AND THE CRADLE WILL ROCK...
As recorded by Van Halen
(From the 1980 Album WOMEN AND CHILDREN FIRST)
Words and Music by Edward Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony, & David Lee Roth
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'EVH (lead)'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'EVH (rhy)'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'EVH (fills)'
Intro
Moderately Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||-----------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-2-2---5---5---0-|-(0)----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-2-2---5---5---0-|-(0)----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-0-0-0---0---0---|--0--0-0-0-0-0------|
|-----------------|-------------0-3-||-----------------|---------------0-3--|
E E E E E E E E
TP
W W
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|-/10----------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------3-|--(3)---------------|
|-2-2---5---5---2-|--(2)---------------|
|-2-2---5---0-----|--------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0---|--------------------|
|-----------------|---3--3-3-3-3-3-0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP TP TP
|-3-|
+W +Q. S S S Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-(10)---------------|-(10)-----10-8---8---8---|
|--------------------|---------------9----------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|---2--2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------------|
|---2--2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------------|
|---0--0-0---0---0---|---0--0-0--0-----0-0------|
|--------------------|---------------------0--3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP TP
W +H. Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-/10---------------|-(10)-----------10--||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E +Q H Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------3-|--(3)---3-----3------||
|---2-2---5---5---2-|--(2)---2-----2------||
|---2-2---5---5-----|---------------------||
|---0-0-0---0---0---|---------------------||
|-------------------|---3--3---3-3----3---||
E E Q E E E E
1st Verse
W W
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-(6)-5-3---|
|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-(5)-----5-|
|-----5-----5-----|-5-----5-(5)-------|
|-3-3---3-3---3-3-|-----3-------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
<
W H E Q.
|-----------------|-----------<12>-----|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM PM
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----1-1---------|--------------------|
|-----1-1-----3-3-|-----3---3p==1----3-|
|-----3-3-----3-3-|-----3--------------|
|-------------3-3-|-----3--------------|
|-1-1-----1-1-----|-1-1---1--------1---|
|-----------------|--------------------|
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. E E +H +E a Q E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------/7-5-|-(5)------(5)-5-3s==2--|
|-3-----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| PM-| PM| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|------6-----6------|--6-----6-(6)---5-3----|
|------5-----5------|--5-----5-(5)-------5--|
|------5-----5------|--5-----5-(5)----------|
|-3--3---3-3----3-3-|------3----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ TP TP
Q E E +E E Q +Q Q E E Q W +W
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-10---------------|-(10)---------------|
|----3-2-(2)---3--|-(3)--------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-3----------3----|------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------xs=x-------||------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|------xs=x-------||------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM PM
| Q E E +E E Q H Q E E E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|-----------------|------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-3----3-(3)---3--|------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-3----3-(3)---3--|------------------||--2-2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------|
|-3----3-(3)---3--|------------------||--2-2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------|
|----1-------1----|------------------||--0-0-0---0---0---|---0--0-0-0-0-0-----|
|-----------------|--------------0-3-||------------------|----------------0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP TP
+H. Q W
|----------------------|--------------------|
|-(10)-----------10---|-/10----------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------3-|--(3)---------------|
|---2--2---5---5-----2-|--(2)---------------|
|---2--2---5---0-------|--------------------|
|---0--0-0---0----0----|--------------------|
|----------------------|---3--3-3-3-3-3-0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP
+H E E E E +H +Q Q
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(10)---------------|----------------------|
|------------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)-------|
|------------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)-------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---2--2---5---5---0-|-(0)------------------|
|---2--2---5---5---0-|-(0)------------------|
|---0--0-0---0---0---|--0--0-0-0--0---0-----|
|--------------------|------------------0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
