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A TALE THAT WASN'T RIGHT
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1987 Album KEEPER OF THE SEVEN KEYS PT.1)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com) (NecroWraith)
Words and Music by Michael Weikath
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Overdriven'
Intro Solo - M.Weikath
Moderately Slow Ballad Q=61
Am
4/4
Gtr I
H E +E S S S T +T
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------16b17-(16)---16---16b17==(16)r|
|-14tr15-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--1-------1----1---------1------------------|
|--2-------2----2---------2------------------|
|--------2---2---------2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E
|--0-------0----0---------0------------------|
|--1-------1----1---------1------------------|
|--------2---2---------2-------2-------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E
~~~~~~~~~
+Q S S +E +H
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(16)-----14b16==(14)-(14)r-------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|---0----0---------------0-----0---|
|---1----1---------------1-----1---|
|------2------------2--------2---2-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---0----0---------------0-----0---|
|---0----0---------------0-----0---|
|------1------------1--------1---1-|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Am
~~~~
a a a +E a +Q S S S S Q S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)---15-13-12h13---------12-|
|---x-------------------------------------14---14----|
|-x--------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------1-------------1--------1-------1-------|
|-------------2-------------2--------2-------2-------|
|------------------------2-----2-----------2----2----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------0-------------0--------0-------0-------|
|-------------1-------------1--------1-------1-------|
|------------------------2-----2-----------2----2----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
F
~~
|---3----| |--3--|
a +E E E a +S E T T T H
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-12b13-(12)-12------13b15-(13)-13---12h13p12----------|
|-----------------14--------------------------14-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---|
|---------2------------------2-----------------2---2---|
|---------------3------------------3-------------3---3-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---|
|---------1------------------1-----------------1---1---|
|---------------2------------------2-------------2---2-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Dm
~~~
a +E a +Q S S S S Q.
|-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)---15-13-12h13---------|
|-------------------------------------15------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------3-------------3--------3--------3---|
|---------2-------------2--------2--------2---|
|--------------------0-----0-----------0----0-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------1-------------1--------1--------1---|
|---------3-------------3--------3--------3---|
|--------------------2-----2-----------2----2-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Am
|--3--|
S S S S a +S S. T T T T Q. S T +T
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------14-16-16b17-(16)-16----14-16p14p13-14------14-16b17==(16)r==|
|---14-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-1------------------1---------------------1----1------------------|
|-2------------------2---------------------2----2------------------|
|-------2-------------------2-----------------2----2---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-0------------------0---------------------0----0------------------|
|-1------------------1---------------------1----1------------------|
|-------2-------------------2-----------------2----2---------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E Am
+Q. a +E Q E +E H H
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-(16)-----17b19-(17)-17---14b17-(14)-|-14--------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E e E Q
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|---0----0-------------0----0---------|--1---1---1------||
|---1----1-------------1----1---------|--2---2---2------||
|------2-----------2-----2---------2--|----2---2--------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E e E Q
|--------0-------------0----0---------|--0---0---0------||
|---0----0-------------0----0---------|--1---1---1------||
|------1-----------1-----1---------1--|----2---2--------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
Verses
Am E Am F
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1----|
||--2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2----|
||----2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---3---3---3---3--|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1----|
||o-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---1---1---|-1---1---1---1----|
||----2---2---2---2-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
1.
Dm Am E Am G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----||
|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---3----o||
|-2---2---2---2---|-2---2---2---2---|-1---1---1---1---|-2---2---0-----||
|---0---0---0---0-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2-0-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2----o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---3-----||
|-3---3---3---3---|-1---1---1---1---|-0---0---0---0---|-1---1---3----o||
|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|---1---1---1---1-|---2---2-0-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2----o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------3-----||
Chorus
2.
Am F5G5 A5 F5G5
Gtr V
~~~~
E E E E e E Q Q a +E +E a +H Q a +E +E a +H
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-------||o-----12b13==(12)-(12)r(12)b13-(12)------|----13b15==(13)-(13)r(13)b15-(13)-|
|-2---2---2-------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---2---2---------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr VI
| ~~~~
| E E E E e E Q Q a +E +E a +H Q a +E +E a +H
|-0---0---0-------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-1---1---1-------||o------8b10===(8)--(8)r=(8)b10--(8)------|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)b12-(10)-|
|---2---2---------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H Q E E H. E E W
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||o----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------||--7--------------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|-------------3-5-||o-7----------------------------------3-5-|-5--------------------------------|
|-------------1-3-||--5----------------------------------1-3-|-3--------------------------------|
F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5
TP
a +H a +H Q. a +E +Q Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-12b13-(12)----15b17-(15)----|-15----13b15==(13)-(13)r---------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| TP
| a +H a +H Q. a +E +Q Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--8b10--(8)----11b13-(11)----|-11----10b12==(10)-(10)r---------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| H H H Q E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------5-----|--3------------------------------|
|---------3-------------5-----|--3------------------5-----------|
|---------3-------------3-----|--1------------------5----3-5----|
|---------1-------------------|---------------------3----1-3----|
A5 F5A5
~~~~
Q a +E +E a +H
|----------------------------------------|
|-----12b13==(12)-(12)r(12)b13-(12)------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| Q a +E +E a +H
|----------------------------------------|
|------8b10===(8)--(8)r=(8)b10--(8)------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| H. E E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-7--------------------------------------|
|-7----------------------------------3-7-|
|-5----------------------------------1-5-|
1.
