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GALLOWS POLE
As recorded by Demons & Wizards
(From the 1999 Album DEMONS & WIZARDS)
Transcribed by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Words and Music by Jon Schaffer/Hansi Kürsch
Arranged by Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=130
N.C.
4/4
Gtr II
W W H Q E E
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|--------------------16b17==|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H Q E E +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------7-|-(7)---7---7-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5----5-----|
|-------------|-----0---0------0----|------0----0------0--------|
>
~~~~~
+W W
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-(16)r---------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--(5)----5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8-7---7--|
|-------0---0-----0---|-----0---0-----0----|
>
~~~~
Q E +E +Q. +S +S W
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------17b19==(17)-(17)------(17)r(17)-|--17------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)----7------------7--10----10-------|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|-----0----------0----------0-----------|------0----0------0---|
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H a E S S +Q +W
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|-----------16s14p12-14-(14)---|-(14)----------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)---5-------5--8---------8-|--(8)---8---8-7---7--|
|-----0---0---------------0----|------0---0-----0----|
W W
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)---7---7-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|-----0---0------0----|------0----0------0---|
W H Q S S E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------12-|
|-------------------|---------------------12-|
|-------------------|---------------12h14----|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8-7--------7-|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0------0-------|
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +H W
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-14-------(14)---------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--7---7-----7--10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|----0---0---------0----|------0----0------0---|
W W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8-7---7-|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0-----0---|
Gtr I
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(7)---7---8-7---7-|-(7)---7---8-7---7-|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0-----0---|
E5
+E E E E E E E E W +W
|-------------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-------------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-------------------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-------------------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-(7)---7---8-7---7-|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-----0---0-----0---|----------|--------||
Verse
E5/E5 G5E5E5 G5F#F5/C
Gtr II
PM| PM----| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E S S
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||--2------5-2-----|---5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||o-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||-----0-0-----0-0-|-0--------------0-0-|
E5/E5 G5E5E5 N.C.
PM| PM----| ~~~~~~~ PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q. S S
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|-2------5-2-----|--------------------------||
|-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-----------------------o||
|----0-0-----0-0-|-0-[3]-[2]-[1]-(1)---0-0--||
E5 G5 F#5
PM------------| PM------------|
Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E S S S S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------5-|-(5)------------------4-|
|-2--2-----2---------5-|-(5)--5-----5---------4-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
A5 G5F#E5
PM------------| PM--------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(4)------------------7-|-(7)--------------2---|
|-(4)--4-----4---------7-|-(7)--7-----7-5-4-2---|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-(5)--5-5-5-5-3-2-0---|
G5 F#5
PM------------| PM------------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E S S S S E
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||o------------------------|------------------------|
||-------------------------|------------------------|
||--(2)------------------5-|-(5)------------------4-|
||o-(2)--2-----2---------5-|-(5)--5-----5---------4-|
||--(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
A5 G5F#E5
PM------------| PM--------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E E E E 3x
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|-(4)------------------7-|-(7)--------------2---||
|-(4)--4-----4---------7-|-(7)--7-----7-5-4-2--o||
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-(5)--5-5-5-5-3-2-0---||
E5/E5 G5E5E5 G5F#F5/C
PM| PM----| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E S S
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||--2------5-2-----|---5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||o-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||-----0-0-----0-0-|-0--------------0-0-|
E5/E5 G5/DE5 N.C.
PM| PM----| ~~~~~~~ PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q. S S
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|-2------5-2-----|--------------------------||
|-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-----------------------o||
|----0-0-----0-0-|-0-[3]-[2]-[1]-(1)---0-0--||
E5 G5 F#5
PM------------| PM------------|
Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E S S S S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------5-|-(5)------------------4-|
|-2--2-----2---------5-|-(5)--5-----5---------4-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
A5 G5F#E5
PM------------| PM--------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(4)------------------7-|-(7)--------------2---|
|-(4)--4-----4---------7-|-(7)--7-----7-5-4-2---|
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-(5)--5-5-5-5-3-2-0---|
G5 F#5
PM------------| PM------------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E S S S S E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-(2)------------------5-|-(5)------------------4-|
|-(2)--2-----2---------5-|-(5)--5-----5---------4-|
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-|
A5 G5F#E5
PM------------| PM--------|
+Q E S S E S S S S E +Q E S S E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|-(4)------------------7-|-(7)--------------2---||
|-(4)--4-----4---------7-|-(7)--7-----7-5-4-2---||
|-(2)--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-|-(5)--5-5-5-5-3-2-0---||
Bridge
E5 E5D5E5G5/DG5 G5D5G5D5
PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------2-0-2-5-|---------5-0-5-7-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-3-3-3-3---------|
C5D5F5 G5 F5
PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5--8-|--8--8--8--8--8-10--8-----|
|------------------|----------------------0-0-|
E5 E5D5E5G5/DG5 G5D5G5D5
PM--| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||----------2-0-2-5-|---------5-0-5-7-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0---------|-3-3-3-3---------|
C5D5F5 G5 F5
PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5--8-|--8--8--8--8--8-10--8-----o||
|------------------|----------------------0-0--||
Interlude
$
N.C.
