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Flattening of Emotions

Death
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Song

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FLATTENING OF EMOTIONS

As recorded by Death

(From the 1991 Album HUMAN)

Transcribed by James "Thorax" Yarborough & Jerad Yarborough

Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner

Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Shuldiner rhythm'

Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Paul Masvidal rhythm'

Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck lead'

Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Paul lead 1'

Gtr V (D G C F A D) - 'Paul lead 2'

Intro

Q=170

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, II

    PM--------|       PM----------|       PM--|
    |-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-------------------------|--------------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------------------||
||o-------------6-6-6-------|-------6-6-6-------5-5-5--o||
||--0-0-0-5-5-5-------0-0-0-|-5-5-5-------4-4-4---------||

Gtr I

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

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

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

||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||o-------------6-6-6-------|
||--0-0-0-5-5-5-------0-0-0-|

|

| Gtr II

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

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

||--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|
||--------------------------|
||--------------8-8-8-------|
||o-------7-7-7-------------|
||--0-0-0-------------0-0-0-|

Eb5

 -----|       PM--|               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 H

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

|

| 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 H

|--------------------------||-||--------------------|
|-------------------------o||-||o-------------11----|
|--------------------------||-||--------------10----|
|-------8-8-8-------7-7-7--||-||--------------------|
|-7-7-7-------6-6-6-------o||-||o-------7-7-7-------|
|--------------------------||-||--0-0-0-------------|

Eb5 D5

Gtr I

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

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

+W E E E E E E H E E E H.

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

|

| Gtr II

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

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

| +W E E E E E E H E E E H.

|-------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-(11)--------|-------------11----|-------10-----o||
|-(10)--------|-------------10----|--------9------||
|-------------|-------------------|---------------||
|-------------|-------7-7-7-------|-6-6-6--------o||
|-------------|-0-0-0-------------|---------------||

1st & 2nd Verse

Fast Death Metal Q=218

$

N.C.

Gtrs I, II

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

E E E E S S S S S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S

||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-4-----------------------|-4-----------------------|
||----2-0-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---2-0-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
    PM----------------------------------------------------|

E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-4-----------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---2-0-2-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--||

Pre-Chorus

N.C.

2/4 4/4

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

E E E E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E Q

|---------||------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------||o-----------------------------|---------------------|
|---------||------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------||------------------------------|---------------------|
|-4-------||o-----------------7-----------|---------7-------5---|
|---2-0-3-||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---6-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---6-5-4-----|

Q=130(8=s8)

G#G5 F#G5

Gtr I

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

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

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

|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------o||------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------7-----------|---------5-4--------o||-6-5-----4-5------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---6-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-----5-6-5---||-4-3-0-0-2-3-0-0--|

|

| Gtr II

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

| S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E Q 4x W

|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------o||------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------||------------------|
|-----------------7-----------|---------5-4--------o||------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---6-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-----5-6-5---||------------------|

BbA5 C#C5G#5 G#G5 F#G5 BbA5 C#C5G#5

PM PM| PM| PM

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

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

|-------------||------------------|--------------||
|-------------||o-----------------|-------------o||
|-------------||------------------|--------------||
|-------6-5---||------------------|-------6-5----||
|-8-7---4-3-6-||o-6-5-----4-5-----|-8-7---4-3-6-o||
|-6-5-0-----4-||--4-3-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-6-5-0-----4--||

|

| PM| PM| PM

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

| H Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x

|-------------||------------------|--------------||
|-------------||o-----------------|-------------o||
|-------------||------------------|--------------||
|-------6-5---||------------------|-------6-5----||
|-------4-3-6-||o-6-5-----4-5-----|-8-7---4-3-6-o||
|-----------4-||--4-3-0-0-2-3-0-0-|-6-5-0-----4--||

Chorus

Q=120

N.C.

