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

Song

Band- Godsmack

Song- Whatever

Album- Godsmack

C5 Eb5X Eb5 F5

0 0 0 x x x x x x 10 13 x 3 3 3 x x x 5 5 5 x x x

F#5 D5 Bb5 C5V

6 6 6 x x x 2 2 x x x x x 3 5 5 x x x 5 7 7 x x

C Eb F F#

x 5 x 7 x x x 8 x 10 x x x 10 x 12 x x x 11 x 13 x x

Eb5VIII

x 8 10 10 x x

Gtr I (C G C F A D) - 'Tony Rombola'

Gtr II (C G C F A D) - 'Tony Rombola Wah'

Intro

Q=122

F5 C5 Eb5X C5

4/4

Gtr I Gtr I

<

PM| PM|

W H H E E E E E E E E 7x E E Q H

|----------|-----------||----------------------||-------------||
|----------|-----------||o-------10---10---10-o||-------------||
|----------|-----------||--------13---13---13--||-------------||
|----------|------5----||----------------------||-------------||
|----------|------5----||o-0-0----------------o||-0-0---------||
|----------|------5----||--0-0-----------------||-0-0---------||

Verse

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

4/4

PM| PM|

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

||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
||--------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
||---------------------|--------------------|
||o-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
||--0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|----------------------||
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10--o||
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13---||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0-----------------o||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0------------------||

Pre Chorus

C5 C5V F#5

4/4

W W W E E Q H

|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-7--------|----------|-------------|
|-0--------|-7--------|-6--------|-------------|
|-0--------|-5--------|-6--------|-6-6---------|
|-0--------|----------|-6--------|-6-6---------|

C5 C5V Bb5 F5 Eb5

4/4

W W W E E Q E E Q

|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|----------|----------|----------|---------------||
|----------|-7--------|-5--------|---------------||
|-0--------|-7--------|-5--------|-5-5----3-3----||
|-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5-5----3-3----||
|-0--------|----------|----------|-5-5----3-3----||

Chorus

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 C5 F#5 F5 Eb5

4/4

E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 C5

4/4

E Q E +E Q E E E Q H

|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------||
|-----------------|-------------||
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-------------||
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0---------||
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0---------||

Interlude

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

4/4

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------||
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-||
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-||
|--------------------|--------------------||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------||

Verse

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

4/4

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

4/4

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X F5EbD5

PM| PM PM--|

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

|--------------------|--------------------||
|-------10---10---10-|--------------------||
|-------13---13---13-|-------10-----------||
|--------------------|-------13-----------||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0---------5-3-2--||
|-0-0----------------|-0-0---------5-3-2--||

Pre Chorus

C5 C5V F#5

4/4

W W W E E Q H

||-----------|----------|----------|-------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|-------------|
||-----------|-7--------|----------|-------------|
||--0--------|-7--------|-6--------|-------------|
||o-0--------|-5--------|-6--------|-6-6---------|
||--0--------|----------|-6--------|-6-6---------|

C5 C5V Bb5 F5 Eb5

4/4

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

|----------|----------|----------|-------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|------------------------o||
|----------|-7--------|-5--------|-------------------------||
|-0--------|-7--------|-5--------|-5-5-(5)-----3-3--(3)\---||
|-0--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5-5-(5)-----3-3--(3)\--o||
|-0--------|----------|----------|-5-5-(5)-3p0-3-3--(3)\---||

Chorus

$

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 C5 F#5 F5 Eb5

4/4

E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 Eb5

4/4

E Q E +E Q E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|---3---3---3---3-|
|-0-0--6-(6)-5--3-|-0-3---3---3---3-|

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 C5 F#5 F5 Eb5

4/4

Gtr I

E Q E +E Q E E Q E +E Q E

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|

|

| Gtr II

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

|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-7---(7)S13-(13)-12--10-|-7---(7)S13-(13)-12--10-|
|-x--------x--(x)--x---x-|-x--------x--(x)--x---x-|
|-5---(5)S11-(11)-10---8-|-5---(5)S11-(11)-10---8-|
|------------------------|------------------------|

To Coda

C5 F#5 F5 Eb5 Eb5

4/4

E Q E +E Q E E E E E E E E E

|------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|------3------3------3------3-||
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|------3------3------3------3-||
|-0-0------6--(6)--5---3-|-0----3------3------3------3-||

|

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

|------------------------|-----------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-7---(7)S13-(13)-12--10-|-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-||
|-x--------x--(x)--x---x-|-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-x-x-10-||
|-5---(5)S11-(11)-10---8-|-x-x--8-x-x--8-x-x--8-x-x--8-||
|------------------------|-----------------------------||

Interlude

C5V C5

4/4

PM|

E E Q H Wx6 H Q E E

|-------------|------------|--------------||
|-------------|------------|--------------||
|-7-7---------|------------|--------------||
|-7-7---------|------------|-----------0--||
|-5-5---------|------------|-----------0--||
|-------------|------------|-----------0--||

Bridge

C5

4/4

PM| PM|

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

||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||--------------|-----------0-|-------------|-----------0---||
||o-0-0---------|-----------0-|-0-0---------|-----------0--o||
||--0-0---------|-----------0-|-0-0---------|-----------0---||

D.S. al Coda

C5

4/4

PM| PM| PM|

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

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

Outro

&

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

4/4

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X

PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|

C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X C5 Eb5X C5V

4/4

PM| PM| PM| PM|

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

|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-------------*|
|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|-------10---10---10-|-------------*|
|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|-------13---13---13-|-7-7---------*|
|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-7-7---------*|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|-5-5---------*|
|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|-0-0----------------|-------------*|

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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