• Song:

    Beat It

  • Artist:

    Michael Jackson

  • Album:

    Off The Wall / Thriller

BEAT IT
                         As recorded by Michael Jackson
                         (From the 1983 Album THRILLER)

Words and Music by Michael Jackson


          E5                   D5                   C5
      x 7 9 9 x x          x 5 7 7 x x          x 3 5 5 x x

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(elec. w/dist.)'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(elec. w/dist.)'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - '(Eddie Van Halen)'   
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr. 2 (dist. off)'

 Intro
  Moderately Q=132
                          N.C.(Em)             (D)
 4/4
                Gtr I 
1/2 step down
                                        ~~
  Wx13          H    Q  E E   +E  E E E Q.   a E
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------5-2----2h4-|
|-------------|-------------|-------2------------|
|-------------|-----------0-|-(0)-3--------------|


                (Em)                 (D)               (Em)
                                                       Gtrs I, II
                              ~~
  +E  E q  q  E E   +E  E E E Q.   a E    H       Q  E S S
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|---------------x-x-|
|-(4)-2-0--0------|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0-------x-x-|
|-----------------|-------2------------|-------------------|
|---------------0-|-(0)-3--------------|---------------0---|
                                         +E  E q  Q  E E


                            (D)                        (Em)
  Gtr II
   PM-----|    PM|     ~    PM|       PM|
   S  S S S  E S S  E  Q    S S    E  S S E E +Q   +E  E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--7------7--------------|
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)--(7)s3s|
|--x--x-x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|-----x-x---7-(7)--(7)S3S|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|                   ~~~
| +E    E    E E    Q.    a E     +E  E   q    q    E  E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------5----2-----2h4---|-(4)-2---0----0---------|
|------------2------------------|------------------------|
|-(0)---3-----------------------|----------------------0-|


                          (D)
      PM|    PM|     ~    PM|       PM|   ~~~~~~
   e  S S  E S S  E  Q    S S    E  S S E E +Q.   +E
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|--7------7--------------||
|-12--x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|--7--x-x-7-7-(7)---(7)\-||
|-12--x-x-12-x-x-12--9----x-x-|-----x-x---7-(7)---(7)\-||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|
|                 ~~~
| +E  E    E E    Q.    a E     +E  E   q    H
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------||
|------------5----2-----2h4---|-(4)-2---0--------------||
|----------2------------------|------------------------||
|-(0)-3-----------------------|------------------------||


 Verses
  $
    E5        D5                 E5        D5
  Gtr I
  E E q  q  E E   q  q  H      E E q  q  E E   q  q  H
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|


    C5        D5                 E5        D5
  E E q  q  E E   q  q  H      E E q  q  E E   q  q  H
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|---5-5--5----7-|-7--7-------|---9-9--9----7-|-7--7-------|
|---3-3--3----5-|-5--5-------|---7-7--7----5-|-5--5-------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|


    E5          D5                      E5          D5
  Gtr IV
    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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| E E q   q   E E   q   q   H         E E q   q   E E   q   q   H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7------------|
|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7------------|
|---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5-----------|---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


    C5          D5                      E5          D5               (Em)
                                                                     Gtr I
    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 Q  E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2-4-2-0-2-|---2-0-2-0-2---2-|-4-2-0-2---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------0--||
|
| E E q   q   E E   q   q   H         E E q   q   E E   q   q   H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---5-5---5-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------||
|---5-5---5-----7-|-7---7-----------|---9-9---9-----7-|-7---7-----------||
|---3-3---3-----5-|-5---5-----------|---7-7---7-----5-|-5---5-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


   Chorus
                     (D)               (Em)
    Gtr I
              ~~
    +E  E E E Q.   a E   +E  E q  q  E E
||---------------------|-----------------|
||o--------------------|-----------------|
||---------------------|-----------------|
||----------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--0------|
||o-------2------------|-----------------|
||--(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|


                   (D)               (Em)
            ~~
  +E  E E E Q.   a E   +E  E q  Q  E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0---------|
|-------2------------|-----------------|
|-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|


                       (D)                  (Em)
              ~~~
  +E  E  E E  Q.     a E   +E  E  q   q   E E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0---0-------|
|--------2---------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-3------------------|------------------0-|
|
| Gtr IV
|  q     q    q    q        q     q   q   q
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12---|
|--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x---|
|--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9---|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


                                     To Coda
                       (D)                  (Em)
              ~~~
  +E  E  E E  Q.     a E   +E  E  q   Q   E E
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0-------------||
|--------2---------------|---------------------o||
|-(0)-3------------------|------------------0---||
|
|  q     q    q    q        q     q   q   q
|------------------------|----------------------||
|-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12----o||
|--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x-----||
|--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9-----||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||


