PHYSICAL SEX
As recorded by The Darkness
(Released as a Single in 2003)
Words and Music by Justin Hawkins, Daniel Hawkins, Frankie Poullain & Ed Graham
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=142
(A)
4/4
Gtr I
<
W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|--9---------|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|
| Gtr II
| <
| W +W +W
|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|-(8)--------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|--7---------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|
|------------|------------|------------|
|------------|------------|------------|
W +W +W
+W +W +W
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-(9)------------|--(9)--------|--(9)------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| +H H +W +H H
|-(8)------------|-------------|---------(12)----|
|--------(10)----|-(10)--------|-(10)------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-(7)------------|--(7)--------|--(7)------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------|-----------------|
+W +W +W
A5/C A5
+W +W E E E E +H
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|--(9)--------|--(9)--------||-2-------2-2-(2)----|
|-------------|-------------||-2-------2-2-(2)----|
|-------------|-------------||-3b3.5p0-0-0-(0)----|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|
| +W +W W
|-(12)--------|-(12)--------||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|--(7)--------|--(7)--------||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
|-------------|-------------||--------------------|
+W +W
A5/C A5
+W E E E E +H
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
|-(2)--------|-2-------2-2-(2)----|
|-(2)--------|-2-------2-2-(2)----|
|-(0)--------|-3b3.5p0-0-0-(0)----|
|------------|--------------------|
|
| W W
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
|------------|--------------------|
A5/C A5 A5/C
+W E E E E +Q E E
|------------|--------------------------|
|------------|--------------------------|
|-(2)--------|-2-------2-2-(2)--2-------|
|-(2)--------|-2-------2-2-(2)--2-------|
|-(0)--------|-3b3.5p0-0-0-(0)--3b3.5p0-|
|------------|--------------------------|
A5 D5 A5/C A5 A5/C
E Q E E E Q E E E E +Q E E
|---------------|---------------------------|
|------------3--|---------------------------|
|-2-2--2-----2--|-2-------2-2-(2)--2--------|
|-2-2--2-----0--|-2-------2-2-(2)--2--------|
|-0-0--0-3p0----|-3b3.5p0-0-0-(0)--3b3.5p0--|
|---------------|---------------------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
A5 Eb5 A5/C A5 A5/C A5 A5/CD5 A5 G5 D
Gtrs I, II
E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q 4x E Q E Q Q
|---------------||--------------------------|----------------||--------3--2---||
|---------------||o-------------------------|------------3--o||--------3--3---||
|-2-2--2-----8--||--2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2--2-2---2---||-2-2----0--2---||
|-2-2--2-----8--||--2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2--2-2---0---||-2-2----0--0---||
|-0-0--0-3p0-6--||o-3b3.5p0-0-0---0-3b3.5p0-|-0-0--0-3p0-0--o||-0-0-----------||
|---------------||--------------------------|----------------||------0-3------||
Verse
A5 A5/C D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------3--|
||--2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------2--|
||--2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------0--|
||o-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5p0-0--|
||------------------|--------------------|
A5 A5/C D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------3--|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------2--|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------0--|
|-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5p0-0--|
|-----------------|--------------------|
A5 A5/C D5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q +E E Q E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------3--|----------------|------------------||
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------2--|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2---||
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-|-2-2-2-2-2-------0--|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2--|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2---||
|-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5p0-0--|-0-x-x-0-x-x-0--|-(0)-0-0--0-0-0---||
|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|------------------||
Pre-Chorus
D G5 D D G5 D
Q. E +Q Q +E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q +E E E E E E E E
|-2----3-(3)--2--|-(2)---------------|-2--2-3---3-2--|-(2)----------------|
|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)---------------|-3--3-3---3-3--|-(3)----------------|
|-2----0-(0)--2--|-(2)-----0---0-----|-2--2-0---0-2--|-(2)-----0---0------|
|-0----0-(0)--0--|-(0)-------------0-|-0--0-0---0-0--|-(0)---0------------|
|----------------|-----0-2---3---4-0-|---------------|-----3-----2---1p0--|
|------3-(3)-----|-------------------|------3---3----|--------------------|
A5/C A5 A5/C A5 A5/C D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------3--|
|-2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-------2--|
|-2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2-2-2-2-------0--|
|-3b3.5p0-0-0---0-3b3.5p0-|-0-0-0-0-3b3.5p0-0--|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
A5/C A5 A5/C A5 A5/C
E E E E E E E E E Q E E E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2--2-2-----------||
|-2-------2-2---2-2-------|-2-2--2-2-----------||
|-3b3.5p0-0-0---0-3b3.5p0-|-0-0--0-3b3.5p0-----||
|-------------------------|----------------3---||
Chorus
A5 C5 D5 Eb5 A5
E E E E q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E q E E
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2--|
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2--|
|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---3----3-3-3-|-3----5-5-6-6--|---0-0-------0----0--|
|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3-3----------|----------------|-3-----3b3.5----3----|
C5 D5 Eb5 A5 C5
E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E q E E E E Q E E E E
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------|
|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5--|
|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5--|
|-0---3----3-3-3-|-3----5-5-6-6--|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---3----3-3-3--|
|---3-3----------|----------------|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3-3-----------|
1.