G5 F5 E5 A5
~~~~ ~~~
Q a +E +E a +H H H W
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|----14b15==(14)-(14)r(14)b15-(14)----|------------|-10----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-10----9----|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|
| ~~~~ ~~~
| Q a +E +E a +H H H E. S Q H
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)b12-(10)----|-10----9----|-10----------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-[9]-[9]-[9]-------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
| H H
|
| W H H W
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------|------------|-------------------||
|-5-----------------------------------|--3----2----|--7----------------||
|-5-----------------------------------|--3----2----|--7----------------||
|-3-----------------------------------|--1----0----|--5----------------||
Verse
Am
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0---|
|-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1-|
|---------2------2-------------2-----2-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5---|
|-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5-|
|---------5------5-------------5-----5-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E
|---------0--------------------0-----------|
|-------1--------------------1-------------|
|-----2--------------------2---------------|
|---2--------------------2-----------------|
|-0--------------------0-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------0------0---0---------0---------0----|
|-----1-----------1-----1---1------------1------1--|
|---------2---------2-----------2-----------2------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------5------5---5---------5---------5----|
|-----4-----------4-----4---4------------4------4--|
|---------6---------6-----------6-----------6------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q
|-----------0-(0)---------------------0-(0)--------|
|---------0-------------------------0--------------|
|-------1-------------------------1----------------|
|-----2-------------------------2------------------|
|---2-------------------------2--------------------|
|-0-------------------------0----------------------|
Am
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0---|
|-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1-|
|---------2------2-------------2-----2-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5---|
|-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5-|
|---------5------5-------------5-----5-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E
|---------0--------------------0-----------|
|-------1--------------------1-------------|
|-----2--------------------2---------------|
|---2--------------------2-----------------|
|-0--------------------0-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-1------------1------1---1---------1---------1----|
|-----2-----------2-----2---2------------2------2--|
|---------3---------3-----------3-----------3------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-6------------6------6---6---------6---------6----|
|-----5-----------5-----5---5------------5------5--|
|---------7---------7-----------7-----------7------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q
|-----------1-(1)---------------------1-(1)--------|
|---------1-------------------------1--------------|
|-------2-------------------------2----------------|
|-----3-------------------------3------------------|
|---3-------------------------3--------------------|
|-1-------------------------1----------------------|
Dm
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5---------5-------5-------5-----5-----5---|
|-----6-------6---------6-----6-----6-----6-|
|---------7-----7---------------7-----7-----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5---------5-------5---------5-----------5-|
|-----6-------6---------6---6---6---6-6-6---|
|---------7-----7-----------------7---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T Q S T T T H
|-------1-------------------1---------------|
|-----3-------------------3-----------------|
|---2-------------------2-------------------|
|-0-------------------0---------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Am
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-0----------0-----0---0---------0-----0-----|
|-----1--------1-----1-----1-------1-----1---|
|---------2------2-------------2-----2-------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-5----------5-----5---5---------5-----5-----|
|-----5--------5-----5-----5-------5-----5---|
|---------5------5-------------5-----5-------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T Q. T T T T Q E
|---------0--------------------0-------------|
|-------1--------------------1---------------|
|-----2--------------------2-----------------|
|---2--------------------2-------------------|
|-0--------------------0---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------0------0---0---------0---------0---|
|-----1-----------1-----1---1------------1------1-|
|---------2---------2-----------2-----------2-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-5------------5------5---5---------5---------5---|
|-----4-----------4-----4---4------------4------4-|
|---------6---------6-----------6-----------6-----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T T T +Q. T T T T T T +Q
|-----------0-(0)---------------------0-(0)-------|
|---------0-------------------------0-------------|
|-------1-------------------------1---------------|
|-----2-------------------------2-----------------|
|---2-------------------------2-------------------|
|-0-------------------------0---------------------|
2.
