GIVIN' UP
As recorded by The Darkness
(From the 2002 Album PERMISSION TO LAND)
Words and Music by Justin Hawkins, Daniel Hawkins, Frankie Poullain & Ed Graham
B5 B5(type 2) B5(type 3) F#
x 0 2 2 x x x x x 2 5 x x 0 2 2 5 x 0 2 2 1 0 0
E5 Esus4/F# F#5 Eadd9
x x 0 2 3 x 0 0 0 0 x x 0 2 x x x x x x 0 7 7 0
Eadd9(type 2) Ebm Esus2/C# Esus2/B
x x x 7 7 0 x x x 6 5 0 x x x 4 3 0 x x x 2 3 0
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'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion (No Capo)'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion (No Capo)'
Intro
Q=136
E/B5 E/BB5 E/B5 E/BB5 E/B5
1/4 4/4
Gtr I
E E +E E q q E E +E E q q E E
|-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-5-||-(5)-5-3--5--3-5-|-(5)-5-3--5--3-5-|
|-2-2-||-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|
|-4-2-||-(2)---4--2--4-2-|-(2)---4--2--4-2-|
|-----||-----------------|-----------------|
|-----||-----------------|-----------------|
Eadd9/BB F#5 B E/B5
+E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-------0-0-0-----|----------------------||
|-(5)-5-3-3-3--2--|-----------------3-5--||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2--2--|---------2-(2)-2-2-2--||
|-(2)---4-4-4--2--|---------2-(2)-2-4-2--||
|-----------------|-2-2-----0-(0)-0------||
|-----------------|-0-0-3b4--------------||
Verse
E/BB5 E/B5 E/BB5 E/B5
+E E q q E E +E E q q E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-(5)-5-3--5--3-5-|-(5)-5-3--5--3-5-|
||--(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--2-2-|
||--(2)---4--2--4-2-|-(2)---4--2--4-2-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
1.,2.,3.
Eadd9/BB F#5 B5 E/B5
+E E E E Q Q E E E E +E E E E 4x
|-------0-0-0-----|-----------------------||
|-(5)-5-3-3-3--2--|-----------------3-5--o||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2--2--|---------2-(2)-2-2-2---||
|-(2)---4-4-4--2--|---------2-(2)-2-4-2---||
|-----------------|-2-2-----0-(0)-0------o||
|-----------------|-0-0-3b4---------------||
Pre-Chorus
4.
F#5 B5 G#5F#5G#5 F#5 B5 F#
E E E E +E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E +E E +E E E E E E q E E
|---------------------|--------------|---------------------||--0-0-0---0--0-0-|
|---------------------|--------------|---------------------||o-0-0-0---0--0-0-|
|---------2-(2)-------|--------------|-------2-(2)-2-(2)-0-||--1-1-1---1--1-1-|
|---------2-(2)-2-2---|-2------------|-------2-(2)-2-(2)-0-||--2-2-2---2--2-2-|
|-2-2-----0-(0)-0-0---|-0---4--2--4--|-------0-(0)-0-(0)-0-||o-2-2-2---2--2-2-|
|-0-0-3b4-----------0-|---0-2--0--2--|-0-2-4-------------0-||--0-0-0---0--0-0-|
E5 B5 Eadd9 B/D# A6/E/B Esus2 Eadd9 B/D#
E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-0-0-0--------------||-0--0--0--0--|-0----------0-0-0-|-0--0--0--0--|
|-0-0-0-3-(3)-------o||-7--7--5--5--|-3----------3-3-3-|-7--7--5--5--|
|-1-1-1-2-(2)-2-2-0--||-7--7--6--6--|-4--2-------2-2-2-|-7--7--6--6--|
|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-2-0--||-0-----------|------4-(4)-------|-0-----------|
|-2-2-2-------0-0-0-o||-------------|------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0-----------0--||-------------|------------------|-------------|
Chorus
A6/C# N.C. B E/BB E/B E/BB E/B5 E/BB E/B
E E E E a E E a E E E E q q E E E E q E E E E +E E Q E E Q
|-0-0-0---------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-------5-------||o---------------|------------3-5-|-(5)-5-3--2-2-3--|
|-4-4-4-2-4s6---6s4-2-||--2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2--|
|---------------------||--2-2-4--2--4-2-|-2-2-4--2-2-4-2-|-(2)---4--2-2-4--|
