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Mr Brownstone

Guns N' Roses
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Tab3

Bass2

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Intro

Gtr I

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

e||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x--||
B||o-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-o||
G||--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x--||
D||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
A||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
E||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|-Rhy Fig 1 end Rhy Fig 1-|

Gtr I plays Rhy Fig 1

Gtr II

TP TP

W S S S S H E E

e|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-0\-------------------------------|-0-0-1-1-1/---------------12\---0----|

E5 D5

Gtr I

Gtr II

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

e|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|-3p2p0--------------------|
G|--------------------------|-------2p0----------------|
D|-----------------------2--|-----------2p0------------|
A|-------2p0-------2-----0--|---------------2p0-----2--|
E|-0-3h4-----0-3h4-0-3h4----|-------------------3h4-0--|

|-Riff A end Riff A-|

E5

Gtrs I, II

~~

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

e|--------------------------|---------------------||
B|--------------------------|---------------------||
G|--------------------------|-2-------------------||
D|-----------------------2--|-0--2-(2)------------||
A|-------2p0-------2-----0--|----0-(0)-2-(2)------||
E|-0-3h4-----0-3h4-0-3h4----|----------------3----||

Gtr II - Riff A x2

Gtr I

PM--| PM| PM

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

e||---------------------------|-----------------------------------0-|
B||o--------------------------|-----------------------------------0-|
G||---------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D||------------------------2--|-7-----6-(6)---4---(4)---------------|
A||o-------2p0-------2-----0--|-5-----4-(4)---2---(2)---------------|
E||--0-3-4-----0-3h4-0-3-4----|-------------------------3b3.5---0---|

|-Riff B

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

e|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
B|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------2--|-7-----6-(6)---4---(4)-----------------||
A|-------2p0-------2-----0--|-5-----4-(4)---2---(2)-----------7p5h6-||
E|-0-3h4-----0-3h4-0-3h4----|-------------------------3b4-(3)-------||

end Riff B-|

Verse

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

e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2----x-x-|-5h7---7-----5-7\---------2----x-x-|
A|-5h7---7-----5-7\----------0----x-x-|--------------------------2----x-x-|
E|-----------------------3h4----------|----------------------3h4-0----x-x-|

|-Riff C1

|

| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~

| E S S +S S S S +E S S S E. e S S +S S E +E S S S E.

e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-6-----------x---------------------|
D|-----------------------5---5h7------|-5-----5-(5)---5--(5)-5---5--------|
A|-7---x-5-(5)-x-5h7-(7)---7----------|------------------------5---7------|
E|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-Riff C2

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

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------2----x-x-|
A|-5h7---7-----5-7\----------0----x-x-|
E|-----------------------3h4----------|

|

| ~~~~~~

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

e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------5---5h7------|
A|-7---x-5-(5)-x-5h7-(7)---7----------|
E|------------------------------------|

S S S S S S E S S S +S E S S

e|------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------o||
G|------------------------------------------||
D|-5h7---7-----5-7\-----2---------2---x-x---||
A|----------------------0---------2---x-x--o||
E|------------------------3b4-(4)-0---x-x---||

| end Riff C1-|

|

| ~~~~~~~

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

e|------------------------------------------||
B|------------------------8----------------o||
G|-----------------------------6------------||
D|-5---x-5-(5)-x-5--(5)-----------5---------||
A|----------------------------------7-5----o||
E|------------------------------------------||

end Riff C2-|

Chorus

Gtrs I, II

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

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-7--5---7-(7)----|
G|-----------------|-5--3---5-(5)----|-7--5---7-(7)----|
D|-----------------|-5--3---5-(5)----|-7--5---7-(7)----|
A|-5--3---5-(5)----|-3--1---3-(3)----|-5--3---5-(5)----|
E|-3--1---3-(3)----|-----------------|-----------------|

|-Rhy Fig 2 end Rhy Fig 2-|

Gtr II

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

e|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------7h9-||----------------------------------------|
D|----4-----5-(5)-6-7h9-----||----------------------------------------|
A|-5------------------------||---2---2---x------------------------5-7-|
E|--------------------------||---0---0---x-2b3==(3)r(2)---0--0--7-----|

|

| Gtr I

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

e|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------||----------------------------------------|
A|-5--------------------5h7-||-7-7-x-7---x-------7------x-7-(7)---5-7-|
E|----2-(2)-3-(3)-4-5h7-----||----------------------------------7-----|