D5 Eb5 A5 D
Gtr III
W W W
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| Q E E E E Q E E E E q E E E E H.
|----------------|--------------------|-----2-------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----3-------|
|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---2-------|
|-5----7-7-8-8--|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---0-------|
|-3----5-5-6-6--|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---0-------|
|----------------|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3---------|
Csus2 G/BG5/Bb
E E E E E E E E W
|--5--------5-5-----5-5-|-------------------||
|--5------5-5-5-----5-5-|-------------------||
|-----7b9-------7b9-----|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|
| +W +E E E E Q Q
|-(2)-------------------|-(2)---------------||
|-(3)-------------------|-(3)-----3---------||
|-(2)-------------------|-(2)---0-----------||
|-(0)-------------------|-(0)---------------||
|-(0)-------------------|-(0)-3-----2--1----||
|-----------------------|-------------------||
Pre-Verse
A5 D5
E e e E +H +Q. E E E Q
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-5b5.5---------------------|----------5b5.5---7---|
|-------7-7-7-(7)-----------|-(7)------------7-----|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E q E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------3---|
|---------2-2---------------|--2--2------------2---|
|---------2-2-----2---------|--2--2------------0---|
|-3b3.5p0-0-0-----0-3b3.5p0-|--0--0--0-3b3.5p0-0---|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
A5 G5 D
E e e E +Q Q +E S S Q H
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------o||
|-5b5.5---------------------|--------------------||
|-------7-7-7-(7)---5-------|-(5)-7s5p3----------||
|---------------------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------3--2---||
|---------------------------|-------------3--3--o||
|---------2-2---------------|--2--2-------0--2---||
|---------2-2-----2---------|--2--2-------0--0---||
|-3b3.5p0-0-0-----0-3b3.5p0-|--0--0-------------o||
|---------------------------|-----------0-3------||
Chorus (Continued) Pre-Solo
2. Q=71
A5 C5 Db5D5 F5
Gtrs I, II
E E E E q E E E E Q Q Q W +W
|--------------------|--------------||-----------|---------||
|--------------------|--------------||-----------|---------||
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5--6--7--||-10--------|-(10)----||
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5--6--7--||-10--------|-(10)----||
|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---3--4--5--||--8--------|--(8)----||
|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3-3--4--5--||-----------|---------||
Guitar Solo Part I
(A)
Gtr I
H. +Q
|----------------------------------|
|-7b8====================(7)-------|
|-7b8====================(7)-------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------
| S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------3-----3-3-3-|
|-3----5-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-------------|
2/4 4/4
+Q. S +S H. +S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------------8---8-|
|-(7)----------------|----------------------------7---|
|-(7)-------7pb8r(7)-|-5--------------------(5)-------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------------|
| E. S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--3--5-5-6-6-----7--|--------------------3-----3-3-3-|
|--------------------|-3--5-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-------------|
2/4
S. T E +E E
|-8--8-----8----(8)----0---|
|-7--7b8==(7)---(7)r---0---|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
| S. T +E +E E
|
| PM------------------------
| E. S S S S S
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-3-----------5--5---6-6-7-|
|--------------------------|
4/4 2/4
Q S E. S E. E. +S Q.. S
|-5-------5----------5---------------------|-------------8-|
|-5-------5----------5---------------------|-------------8-|
|-----------7pb9-------7pb9---7pb9r====(7)-|-5-------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E. S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|------------------------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------3------3-3--3--|-3---5-5-6-6-7-|
|-3-5-5-3-5------3-5-5-3-------------------|---------------|
4/4
W
|-----------------------------|
|-8---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------
| S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-------------------3---3-3-3-|
|-3-5-5-3-5-3-5-5-3-----------|
Guitar Solo Part II
Q=142
A5
2/4 4/4
~~
+E. S +S E. H. +E E
|-----12b14==(12)r-12b14-----||---------------------5--|
|-(8)------------------------||---------------------5--|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||-3---------------(3)----|
|
|--------------------------|
| E. S S S S S E E E E q E E
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||------------------------|
|----------------------------||----2-2-------2------2--|
|----------------------------||----2-2-------2------2--|
|--3---5-------5----6----6-7-||----0-0-------0------0--|
|----------------------------||-3------3b3.5-----3-----|
C5 D5 Eb5
~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E Q Q a Q
|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-|---5-8---8----------|
|-5-5-----5-5-----5-5-|-5-5-7---7---7s19--|
|-----7b9-----7b9-----|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-2---5-------5---5-5-|-5-----7-7-8----8--|
|-2---5-------5---5-5-|-5-----7-7-8----8--|
|-0---3-------3---3-3-|-3-----5-5-6----6--|
|---3-3---------------|--------------------|
A5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E Q +Q +E. S
|-10-10-10b12========(10)--(10)r---8-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E q E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-----2--2-------------2---------2---|
|-----2--2-------------2---------2---|
|-----0--0-------------0---------0---|
|--3-----------3b3.5---------3-------|
C5 D5 Eb5
T T T T T T T T
|-3--| |----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----| |-3--|
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 S S E E E E