Gtr III
~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~
H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E H E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
||---------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------||
||o--------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------o||
||-----------4-5-|-(5)-4---4-(4)-------|------------4-|-(4)-----4-(4)--------||
||--5----5-7-----|-------7-------7-5-7-|-4----4-5-7---|-----7-4-------7-4----||
||o--------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------o||
||---------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| ~ ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ ~
| H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E H E E E E +E E E E +E E Q
||---------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------||
||o--------------|---------------------|--------------|---------------------o||
||---------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------||
||---------4-5-7-|-(7)-5-4-5-(5)-4---4-|----------4-5-|-(5)-4---5-(5)-4------||
||o-7----7-------|-----------------7---|-5----5-7-----|-------5---------5---o||
||---------------|---------------------|--------------|----------------------||
~~
H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||-------------------|--------------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------7--9-|--(9)-7----7-(7)----------|
||--10-----9-10------|--------10-------10--9-10-|
||o------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~
| H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
||-------------------|--------------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------------|
||------------7-9-10-|-(10)-9--7-9-(9)--7-----7-|
||o-10----10---------|--------------------10----|
||-------------------|--------------------------|
To Coda
~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------|----------------------------o||
|--------------7-|-(7)-------------------------||
|-7----7--9-10---|-----10--9-10-(10)--9-7--9---||
|----------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|
| ~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +E E E E +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|----------------|----------------------------o||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
|------------7-9-|-(9)--7-----7--(7)-----------||
|-9----9-10------|--------10---------10-9-10--o||
|----------------|-----------------------------||
Verse
N.C.
Gtr III
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-9-----------------|--(9)-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-7-----------------|--(7)-----------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-----7---7-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|---0---0------0----|------0----0------0---|
~~~~~
+W W
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(9)---------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
|~~~~~
| +W E E E E S +S S S +Q
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----12------14pb15r(14)p12-14-(14)-----|
|-------------------|--------14------------------------------|
|-(7)---------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)-----8----8-----------7---------7---|
|-----0---0-----0---|------0----0---------------------0------|
Gtr II
>
+H H W
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-(14)-----------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--(7)---7---7-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|------0---0------0----|------0----0------0---|
W H Q Q
|-------------------|---------------19---|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8-7----7-|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0------0---|
+Q Q H W
|-(19)\-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--(7)----7---7-10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|-------0---0------0----|------0----0------0---|
W W
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8-7---7-|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0-----0---|
>
|--3--|
E S S S Q +H +W
|-----12-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------15p12-------------------|----------------------|
|--------------14---(14)---------|-(14)-----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|-(7)-----------7-----7--10---10-|-(10)---10---10-5---5-|
|------0----------0---------0----|------0----0------0---|
<
W H E Q.
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------12--------|
|-------------------|-------------12--------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-(5)---5---5-8---8-|-(8)---8---8--7----7---|
|-----0---0-----0---|-----0---0-------0-----|
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)---------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|--7---7---8-7---7-|--(7)---7---8-7---7-|
|----0---0-----0---|------0---0-----0---|
E5
W W W
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|-------------------|----------|--------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E W +W
|-------------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-------------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|-------------------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-------------------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-(7)---7---8-7---7-|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-----0---0-----0---|----------|--------||
Verse
E5/E5 G5E5E5 G5F#F5/C
Gtr II
PM| PM----| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q E S S
||-----------------|--------------------|
||o----------------|--------------------|
||-----------------|--------------------|
||--2------5-2-----|---5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||o-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-5-4-3-(3)--3-----|
||-----0-0-----0-0-|-0--------------0-0-|
E5/E5 G5E5E5 N.C.
PM| PM----| ~~~~~~~ PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +Q. S S
|----------------|--------------------------||
|----------------|-------------------------o||
|----------------|--------------------------||
|-2------5-2-----|--------------------------||
|-2--2-2-5-2-2-2-|-2-----------------------o||
|----0-0-----0-0-|-0-[3]-[2]-[1]-(1)---0-0--||
E5 E5D5E5G5/DG5 G5D5G5D5
PM--| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|
||----------2-0-2-5-|---------5-0-5-7-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-0-2-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-5-5-|
||--0-0-0-0---------|-3-3-3-3---------|
D.S. al Coda
C5D5F5 G5 F5
PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S
|------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-5-7-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-12-10------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-3-5--8-|--8--8--8--8--8-10--8-----o||
|------------------|----------------------0-0--||
Outro
Q=94
&
N.C.(E5) N.C. F5 N.C. E5
Gtr III
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W W
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|-9--------|-(9)--------|-(9)-----------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|
| Gtr II
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +W +W W
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)-----------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|
| Gtr I
| W W E Q E +E Q E W
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
|----------|------------|--9--7--10-(10)-9--7-|-9----|
|----------|------------|--8--8---8--(8)-8--8-|-7----|
|----------|------------|---------------------|------|
N.C. F5 N.C. E5 N.C. F5 N.C.
Gtr I Gtr II Gtr I
E Q E +E Q E Q. E Q. E E Q E +E Q E
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-9-7--10-(10)-9--7-|-9----2-2------|-9-7--10-(10)-9--7-|
|-8-8---8--(8)-8--8-|-7----2-2------|-8-8---8--(8)-8--8-|
|-------------------|------0-0------|-------------------|
E5 N.C. F5 N.C. E5
Gtr II
W E Q E +E Q E Q. E H +W
|----------|-------------------|-------------|--------*|
|----------|-------------------|-------------|--------*|
|----------|-------------------|-------------|--------*|
|-9--------|-9-7--10-(10)-9--7-|-9----2-2----|-(2)----*|
|-7--------|-8-8---8--(8)-8--8-|-7----2-2----|-(2)----*|
|----------|-------------------|------0-0----|-(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
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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
