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C.O.T.L.O.D.
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1987 Album THE LEGACY)
Transcribed by Jared (Jared@thefourhorsemenband.com)
Words and Music by Ramirez, Peterson
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Peterson'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Skolnick'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Peterson (Lead)'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Skolnick (lead)'
Intro
Fast Q=200
E5 D5 E5 B5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------7-|-9-------------------------4-|
|-2-------------------------5-|-7-------------------------2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E5/B C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-2-----------------------|-5---5-7---7-|
|-2-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5---|
E5 D5 E5 B5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------7-|-9-------------------------4-|
||o-2-------------------------5-|-7-------------------------2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E5/B C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q 5x
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-2-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--||
|-2-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5-o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----||
C5G5C5D5A5D5 C5G5C5D5A5D5 E5
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-5---5-7---7-|-5---5-7---7-|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|-2--------|-(2)----|
|---3-----5---|---3-----5---|-0--------|-(0)----|
Verse
E5 F5 E5 G5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-9-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--|
|-7-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----|
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5E5F#5
PM------------------|
|--3--| |-3--|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-----------------------|-12-11-12-11-9-11--|
|-7-----------------------|-10--9-10--9-7--9--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-9-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--|
|-7-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----|
A vast group of locust...
E5 D5 E5 B5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
||----------------------------7-|-9-------------------------4-|
||o-2-------------------------5-|-7-------------------------2-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E5/B C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-2-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--||
|-2-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5-o||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----||
Verse
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-9-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--|
|-7-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----|
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5E5F#5
PM------------------|
|--3--| |-3--|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-----------------------|-12-11-12-11-9-11--|
|-7-----------------------|-10--9-10--9-7--9--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-------------------------|--------------|
|-9-----------------------|-5---5-7---7--|
|-7-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5----|
E5 F5 E5 G5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-|-9-------------------------12-|
|-7--------------------------8-|-7-------------------------10-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5 G5 F#5G5 A5 G5 F#5
PM------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-9-----------------------|-12-11-12-14-12-11-|
|-7-----------------------|-10--9-10-12-10--9-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
G5 F#5E5D5E5D5 C5B5C5B5G5F#5
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|
|-12-11-9-7-9-7-|-5-4-5-4-----|
|-10--9-7-5-7-5-|-3-2-3-2-5-4-|
|---------------|---------3-2-|
Chorus
E5 G5 A5
PM--------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-2-------------------------5-|-----------------------------7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
G5F#G5F#E5F#5
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-5-4-5-4-2-4-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-3-2-0-2--||
E5 G5 A5
PM--------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------5-|-----------------------------7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
G5 F#5G5 A5 G5 F#5
PM--------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-11-12-14-12-11-|
|-------------------------|-10--9-10-12-10--9-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
G5 F#5E5D5E5D5 C5B5C5B5G5F#5 G5 E5 D5 Eb
Gtr I
1/ 1/
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W W
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|-12-11-9-7-9-7-|-5-4-5-4-----|------------|----------------|
|-10--9-7-5-7-5-|-3-2-3-2-5-4-|------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------3-2-|-3----------|-[3]------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|---------------|-------------|------------|----------------|
|-12-11-9-7-9-7-|-5-4-5-4-----|-2----------|----------7--8--|
|-10--9-7-5-7-5-|-3-2-3-2-5-4-|-2----------|--2-------5--6--|
|---------------|---------3-2-|-0----------|--0-------------|
Guitar Solo 1 (Peterson)
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-12-12-12-13-12-10-12-12-12-12-12-13-12-10-10-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5Eb E5
----------------------|
|------3------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------7-8-----------9-----|
|------------------------5-6-----------7-----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0---------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S Q +S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-13-12-10-----------------------|
|----------------------9-----(9)-12-11---9-9-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
E5
PM-------------------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------------|
|--0----0-0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------13-12-10-10-13-12-10-10-|
|-12-11-9-9-12-11-9-9-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb
----------------------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------7---8-------|
|--------------------------5---6-------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------|
|
| ~~~
| S S S S S S S S Q. S S
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-12-10-12-----17-12-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
E5
PM----------------------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------------------|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-17-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
D5 Eb E5
----------------------|
|---3---|
S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------7--8----9----|
|---------------------------5--6----7----|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S +Q E E
|----------------------------------------|
|-12-17-12-------------------------------|
|----------12-16-14-12-14-(14)--------14-|
|--------------------------------14------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
E5 D5 Eb
PM-------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------7-------8---|
|--2--------------------------------------|-----------------------5-------6---|
|--0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0-|--0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--------------|
|
| E. E. E E. E. E E. E. E H
|---------------12-----------12-----------|-----------------12---12b12.5------|
|-------12-----------15-------------------|-12--------------------------------|
|-12---------------------------------12---|---------12------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Guitar Solo 2 (Skolnick)
E5 D5 EbE5
PM-----------------------------------------------|
|-3-|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|----------------------7-8-9---|
|--2---------------------------------|----------------------5-6-7---|
|--0----0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H H H H
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-19b20-------------19---------------|-19b20---------------19-------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------|
E5 D5 Eb
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------7--8--|
|--2----------------------------------------------|----------------------5--6--|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q +Q H.
