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Intro to Reality

Anthrax
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★4.7(3)

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INTRO TO REALITY

As recorded by Anthrax

(From the 1990 Album PERSISTENCE )

Transcribed by unregistered

G

3 2 0 0 0 3

G5

3 5 x x x x

C

x 3 2 0 1 0

Bb

x 1 0 3 3 x

F

1 0 3 2 1 1

CIII

x 3 x x x x

GIII

3 x x x x x

BbI

x 1 x x x x

FI

1 x x x x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Q=135

G

6/4

Gtr I

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------||
||------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2---o||
||--3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------||

C

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------[0]--|---------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------[0]--|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------|

Bb F

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------8p5---8p5---8--6--8\--|------3p0---3p0---3--0-----|
|-6--6-----6-----6-----------|-1--1-----1-----1-------0--|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------[0]--|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2---5--4-------|------5p2---5p2---5--4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3------------|-3--3-----3-----3----------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| Gtr II

| H. +H. +H. +H.

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------[0]--|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|--3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| +H. +H. +H. +H.

|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(5)---------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|

C

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

|

| H. +H. +H. +H.

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| H. +H. +H. +H Q

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

Bb F

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------8p5---8p5----8---6--8\--|------3p0---3p0----3---0-----|
|-6--6-----6-----6-------------|-1--1-----1-----1---------0--|

|

| H. +H Q H. +H.

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-7----------------(7)-----7\--|-----------------------------|
|-8----------------(8)-----8\--|-7----------------(7)--------|
|------------------------------|-8----------------(8)--------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|-------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|--3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| H. +H. +H. +H.

|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-4----------------(4)----------|-(4)---------------(4)--------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-(5)---------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------|

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||---------------------------[0]--|------------------------------||
||--------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--o||
||--3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3-------------||

|

| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q

||------------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3---||
||o-0----------------(0)--2---3---|-----------------------2--3--o||
||--0----------------(0)----------|-4----------------(4)---------||
||--------------------------------|-5----------------(5)---------||
||o-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|------------------------------||

C C

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

|

| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q

|-----------------------7---8---|-----------------------7--8--|
|-5----------------(5)--7---8---|-5----------------(5)--7--8--|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q

|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--|
|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--|
|-4----------------(4)----------|-4----------------(4)--------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

Bb F

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------8p5---8p5----8---6--8\--|------3p0---3p0----3---0-----|
|-6--6-----6-----6-------------|-1--1-----1-----1---------0--|

|

| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q

|-----------------------6--5---|-----------------------5-----|
|-3----------------(3)--6--5---|-----------------------5-----|
|-3----------------(3)---------|-2----------------(2)-----2--|
|------------------------------|-3----------------(3)-----3--|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------------[0]--|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------5p2---5p2----5---4-------|------5p2---5p2----5---4--2--|
|-3--3-----3-----3--------------|-3--3-----3-----3------------|

|

| H. +Q Q Q H. +Q Q Q

|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--|
|-----------------------2---3---|-----------------------2--3--|
|-4----------------(4)----------|-4----------------(4)--------|
|-5----------------(5)----------|-5----------------(5)--------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------|

G5

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------[0]-----|
||-------------------------------------------|
||o----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-------------|
||--3------3-----3-----3---------------------|

|

| H. Q Q Q

||-----------------------------2------3------|
||o----------------------------2------3------|
||--4--------------------4-------------------|
||--5--------------------5-------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

|   |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|  |-3--|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------|
||--3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-|

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-----2------o||
|-3------3-----3-----3---------------------||

|

| H. Q Q Q

|----------------------------2-----3-------||
|----------------------------2-----3------o||
|-4--------------------4-------------------||
|-5--------------------5-------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||

|

| |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||

C

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------[0]-----|
|----------5p2---5p2----5------4-------------|
|-3------3-----3-----3-----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

| H. +Q Q Q

|------------------------------7------8------|
|-5--------------------(5)-----7------8------|
|-5--------------------(5)-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

| PM------------------------------------------
| |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-|  |-3--| |-3-|  |-3--|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-|