|---------------------||o-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0---|-------0--0-0-0--|
|---------------------||----------------|----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
F#5 B F#5 B
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E +E E
|----------------------||-----------------------|
|---------------------o||-----------------------|
|---------2-(2)-----2--||---------2-(2)-2-(2)---|
|---------2-(2)-----2--||---------2-(2)-2-(2)---|
|-2-2-----0-(0)-3-4-0-o||-2-2-----0-(0)-0-(0)---|
|-0-0-3b4--------------||-0-0-3b4-------------0-|
G#5F#5G#5 F#5 B B
2/4 4/4
E E Q Q Q E E E E +H Q. E
|--------------|---------|-------------0---||
|--------------|---------|-------------5---||
|--------------|-------2-|-(2)---------6---||
|-2------------|-------2-|-(2)---------7---||
|-0---4--2--4--|-------0-|-(0)-------------||
|---0-2--0--2--|-0-2-4---|--------x-------||
Verse
F#/A# Eadd9/B Bsus2 B F# B B
+E E E E q q E E E E +E E E E E E q Q Q 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--|-----------------5-|
|-(5)-5-5-5-5--5--|-3-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-0-|-0-0-0--2--2--|-0-0-0-------2-2-5-|
|-(6)-6-6-6-4--4--|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2--2--|-1-1-1-2-(2)-2-2-6-|
|-(7)-7-7-7-6--6--|-4-4-4-2-(2)-2-2---|-2-2-2--2--2--|-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-7-|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|-2-2-2-0-(0)-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|--------------|-0-0-0-------------|
F#/A# E/B B Bsus2 B F#5 B
+E E E E q q E E E E +Q E E +E E q Q Q E E E E +E E E E
|-(5)-5-5-5-4--4--|-2-2-2----------0-|-(0)-0-0--0--0--|---------------------||
|-(5)-5-5-5-5--5--|-3-3-3-2-(2)----0-|-(0)-0-0--2--2--|---------------------||
|-(6)-6-6-6-4--4--|-2-2-2-2-(2)--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--2--|---------2-(2)-2-----||
|-(7)-7-7-7-6--6--|-4-4-4-2-(2)--2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2--2--|---------2-(2)-2-----||
|-----------------|-------0-(0)--0---|----------------|-2-2-----0-(0)-0-----||
|-----------------|------------------|----------------|-0-0-3b4---------2-0-||
Pre-Chorus
F# E5 B Eadd9 B/D# A6/E/B Esus2
E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
||--0-0-0---0--0-0-|-0-0-0--------------||-0--0--0--0--|-0----------0-0-0--|
||o-0-0-0---0--0-0-|-0-0-0-3-(3)-------o||-7--7--5--5--|-3----------3-3-3--|
||--1-1-1---1--1-1-|-1-1-1-2-(2)-2-2-0--||-7--7--6--6--|-4--2-------2-2-2--|
||--2-2-2---2--2-2-|-2-2-2-0-(0)-2-2-0--||-0-----------|------4-(4)--------|
||o-2-2-2---2--2-2-|-2-2-2-------0-0-0-o||-------------|-------------------|
||--0-0-0---0--0-0-|-0-0-0-----------0--||-------------|-------------------|
Chorus
Eadd9 B/D# A6/C# N.C. B E/BB E/B E/BB E/B5
Q Q Q Q E E E E a E E a E E E E q q E E E E q E E E E
|-0--0--0--0--|-0-0-0---------------||----------------|----------------|
|-7--7--5--5--|-3-3-3-------5-------||o---------------|------------3-5-|
|-7--7--6--6--|-4-4-4-2-4s6---6s4-2-||--2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|
|-0-----------|---------------------||--2-2-4--2--4-2-|-2-2-4--2-2-4-2-|
|-------------|---------------------||o-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0-0-0---|
|-------------|---------------------||----------------|----------------|
1.
E/BB E/B F#5 B
+E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-(5)-5-3--2-2-3--|---------------------o||
|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2--|---------2-(2)-----2--||
|-(2)---4--2-2-4--|---------2-(2)-----2--||
|-------0--0-0-0--|-2-2-----0-(0)-3-4-0-o||
|-----------------|-0-0-3b4--------------||
2.
