Skip to content
Greedy Fly cover art

Greedy Fly

Bush
Tab
4.5(11)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#

#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #

#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #

#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##

GREEDY FLY

As recorded by Bush

(From the 1996 Album RAZORBLADE SUITCASE)

Words and Music by Gavin Rossdale

Bb F G#

6 8 8 7 x x 1 3 3 2 x x 4 6 6 5 x x

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Lead riff) clean'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gavin (Rhythm) distorted'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Solo) w/octaver'

Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Nigel (Lead fill)'

Intro

Moderate Rock Q=112

Cm Cm

4/4

Gtr I

E E E E E E 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--------|---11---11-----11---|----8---8----------|
|-10-----------10---|-9------------------|-10-----------10---|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-------------------|

Cm Cm7/B

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

|-----------8--------||-----------8--------|-----------8----------||
|------8------8----8-||o------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-o||
|---11---11-----11---||-----8---8----------|---11---11------8-----||
|-9------------------||--10-----------10---|-9--------------------||
|--------------------||o-------------------|---------------------o||
|--------------------||--------------------|----------------------||

C5 CmC5 Ab5

Gtr II

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

||----------------------|------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------o||
||-----5--5-3--5--------|------------------||
||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||
||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--o||
||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---||

|

| Gtr I

| E E E E q E E E E q H

||----------------------|------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------o||
||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------||
||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------||
||o---------------------|------11---------o||
||----------------------|------------------||

Verse 1

C5 CmC5 Ab5

E E E E q E E E E q E E q 4x

||----------------------|------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------o||
||-----5--5-3--5--------|------------------||
||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---||
||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--o||
||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---||

|

| E E E E q E E E E q H 4x

||----------------------|------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------o||
||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------||
||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------||
||o---------------------|------11---------o||
||----------------------|------------------||

C5 CmC5 Ab5

Gtr II

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|----5-5-3-5--------|---------------------|
|----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----|
|----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----|
|---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4----|

|

| Gtr I

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

|----------8--------|-----------8---------|
|------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-|
|----8---8----------|---11---11------8----|
|-10-----------10---|-9-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|

C5 CmC5 Ab5

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|----5-5-3-5--------|----------------------|
|----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6-----|
|----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6-----|
|---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4-----|

|

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

|----------8--------|-----------8----------|
|------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11--|
|----8---8----------|---11---11------8-----|
|-10-----------10---|-9--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------|

Verse 2

C5 CmC5 Ab5

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||-----5--5-3--5--------|-----------------|
||-----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|
||o----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|
||-----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4--|

|

| E E E E q E E E E q H

||----------------------|-----------------|
||o---------------------|-----------------|
||-----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8---------|
||----10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10---------|
||o---------------------|------11---------|
||----------------------|-----------------|

C5 CmC5 Ab5

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|----5--5-3--5--------|-----------------|
|----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|
|----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6--|
|----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4--|

|

| E E E E q E E E E q H

|---------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|
|----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8---------|
|---10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10---------|
|---------------------|------11---------|
|---------------------|-----------------|

C5 CmC5 Ab5

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|----5--5-3--5--------|------------------|
|----5--5-5--5---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---|
|----3--3-3--3---6--6-|--6-6--6--6-6-6---|
|----------------4--4-|--4-4--4--4-4-4---|

|

| E E E E q E E E E q H

|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|----8--8-8--8---8--8-|--8-8--8----------|
|---10-10-8h10--10-10-|-10p8h10----------|
|---------------------|------11----------|
|---------------------|------------------|

C5 CmC5 Ab5

Gtr II

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|----5-5-3-5--------|---------------------||
|----5-5-5-5----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----||
|----3-3-3-3----6-6-|-6--6-6----6--6-6----||
|---------------4-4-|-4--4-4----4--4-4----||

|

| Gtr I

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

|----------8--------|-----------8---------||
|------8-----8----8-|------8------11---11-||
|----8---8----------|---11---11------8----||
|-10-----------10---|-9-------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||

Pre-Chorus

Cm Ab

Gtr II

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--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| Gtr I

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

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

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|-------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|-------------------------|
|--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Cm Ab

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--8--8--8--8--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

|

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

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

|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|--------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

Cm Ab

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--8--8--8--8-|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

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

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

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|-------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|-------------------------|
|--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

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

|--------7--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--4----------------------|-------------------------|
|--5-----4--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|--5----------------------|-------------------------|
|--3----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Cm Ab

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--8--8--8--8--|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-------------------11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

|

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

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

|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--4--4--4--4--4--4-------|--------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------6--6-|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

|

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

|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5--5--------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|

Chorus

Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb

Gtrs II, IV

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

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|

Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb

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

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|

Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb

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

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|

1.

Bb F Ab N.C. Bb F Ab

E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|----------|-7-7s2-2-2s5---5-5-|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6---6-6-|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6---6-6-|
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|----------|-6-6s1-1-1s4---4-4-|

|

| Gtr II

| W W H E S S E E

|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-4---------4-4-4-5-|
|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-------------------|
|-----------------|----------|-------------------|

C5 CmC5 Ab5

+W E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|---------------------||------------------|---------------|
|---------------------||------------------|---------------|
|-(5)-----------------||-----5-5-3-5------|---------------|
|-(6)-----------------||-----5-5-5-5--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--|
|-(6)-----------------||-----3-3-3-3--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--|
|-(4)-----------------||--------------4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4--|

|

| ~~~

| E E Q +E E +Q W W

|-------8--(8)-8-(8)--||-(8)--------------|---------------|
|---------------------||------------------|---------------|
|--4----5--(5)-5-(5)--||--5---------------|---------------|
|---------------------||------------------|---------------|
|---------------------||------------------|---------------|
|---------------------||------------------|---------------|

E E E E q E E E E q E E q

|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|---------------o||
|---5-5-3-5------|----------------||
|---5-5-5-5--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6---||
|---3-3-3-3--6-6-|-6-6-6--6-6-6--o||
|------------4-4-|-4-4-4--4-4-4---||

Interlude

2.

