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BETRAY
As recorded by Minor Threat
(From the 1984 Album OUT OF STEP)
Words and Music by MacKaye/Minor Threat
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=65 Q=161
D A E5 B5 E5
2/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q Q W +W +W +W
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7-----|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--6--|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--7--|-2------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)------------|--(2)-----------|
|-5--7--|-2------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)------------|--(2)-----------|
|----5--|-0------------|-(0)-------------|-(0)------------|--(0)-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E E E E E Q E E E Q E H Q. H. Q
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------|--------9-9-9-|--9--9--9-9-9-9--|--9--9----(9)s==|=(16)------9---|
|-------|--------9-9-9-|--9--9--9-9-9-9--|--9--9----(9)s==|=(16)------9---|
|-------|--------7-7-7-|--7--7--7-7-7-7--|--7--7----(7)s==|=(14)------7---|
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Verse
E5 E5 D5 E5 G5 A5 B5
H +E E E E Q E Q E E E +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14-14---------|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
Chorus
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5 E5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E W +W
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|--------|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
Verse
E5 E5 D5 E5 G5
W +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|
A5 B5
+W +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
Chorus
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5 E5 D5 A/D
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E W H H
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|-7----(6)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-7-----7-----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-5-----5-----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-------------|
Break
E C5 E D5 E C5 E D5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E Q E q E E E Q E q S S S S E Q E q E E E Q E q
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------o||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||o-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5--|-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5---o||
||--0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5---------|-0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5-----------||
Verse
E5 E5 D5 E5 G5
W +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|
A5 B5 B5
+W +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
E5 E5 D5 E5 G5 A5 B5
H +E E E E Q E Q E E E +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14-14---------|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
Chorus
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5 E5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E W +W
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|--------|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|
Verse
E5 D5 E5 G5
W +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|
A5 B5
+W +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
Chorus
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|
E5 B5 E5 D5 A/D
E Q E E E +E E S S S S q E Q E W H H
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|-7----(6)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-7-----7-----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-5-----5-----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-------------|
Break
E C5 D5 E C5 E D5
PM------| PM------|
S S S S E Q E q E E E Q E q S S S S E Q E q E E E Q E q
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------o||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||o-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5--|-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5---o||
||--0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5---------|-0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5-----------||
Verse
E5 D5 E5 G5
W +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H +E E E E Q E Q E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|
A5 B5
+W +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
| +E E Q E E Q E H. E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
E5 E5D5 E5 G5 A5 B5 D5 A/D
H +E E E E Q E Q E E E +E E Q E E Q H H
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-7----(6)----|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-7-----7-----|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-5-----5-----|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
Slower
Q=116
E D5 E F5 E5
PM------|
E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||------------7-(7)----|----------------------|
||------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
||o-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
||--0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|
E D5 E F5 E5
PM------|
E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------7-(7)----|-------------------------||
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9----------||
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7---------o||
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0---------------------||
Guitar Solo
D5 F5 E5
Q H. Q S S S S H
|-----<12>--------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------|
| E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10--9---------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------8--8--8--7---------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0-0---------------------|
D5 F5 E5
Q H. S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----<12>--------------|-x-x-12-15--x--x-12-15-x-x-12-15------|
|-----------------------|-x-x-12-15--x--x-12-15-x-x-12-15------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| PM------|
| E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----------10-10-10--9----------------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------------8--8--8--7----------------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0----0-------------------------------|
D5 F5 E5
Q H. Q S S S S H
|-----<12>--------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM------|
| E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10--9---------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------8--8--8--7---------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0-0---------------------|
F5 E5
S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E. S E.
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7h9----7h9-------7h=9--7h9--|-7h9-----7h=9-------7h9-----7h9----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM-------|
| E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------7-(7)---------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------7-(7)---------|--------10-10--10-9----------------|
|---------------5-(5)---------|---------8--8---8-7----------------|
|-0----0-3-3--5---------------|-0----0----------------------------|
A Tempo/Outro
Q=161
D5 F5 E5
PM------|
E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM------|
E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM------|
E E S S S S +H E E S S S q E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|
Q=65
D5 E5 D5
PM------|
|--3--|
E E S S S S +H E E E q H
|--------------------|------------------*|
|--------------------|------------------*|
|-----------7-(7)----|------------------*|
|-----------7-(7)----|-10-10-10-9-------*|
|-----------5-(5)----|--8--8--8-5-------*|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|------------------*|
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
