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AS THE YEARS GO PASSING BY
As recorded by Gary Moore
Transcribed by Daniel Pacheco
Cm Fm G7 Ab7
x 3 5 3 4 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 3 5 3 4 3 3 4 x 4 5 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Slow Blues Q=138
G7
12/8
Gtr I
|--3--|
H. Q. Q S S S Q +E +Q. H.
|--------------------11-13-|-13b15===(13)-(13)r-----------|
|-----------------13-------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
Ab7 G7
|----3-----|
S S S S E +S S Q Q. E S S S +S S
|---13-11------------11------------8-8-----------------|
|---------13-13-(13)--------------11-8-----------------|
|--------------------------------------10b12-(10)-10---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
|--3--|
E S a +S S S S +S S +Q +Q. Q.
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8---------------------------------|
|-8-10-10b12-(10)---10------------------------------|
|----------------------10-(10)-10-(10)--(10)--------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-3--|
E S S S S S S S S S E +Q. Q.
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------||
|---8---------------------------------||
|-----10-9-8-5-8-8-10---6-(6)---------||
|-------------------------------------||
Verse
Cm Fm
W W
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|
Cm
|--3--|
Q. Q S S S a +S +S S S E E S E.
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10b11==(10)r(10)p8----------8----|
|-----------10----------------------10-10-10------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--4:3---|
Q. Q S S a +E E E E a +S S +Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------11----------------------------------------|
|--------------10b11-(10)-10-8-10-10b12-(10)----------|
|--------------------------------------------10-(10)--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Fm
W S S E +E +Q. H.
|--------------|-8-11-8-(8)-(8)---------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|
Cm
|-------4:3--------|
H. Q. E E +E a +E
|------------------------------------|
|----------------11-(11)-------------|
|------------------------10b12==(10)r|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
G7
|------4:3-------| |-3--|
+E E E a +E +Q. +Q. S S S Q W
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-(10)-8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)---(10)r-----10-8-----|------|
|---------------------------------------------10--|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
|-------------------------------------------------|------|
Ab7 G7 Cm
~~~~
a +S +S S S E +Q. H. H. Q E +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------11b13==(11)---|
|-10b11==(10)r(10)-8----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-(10)-----------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
+E +E E E a +S +S S S S +E S S Q +E Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|-(11)r(11)-8---------------------------------------------------||
|-------------10-10b11==(10)r(10)-8------------8h10-8--(8)------||
|-----------------------------------10-10-(10)------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------||
Verse
Fm Cm
~~
W S S S E. Q. H. H. Q. E. S a +E
|--------------|---8-11-8---------------|--------------------13b15==(13)-|
|--------------|------------------------|-----------------13-------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|--4:3--| |--3--|
+Q E E a +Q. E S S S +E +Q E
|-(13)r-11-13-13b15-(13)-------------------------11---|
|----------------------------13-13-13-(13)-(13)-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
Fm
~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q. E a +Q +E S S E +Q. H.
|----------------11b13==(11)--|-(11)r------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------13-13-(13)-----------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
Cm
~~~~~~~~
|--4:3--| |-3--|
H. Q. E E E E S +S +S S E S S S Q +H.
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------8-10-|-10b12==(10)r(10)-------8----------------|
|----------------10------|--------------------------10-10--(10)----|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G7 Ab7 G7
H. Q. E. a +S S S S S a +S S E +Q. H.
|---------------------------------|-8----------------------------------|
|----------------------------8-11-|---11-------------------------------|
|-----------------10b12-(10)------|------10b12-(10)-10-8-(8)-----------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Cm
~~
H. Q E a +S +S S S E +Q. Q. Q. Q S S
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------8----||
|--------------10b12==(10)r(10)p8-------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------10-10-|-(10)-----------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------||
Guitar Solo
|-4:3--|
E E E E S S a +Q +Q. Q.