                                                             D.S. al Coda
                   (D)               (Em)                 (D)
  Gtr I
            ~~                                     ~~
  +E  E E E Q.   a E   +E  E q  q  E E   +E  E E E Q.   a E   +E  E q  H
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||
|--------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------||
|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--0------|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0--------||
|-------2------------|-----------------|-------2------------|----------------||
|-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|-(0)-3--------------|----------------||


   Interlude
    &
      (E5)
    E E q  q  E E   q  q  H      E E q  q  E E   q  q  H
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o||
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
||----------------|------------|---------------|-------------||
||o---------------|------------|---------------|------------o||
||----0-0--0----0-|-0--0-------|---0-0--0----0-|-0--0--------||


    Gtr III
    W                          W
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|     PM|    PM|    ~   PM|      PM|    ~~~~~~
|   E S S  E S S  E Q   S S    E S S  E E +Q   Q
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||----x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
||----x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)-----|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
|
|   Gtr I
|   E E    q      q   E E      q      q    H
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------------|
||o-------------------------|---------------------|
||----0----0------0-----0---|--0------0-----------|


                                         \3___\7____/0___________
  W                          H           E   +Q     S   S
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------0---(0)----0h==2b3====||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
|   PM|    PM|    ~   PM|      PM|    ~~~~~~~
| E S S  E S S  E Q   S S    E S S  E E +Q        Q
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)--------------------||
|---x-x-12-x-x-12-9---x-x-|-12-x-x-12-9-(9)--------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|
| E E    q      q   E E      q      q    H
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------o||
|---0----0------0-----0---|--0------0--------------------------||


 Guitar Solo
         E5               D5
                        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~         ~~~~~
  +E     +Q.    +E  +E  Q     +E  Q.       +E  E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-(2)b4==(2)----(2)r(2)s7---|-(7)-7(14)----(7)s9-9(14)--|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  E      E  q   q      E E    q        q   H
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------9--9---9--------7-|--7--------7---------------|
|---------9--9---9--------7-|--7--------7---------------|
|---------7--7---7--------5-|--5--------5---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|