F#5 B G#5F#5G#5
E E E E +E E +E E E E Q Q Q
|-----------------------|--------------|
|-----------------------|--------------|
|---------2-(2)-2-(2)---|--------------|
|---------2-(2)-2-(2)---|-2------------|
|-2-2-----0-(0)-0-(0)---|-0---4--2--4--|
|-0-0-3b4-------------0-|---0-2--0--2--|
Bridge
B B5 B5(type 3)
2/4 4/4
Gtr II
H W W E E q E E q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E E +E E q E E q q q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------||-----------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
|---------||-----5-5--5-5-5--|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|---------------------------------|
|-------2-||-(2)-2-2--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|---------------------------------|
|-------2-||-(2)---2--2-2-2--|-2--2--2-2-2-2-|---------------------------------|
|-------0-||-(0)---0--0-0-0--|-0--0--0-0-0-0-|-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-|
|-0-2-4---||-----------------|---------------|---------------------------------|
q q E E E E +E E q E E q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-<2>-<2>-<2>-<2>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-|-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
q q E E E E +E E q E E q
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-<3>-<3>-<3>-<3>-<4>-<4>-<4>-<4>-|-<5>-<5>-<5>-<5>-<6>-<6>-<6>-<6>-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B
q q E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / o / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E S S W
|---------------------------------||-----------------|
|-----------------------------7-7-||-7---------------|
|-----------------------------7-7-||-7---------------|
|-----------------------------7-7-||-7---------------|
|-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-<7>-0-0-||-0---------------|
|---------------------------------||-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H.. S S W
|----------------------|-----------------|
|-(7)--------------9-9-|-9---------------|
|-(7)--------------9-9-|-9---------------|
|-(7)--------------9-9-|-9---------------|
|-(0)--------------0-0-|-0---------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H.. S S W
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(9)--------------10-10-|-10-------------------------|
|-(9)--------------10-10-|-10-------------------------|
|-(9)--------------10-10-|-10-------------------------|
|-(0)---------------0--0-|--0-------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| |----3----|
| W H Q Q Q
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------10---12---12b13---|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H.. S S +W
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------------------------12-12-|-(12)-------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------------------------12-12-|-(12)-------------------------------|
|-(10)-------------------------------12-12-|-(12)-------------------------------|
|--(0)--------------------------------0--0-|--(0)-------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| |---3----| |----3-----| |----3----|
| Q +E S S S H Q Q Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--12b13====(12)r-12b13r12p10-12-----------|--12----12---12---12---14---14b15---|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B5(type 3)
E E E E E E E E +W +W +W
| | | | | | | | | | |
o / / / / / / / / / /
+H.. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------0-||-12--10--9--7--|--5--4--2-----|--------------|
|-(12)-----------------||---------------|-----------5--|--3--2--------|
|-(12)-----------------||---------------|--------------|--------4--2--|
|-(12)-----------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|--(0)-----------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|
| H. E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------0-||--9---7--5--4--|--2-----------|--------------|
|--14b15---------------||---------------|-----5--3--2--|--------------|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|--4--2--1-----|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|-----------4--|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
|----------------------||---------------|--------------|--------------|
N.C.
+W W W
|
/
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|--------------|-----------------|---4-2s4-5----|
|--------------|---------------2-|-3------------|
|--1-----------|---------1-2-4---|--------------|
|-----4--2--0--|---0-2-4---------|--------------|
|--------------|-4---------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---3-----5----|
|--------------|-------------1-2-|-4---4s6------|
|--2--0--------|-------0-2-4-----|--------------|
|--------4--2--|-0-2-4-----------|--------------|
|--------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----3-----| |-----3-----|
Q Q Q Q Q Q E +H..
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0---(0)-----||
|-4b4.5-4b4.5-4b4.5-4b4.5-4b4.5-4b4.5-|-4b5-(4)-----||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|
| |-----3-----| |-----3-----|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q E +H..
