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THE SHORTEST STRAW
As recorded by Metallica
(From the 1988 Album ...AND JUSTICE FOR ALL)
Words by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich
Music by Metallica
E5 F5 G5 A5
0 2 2 x x x 1 3 3 x x x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x x
Ab5 D F# G
4 6 6 x x x 2 5 4 2 3 x 2 4 4 3 2 2 3 5 5 4 3 3
G# A F#5 Bb5
4 7 6 4 5 x 5 7 7 6 5 5 2 4 4 x x x x 1 3 3 x x
A5open B5 E5VII F5VIII
x 0 2 2 x x x 2 4 4 x x x 7 9 9 x x x 8 10 10 x x
C5 A5V(type 2) G#5
x 3 5 5 x x 5 7 7 x x x 4 6 6 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=146
E5F5 E5 F5 E5 F5 E5G5 F5 E5 F5
1/4 4/4
Gtr II
S E. E E Q Q S E. E E S E. E Q E E E Q Q S E.
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
Q W W W
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E5 E5F5 E5Bb5F5 E5 F5
E E S E. E Q E H. S E.
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/ / / / / / / / /
W W
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|--------------|
E5 E5F5 E5G5 F5 E5 F5 E5 F5E5
7/8
E E S E. E Q E E E Q Q S E. E E E E E Q
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|----------------|--------------|
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5 F5E5 E5F5E5 Bb5G5
4/4
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E +E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
||o------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
||-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
G5 F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
1.
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 F#5 F5
2/4
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E E E E E E E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-------------------|----------------|-----------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------o||
|-------------------|----------------|-----------||
|-------------------|----------------|-----------||
|-------------------|----------------|----------o||
|-------------------|----------------|-----------||
2.
E5F5E5 G5 F#5 F5 E5F5E5 E5 F5
4/4 2/4 4/4 2/4
E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E S S E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / /
W W W W
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
|----------------|---------|------------------|---------|
E5 F5 E5F5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
||-----------------|--------------------------||
||o----------------|-------------------------o||
||-----------------|--------------------------||
||--2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3--||
||o-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-o||
||--0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1--||
E5 E5F5 E5F5
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|
|-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|
|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1-|
E5 E5G5 E5G5
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5-|
|-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5-|
|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-(3)-0-3-|
E5 E5A5openE5A5opE5
W W
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|---------------2-(2)---2-|
|-2----8-7b8-8-----|-------------2-2-(2)-2-2-|
|-2-/7---------7---|-------------2-0-(0)-2-0-|
|-0----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0---|
G5 F#5 F5
Gtr I
W E E S E S +E S S +E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q S S E W
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-------3-2h3p2p0-|------------------------||
|-2---2-----------|------------------------||
|-2-0-------------|------------------------||
|-0---------------|------------------------||
Verse
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F5 F5 G5 G5 F5 F5
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o /
W W W
||-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
G5 F#5 F5 F5 F5 G5 G5
E E S E. E. S +E E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o /
W W W
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
F5 F5 G5 F#5 F5 G5 G5
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E. E. S +E E E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o /
W W W
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
A5 A5 G5 G5 A Ab5 G5
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E. E. S +E E
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o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / /
W W W
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
G5 G5 A5 A5 G5 G5
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o /
W W W
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
A5 Ab5 A5 E5
E E S E. E. S +E E W
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o / / / / / / /
Gtr I
|-3--| |--3--|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|-2----8-7b8-8-----|
|--------------------|-2-/7---------7---|
|--------------------|-0----------------|
E5F5 E5F5 E5
W W
|-3--| |--3--|
E E S E S E S S +S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-2----8-7b8-8------|
|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-2-/7---------7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1-|-0-----------------|
E5F5 E5F5 B5 E5VII F5VIII
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------||----------------|
|-------------------------|-4-4-4-4-----------------||-9----9---9-10--|
|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-4-4-4-4-2h3p2p0-2h3p2p0-||-9----9---9-10--|
|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-2-2-2-2-----------------||-7----7---7--8--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1-|-------------------------||----------------|
B5C5 A5V(type E5F5VIIIB5C5
E E Q S S S S S S S S Q E E E E Q E E Q S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------|-------------------------||
|-4s5-5------------------|----------9s10--|-4s5-5-------------------||
|-4s5-3--2h3p2p0-2h3p2p0-|-7----7---9s10--|-4s5-5--2h3p2p0-2h3p2p0--||
|-2s3-3------------------|-7----7---7s=8--|-2s3-3-------------------||
|------------------------|-5----5---------|-------------------------||
Chorus
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5 F5E5 E5F5E5 Bb5G5
Gtr II
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E +E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 F#5 F5
2/4
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E E E E E E E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
To Coda
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5 F5E5 E5F5E5 Bb5G5
4/4
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E +E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------|
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 F#5 F5
2/4
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E E E E E E E
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/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
1.