|----8-11-8--------------------------------|
|-11--------11---11b13==(11)--(11)r--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
Fm
|---4:3---|
Q. E S S S S E a +E +S S +S E E. E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------11-13-11----------------------------------|
|----------12----------10b12==(10)r(10)p8-(8)-10--------|
|---------------------------------------------------10--|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
|--3--|
a +S +S S S S +E +Q S S S S Q +Q. H. E a +Q +E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)r-11-13-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10b12==(10)r(10)-8------------------------8h10-8--(8)---|------------------------------------|
|--------------------10-10-(10)-(10)--10-10---------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
|--3--| |--4:3---|
a +E S S S E +Q +S S E E E E Q E
|-13b15-(13)-13p11---------------------11-13-15-11-11-------|
|------------------13-13-(13)--(13)-13----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-----|
a +E +E E E E E a +E E E a +S S T T T T a +S +T T S
|-11b13==(11)-(11)r-11-8-----------------------------------8------------------------------|
|------------------------11-8----------------------------8---8-11-8-----------------------|
|-----------------------------10b12-(10)-10-8-10b12-(10)------------10b12==(10)r(10)p8----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q. Q S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8------------------------------------------|
|-10----8-10---8------------8---------------------------|
|----10----------10----8-10---10-10-10-10-(10)----------|
|-------------------10----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------0-|
a S S Q +Q. Q. Q S S
|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------13-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-9s10s8p6--(6)----------------|
|-------------------------------|
G7
~~
a +Q. +E E E E a +E S S Q E
|-13b15==(13)---(13)r-13-11-13-13b15-(13)------------|
|-------------------------------------------13-13----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Ab7 G7
Q a +Q. +E E S S E a +E +E S S
|----11b13==(11)---(11)r-11-8----------------------------|
|-----------------------------11-8-----------------------|
|----------------------------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8-10-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
a +E +S S S E +E E E Q. Q S S S S E +E +Q. +Q. Q.
|--------------------------------------------8-8-|-8----------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------11-9-|-8----------------------------||
|-10b12==(10)r(10)p8------------8----------------|---10-8-(8)-(8)---(8)---------||
|--------------------10-10-(10)------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------||
Verse
Fm
~~~~~~~~
|---3---|
H. Q. E a +Q +S S S Q +E Q H.
|----------------13b15==(13)--|-(13)r-11------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------13-13--(13)------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Cm
~
H. E +E E Q E a +E E E E E E E E +E +E Q
|------------------------------|------------8-8-[8]-8-8-11-13b15-(13)-(13)-------|
|---------11b13-(11)-13-13-----|-11b13-(11)--------------------------------13----|
|---------------------------12-|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---4:3---|
H. Q. E a +Q +E E E E a +S +S Q H.
|----------------11b13==(11)--|-(11)r-11-8--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------11-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------10b11==(10)r(10)-8----------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
Cm
H. Q. E S S a +S S S S S S S a +S +S S Q +H.
|-----------------8-8---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------11-8---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10b12-(10)-10-|-8----10-8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)r----------------|
|-----------------------------------|---10---------------------------10-10--(10)----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G7 Ab7 G7
~~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q. Q S a +S S S +Q +Q. H.
|-----------------8------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------10b12-(10)-|-10-8-(8)--(8)-----------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
Cm
~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q. E. S S S S S S S E +Q. +Q. Q.
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-8-10-10s12-8-(8)---(8)---------||
|--------------------8-10-|--------------------------------||
|-----------------10------|--------------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------------||
Piano Solo
Wx11 H. Q. Q E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------13-||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Guitar Solo
Cm
a +S S S S S S +Q. +E E +E +E Q
|-13b15-(13)---13p11-------------------11b13-(11)-(11)----|
|--------------------13-13-(13)---(13)--------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
Fm
Q. E E +E +E S S S S a +S +S S S S S
|--------11b13==(11)-(11)r-11-8----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------11-8-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8----10-8--|
|-------------------------------------------------------10-------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--|
a +S S S S S S a T T T T S S S S a +E S S S Q T T T T +Q
|--------------8------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------8---8-11p8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-(10)------------10s11p10p8----10-8-10---10b12-(10)-10-8--------8----------------|
|----------------------------------10---------------------------10-10----10-8-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------10-(10)--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E a +Q +E S S S a +S S S a +S S S S
|---------------------------11-----------------------------------8-------|
|--------11b13==(11)--(11)r----11-8----------------------------8---11----|
|-----------------------------------10b12-(10)-10-8-10b12-(10)-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Fm
~~~~~~~~~
|------4:3------| |--3--|
E E E a +E S S S +Q +E E E Q.
