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Black Sabbath by Iced Earth
Black Sabbath
Tuning: Eb
Riff 1
eb|-------3-------|
Bb|-------3-------|
Gb|-------0----6--|
Db|--5---------6--|
Ab|--5---------4--|
Eb|--3------------|
Riff 2 (quiet)
eb|---------------|
Bb|---------------|
Gb|---------------|
Db|-------5-------|
Ab|------------4--|
Eb|--3------------|
"What is this, that stands before me ?"
Riff 1a
eb|-------3------------------|
Bb|-------3------------------|
Gb|-------0----6-------------|
Db|--5---------6-------------|
Ab|--5---------4----4tr5--/-|
Eb|--3-----------------------|
eb|-------3-------|
Bb|-------3-------|
Gb|-------0----6--|
Db|--5---------6--|
Ab|--5---------4--|
Eb|--3------------|
Play Riff 2 "Big black shape, with eyes of fire..."
Guitar fill during Riff 2 (delay, and very quiet)
x2
eb|-----------|
Bb|--------3--|
Gb|--2--3-----|
Db|-----------|
Ab|-----------|
Eb|-----------|
"...fire..."
eb|-------------3-|
Bb|--------3------|
Gb|--2--3---------|
Db|---------------|
Ab|---------------|
Eb|---------------|
"...smiling..."
eb|------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------|
Gb|--------2-----2---2-3-2---2-3-|
Db|--3-------3-3---3-------5-----|
Ab|------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------|
"...higher..."
Play Riff 1a "...me!!"
Riff 3
Guitar 1
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------|
Db|-------------------------|
Ab|---------3-5-6-5-3---3-5-|
Eb|-3-3-3-6-----------6-----|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Guitar 2
eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
Gb|---------5-7-8-7-5---5-7-|
Db|-5-5-5-8-----------8-----|
Ab|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Riff 4 (Play twice)
Guitar 1
eb|-------------------|
Bb|-------------------|
Gb|------2------------|
Db|-5----3----9----8--|
Ab|-5----3----7----6--|
Eb|-3----1----7----6--|
Riff 5 (Solo Rhythm, play twice)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-12------------------------------|
Ab|-10--10-101010-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Eb|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|-10--------------------9--------------------|
Ab|--8--8-888-8-8-8-8-8-8-7--7-777-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|
* *** * * * * * * * *** * * * * * *
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|--8--------------------|
Ab|--6--6-666-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Eb|-----------------------|
* *** * * * * * *
Riff 5a (Solo Rhythm, play twice)
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|--9------------------------------|
Ab|-10--10-101010-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Eb|---------------------------------|
* * * * * * * * * *
eb|--------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------------------------------------|
Db|--7--------------------5--------------------|
Ab|--8--8-888-8-8-8-8-8-8-7--7-777-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------|
* *** * * * * * * * *** * * * * * *
eb|-----------------------|
Bb|-----------------------|
Gb|-----------------------|
Db|--5--------------------|
Ab|--6--6-666-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
Eb|-----------------------|
* *** * * * * * *
Solo
eb|-------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------|
Gb|-----------------3~----5b7-5b7r5--5b7-5b7~-|
Db|-/5~----3~---3h5---------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------|
eb|------------------------------------------15-15~-|
Bb|-3333-6666-8888-10~--8-10b11r10b11r10p8~---------|
Gb|-------------------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|
eb|-18p15~--15~----18-17~--15--17-18~--17-|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------------|
Db|---------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------|
eb|-18p15---17p15----20p15----18p15-----|
Bb|------15-------15-------15-------15--|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
eb|-17p15---20p15----18p15----17p15-----|
Bb|------15-------15-------15-------15--|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-17b19[17]-17b19[17]-17b19[17]-17b19[17]-|
Db|-----------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------|
Gb|-17b19-17b19r17-17p15-17b19~~~-|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|
Harmony guitar is in ()
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--12~--12-10~--10-12-13~--12p10-12~--12-11~--11p10-8~--|
Gb|-(12~--12-10~--10-12-14~--12p10-12~--12-12~--12p10-8~)-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--12~--12-10~--10-12-13~--12p10-12~--12-11~--11p10-8~--|
Gb|-(12~--12-10~--10-12-14~--12p10-12~--12-12~--12p10-8~)-|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
End Solo
Riff 6
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|------2---------2---------2-|
Db|-5----3----5----3----5----3-|
Ab|-5----3----5----3----5----3-|
Eb|-3----1----3----1----3----1-|
eb|---------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2---|
Db|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-5-|
Ab|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-5-|
Eb|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-3-|
eb|-----------|
Bb|-----------|
Gb|-----------|
Db|--5-3-3-5--|
Ab|--5-3-3-5--|
Eb|--3-1-1-3--|
Notation:
10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret.