H E E E E +H +Q Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)-------|
|---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)-------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +Q H Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------3-|-(3)---3--------3-----|
|-2-2---5---5---2-|-(2)---2--------2-----|
|-2-2---5---5-----|----------------------|
|-0-0-0---0---0---|----------------------|
|-----------------|--3--3---3--3-------3-|
E E Q E E E E
2nd & 3rd Verses
W W
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|---------------------||-----------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM
| +Q Q +E Q E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------||-----------------|
|-(3)---3---(3)-3---3-||-----------------|
|-(2)---2---(2)-2---2-||-----2-----0---0-|
|---------------------||-----3-----3---3-|
|---------------------||-----3-----3---3-|
|--3--3---3--3----3---||-1-1---1-1---1---|
E E E E Q Q
W Q Q +E Q E
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|------8-------(8)-10------10----|
|-------------------|-----10b12---(10)-12b14---12b14-|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| PM PM| PM
| +E E Q +E Q E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
|-(0)-2-2--(2)-3--2-|-3----0------------2-------2----|
|-(3)-3-3--(3)------|-1-1--1----1---1---1----1--1----|
|-(3)-3-3--(3)-3--3-|--------------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~
E E H. W
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|-10--11----11---------------|--------------------|
|-12--13b15-13b15============|====================|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM
| +E E Q +E Q E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------------|-----10------8----8-|
|-(2)--3-----3------(3)-5--3-|-----10-----10---10-|
|-(1)--1-----1------(1)-1--1-|-----10-----10---10-|
|----------------------------|-8-8----8-8----8----|
|----------------------------|--------------------|
W W
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E Q +E Q E Q E E +E E q
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--(8)-10-10--(10)-11--10-|-8--10-10-(10)-11-11--|
|-(10)-10-10--(10)-10--10-|-8---8--8--(8)--8--8--|
|-(10)-10-10--(10)-10--10-|-8---8--8--(8)--8--8--|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
TP
E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------||-10---------------|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||------------------|
|
| H Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------||--2-2---5---5---0-|
|-----------------||--2-2---5---5---0-|
|-----------------||--0-0-0---0---0---|
|-------------0-3-||------------------|
TP TP
+W +H. Q
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-(10)---------------|-(10)-----------10---|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| +H. Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------3-|
|--(0)---------------|---2--2---5---5-----2-|
|--(0)---------------|---2--2---5---0-------|
|---0--0-0-0-0-0-----|---0--0-0---0----0----|
|----------------0-3-|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E
TP TP
W +H E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-/10----------------|-(10)---------------|
|--------------------|------------5---7-5-|
|--------------------|------------5---7-5-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| +H. Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--(3)---------------|--------------------|
|--(2)---------------|---2--2---5---5---0-|
|--------------------|---2--2---5---5---0-|
|--------------------|---0--0-0---0---0---|
|---3--3-3-3-3-3-0-3-|--------------------|
E E E E E E E E
T
H +Q Q H E E E E +H +E. Q S
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-5--------(5)-------|---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)---------17p||
|-5--------(5)-------|---------5---7-5-|-(5)-------(5)------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|
| H. Q E E E E E E E E +Q H Q
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------3-|-(3)---3------------3------||
|-0-------------------|-2-2---5---5---2-|-(2)---2------------2------||
|-0-------------------|-2-2---5---5-----|---------------------------||
|-0--0-0-0--0---0-----|-0-0-0---0---0---|---------------------------||
|-----------------0-3-|-----------------|--3--3---3--3---3-----3----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
Guitar Solo
T T T T T T
|----------3----------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q +Q
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9h12-17p9h12-17p9h12-17p10h13-17p10h13-17p11h14-17p11s10b12====(10)-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5---------------5--------------------------5-----------------5h==8--6---|
|-5---------------5--------------------------5-----------------5------7---|
|-5---------------5--------------------------5-----------------5------8---|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------8-----------------------8----------------|
T ~~
E E a S E. E Q E
|---------------------------------------|
|-(10)-13r13b15==(13)p10r==(10)p9----9-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| +H +E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|--(6)----------------------(6)-5-------|
|--(7)----------------------(7)-5--7p5--|
|--(8)----------------------(8)---------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---6---6----------6-----6--(6)-6-------|
E E E E +E Q.
