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FIRST STRIKE IS DEADLY
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by cbliss66@aol.com
Words by Souza, Christian Music by Peterson, Skolnick
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Solo Gtr.'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Alex 2nd Solo Gtr.(Harmony)'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=210
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-------4-|-------4---------|
|---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-|
|-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-------4-|-------4---------|
|---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-|
|-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
3/4
-----| PM--------|
E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
|
|-----| PM--------|
| E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-------4-|-------4---------|
|---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-|
|-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
|
| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM-------
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------4-------4-|-------4---------|
|---5-4-2---5-4-2-|---5-4-2---3-3-3-|
|-0-3-2---0-3-2---|-0-3-2---0-1-1-1-|
3/4
-----| PM--------|
E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1--|
|
|-----| PM------------|
| E E E S S S S E S S E E E S S Q.
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-------3-3-3-3-3-------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-7\------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-7\------------|
Slightly Slower Q=200
$
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E S S E S S E E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||----7-6-5---7-6-5-|---7-6-5-5-----5-7-8-|
||o---7-6-5---7-6-5-|---7-6-5-5-----5-7-8-|
||--0-------0-------|-0---------0-0-------|
PM PM PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|---7-6-5---7-6-5-|-6s7---5s4---4s5----||
|---7-6-5---7-6-5-|-4s5---3s2---2s3---o||
|-0-------0-------|-----0-3s2-0--------||
To Coda
4/4
PM PM PM------------------|
q q E E Q q E E E E E E q q E E Q E E +S E. E +S E. E
||---------------|----------------|--------------|-------------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|------------------------o||
||---------------|------------2---|--------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5---||
||--4--4--4-4s5--|-4--4-4s5-4-2-4-|-4--4--4-4s5--|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5---||
||o-4--4--4-2s3--|-4--4-2s3-2---4-|-4--4--4-2s3--|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3--o||
||--2--2--2------|-2--2-----------|-2--2--2------|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3---||
1st and 2nd Verses
Faster Q=206
PM---------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------------|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-----------| PM------------------------|
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------4s5--4-2---|---------------------------------|
|-------------4s5--4-2-4-|---------------------------------|
|----------------------4-|-4-------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
PM------| PM PM--------------------------------------|
E E +S E. Q E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S a Q E E E
|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5------|-------------------------------|-------------4s5--4-2-----|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5------|-------------------------------|-------------4s5--4-2-4---|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3----3-|-4-----------------------------|----------------------4---|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3--0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
PM---------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
---------| PM------------------------|
E E +S E. Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5--5--|--------------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5--5--|-4------------------------------|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3--3--|-4------------------------------|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3--3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
PM--------| PM------------------------------------| PM
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E +S E. Q E E
|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------4s5--4-2---|-------------------------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5--------|
|-------------4s5--4-2-4-|-------------------------------|-4-2-(2)-4--5--------|
|----------------------4-|-4-----------------------------|-2-0-(0)-2--3----3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-0-(0)-2--3--0-3---|
PM---------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
-----------| PM------------------------|
S S S S S S a Q E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------4s5--4-2---|-------------------------------|
|-------------4s5--4-2-4-|-------------------------------|
|----------------------4-|-4-----------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Chorus
PM------------------| PM----------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------------||------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-||------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-||-------------------4s5--|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-||-4---------------4-2s3--|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
PM--------| PM PM PM----------|
S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------2---|-------------------------|
|-------------4s5-4-2-4-|-------------------4s5---|
|-------------2s3-2---4-|-4---------------4-2s3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
PM------------------| PM----------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-|-------------------4s5--|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-4---------------4-2s3--|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
PM--------| PM PM PM----------|
S S S S S S E E E E E S S S S S S S S E E Q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------2---|-------------------------|
|-------------4s5-4-2-4-|-------------------4s5---|
|-------------2s3-2---4-|-4---------------4-2s3---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|
1. 2.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
E E +S E. E +S E. E E E +S E. E +S E. E E E. E. E. E. E
|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------o||-----------------------|------------------||
|------------------------||-----------------------|------------------||
|-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5--||-4-2-(2)-4--5-(5)-7--5-|-7-8--7--8--9--10-||
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-o||-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3-|-5-6--5--6--7---8-||
|-2-0-(0)-2--3-(3)-5--3--||-----------------------|-5-6--5--6--7---8-||
Slightly Faster Q=213
Gtr I
PM------| PM----------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------7h8p7-----|---------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6h7p6-1h2p1-|
|
| Gtr II