Gtr I

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

E E E E E S S E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||o-5-4---7-5-4h5p4---4-----|--------------------------------------------------|
||------5-----------5---5-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|

|

| Gtr II

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

| E E E E E S S E E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||--7-6---9-7-6h7p6---6-----|--------------------------------------------------|
||------7-----------7---7-6-|--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|

Gtr I

PM PM|

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

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

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-5-4---7-5-4-----5-4-----|
|-----5-------5-7-----5-4-|

|

| Gtr II

| PM PM|

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

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

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-7-6---9-7-6-----7-6-----|
|-----7-------7-9-----7-6-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
  PM--------------------------------------------|
  |----3----| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----||

|

| PM--------------------------------------------|
| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----||

N.C.

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

E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||--6---------------------7---------------------|
||o---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
||----------------------------------------------|
    PM----------------|   PM----|   PM----|
  |---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |---3---|

E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------7---------9-----------|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------------------------------|
    PM----------------|   PM----------------|
  |---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |----3----|

E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------7---------------------|
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------------------------------------|

Fine

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

E S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S E S S S S 4x

|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------4-------------||
|-6---------------------7-----------------------||
|---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4----o||
|-----------------------------------------------||

Lead: Schuldiner

Q=152

N.C.

Gtr III

~~~ ~~

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

H. E S S E W

|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-12------------------------17---16h17p16---|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-17-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|

| Gtrs I, II

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

Q Q Q Q Q Q

|-----------------20-----19-----17-----------------|
|--------19------------------------------19--------|
|-17-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-20-17---19-17-20---17-19-17-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------20p19p17\---16-19-16-17-16------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------17p16---14-------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------17p14-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3----3-----3----3-----3----3-----3-----3-----3--3--3--3--6----6-----6--6-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

~~

H +E E E E

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-16---------------(16)---14---16---17----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2--2--2-2--6-6--6-6--|
|-----------------------------------------|

~~

H +E E E E

|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------17---16--------|
|-14---------------(14)-------------17---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---3--3--3-3--6-6--6-6-|
|----------------------------------------|

|---3---|

S S E +E. S S S S S S S S E

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-16h17p16---(16)-----14-17-14-16-14-----------------|
|------------------------------------17-16---14-13---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2-2---2--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--6----6-----6-6-|
|----------------------------------------------------|

~~

               |----3----|

S S S S E E E H

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-16-13-14-13---------------------------------|
|-------------15---14---12---14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--3--3--3--3--3-3----3----3--3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-|
|---------------------------------------------|

E S S E E S S E E S S

|---------------------------------17---------|
|-17--------------18--------------17---------|
|-16---16-16-16---17---16-16-16--------16-16-|
|------14-14-14--------14-14-14--------14-14-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--2-2--2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2-2--6-6--6--6-|
|--------------------------------------------|

E E S S E E S S E E

|------16--------------19--------------20---|
|------16--------------19--------------20---|
|-16--------16-16-16--------19-19-19--------|
|-14--------14-14-14--------17-17-17--------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--3-3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-3--3--3--6-6--6-6-|
|-------------------------------------------|

~~

|---3---|

S S E Q +E S S S S S S S

|------------19-------(19)---17h19-20p19p==17----17-|
|------------19-------(19)--------------------20----|
|-19-19-19------------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2--2--2--6----6-----6--6-|
|---------------------------------------------------|

Gtr III

~~~~~~

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

S S S S S S S S S S Q +E +E

|-20p19p==17----17-20p19p==17----17-20b22===========(20)----(20)r----||

|------------20---------------20-------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

|

| Gtr IV

| H S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------17--20---19-||
|---------------------------------------------18-----18--------------||
|------------------------------------------19----19------------------||
|-----------------------------------21-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

|

| Gtrs I, II

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--3----3-----3--3--3----3-----3--3--3------3--3--3---6---6---6----6-||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------||

Lead: Masvidal

Gtrs I, II

PM-------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-2-2---2--2---2---2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~

| Q +E +E H

|----------------------------------------------|
|-20b23========(20)---(20)r---19---------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|

|  |-----------7-----------|  |---3---|        |---3---|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S

|--------------------17h==18-21p18p==17-------16h19p==16------19-19-19-19--|
|------------17h==18--------------------18p17------------17----------------|
|---------17---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h20--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