      E5                                      D5
   ~~~~       T        T              T              T
                       |-----5-----|  |------6-------|
  +E.    S S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|------------15p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10h14-15p|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-(9)s==12---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E  E    q           q              E        E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9----9-----------9-----------------------7-------|
|-----9----9-----------9-----------------------7-------|
|-----7----7-----------7-----------------------5-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


               T              T
   |--------7--------|  |--------7---------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  +S   E  E  E.  +S
|-14p12p10-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------14-15p14p12p10h14-15p14p12p10-(10)-12h13p12--(12)s==|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  q                    q                      H
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7--------------------7--------------------------------------|
|--7--------------------7--------------------------------------|
|--5--------------------5--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|


     C5                                       D5
              |--3--|        |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
   E E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|---------------12h19p15p12----12-------------12-------|
|-20---12h15h19-------------19----19p15p12h15----19p15p|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E E  q              q              E        E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|----5--5--------------5-----------------------7-------|
|----5--5--------------5-----------------------7-------|
|----3--3--------------3-----------------------5-------|
|------------------------------------------------------|


                                  \1/
   |--3--|  |--3--|                                    |--3---|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E     +S    S  E      +E   +S   S  S
|-------12----------12-------------------------------------------|
|-12h15----19p15p12----12----------------15b17==(15)r(15)p12h15--|
|-------------------------14b15r(14)--12-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  q                 q            H
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------7-------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------7-------------------------------------------|
|--5-----------------5-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|


        E5                                          D5
                                                     \2.5___
      T        T
   a  E  T  T  T  T  S  S  E      +S   +S   S S +E  +E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-19s22p15p12-19s22p15p12----------------------------------|
|-------------------------14b16==(14)r(14)p12p0-(0)-(0)----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
|     E  E           q             q             E   E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------9-----------9-------------9-----------------7-----|
|--------9-----------9-------------9-----------------7-----|
|--------7-----------7-------------7-----------------5-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


   /0______________________\1/
                                  ~~~
  +E   +E   E     +S  S E +S   S +Q
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-(0)--(0)-[9]b11r(9)p7h9-(9)--7-(7)--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|  q        q           H
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--7--------7-------------------------|
|--7--------7-------------------------|
|--5--------5-------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|


         E5                            D5
                   \1  /0_____\1___/0_________
  +E   a E +S  S S S  +S  S S S   +E.    +S
|--------------------------------------------|
|------3s5-(5)p3p0h5--(5)p3p0h5---(5)----(5)p|
|-(7)\---------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|  E     E  q          q           E   E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------9--9----------9---------------7-----|
|--------9--9----------9---------------7-----|
|--------7--7----------7---------------5-----|
|--------------------------------------------|


                                            E5                            D5
      \1___/0________________________________________________________________________
                       ~~~~~~~~~~~                                     ~~~~
           |-3--|
  S S E   +E  E E a a  Q      +E. +S      E   E  E  E     S  S  E     +E.    T  T
|--------------------------------------|--------12-------12----15b17-(15)---12------|
|-3p0h5---(5)p3p0----------------------|-----------15b17----12-----------------12---|
|---------------------[2]b4===(2)-(2)rs|=16-/13-------------------------------------|
|-------------------x------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------x--------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
| q        q           H                  E   E  q        q            E  E
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7---------------------------|------9--9--------9---------------7---------|
|-7--------7---------------------------|------9--9--------9---------------7---------|
|-5--------5---------------------------|------7--7--------7---------------5---------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|


                 ~~~~~~~~         T
   E     +S   S  Q   +E.  +S   S  S S  S
|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------15p8h13-|
|-14b15r(14)p12-14--(14)-(14)\-----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  q             q    H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--7-------------7-----------------------|
|--7-------------7-----------------------|
|--5-------------5-----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


          C5                                                   D5
   T         T       T       T       T       T       T       T       T
   |-----5-----|  |-----6------|  |-------7-------|  |--------7---------|
   S S  S    S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S    S  S  S
|-15p8h12-----------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------14h17p===|
|-----------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p8h12---------15p==12----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|  E      E       q               q                  E         E
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5-------5---------------5----------------------------7-------------|
|---------5-------5---------------5----------------------------7-------------|
|---------3-------3---------------3----------------------------5-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


       T     T             ~~~~~~~~
    |3-|  |3-|
    E  S  E  S  E.S  E  E  Q
|-h10-17p10-17p10s8-----0-12------|
|-------------------h9/-0-15b17===|
|-------------------h9/-----------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
|   q           q    H
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---7-----------7-----------------|
|---7-----------7-----------------|
|---5-----------5-----------------|
|---------------------------------|


        E5            D5                           (Em)
 ~~~~~~~ TP TP  TP     TP    TP   TP   TP  TP
   +E    E  Q   Q.     E    +Q    Q   +E   Q.
|-(12)--12-14--15-----17-|-(17)--19--(19)-21b24======|
|-(15)r------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   E    E  q   q   E  E     q    q    Q         E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------9--9---9------7-|---7----7------------------|
|--------9--9---9------7-|---7----7------------------|
|--------7--7---7------5-|---5----5------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------0-|


   Out-Chorus
                            (D)                    (Em)
      TP         TP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
     +H         +E   +Q.         +E   E   H.
||--(21)-------(21)-(21)------|-(21)r----------------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------|-------x\-------------|
||----------------------------|----------19\---------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------|
|
|                ~~~~
|    +E  E E E   Q.       a E    +E   E   q   q  E E
||----------------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------------|----------------------|
||-----------5---2--------2h4-|--(4)--2---0---0------|
||o--------2------------------|----------------------|
||---(0)-3--------------------|--------------------0-|


                   (D)               (Em)
   W                    W
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
|           ~~
| +E  E E E Q.   a E   +E  E q  Q  E E
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|---------5-2----2h4-|-(4)-2-0---------|
|-------2------------|-----------------|
|-(0)-3--------------|---------------0-|


                       (D)                  (Em)
  Gtr IV
   q     q    q    q        q     q   q   q
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12---|
|--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x---|
|--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9---|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
|             ~~~
| +E  E  E E  Q.     a E   +E  E  q   q   E E
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0---0-------|
|--------2---------------|--------------------|
|-(0)-3------------------|------------------0-|


                       (D)                  (Em)
   q     q    q    q        q     q   q   q     4x
|------------------------|----------------------||
|-12----12---12---12-----|-12----12--12--12----o||
|--x-----x----x----x-----|--x-----x---x---x-----||
|--9-----9----9----9-----|--9-----9---9---9-----||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|
|             ~~~
| +E  E  E E  Q.     a E   +E  E  q   Q   E E   4x
|------------------------|----------------------||
|------------------------|---------------------o||
|------------------------|----------------------||
|----------5--2------2h4-|-(4)-2--0-------------||
|--------2---------------|---------------------o||
|-(0)-3------------------|------------------0---||


Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
  - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <>  - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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