AT THE SPEED OF A YELLOW BULLET
As recorded by Head Automatica
(From the 2004 Album DECADENCE)
Transcribed by Mike Deacon
Intro
Q=145
4/4
Gtr I
q H E E q H E E q H E E q H E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-7---------5-|-7---------5-|-7---------5-|-7---------5--|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E. S E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------5---||
|-7--7--7--7--|-5--5--5--5--|-0--0--0--0--|-3--3--x-5-7---7-||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
Verse
$
W Q E E E E E E W Q.. S E E E E
||-----------|-----------------|----------|------------------|
||o----------|------9------7---|----------|-------------5----|
||o----------|--------10-7---7-|----------|-------5-5-7---7--|
||-----------|-----------------|----------|------------------|
W Q E E E E E E W
|----------|-----------------|----------|
|----------|------9------7---|----------|
|----------|--------10-7---7-|----------|
|----------|-----------------|----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-/12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\--||
|-------------------------------------------||
Chorus
To Coda
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|
|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|
1.
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------5---o||
|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-7---7-o||
|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------3-5-5-0-|------------------||
2.
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6--o||
||----------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------3-5-5-0-|-------------------||
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|
|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|---------3-5-5-0-|-------------------------||
Bridge
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-7--------|-5--------|-0--------|-3----|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
D.S. al Coda
W W H H S S S S S S S S E E E E
|----------|----------|-----------|-------------------------||
|----------|----------|-----------|---------------------5---||
|-7--------|-5--------|-0----0----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-7---7-||
|----------|----------|-----------|-------------------------||
&
Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-|-7--7--x---------|-7--7--x-5-5-5-6-||
|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------|---------3-5-5-0-|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
Q E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-7--7--x--------|-7--7--x-3-5-----|-7--7--x--------|-7--7--x-3-5-----|
|---------3-5-0--|-------------0-0-|---------3-5-0--|-------------0-0-|
Q E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E E Q E. S E E Q Q E. S E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------*|
|-7--7--x--------|-7--7--x-3-5-----|-7--7--x--------|-7--7--x-3-5-----*|
|---------3-5-0--|-------------0-0-|---------3-5-0--|-------------0---*|
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