Bb F Ab F Ab F Fm

Gtr II

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

|-----------------|----------------||---8-------8-------|---8-------8---------||
|-----------------|----------------||-----9-9-----------|-----9-9-------------||
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2--||-------------10-10-|-------------10-10\--||
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3--||-------------------|---------------------||
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3--||-------------------|---------------------||
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1--||-------------------|---------------------||

Chorus

$

Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb

Gtrs II, IV

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7--|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--|
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6--|

To Coda

Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb F Ab F Ab F Bb

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7--|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8--|
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6--|

F Ab N.C. Bb F Ab

E E E E E E E E W E E E E E E E E +W

|-----------------|----------|-----------------|--------||
|-----------------|----------|-----------------|--------||
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|----------|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|-(5)----||
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-(6)----||
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|----------|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-(6)----||
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|----------|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|-(4)----||

Guitar Solo

C5 Eb5D5 C5 Ab5 C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5

Gtr II

W E E E E +Q Q W E E E E +Q Q

|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-10--------|-13s12-10-6-(6)--6--|-10-----------|-13s=12-10--6-(6)--6---|
|--8--------|-11s10--8-4-(4)--4--|--8-----------|-11s=10--8--4-(4)--4---|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~

| W W H Q Q +Q H.

|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|-----------8--|-(8)----(8)------------|
|-----------|--------------------|-------10-----|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-----------|--------------------|--------------|-----------------------|

C5

Gtr III

~~~~

H Q E E H +Q +E E

|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|------------10-|--10b12----(10)--(10)r(10)-|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| W +W

|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|---------------------------|
|-10------------|-(10)----------------------|
|--8------------|--(8)----------------------|

H Q E E H. +E S S

|-----------------|--------------------------|
|--------------11-|-(11)b13r=====(11)-(11)---|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|

|

| +W +W

|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------|
|-(10)------------|-(10)---------------------|
|--(8)------------|--(8)---------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5

Gtr II

W E E E E +Q Q

|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-10------------------------------------|--13s=12-10-6-(6)---6-------|
|--8------------------------------------|--11s=10--8-4-(4)---4-------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~

| E Q E Q E E +E E E E +Q E E

|--8------(8)---8------(8)---8------(8)-|--(8)--8---------------8b10-|
|-11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)-|-(11)----11--------11-11----|
|---------------------------------------|------------8-(8)---8-------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5

W E E E E +Q Q

|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--10------------------------------------|--13s=12------10--6-(6)---6-----|
|---8------------------------------------|--11s=10-------8--4-(4)---4-----|

|

| ~~~~~~

| +E Q E Q E E +E E E E +Q Q

|--(8)b10r=(8)---8------(8)---8------(8)-|--(8)--8------(8)--------11b13--|

|-(11)----(11)--11pb13r(11)--11pb13r(11)-|-(11)-11pb13r(11)--------11b13--|

|----------------------------------------|------------------8-(8)---------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|

C5 Eb5 D5 C5 Ab5

W E E E E +Q Q

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--10---------------------------|--13s====12-10---6--(6)-------6--|
|---8---------------------------|--11s====10--8---4--(4)-------4--|

|

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

|-(11)b13-11-(11)b13----(11)-11-|-(11)b13-------(11)-----11b12----|
|-(11)b13-11-(11)b13----(11)-11-|-(11)b13-------(11)-----11b12----|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

Bb FAb F AF

Gtr III

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

+Q +H +Q +Q +H. +W

|-(11)b13--(11)r===(11)r=|=(11)--(11)------|-(11)------||
|-(11)-----(11)----(11)--|-(11)--(11)------|-(11)------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||

|

| Gtr II

| W +W +W

|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|------------------------|-----------------|-----------||
|--10--------------------|-(10)------------|-(10)------||
|---8--------------------|--(8)------------|--(8)------||

Interlude

D.S. al Coda

Bb F Ab N.C.

Gtrs II, IV

E E E E E E E E W 3x

||------------------|--------||
||o-----------------|-------o||
||--7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|--------||
||--8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|--------||
||o-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-------o||
||--6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|--------||

&

F Ab F Ab F Bb

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

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5s|=2-2-2s5-5s2-2s7-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6s|=3-3-3s6-6s3-3s8-|

|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4s|=1-1-1s4-4s1-1s6-|

F Ab

E E E E E E E E E E Q H

|-----------------|-------------*|
|-----------------|-------------*|
|-7-7s2-2-2s5-5-5-|-5-5-5-------*|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-6-6-6-------*|
|-8-8s3-3-3s6-6-6-|-6-6-6-------*|
|-6-6s1-1-1s4-4-4-|-4-4-4-------*|

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

Comments

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

Sign in to join the conversation.

No comments yet. If you play this one, say what works.