Am F5G5 A5
Gtr IV
~~~
S S S S S S S S e E Q H E E E E
|-0---------0---------0---0--------||------------------------||
|-----1-------1---------1-1-------o||-10---------------------||
|---------2-------2-------2--------||------------------------||
|----------------------------------||------------------7-9---||
|---------------------------------o||----------------7-------||
|----------------------------------||------------------------||
|
| Gtr V
| ~~~
| S S S S S S S S e E Q E. S Q H
|-5---------5---------5---5--------||------------------------||
|-----5-------5---------5-5-------o||-10---------------------||
|---------5-------5-------5--------||-[9]-[9]-[9]------------||
|----------------------------------||------------------------||
|---------------------------------o||------------------------||
|----------------------------------||------------------------||
| H H
|
| Gtr IV
| T T T T S S T T T T S S E E E E W
|---------0-----------0---0--------||------------------------||
|-------1-----------1-----1-------o||------------------------||
|-----2-----------2-------2--------||------------------------||
|---2-----------2---------2--------||--7---------------------||
|-0-----------0-----------0---3-5-o||--7---------------------||
|-----------------------------1-3--||--5---------------------||
Guitar Solo - M.Weikath
N.C. F5
2/4 4/4
Gtr IV
a +E Q E a +Q. S S a H
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
|-------------9-||-10b12-(10)---10-9-9h10----|
|-9b10-(9)-7----||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| H W
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------------------------|
|---------------||---------3-----------------|
|---------------||---------3-----------------|
|---------------||---------1-----------------|
G5 E5
|-3-|
E E E a +E Q. E a +Q. S T T T H
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------5b7-(5)------7-|-9b10-(9)---9-10p9p7-9----|
|---5-7---------5------|--------------------------|
|-5--------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|-5--------------------|-------2------------------|
|-5--------------------|-------2------------------|
|-3--------------------|-------0------------------|
F5 D5
T
E E E a +E Q. E a +Q. S +S H
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------9b10-(9)------9-|-([10])b12==(10)---12r(12)p10----|
|---7-10----------7------|---------------------------------|
|-8----------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------7------------------|
|-3----------------------|--------------7------------------|
|-3----------------------|--------------5------------------|
|-1----------------------|---------------------------------|
E5 A5 F5G5
~
E E a +E E +Q E +E H H
|------------------------------|-------------||
|------------------------------|-------------||
|-----9b10-(9)-9-(9)-----------|-------------||
|---6-----------------9b10-(9)-|-7-----------||
|-7----------------------------|-------------||
|------------------------------|-------------||
|
| W H Q E E
|------------------------------|-------------||
|------------------------------|-------------||
|------------------------------|-------------||
|-2----------------------------|-7-----------||
|-2----------------------------|-7-------3-5-||
|-0----------------------------|-5-------1-3-||
Outro-Chorus
A5 F5A5 G5 F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5
Gtrs IV, V
H. E E W H H H Q E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|-------------|
|-------------|----------|------5----|-3-----------|
|-7-----------|-5--------|-3----5----|-3----5------|
|-7-------3-7-|-5--------|-3----3----|-1----5--3-5-|
|-5-------1-5-|-3--------|-1---------|------3--1-3-|
A5 F5A5 G5 F5 E5 A5 F5 G5
H. E E W H H H. E E
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------||
|-7-----------|-5--------|-3----2----|-7-------------------||
|-7-------3-7-|-5--------|-3----2----|-7-------------3---5-||
|-5-------1-5-|-3--------|-1----0----|-5-------------1---3-||
|
| Gtr V
| W W W H E E Q
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------------------||
|-------------|----------|-----------|--------------(x)/---||
|-------------|----------|-----------|--------------(x)/---||
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------(x)/--------||
|-------------|----------|-----------|---------(x)/--------||
Outro-Solo - Weikath
(A5) F5 A5 G5
Gtr IV
~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~
S +E. +H +E S S a +Q. S S Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-7b9==(7)-(7)----(7)r-7p5-|-7b9-(7)---7p5S4-----|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| H. E E W
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-7------------------------|------5--------------|
|-7----------------3---7---|------5--------------|
|-5----------------1---5---|------3--------------|
F5 C5 Bb5 G5 F5G5
~~~ ~~~~
|---3---|
a +H a +Q E +E E a Q. a +E +Q. +E
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-12b13-(12)----15b17==(15)--15r(15)p13-|-13h15----15b17==(15)r(15)----(15)\-|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| H H H Q E E
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------5--------------|-----3------------------------------|
|---------3--------------5--------------|-----3------------------5-----------|
|---------3--------------3--------------|-----1------------------5---3---5---|
|---------1-----------------------------|------------------------3---1---3---|
A5 F5A5
a +E a +E a +Q a +H
|-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)-15b17-(15)--15b17==(15)r=====|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| H. E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------7------------------------------------------|
|---------7--------------------------------------3-7-|
|---------5--------------------------------------1-5-|
G5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+E E a +E +S. T S E. +E. +S
|-(15)----------------------------------------|
|--------15b17==(15)r(15)-13-15---------------|
|-------------------------------14--(14)-(14)-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---5-----------------------------------------|
|---5-----------------------------------------|
|---3-----------------------------------------|
F5 E5
~~~~
|---3----|
S T T S S S S S S a +Q. +S +S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------13-15b17==(15)---(15)r(15)p13-|
|-13----------------12-14-------------------------------|
|----------10-12-14-------------------------------------|
|----10h12----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------2-----------------|
|--3----------------------------------2-----------------|
|--1----------------------------------0-----------------|
A5 F5G5
~~~ ~~~~
Q. E +Q Q
|-----------------------*|
|-----------------------*|
|-14----13b14-(13)------*|
|-----------------------*|
|-----------------------*|
|-----------------------*|
|
| H. E E
|-----------------------*|
|-----------------------*|
|-----------------------*|
|--7--------------------*|
|--7----------------3-5-*|
|--5----------------1-3-*|
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