10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret,
then release to the 10th fret.
[10]12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick,
then release to the 10th fret.
10b12 [14] = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend.
10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret.
7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
= slide down
h = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
--------------------
version 2
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Distortion Guitar'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Lead Guitar'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony Guitar'
Intro
Q=67
G5 C#5 G5 C#5
4/4
Gtr I
H H W H H W
||------------|----------|-----------|-------||
||o-----------|----------|-----------|------o||
||-------7----|----------|------7----|-------||
||-------5----|-6--------|------5----|-6-----||
||o-5---------|-4--------|-5---------|-4----o||
||--3---------|----------|-3---------|-------||
Verse
N.C.
H H W H H W 5x
||------------|----------|-----------|-------||
||o-----------|----------|-----------|------o||
||------------|----------|-----------|-------||
||-------5----|----------|------5----|-------||
||o-----------|-4--------|-----------|-4----o||
||--3---------|----------|-3---------|-------||
Bridge
G5 C#5 G5 C#5
H H H H H H W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|------|
|------7----|--------------|------7----|------|
|------5----|-6------------|------5----|-6----|
|-5---------|-4----4tr5----|-5---------|-4----|
|-3---------|--------------|-3---------|------|
G5 C#5 G5 C#5
H H H Q. E H H W
|-----------|------------------|-----------|------||
|-----------|------------------|-----------|------||
|------7----|------------------|------7----|------||
|------5----|-6----------------|------5----|-6----||
|-5---------|-4----4tr5--------|-5---------|-4----||
|-3---------|-------------/12-|-3---------|------||
Verse
N.C.
H H W H H W
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
|------5----|----------|------5----|------|
|-----------|-4--------|-----------|-4----|
|-3---------|----------|-3---------|------|
Gtr II
W W H E E E E +E Q. +H
||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----------|----------|------------3-|-(3)-------------o||
||------------|----------|--------2-3---|-----3----(3)-----||
||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----------|----------|--------------|-----------------o||
||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| H H W H H W
||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
||o-----------|----------|--------------|-----------------o||
||------------|----------|--------------|------------------||
||-------5----|----------|------5-------|------------------||
||o-----------|-4--------|--------------|--4--------------o||
||--3---------|----------|-3------------|------------------||
W W H E E E E Q Q +H
|-----------|----------|--------------|----3--(3)----|
|-----------|----------|------------3-|--------------|
|-----------|----------|--------2-3---|-3------------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|
| H H W H H W
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|-----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
|------5----|----------|------5-------|--------------|
|-----------|-4--------|--------------|-4------------|
|-3---------|----------|-3------------|--------------|
W W E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------|----------|--------2-----|-2---2-3-2---2-3--||
|-----------|----------|---3-------3--|---3-------3------||
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|
| H H W H H W
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|------5----|----------|--------5-----|------------------||
|-----------|-4--------|--------------|-4----------------||
|-3---------|----------|-3------------|------------------||
Bridge
G5 C#5 G5 C#5
Gtr I
H H H H H H W
|-----------|--------------|-----------|------|
|-----------|--------------|-----------|------|
|------7----|--------------|------7----|------|
|------5----|-6------------|------5----|-6----|
|-5---------|-4----4tr5----|-5---------|-4----|
|-3---------|--------------|-3---------|------|
G5 C#5 G5 C#5 G5
H H H Q. E H H W W
|-----------|------------------|-----------|----------|------||
|-----------|------------------|-----------|----------|------||
|------7----|------------------|------7----|----------|------||
|------5----|-6----------------|------5----|-6--------|------||
|-5---------|-4----4tr5--------|-5---------|-4--------|-5----||
|-3---------|-------------/12-|-3---------|----------|-3----||
Verse
Q.=135
N.C.
12/8
Gtr III
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 10x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||----------5-7-8-7-5---5-7-|---------5-7-8-7-5---5-7--||
||--5-5-5-8-----------8-----|-5-5-5-8-----------8------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| 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 10x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o---------3-5-6-5-3---3-5-|---------3-5-6-5-3---3-5-o||
||--3-3-3-6-----------6-----|-3-3-3-6-----------6------||
Bridge
G5 F E5/B Eb5/Bb
Gtr I
W. W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------||
|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|-------||
|-5-------------|-3-------------|-9-------------|-8-----||
|-5-------------|-3-------------|-7-------------|-6-----||
|-3-------------|-1-------------|-7-------------|-6-----||
Guitar Solo
G5 F E5/B
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
W. H. +Q E Q. H. +Q. Q.
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|-3-------(3)---5b7---|
|-/5-------------|-3-------(3)--3h5----|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W. W. W.