|-8-11-13-13b15-(13)-13p11---------------11--------|
|--------------------------13-(13)--(13)-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------4:3---------| |--4:3---| 4:3| |--3--|
E a a +Q +Q. +Q a a +E E a +E +E E E E E E E Q. Q. E. a +S S S S
|------15b18==(15)--(15)---(15)r-----15b18==(15)-15r-13b15==(13)r(13)-11-|-13-11----11-11------------------------------11--|
|---13----------------------------13-------------------------------------|-------13-------13---------------------8-11-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------10b12-(10)----------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|-3--| |------6------| |-3--| |--3--|
T T T T S S S T T T T T T S S a +E +E S S S +Q Q S S S
|-8h11p8----8----------------------------------------------------------------8-11-13-|
|--------11---11p8-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------11p10p8----10----8-10-10b12==(10)-(10)r-10-8----------------------|
|--------------------------10----10-----------------------------10-(10)-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G7
~~
|------4------|
+Q. +Q +E E E S S E E E
|-(13)b15====(13)--(13)r-11-13-11-------------|
|---------------------------------13-13-11----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Ab7 G7
|-------4:3-------|
Q. a +Q. +E E E a +E a +E E E
|------18b20==(18)---(18)r---15-15b18-(15)-13b15-(13)-13-11-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Cm
~~
|--3--|
S S S S T T T T S S S Q +Q E Q.
|-13-11-13-15-13h15p13p11----11----------------------|
|-------------------------13----13-13--(13)---------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse
|------7:8------|
S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T S S a E E +Q. W
|----8---------------------------------------------------||------|
|---11-8-------------------------------------------------||------|
|--------11-10-8----10----8------------------------------||------|
|----------------10----10---10-8-------------------------||------|
|--------------------------------10-9-8-6-8-8s9-6-(6)---||------|
|--------------------------------------------------------||------|
Fm Cm
W H. E a +Q +Q.
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)---|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------|-------------------------------|
|-------4:3-------|
+E a +E E E S S S S S S +E E E Q.
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-(11)r------------------------------------------------|
|-------10b12-(10)-10-8---10-8---------------8---------|
|------------------------------10-10-10-(10)-----------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Fm
~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q. E a +Q S S S S E +E E E H.
|----------------13b15-(13)--|---13p11------------11-----------|
|----------------------------|---------13-13-(13)--------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Cm
~~~~~~~~~~
H. E a +Q +Q a +E
|------------------------------------------|
|-----------11b13==(11)--(11)r-------------|
|-------------------------------10b12-(10)-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--4:2--|
E E S S S S +Q. S S Q +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-10-8-10-8--------------8----------------|
|-----------10-10-(10)-----10-------------|
|-----------------------------10--(10)---|
|-----------------------------------------|
G7 Ab7 G7
~~~~~
H. Q. E a +S +S E +H. H.
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|----------------10b12==(10)r(10)-8-|-(8)------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------||
Outro
Cm
|----4:3----|
H. E a +Q E E E S S
|-----------13b15-(13)----13-11-13-11-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
H.=H
~~~~~~~ ~~~~ ~
S S +Q Q. a +H. S S S S E E E E H.
|-----------------------------------|--8-8-8--------------8-----*|
|-13-13-(13)--11--------------------|-11-9-8--------------8-----*|
|-------------------10b12-(10)------|--------10-8-7-------8-----*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------10-8-10-----*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------*|
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