E5 E5F5 E5F5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|
|-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|
|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1-|
E5 E5G5 E5G5
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|----------------|--------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------|
|-2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5--|
|-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5--|
|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-(3)-0-3--|
E5 E5A5openE5A5opE5
W W
|-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|---------------2-(2)---2-|
|-2----8-7b8-8-----|-------------2-2-(2)-2-2-|
|-2-/7---------7---|-------------2-0-(0)-2-0-|
|-0----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------0---|
GF#5 F5
Gtr II
W E E S E +S E S S +E E
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/ / / / / / / / / /
|-3-| |---3---|
Q Q Q Q Q S S E W
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-------3-2h3p2p0-|-------------------------||
|-2---2-----------|-------------------------||
|-2-0-------------|------------------------o||
|-0---------------|-------------------------||
2.
E5 E5F5 E5F5 E5
Gtrs I, II
|-3--| |--3--| |-3--| |--3--|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E S E S E S S +S S E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|----------------|
|-2----8-7b8-8---|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-2----8-7b8-8---|
|-2-/7---------7-|-------------2-3-(3)-2-3-|-2-/7---------7-|
|-0--------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-(1)-0-1-|-0--------------|
Interlude
E5G5 E5G5 E5
Gtr II
W W
|
/
Gtr I
E E S E S E S S +S S E E. S +E E E. S +S T T E
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||---------------------------|
|-------------------------||----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|
|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5-||-2--------2--------------2-|
|-------------2-5-(5)-2-5-||---------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-(3)-0-3-||---------------------------|
F5 F#
W W
| |
/ /
E. S +E E E. S +S T T E E. E +E E E. S E.
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|----2-(2)-4-5--7-7-----|
|-3--------3--------------3-|-4---------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
G5 F#5 F5 E5
H E. S +E E W
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
Q E E Q E E E. S +E E E. S +S T T E
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|-7------------7---|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|
|----5-4-5-------4-|-2--------2--------------2-|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
F5 F#
W W
| |
/ /
E. S +E E E. S +S S S S E. S +E E Q.. S
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|----2-(2)-4-5-----7-|
|-3--------3--------------3-|-4------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
Guitar Break Guitar Solo I
G5 F#5 F5 N.C. F5 F5
2/4 4/4
H E. S +E E W E E S E S E S S +S S E
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/ / / / / o / / / / / / / / o /
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/metallica/11915.html ]
Gtr I
\4______| \2.5/ \2.5/ \2.5/
Q E E E. S +E E S E. +Q E. +S +S +E. +E +Q.
|-------------------|-------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------------|-9p==5--(5)--||-[9]---(9)----(9)-(9)------(9)----(9)----------|
|----5-4-5--4-(4)-3-|-------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|--------5--4-(4)-3-|-------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|--------3--2-(2)-1-|-------------||-----------------------------------------------|
G5 G5
E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / / o /
\1/ \1/ \1/
Q Q Q +S S S S
|-----------------------------------14-|
|-----------------------------14h15----|
|-9-----7-------14-------(14)----------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
F5 F5
E E S E S E S S +S S E
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / / o /
|------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
|-17p15p14-------12-15p14p==12------------14p12---------------12---------------12-|
|----------15------------------14p12h==15-------15p13p12h==13----15p==13p12h13----|
|-------------16------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 F#5 F5 F5 F5
E E S E. E E E E E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / o /
\1/ \1/ \1/ \1/
E E E E E +E +E +E E S S T T S S S T T S S S S S S S
|-<7>---------------------------------------|-------12----------------------14p12h14----12-------------------|
|-----<7>-----------------------------------|----------15p12-------12h15p12----------15----------12h15p12----|
|---------<7>-------------------------------|-14b16----------14b16-------------------------14b16-------------|
|----------------<7>-<5>--(<5>)-(<5>)-(<5>)-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------<5>--(<5>)-(<5>)-(<5>)-|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G5 G5
E E S E S E S S +S S E
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o / / / / / / / / o /
S S S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-14p12----12--------------------------------------|
|-------15----15p14p12----14p12---12h14p12------12-|
|----------------------14--------------------14----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
F5 F5 G5 F#F5
E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E. E E E E
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o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / /
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|----------3----------| |-----------3------------| |----------3----------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q. S S
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------19---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------20------|
|-[14]b16---[11]b12--------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------[13]b14---[12]b13---[11]b12------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------[13]b14---|-[12]b13---[11]b12------[9]b10-[12]-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 F5
E E Q E S S +S S E
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S
|-22p20h22-------20p19p17-------19--------------------------------|
|----------22-22----------20-20----22p20p19-22p20p==19------------|
|------------------------------------------------------20b21-(20)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
F5 G5 F5 G5
H E S S +S S E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|--3--| |--3--| |---3---|
S T T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----19-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-20----22p20p19-22p20p19-------20p19----------19-----------------|
|-------------------------21-21-------21p19-19----21p==19----21---|
|---------------------------------------------------------22------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 F5
H E S S +S S E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
|--3--| |---3---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-20p19-------19p17----------17p15-------15p13p==12----12-|
|-------21p19-------19p18p17-------17p16------------14----|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
E5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 F5 E5F5
E E Q E. S +E E E E Q E S S +S S E
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/ / / / / / / / / / /
S S S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-17p12-15p12-14p12------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------14p12-14b16------------|-11----10----9----8---7---6----5---4---|
|---------------------------------------12-|----12----11---10---9---8---7----6---5-|
|------------------------------------14----|---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
F5G5 F5G5
H E S S +S S E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3---3---2---1---2p0------------|
|---4---4---3---2-----2p0--2-----|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 F5 E5 G5 F#5 F5
H E S S +S S E E E Q E. S +E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
PM--------------------------------|
|-3--| |-3--| |--3--| |----3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q Q.