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------5p2---5p2----5------4-----2-----|
|-3------3-----3-----3---------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

| H. +Q Q Q

|------------------------------7-----8-----|
|-5--------------------(5)-----7-----8-----|
|-5--------------------(5)-----------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

|----------------------------------------|
| |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-|  |-3--| |-3-| |-3-|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-8--8-8---8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

G5

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------[0]-----|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-------------|
|-3------3-----3-----3---------------------|

|

| H. Q Q Q

|----------------------------2------3------|
|----------------------------2------3------|
|-4--------------------4-------------------|
|-5--------------------5-------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|

|

| PM----------------------------------------
| |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|  |-3--|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-|

|-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------5p2---5p2---5-----4-----2-----|
|-3------3-----3-----3-------------------|

|

| H. Q Q Q

|----------------------------2-----3-----|
|----------------------------2-----3-----|
|-4--------------------4-----------------|
|-5--------------------5-----------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

|--------------------------------------|
| |-3--|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-3--3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Bb5 F5

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q E. S E E E E E E Q Q Q

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------8p5---8p5---8-----6--8\--|----------3p0---3p0---3-----0-------------|
|-6------6-----6-----6--------------|-1------1-----1-----1-------------0-------|

|

| H. Q Q Q H. Q Q Q

|----------------------------6--5---|----------------------------5-------------|
|-3--------------------3-----6--5---|----------------------------5-------------|
|-3--------------------3------------|-2--------------------2-----------2-------|
|-----------------------------------|-3--------------------3-----------3-------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|

| PM-----------------------|          PM-----------------------------------|

| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8--7---|------------------------------------------|
|-6--6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------|-1--1-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|

G5 F#5 F5 E5

Gtr II

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

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 E E E E

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||

|

| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

| 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 E E E E

|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||

G

6/4 2/4

Gtr IV

Q W Q H

|

/

Gtr II

    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E 3x

||--------------------------------------|---7-----||
||o-------------------------------------|---8----o||
||--4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-0-7p0-0-6p0-0-5p0-0-|-4----0--||
||--------------------------------------|---------||
||o-------------------------------------|--------o||
||--------------------------------------|---------||

6/4 2/4

|--3--| |--3--|

H. H Q E E E E E E

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / /

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E

|-------------------------------------|-----7-----------||
|-------------------------------------|-----8-----------||
|-4p0-0-5p0-0-6p0-0-7p0-0-6p0-0-5p0-0-|-4-----------0---||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||
|-------------------------------------|-----------------||

G5

6/4 2/4

    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |--3--| |--3--|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E 4x

||--------------------------------------|-----7------------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----8-----------o||
||--4-0-5-0-6-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-6-0-|-7-----------0----||
||--------------------------------------|------------------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------o||
||--------------------------------------|------------------||

CIII

4/4

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------5-----6p5---8p5---|-------5-----6p5---8------o||
||--5-5-5---5-5-----5-----5-|-5-5-5---5-5-----5---5-5---||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||

GIII G5

6/4 2/4

    |---3---|   |---3---|   |---3---|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E Q.

| | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / /

    |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E

||--------------------------------------|---7------||
||o-------------------------------------|---8-----o||
||--4-0-5-0-6-0-7-0-6-0-5-0-4-0-5-0-6-0-|-7-----0--||
||--------------------------------------|----------||
||o-------------------------------------|---------o||
||--------------------------------------|----------||

BbI

4/4

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------3-----4p3---6p3---|-------3-----4p3---6------|
|-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----3-|-3-3-3---3-3-----3---3-3--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

FI

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q

|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------------------------|-------------------------*|
|-------2-----3p2---5p2---|-------2-----3-2---5-----*|
|-3-3-3---3-3-----3-----3-|-3-3-3---3-3-----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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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