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-4b5---4b5---4b5---4b5---4b5---4b5---|-4b6-(4)-----||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------------------|-------------||
Guitar Solo
F# E5 B5 F#5
Gtr II
E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
~~ ~~
|----3-----| |------3-------|
H Q Q E E +Q Q E E H
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------9---9h==11b12-|-(11)---11---11p==9----------|
|-11-------11---------------|--------------------11-------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| ~~ ~~
| |----3-----| |------3-------|
| H Q Q E E +Q Q E E H
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--3--------3-4---6h===8b9--|--(8)----8----6p==4--3-------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
F# E5 B5 F#5
E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| |-3-| |-----3-----|
| Q S S S S E. S E S S S H Q Q Q
|-/6---6p4s2p0----0---------|------------------------------|
|--------------4----4-4p2p0-|-2----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------6b8---6b8---6b8-----|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------|
Eadd9 Ebm EsusB/C# Ab Esus2/B
Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / o o / / / /
Q Q q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------7-------7------7-|
|--------------5-|----------7-------7------7-|
|-6b8r====4----4-|-----9b11----9b11---9b11---|
|------4--4----6-|---------------------------|
|----------------|---------------------------|
|------------x---|---0-----------------------|
Eadd9 Ebm Esus2/C# B Ab Esus2/B
Q Q Q Q Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / o o / / / /
~~~
|-3-|
E Q. S +S S S S S +E. +S +S S S E S S +E. +S Q
|---10-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---10-----10b11r(10)-9p8p7--------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------9b11r(9)b11==|=(9)r(9)p7---9---7-(7)---(7)s1---|
|----------------------------------------|-----------9---9-----------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F# E5 B5 F#5
E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr V
~~~ ~~
|-----3------| |--------3--------|
H Q Q E E Q Q E E H
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------14---16----|--16b17---16---14p==12----------|
|--15-------15-16--------------|-----------------------15-------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~ ~~
| |-----3------| |--------3--------|
| H Q Q E E +Q Q E E H
|--------------16---16h==18b19-|-(18)-----18---18p==16----------|
|-/19-------19-----------------|-----------------------19-------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F# E5 B5 F#5
E E E E q E E E E E E +E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|-------3-------|
E +E S +S S S E. S +E E +Q. E Q Q Q
|-16b18r(16)-16b18r(16)-14--------12-(12)-------|----------12--------------------------|
|--------------------------17-16-----------14b16-|-(14)--------14b16---14b16---14b16----|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Eadd9 Ebm
Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-14b16r(14)p12h14-12s11-12p11s9h11p9s7-9p7s5h7p|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Esus2/C#B Ab Esus2/B
Q E E +E E E E
| | | | | | |
/ o o / / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-5s4h5p4s2h4-2p0h=2p0h4p0h5p0h4p0-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Eadd9 Ebm
Q Q Q Q
| | | |
/ / / /
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|-5p0h7p0h5p0h7p0h9p0h7p0h9p0h11p0-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Chorus
Esus2/C# B Ab Esus2/B B E/BB E/B
Q E E +E E E E W
| | | | | | |
/ o o / / / /
Gtrs I, II
~~~~
E +Q. +Q +Q E E q q E E
|--------------------------------||-----------------|
|-11b12==(11)-----(11)r==(11)---||o----------------|
|--------------------------------||--2-2-2--2--2-2--|
|--------------------------------||--2-2-4--2--4-2--|
|--------------------------------||o-0-0-0--0--0-0--|
|--------------------------------||-----------------|
E/BB E/B5 E/BB E/B F#5 B B E/BB E/B
E E q E E E E +E E Q E E Q E E E E +E E E E 3x E E q q E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------------||---------------|
|------------3-5-|-(5)-5-3--2-2-3--|---------------------o||---------------|
|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-(2)-2-2--2-2-2--|---------2-(2)-----2--||-2-2-2--2--2-2-|
|-2-2-4--2-2-4-2-|-(2)---4--2-2-4--|---------2-(2)-----2--||-2-2-4--2--4-2-|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0---|-------0--0-0-0--|-2-2-----0-(0)-3-4-0-o||-0-0-0--0--0-0-|
|----------------|-----------------|-0-0-3b4--------------||---------------|
E/BB E/B5 B B
E E q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q.
|----------------|-----------------|------------------*|
|------------3-5-|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|------------------*|
|-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-------2-(2)------*|
|-2-2-4--2-2-4-2-|-2-2-2---2-2-2---|-------2-(2)------*|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|-------0-(0)------*|
|----------------|-----------------|-0-2-4------------*|
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