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|-2-------------------|---------------------|
|--5-------------|-3-------------------|-9-------------------|
|--5-------------|-3-------------------|-7-------------------|
|--3-------------|-1-------------------|-7-------------------|
Eb5/Bb
~~~~
Q. +E +E E +E E E +Q.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-5b7====(5)r(5)-5b7==(5)r---5b7==(5)r----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| W.
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-8---------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------------------------|
G5
TP TP TP ~~~~~~~~~
Q. Q. Q. Q.
|---------------------------------------|
|--3-----6------------8--------10-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-12------------------------------------|
|-10----10--10-10-10-10--10-10-10--10-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
F5
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+Q E Q +E +E +E E +Q.
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(10)--8-10b11r====(10)-(10)b11r(10)-8-(8)-----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--10-------------------------------------------|
|---8------8----8-8---8----8-------8--8--8--8-0-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
E5 Eb5
~~
Q. Q. E Q Q. Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-15----15--------18p15---15------|-18---17---15-----17---18---17-18-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--9------------------------------|--8-------------------------------|
|--7-----7--7-7-7--7--7-7--7--7-0-|--6------6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6--0-|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-18p15----17p15-------20p15----18p15----|
|-------15----------15-------15-------15-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------------------|
|-10-------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--0-|
|----------------------------------------|
F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17p15----20p15------18p15----17p15----|
|-------15---------15-------15-------15-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10------------------------------------|
|--8--------8--8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--0-|
|---------------------------------------|
E5
E +E E E +E E E +E E E +E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------15----------------15--------------15--------------15-|
|-17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r------17b19==(17)r----17b19==(17)r----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------7-------7---7--7--7-------7----7--7-------7----0-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb5
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E +Q E E E E +Q +Q.
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|-17b19==(17)r--17-17p==15-17b19==(17)---(17)r-------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|
| PM--------------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E S S E
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|--8-------------------------------------------------||
|--6-------------6--6-6--6--6-------6--6---6---6-6-0-||
|----------------------------------------------------||
G
Gtr IV
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +Q. Q.
||----------------------------------------|
||o-12----------------(12)-------12-------|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. +Q. Q.
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||--12----------------(12)-------12-------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM---------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||---9------------------------------------|
||o-10----10-10-10-10--10--10-10-10--10-0-|
||----------------------------------------|
F
~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. +E E E Q. +E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|-10----(10)-10---12-13------(13)-12p10-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. +E E E Q. +E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-10----(10)-10---12-14------(14)-12p10-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--7------------------------------------|
|--8------8---8-8--8--8--8-8---8---8--0-|
|---------------------------------------|
1.
Em Eb
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-12------------(12)-----12------|-11----(11)-11p==10-8------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H. +Q. Q. Q. +E E E H.
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-12------------(12)-----12------|-12----(12)-12p==10-8-------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E E E Q. E S S E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--5-----------------------------|--5-------------------------------||
|--7----7-7-7-7---7--7-7--7--7-7-|--6------6---6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-0-o||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
Eb
~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Q. +E E E H.
|------------------------------------||
|-11----(11)-11p==10-8---------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| Q. +E E E H.
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|-12----(12)-12p==10-8---------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|
| PM----------------------|
| Q. E S S E E E E E S S E
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|--5---------------------------------||
|--6------6---6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-0--||
|------------------------------------||
Outro
G5 F G5
Gtr I
W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|-2-------------|---------------|
|-5-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
|-5-------------|-3-------------|-5-------------|
|-3-------------|-1-------------|-3-------------|
F G5 F
W. W. W.
|---------------|---------------|-------|
|---------------|---------------|-------|
|-2-------------|---------------|-2-----|
|-3-------------|-5-------------|-3-----|
|-3-------------|-5-------------|-3-----|
|-1-------------|-3-------------|-1-----|
G5 F
E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-2----2-2-2-2----2-2-2-|
|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-|-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-|
|-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-|-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-|
|-3----3-3-3-3----3-3-3-|-1----1-1-1-1----1-1-1-|
G5 F5 G5
E Q Q. H. E E E E Q H.
|-------------------|------------------*|
|-------------------|------------------*|
|-------------------|------------------*|
|-5-----------------|-5-3-3-5----------*|
|-5-----------------|-5-3-3-5----------*|
|-3-----------------|-3-1-1-3----------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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