| PM------| PM----------|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------|
||------------6h7p6-----|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------4h5p4-0h1p0-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------|
3/4 2/4
PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|-------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------|
|---------------|---6h7p6---------|-------|
|---------7h8p7-|-----------7h8p7-|-8--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|-6--5--|
|
| PM----|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|-------|
|---------------|-----------------|-------|
|---------------|---4h5p4---------|-------|
|---------6h7p6-|-----------6h7p6-|-------|
|---------------|-----------------|-8--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|-6--5--|
4/4
PM------| PM----------|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------7h8p7-----|---------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-6h7p6-1h2p1-|
|
| PM------| PM----------|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------6h7p6-----|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------4h5p4-0h1p0-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-------------|
3/4 2/4
PM----|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------o||
|---------------|-----------------|----------||
|---------------|---6h7p6---------|-3--------||
|---------7h8p7-|-----------7h8p7-|-1--3----o||
|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|----1-----||
|
| PM----|
| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------o||
|---------------|---4h5p4---------|----------||
|---------6h7p6-|-----------6h7p6-|-3--------||
|---------------|-----------------|-1--3----o||
|-0-0-0-0-------|-0-------0-------|----1-----||
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---------5-------||
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|---5-7-5---8-7-8-||
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------||
|
| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-||
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---||
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------||
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------||
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-3-2h3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---2-4-2---------|
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|-----------------|
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------|
|
| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-|
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---|
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------|
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------|
3rd Verse
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---------5-------|
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|---5-7-5---8-7-8-|
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------|
|
| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-|
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---|
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------|
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------|
4/4
PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-7-6-7-||
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---7-9-7---------||
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0---------------||
|
| PM--| PM PM--| PM PM--| PM PM
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------4-2---2-||
|-------------8s9-|-------9s8-------|-------------8s9-|---4-5-4-----5---||
|-------9s8---6s7-|-------7s6---5---|-------9s8---6s7-|-2---------------||
|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-0-0-0-----0-3p0-|-0-0-0-7s6-0-----|-----------------||
Guitar Solo
Slightly Slower Q=204
Gtr III
~ ~
E E E E H E E E E H
|----------------|-----------------|
|-----7-8--------|-------7h8-------|
|-7-9-----9------|--7h=9-----9-----|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM--|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2--2-4-|-(4)-------4--4--|
|-0---0-0-0--0-2-|-(2)-2-2-2-2--2--|
~
|---3---|
E E E E E +Q E E E E E E H
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-----7-8-10b12==(10)r---10-|--8h=10p==8s7h8---------|
|-7-9-----------------------|----------------9-------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|
| PM| PM----|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------2-|-(2)------------4-------|
|-5--------5-----------5--0-|-(0)----0---0-0-2--5----|
|-3---3-3--3-----------3----|-------------------3----|
~
S S S E. E S S S S E E +Q +E E H
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-12h13p12p10h==12-10-8h10-7h8------|-------------------|
|------------------------------9b11r|=(9)---(9)-7-9-----|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM| PM----|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
|--2----------------2--------2-4----|-(4)---------4--4--|
|--0----------0--0--0--------0-2----|-(2)-2--2--2-2--2--|
~~~~
|--3--|
S S E E E E E E E H.. S S S
|-------------------|-----------------12-12-12---|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-----7-------------|----------------------------|
|-7s9---9p7-9p7-----|----------------------------|
|---------------7s5h|==7-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--|
| Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q Q
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------2-|-(2)--------4---------------|
|-5---------5---5-0-|-(0)--0-0-0-2--5------------|
|-3-----3-3-3---3---|---------------3------------|
Faster Q=215
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S +Q +Q
|-13-12-10-12-10----10----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------13----13-12-13-12-10-12-10-------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------12-10-|-12-10-9-10-9-10-9-(9)-(9)---(9)---|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------| PM-------------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--0-----------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----|--3--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--1---------1----1------1--1--1--1-|
PM----------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S +H +E E E E
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-9-9-9-10-9-7-9-7----7---------------|--------------------------|
|------------------10---10-9-7-7-9-10-|-(10)------(10)-9-10-7----|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| PM--| PM--| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---5---------5------------|
|-5-----------------5-----------------|---3---3-3---3-----3-3----|
|-3--------3---3----3--------3---3----|--------------------------|
PM---------------------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S H.. +S
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|---------7-9-7---|-7h9--------------(9)-|
|--9-5-7-3--5-2-3---|-2---------------|-----6-9-------9-|----------------------|
|-----------------5-|---3-5-2-3---3---|---7-------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------5---4-|-0---------------|----------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-10-------10-------|-----------------|-----------------|-------2--1-2-1-0-----|