~~~
|--3---| |--3---| |-3--| |-3-|
S S E +E E E E E E S S S S E +S S S Q +E. S E S S S
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|---x-5b8==(5)-5---5--5--5---5-5-5-5-5-|--5r=(5)p3h5-3b5--(3)---3/-----------|
|-x------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------x-3h5h7--|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------x--------|
|
| Q E E +E E Q +H +E E E E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-6p========5----6---(6)p==5---6-------|-(6)--------------(6)-4p===3---------|
|-5--------------5---(5)-------5-------|-(5)--------------(5)---------5------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-5--------------5---(5)-------4-------|-(4)--------------(4)----------------|
Q. E +Q Q
|-3-| |3| |-3--| |--3--| |--3---|
T T T T S S S E S S S S +S S S +E +E E E
|-----------------------------------8-11b13-(11)-(11)-11-10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8-11p8-11b13-(11)-------------------------|
|-------5h9p5-5s9-------------------------------------------|
|-5h7h9-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-3------------------3----------(3)----------------1--------|
|-5p============4----5----------(5)p==========4----0--------|
|-5------------------5----------(5)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------------5----------(5)----------------1--------|
Q. E +Q Q
|----3----|
E S S +E +H a E E
|--9--8------------------------------|
|-------11-(11)-(11)--------11s20----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| +H +E E E E
|------------------------------------|
|-(1)-----------------(1)------------|
|-(0)-----------------(0)-3p====2p0--|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-(1)-----------------(1)------------|
H.=H
~~~~~~~~~~
Q E E +E E Q +H H H Q E E
|-----------------------20--|-(20)---------|-------------------||
|---------20----------------|--------------|---------------5b7-||
|-19b21======19r(19)-17-----|--------------|---------------7---||
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---||
| E E E E E E E E
|
| Q E E +E E Q +H H H Q E E
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|--1p======0--1--(1)p=0--1--|--(1)---------|-------------------||
|--0----------0--(0)-----0--|--(0)---------|-------------------||
|--2----------2--(2)-----1--|--(1)---------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------|-------------0-3---||
Q. E +Q Q
Q=110
~~~~
E E E E E E E E +E E Q +E E E E
|-5-5-----5-5-5-------|-------------------------------|
|-5-5-5---5-5-5-3-3---|-(3)--3---3-------(3)-/x-------|
|-----7b9-------5-5b7-|-(5)--5---5b7-----(5)-/x----/9-|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-2-----5---5---0---|-(0)-(0)-(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)------|
|-2-2-----5---5---0---|-(0)-(0)-(0)--(0)-(0)-(0)------|
|-0-0-0-----0---0-----|--0---0---0----0---0---0-------|
|---------------------|--------------------------0--3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E +E E E
|--7--7--/7--7--7--7--7----|--5---5---5---5--(5)-(5)/---------|
|-10-10-/10-10-10-10-10----|--8---8---8---8--(8)-(8)/---8b10==|
|--------/9--------------/7-|----------7-----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-|-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)----------|
|--2--2------5-----5------2-|-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)-(2)----------|
|--2--2------5-----0--------|----------------------------------|
|--0--0---0-----0-----0-----|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------|--3---3---3---3---3---3---0-3-----|
T
S S +S S S +S S S +E +S S T T E.
