-(14)--------------14p12----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------15-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q S S E
|--(5)---8--7--(7)--------|--------8--7--(7)-----------|
|--------------------5--6-|--(6)---------------6p=5----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------7-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|-------12----------------|-------13-12-(12)--15-17--|
|----------15-(15)--13-12-|-(12)---------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(15)--------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E +Q E E
|--------8--7--(7)---5----|--------5-----------7--5--|
|-----------------------8-|--(8)------9--(9)---------|
|--(7)--------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
+Q E E +Q E E
|-(17)--12----------------|
|----------15-(15)--------|
|-------------------12-14-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q E E
|--(5)---8--7--(7)--------|
|--------------------5--6-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
+Q E E +Q S S E +Q E E +Q E E
|-------12-------------------|-------12-----------------|
|----------15-(15)-----------|----------15-(15)--13-12--|
|-(14)--------------14p12----|--------------------------|
|-------------------------15-|-(15)---------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +Q E E +Q S S E +Q E E +Q E E
|--------8--7--(7)-----------|--------8--7--(7)---5-----|
|--(6)---------------6p=5----|-----------------------8--|
|--------------------------7-|--(7)---------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Chorus
N.C.
Gtrs I High Strings, Guitar II Low Strings
W E S S E E S S E E E
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------12-13----12-|
|-------------------------||------14-14-14-14-14--4--5-12--4-|
|-------------------------||-------7--7--7--7--7--------5----|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
| E S S E E S S E E E
|
| Gtr IV
| +Q E E +Q E E +W
|-------13-12-(12)--15-17-||-(17)----------------------------|
|-(12)--------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| +Q E E +Q E E +W
|--------5-----------7--5-||--(5)----------------------------|
|--(8)------9--(9)--------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E S S E E S S E S S E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------14-14-14---14-12----12--------|
|-------7--7--7----7--5-15--5-15-14--|
|------------------------8-----8--7--|
|------------------------------------|
| E S S E E S S E S S E
|
| +W
|-(17)-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|--(5)-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
H.=H
&
Amadd9
2/4 4/4
Gtrs I, II Gtr VI
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q +Q Q E E E E H
|-5---------------------------|---------------------|---------|---------0----*|
|---8-6-5---6-5-------5-------|---------------------|---------|-------0------*|
|-2-------7-----7-6-----7-6---|---7-6---------------|---------|-----5--------*|
|---5-3-2---3-2-----8-2-----8-|-7-----8-7-5----7b9r=|=(7)-----|---7----------*|
|---------5-----5-4-1---5-4-1-|---5-4-1-----7-------|---------|-0------------*|
|-----------------------------|-5-------5-3-0--5b7r=|=(5)-----|--------------*|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q +Q Q
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
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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