|--8---8-8--8---8-8-|-8-------8-------|-2-------2-------|-2-----3--2-3-2-0-----|
|-------------------|-6---6-6-6---6-6-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-0--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------9-12-9----|--------------8-------|
|---------10--------10-|-----------10---10----|
|-------9--------------|--------10---------10-|
|----11----------------|---7-10---------------|
|-12-------------------|-8--------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| W W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--2-------------------|----------------------|
|--2-------------------|-3--------------------|
|--0-------------------|-3--------------------|
|----------------------|-1--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------10-------|-------------12-15-12----|
|------------12----12----|----------13----------13-|
|---------12----------12-|-------12----------------|
|----9-12----------------|----14-------------------|
|-10---------------------|-15----------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|--5----------------------|
|--5---------------------|--5----------------------|
|--5---------------------|--3----------------------|
|--3---------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------13-17-/20-17----|-------------------------|
|-------13--------------18-|-------------15-18-15----|
|----14--------------------|----------15----------15-|
|-15-----------------------|-------15----------------|
|--------------------------|-13-17-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-----------------------|--8----------------------|
|--8-----------------------|--8----------------------|
|--------------------------|--6----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------16h19-------12h16-|-------------------------|
|----17----------12-------|-------12-17-15p13----12-|
|-16----------13----------|----13-------------14----|
|-------------------------|-14----------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2-----------2----------|--2-----------2----------|
|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0-|--0-----0--0--0-----0--0-|
Harmony Guitar Part
Slower Q=210
~~~ ~~~
H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-13----------12-10-|-------------8-10-|-12----------10-8-|-------------6-8-|
|-------------------|-10---------------|------------------|--9--------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~ ~~~
| H. E E H. E E H. E E H. E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-14----------12p10-|-------------9-10-|-12----------10p9-|-------------7-9-|
|-------------------|-12---------------|------------------|-10--------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|--2-------2--------|------------------|------------------|--5-------5------|
|--0---0-0-0---0--0-|--3-------3-------|--5-------5-------|--3---3-3-3--3-3-|
|-------------------|--1---1-1-1--1--1-|--3---3-3-3---3-3-|-----------------|
~~
H. E E H. E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|-10-----------8-6-|-----------------|
|------------------|-7----------9h10-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~~
| H. E E H. E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-10-----------9p7-|-----------------|
|------------------|-8----------9h10-|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|-10-------10------|-----------------|
|--8---8-8--8--8-8-|-8-------8-------|
|------------------|-6---6-6-6--6--6-|
H H H Q E E
|-----------------------|-------------/12/--17-19-|
|------------9tr10------|-12tr13------------------|
|-9tr10-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| H H H Q E E
|-----------------------|--------------/9/--13-15-|
|-----------------------|--9tr10------------------|
|------------9tr10------|-------------------------|
|-9tr10-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-2----------2----------|--2------------2---------|
|-0------0-0-0------0-0-|--0------0-0---0----0--0-|
~~~
H. E E H. E E
|-20----------19p17-|-------------15-17-|
|-------------------|-18----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~
| H. E E H. E E
|-17----------15p13-|-------------12-13-|
|-------------------|-15----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|--2-------2--------|-------------------|
|--0---0-0-0---0--0-|--3-------3--------|
|-------------------|--1---1-1-1---1--1-|
~~~
H. E E H. E E
|-19----------17p15-|-------------13-15-|
|-------------------|-17----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~
| H. E E H. E E
|-15----------13p12-|-------------10-12-|
|-------------------|-13----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--5-------5--------|
|--5-------5--------|--3---3-3-3---3--3-|
|--3---3-3-3---3--3-|-------------------|
~~~
H. E E H. E E
|-17-----------15p13-|-------------12h13-|
|--------------------|-15----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~
| H. E E H. E E
|-13-----------12p10-|-------------------|
|--------------------|-11----------12h13-|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|-10-------10--------|-------------------|
|--8---8-8--8---8--8-|--8-------8--------|
|--------------------|--6---6-6-6---6--6-|
H H H H
|-------------12tr13------|-16tr17------12tr13------||
|-12tr13------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| H H H H
|-------------12tr13------|-16tr17------12tr13------||
|-12tr13------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|--2-----------2----------|--2-----------2----------||
|--0------0-0--0------0-0-|--0------0-0--0------0-0-||
Gtrs III, IV
>
H +H +H +H
|-12tr13-------(12tr13)-------|-(12tr13)-------(12tr13)-------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-----------------------| PM-----------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---6s=====7----------------5-6-|
|--------4-5-----4------5---4-|---4s=====5---4---5--------3-4-|
|--0-----2-3-0---2------3-0-2-|------------0-2---3------0-----|
W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| PM------------| PM----|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-|
|---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-|
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----|
D.S. al Coda
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| PM------------| PM----|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-|-----------------|-6s7---------5-6-||
|---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-|---4-5---4-5---4-|-4s5---4-5---3-4-||
|-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----|-0-2-3-0-2-3-0-2-|-----0-2-3-0-----||
&
PM PM
q q E E Q q E E E E E E q q E E Q
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|
|--------------|------------2---|--------------|
|-4--4--4-4s5--|-4--4-4s5-4-2-4-|-4--4--4-4s5--|
|-4--4--4-2s3--|-4--4-2s3-2---4-|-4--4--4-2s3--|
|-2--2--2------|-2--2-----------|-2--2--2------|
PM---------|
E E +S E. H +H Q +Q
|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------*|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5----|-(5)-------------*|
|-4-2-(2)-4--5----|-(5)----4--(4)\--*|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3----|-(3)----4--(4)\--*|
|-2-0-(0)-2--3----|-(3)----2--(2)\--*|
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