|-8-------8-----------8-------------------------|
|---8r(8)---8b10==(8)---8-(8)r(8)p5h8-10p8b10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2----2--------------5--------5--------------0-|
|-2----2--------------5--------5--------------0-|
|-0----0----0--------------0--------0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
T T T T ~~~~~~~~~
T T T T E +S T T T T S +Q E S S
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-10p=5h8-10p=8b10-(8)-10p5h=8--10p8b10-(8)--------------|
|-----------------------------------------------x/-17-19-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)--------(0)---(0)------(0)---------(0)-(0)----------|
|-(0)--------(0)---(0)------(0)---------(0)-(0)----------|
|--0----------0-----0--------0-----------0---0-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------0---3----|
TP
E E E E Q. E
|-17-17-17-------17-----17------------------|
|-20-20-20b21====20-----20b21.5======20b22==|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------3-----|
|--2--2-----------5--------------5----2-----|
|--2--2-----------5--------------5----------|
|--0--0--0---------------0---------0--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-20-20-20-------20-----20------------------|
|-17-19-19b19.5==19b20==19b21---------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
TP ~~~
+H Q. +E H Q E E
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|-(20)-------20r=====(20)-||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||---------------0-3-||
|
| +Q Q +E Q E +E E Q H
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--(3)---3---(3)-3-----3---||-(3)---3-----------||
|--(2)---2---(2)-2-----2---||-(2)p0-2-----------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|---3--3---3--3----3-------||---------3-3-3-0-3-||
| E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|
| W W
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
|--------------------------||-------------------||
Outro
TP
W +W
||--5------------------|-(5)--------------------|
||o-8b10---------------|-(8)--------------------|
||---------------------|------------------------|
||---------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------|
||---------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E Q E E E E +H +E +E E E
||---------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------|
||-------2-----5---5---|------------------------|
||-------2-----5---5-5-|-(5)-------(5)-(5)-----|
||o-0----------------5-|-(5)-------(5)-(5)-----|
||---------------------|--------------------0-3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
||---------------------|------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------|
||--2----2---5---5---0-|-(0)--------------------|
||--2----2---5---5---0-|-(0)--------------------|
||o-0----0-0---0---0---|--0--0-0-0--0---0-------|
||---------------------|--------------------0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-/17-17-17-17b17.5==17-17b18==17-17b19==|=17--17-17-17-17r------------||
|-/20-20-20-20-------20-20-----20-20-----|-20--20-20-20-20------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|
| E E Q E E E E +H +E +E E E
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|------2--------------5---------5--7-----|-(7)----------(7)-(7)-------||
|------2--------------5---------5--7-----|-(7)----------(7)-(7)-------||
|---0------------------------------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------0-3---||
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------------------------3-----|-(3)------------------------o||
|---2--2-----5-----------5---------2-----|-(2)-------------------------||
|---2--2-----5-----------0---------------|-----------------------------||
|---0--0--0-----------0---------0--------|----------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------|--3---3--3--3--3---3---0-3---||
E E E E E E E E
TP TP
W +W
||--17------------------|-(17)---------------|
||o-20b22---------------|-(20)---------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
|
| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E +H. E E
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||--------2-----5---5---|--------------------|
||--------2-----5---5-5-|--(5)---------------|
||o--0------0-0---0---5-|--(5)---------------|
||----------------------|----------------0-3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||---2----2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------|
||---2----2---5---5---0-|--(0)---------------|
||o--0----0-0---0---0---|---0--0-0-0-0-0-----|
||----------------------|----------------0-3-|
E E E E E E E E
TP TP
+W +W
|-(17)---------------|-(17)----------------------||
|-(20)---------------|-(20)---------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|
| PM| PM
| E E E E E E E E +H +E +E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------o||
|------2-----5---5-7-|--(7)-------(7)-(7)-------||
|------2-----5---5-7-|--(7)-------(7)-(7)-------||
|---0----0-0---0-----|--------------------------o||
|--------------------|---------------------0-3---||
|
| E E E E E E E E +H. Q
|--------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------3-|--(3)---------------------o||
|---2--2---5---5---2-|--(2)----------------------||
|---2--2---5---0-----|---------------------------||
|---0--0-0---0---0---|--------------------------o||
|--------------------|---3--3-3-3--3---3---0-3---||
E E E E E E E E
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 16ths