|---------------------7--------10---12-|-15\----------------------|
|-----------------8-------11-----------|--------------------------|
|----------7-10-9----------------------|--------------------------|
|------9-8-----------------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-10---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|
F# G
W W
| |
/ /
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
|-9p6---9p6---9p6-9p6---9p6---9p6-|-10p7---10p7---10p7-10p7---10p7---10p7-|
|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|------8------8-----------8------8------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
G#
W
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/
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12p7---12p7---12p7-12p7---12p7---12p7-|
|------9------9-----------9------9------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
A A5 G#5 G5
H E. S +E E
| | | | |
/ / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12p9----12p9----12p9-12p9----12p=9----12p9-|
|------10------10-----------10-------10------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
Interlude
F# G
W W
| |
/ /
E. S +E E E. S +S T T E E. S +E E E. S +S T T E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|----4-(4)---5--4-(4)h5p4---|----4-(4)---5--4-(4)h5p4----|
|-4--------4--------------4-|-5--------5--------------5--|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
G# A A5VAb5pe G5 F#5 F5
W H E. S +E E E. S +E E H
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E. S +E E E. S E. S Q E E E. S +E E Q E E H
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------||
|----------------------|-------------------|----------------||
|----4-(4)-6-7--9-9--9-|-9-----------------|----------------||
|-6--------------------|----7-6-7--6-(6)-5-|---------3------||
|----------------------|--------7--6-(6)-5-|---------3------||
|----------------------|--------5--4-(4)-3-|---------1------||
E5F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5 F5E5 E5F5E5 Bb5G5
Gtr II
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E +E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W W W
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 Bb5
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
|-------------------|---------------|
F5E5 E5F5E5 G5 G5 F#5 F5
2/4
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
|-------------------|----------------|----------|
Guitar Solo 2
E5F5 E5 E5 F5E5 G5 Bb5
4/4
E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~
E Q. +H +Q E S S E Q.
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---17b18=====(17)---------|-(17)r---------------------------|
|---17b19=====(17)---------|-(17)r---17b19r(17)p15-17p15-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------------|
F5E5 E5 F5E5 Bb5 G5
+E E Q E E S S E E E Q E Q E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / / / / / / / /
Q H S S E Q +Q +Q E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------------18b20-|
|-17b20---17b19------17b20r(17)p15-|-17b18====(17)r=(17)---15-------|
|----------------------------------|-17b19====(17)r=(17)---15-------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F5E5
+E E Q E E S S E
| | | | | | | |
/ / / o / / / /
+Q E E E E E E
|-(18)---18-17-15----15---18b20-|
|-----------------18------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E5 F5 E5 G5 Bb5 F5E5
E E Q E Q E +E E Q E E S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / o / / / /
|--3--| |--------6--------|
S S S T T T T S S S S S S S S S S E E Q Q E E E E
|-15h18p15----------15h18p15----------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------18p15h18----------18p15-------15-15-18p15----------|-17b18---15--17-17-15------|
|----------------------------------17b19-------------17-15-15-|-17b19---15--17-17-15------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E5 F5 E5 G5 F#5 F5 E5 E
2/4 3/4
E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
<
E E S S E E E Q Q +Q E E E E +Q
|---------------------------|-------------|--------------||
|-15-17-17p15----15---------|-------------|--------------||
|-15-17-17p15----15---------|-------------|-------1-(1)--||
|-------------17----17-15---|-17---(17)s==|=x-----2-(2)--||
|---------------------------|-------------|-------2-(2)--||
|---------------------------|-------------|-------0-(0)--||
Outro
&
E5F5 E5 F5 F5 G5 G5
4/4
Gtr II
E E E E E E Q E E S E S E S S +S S E E E S E S E S S +S S E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / o / / / / / / / / o / o / / / / / / / / o /
W W W
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------||------------------------|------------------------|
N.C.
Gtr I
E. S +E E E. S +S T T E E. S +E E E. S +S T T E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|
|-2--------2--------------2-|-3--------3--------------3-|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
E. E +E E E. S E. Q E E Q E E
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|----2-(2)-4-5--7-7--|-7---------7----|
|-4------------------|----5-4-5----4--|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
N.C.
E. S +E E E. S +S T T E E. S +E E E. S +S S S S E. S +E E Q.. S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|----2-(2)---3--2-(2)h3p2---|----2-(2)-4-5-----7-|
|-2--------2--------------2-|-3--------3--------------3-|-4------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|--------------------|
G5 F#5 F5 E5 F5 E5F5 E5
Gtr II
H E. S +E E E E S E S E S S +S S E E E E S S E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W W
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
|----------------|------------------------|------------------*|
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
\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
-----------
| - 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