|-10p8p0-12p0h9p0-12p0h7p0-12p0h5p0-12p0h7p0-12p0h9p0-|-12p0h7p0-12p0h5p0-12p5s16s5s15------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------9----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------9----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--2----------5-------------------5------5------5-----|--5-------------------7----7--8-8---|
|--2----------5-------------------5------5------5-----|--5-------------------7----7--8-8---|
|--0----------3-------------------3------3------3-----|--3-------------------5----5--6-6---|
|------3------3---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5
|--------3--------|
E E E E E Q +S +S S S
|-20b22-20b21-20b22-20b21-------20b22-20pb22===(20)r(20)p19p17--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E q E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------2-----2-----------------------2------------------2-----|
|--------2-----2-----------------------2------------------2-----|
|--------0-----0-----------------------0------------------0-----|
|--3----------------------3b3.5------------------3--------------|
C5
|--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S +S S E E. S
|------------------------------------------------0-|
|-20-20p19p17h19h20p19p17-15-19-(19)-15-17s22-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--2--------------5----------------------5--5--5---|
|--2--------------5----------------------5--5--5---|
|--0--------------3----------------------3--3--3---|
|--------3--------3--------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
+E Q +E +Q E a E
|-(0)-22b24r==(22)b24-(22)------12s17-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--5------------7-------7--8-8-------|
|--5------------7-------7--8-8-------|
|--3------------5-------5--6-6-------|
|-------------------------------------|
A5
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
|-20p17-20p17-20p17-20p17-19p15-19p15-19p====15-19p15-17p14-17p14-17p14-17p14-15p12-15p12-15p12-15p12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E q E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------2-----------2---------------------------2-----------------------------------2----------|
|--------------2-----------2---------------------------2-----------------------------------2----------|
|--------------0-----------0---------------------------0-----------------------------------0----------|
|--3-----------------------------------3b3.5-----------------------------------3----------------------|
C5
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
|-14p10-14p10-14p10-14p10-12p8-12p8-12p8-12p8-10p7-10p7-10p7-10p7-8p5-8p5-8p5-8p5-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------------------5-----------------------------5--------5-------5-------|
|--2-----------------------5-----------------------------5--------5-------5-------|
|--0-----------------------3-----------------------------3--------3-------3-------|
|--------------3-----------3------------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb5
S E. +Q S +S S S S +S S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-8b9==(8)r---8pb10r(8)p5----------------||
|---------------------------7-7pb9r(7)p5---||
|----------------------------------------7-||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|
| Q E E E E Q
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-----------7-7---------8---8-----------||
|-5-----------7-7---------8---8-----------||
|-3-----------5-5---------6---6-----------||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
A5 C5 D5 Eb5
Gtr III
S E. +Q H W E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|----------------|-5-------5-5-----5--5-|
|--------------------------|----------------|-5-----5-5-5-----5--5-|
|-7-5----(5)--------------|----------------|---7b9-------7b9------|
|--------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| E E E E q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q
|--------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------|----------------------|
|------2--2---------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5-------7-7-8---8---|
|------2--2---------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5-------7-7-8---8---|
|------0--0---------0----0-|-0---3----3-3-3-|-3-------5-5-6---6---|
|-3-----------3b3.5----3---|---3-3----------|----------------------|
A5 C5
W W
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|
|--------------------|----------------|
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|
|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----5-5-5-|
|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---3----3-3-3-|
|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3-3----------|
D5 Eb5 A5
E E E E E E E E W
|-5-------5-5-----5--5-|---------------------|
|-5-----5-5-5-----5--5-|---------------------|
|---7b9-------7b9------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q E E E E q E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-5-------7-7-8---8---|---2-2-------2----2--|
|-5-------7-7-8---8---|---2-2-------2----2--|
|-3-------5-5-6---6---|---0-0-------0----0--|
|----------------------|-3-----3b3.5----3----|
C5 D5 Eb5 A5 C5
W E E E E E E E E W W
|----------------|-5-------5-5-----5--5-|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|-5-----5-5-5-----5--5-|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|---7b9-------7b9------|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------*|
|
| E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E q E E E E H.
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------*|
|----------------|----------------------|--------------------|-----------*|
|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5-------7-7-8---8---|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----*|
|-2---5----5-5-5-|-5-------7-7-8---8---|---2-2-------2----2-|-2---5----*|
|-0---3----3-3-3-|-3-------5-5-6---6---|---0-0-------0----0-|-0---3----*|
|---3-3----------|----------------------|-3-----3b3.5----3---|---3-------*|
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
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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 16t