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-20-19-17-15-17-15-13-12-13-12-10-10-10b11-------|-(10)-------10--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
E5
PM---------------------------------
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--2--------------------------------------|
|--0----0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0-0--0-|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-12-11-9----11-9-7----9-7-5--------------|
|---------12--------10-------9-12-10-9----|
|--------------------------------------12-|
|-----------------------------------------|
D5 Eb E5
-----------------|
|------3-------|
S S S S S S S S Q Q Q
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------7------8-------9-----|
|-------------------5------6-------7-----|
|--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0----------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-10-9-7----9-7-5---9-10-9---7-5-9---7-5-|
|--------10-------9----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
E5 D5 Eb
PM------------------------------------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------7---8------|
|-2---------------------------------|----------------------------5---6------|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-----0-0-0-----0-0-------------|
|
| 1/
| |--------3--------|
| S S S S S S S S H Q Q Q Q. E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-------------------<5>-----<7>----<12>-|
|-----------------------------------|---------<5>---------------------------|
|-4---------------------------------|-<5>-----------------------------------|
|---7-5-3-2-------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------5-3-2-0-----------------|---------------------------------------|
Chorus
E5 G5 A5
Gtrs I, II
PM----------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---2----------------------------5-|-----------------------------7-|
|---0--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
|
| E H.. W
|-<12>-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G5F#G5F#E5F#5
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-5-4-5-4-2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-3-2-0-2-|
E5 G5 A5
PM--------------------| PM------------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o-2-------------------------5-|-----------------------------7-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
G5F#G5F#E5F#5
PM--------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|--------------||
|-------------------------|-5-4-5-4-2-4-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-2-3-2-0-2--||
E5 G5 A5
PM|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------5-|-----------------------------7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-|
G5 F#5G5 A5 G5 F#5
PM--------------------|
|--3--| |--3--|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-11-12-14-12-11-|
|-------------------------|-10--9-10-12-10--9-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------------|
Outro
G5 F#5E5D5E5D5 C5B5C5B5G5F#5 E5 D5
PM--------------------|
|-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
|-12-11-9-7-9-7-|-5-4-5-4-----|---------------------------7-|
|-10--9-7-5-7-5-|-3-2-3-2-5-4-|-2-------------------------5-|
|---------------|---------3-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
E5 B5
PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------4--|
|-7-------------------------2--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5/B C5G5C5D5A5D5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------|
|-2-----------------------|-5---5-7---7-|
|-2-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5---|
E5 D5 E5 B5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------7-|-9-------------------------4--|
|-2-------------------------5-|-7-------------------------2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
E5/B C5G5C5D5A5D5 E5
PM------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
E S S E S S E E S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q W
|-------------------------|-------------|------------|------*|
|-------------------------|-------------|------------|------*|
|-------------------------|-------------|------------|------*|
|-2-----------------------|-5---5-7---7-|-9----------|------*|
|-2-----------------------|-3-5-3-5-7-5-|-7----------|------*|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---3-----5---|------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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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