PM------------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2---2-------2--2--2-2--2-2---2-----2---2--2--2----2-----2--2-|

|

| |---3---|

| S +S +E E E +S S S S S S S S S

|-18-(18)b19r(18)------------------------14h16h17p16p==14-------|
|-------------------19------------------------------------17p14-|
|------------------------18---(18)\-(15)------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
 -------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1---1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|---------------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~

| Q E E +H

|----------19---18---(18)---------------|
|-16------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Gtrs I, II

PM-------------------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2----2-----2--2--2----2-----2----2-----2--2--2--2--2--------2--2--2-|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~

| +W

|-(18)------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr V

|   |---3---|        |--------6---------|              |--3--|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T S S S

|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------14h17-|
|-----------------------------------------------14h17h19p17p14----------|
|-------------14h17-19p17p==14------------14h17----------------19-------|
|----------14------------------19p17p==14-------------------------------|
|--14h17----------------------------------------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|

| W

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

|

| ~~~~~~~~~

|        |---3---|  |--------6---------|  |---3---|

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

|----------14h==17h20p17p==14----------------------------------------|
|-19p14h15--------------------19p14h==17h19p17p==14------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------17---(17)--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtrs I, II

PM------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|---2--2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-----2-2-|

|

| Gtr V

| +E E E E E E E a E

|----------------------------------------------|
|--------14-------------17---19---17---19S20---|
|-(17)--------15-------------------------------|
|------------------16--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
 ------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---1--1--1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1--1---1--1-1-1-1--|
|---------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~

| +E S S Q E S S Q

|---------------------------------------------|
|-(20)---19p17-19-----------------------------|
|-----------------------16----------15--------|
|----------------------------17\-16-----------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

PM--------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

|

| PM-----| ~

| Q S S S S Q Q

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------7-8---------------|
|-9-------7-9-10-----------9-------|
|----------------------------------|
 --------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|

| S S S S S S S S S T T S S S S E

|-------------------------12--------11----------------|
|-------------------12-13----13\-12----12-------------|
|----------11-12-14-----------------------14-12-11----|
|-11-13-14--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

PM------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2----2----2--2-2----2----2-|

|

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

| E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------20-------------|
|-15h==16p==15--------15---16---15--------15--------|
|----------------17----------------------------17---|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
 -----------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--1-1----1----1--1-1----1----1--1-1----1----1--1-1-1-1--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~

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

| E E E E E E E E E Q

|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------15h==16S==19---18--------|
|-16------------------16---17----------------------------|
|------17---14---17--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

Gtrs I, II

PM------------------------------------------------------------

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---2--2----2----2--2-2----2----2------2-2----2----2--2--2--2--2-|

|

| Gtr V

| ~~~~

| +W

|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(18)-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

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

| E E E E E S S E E E S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------------16h19-|
|----------------------------14h==17/-20p==17--------17h21-------|
|-------------13--------15----------------------18---------------|
|------------------16--------------------------------------------|
|--------16------------------------------------------------------|
|--14------------------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

|

| W

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

|

| S S S S S S S T T S S S T T S S E

|-21p17--------------------------------------------------|
|-------19----19-----------------------------------------|
|----------20----20p17-------17--------------------------|
|----------------------20p19----19p16-------17-----------|
|-------------------------------------20p19----19-15-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------|

D.S. al Fine

Bb5

2/4

Gtrs I, II

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q

|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--3------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|--1------*|
|--2----2-----2----2-----2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2----2---2--2-|---------*|

|

| Gtr IV

|  |--------6---------|

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

|--------------------------------15-18-------18b19r==(18)---|-18------*|
|-----------------------------17----------------------------|---------*|
|-----------------------14h18-------------------------------|---------*|
|------------13h14h==17-------------------------------------|---------*|
|-12h13h==16------------------------------------------------|---------*|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|---------*|

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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