E E S E S a +S +S S S +S S S S

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------7b8==(8)r=(7)-----5-(5)-------|
A|-7-7---7---x---------------------------5-7-|
E|-------------------------------------7-----|

|

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

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------5b6-----(6)-------------|
A|-7-7-x-7---x-------------------7-(7)---5-7-|
E|-------------------------------------7-----|

~~~~~

E E S E S a +S +S S S +S S S S Q Q e e S S S S

e|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-7-7---7---x-------------------------5-7-|-7--5--4-2---------|
E|-------------2b3==(3)r=(2)---0-(0)-7-----|-----------4-5-4-2-|

|

| ~~~~~

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

e|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------7b8-(8)---5-(5)-------|-------------------|
A|-7-7-x-7---x-------------------------5-7-|-7--5--4-2---------|
E|-----------------------------------7-----|-----------4-5-4-2-|

Bridge

Gtrs I, II

e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S

e||----------------------------|---------------------------|
B||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
G||----------------------------|---------------------------|
D||--9-x-7---x-9-x-x-----9-x-x-|-7-x-5---x-7-x-x-----7-x-x-|
A||o-9-x-7---x-9-x-x-5h6-9-x-x-|-7-x-5---x-7-x-x-3h4-7-x-x-|
E||--7-x-5---x-7-x-x-----7-x-x-|-5-x-3---x-5-x-x-----5-x-x-|

|-Rhy Fig 3

1.

e S S S S e S S S S E S S e S S S S e S S S S E S S

e|---------------------------|----------------------------||
B|---------------------------|---------------------------o||
G|---------------------------|----------------------------||
D|-9-x-7---x-9-x-x-----9-x-x-|-7-x-5---x-7-x-x-----7-x-x--||
A|-9-x-7---x-9-x-x-5h6-9-x-x-|-7-x-5---x-7-x-x-3h4-7-x-x-o||
E|-7-x-5---x-7-x-x-----7-x-x-|-5-x-3---x-5-x-x-----5-x-x--||

~~~~~

E. S +E E +H Q Q e e S S S S

e|-------------------||-------------------||
B|-------------------||-------------------||
G|-------------------||-------------------||
D|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)----||-------------------||
A|-7--5-(5)-7-(7)----||-7--5--4-2---------||
E|-5--3-(3)-5-(5)----||-----------4-5-4-2-||

end Rhy Fig 3-|

Guitar Solo

Gtr II

~~~

a E S S E E +E S S S E S

e|--------14-------------------------------------|
B|-17b19-(19)---17---16pb17r(16)-14----14-16-----|
G|----------------------------------16----16--14-|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr I

| ~~~

| E. S E E E E S E.

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------4-----2h=3-----|
D|---------------4----2-----------4-----2--------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|---------2-------------------------------------|

|-Riff D

S +S S S S S S S E a +E E S S

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-16b17-(17)-16p14-16p14-16p14-16-16b18-(18)-14-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------16-14-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

| E. S E E E E Q

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------2---1-------|
D|----------------2--------0---------------2---2-------|
A|-----------------------------------------0---2-------|
E|--0------------------------------------------0-------|

end Riff D-|

Gtr I plays Riff D x2

S +S S S +S S S +S E S S S T T S S

e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17b19-(19)---16b17-(17)---16pb17r(16)---14----14h17p14----14-|
G|--------------------------------------------17----------17----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|---3---|

a E S S S S S S S S S E Q

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|--------14--------------------------------------|
G|-16b18-(18)-17p16p==14-16-16-14----16----14-----|
D|--------------------------------16----16--------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

|---3----|

Q E E +E +E +E e e

e|--------17b20==(20)r(17)-(17)---14-16-|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
          |--3--|        |----------6----------|  |--3--|           |-----------6------------|

S S T T T T T S S S S S a +S S S S a E S S S a +S +S S

e|-17--16h17p16p14----14-14-----------------------14----------------14h17p14--------------------|
B|-----------------17-------17p14h17p14--------------17p14--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------16b18-(18)---------16b18-16----------16b17=(17)r(16)p14-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S +S S S S a +S S S S

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----14----14---------------------14----14-----------------------|
G|-16-----16----14----14-16b18-(18)----16----14b15-(15)---14-16b18-|
D|-----------------16----------------------------------6-----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~

| E. S E E E E S E.

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------4------------2h3-----------|
D|------------4--------2----------------4------------2-------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2--------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~

+S S S S S +S S S +Q +Q

e|-----------------------------------------------||
B|------14-------17pb19r(17)p14-17-(17)---(17)\--||
G|-(18)----16-14---------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------||
A|-----------------------------------------------||
E|-----------------------------------------------||

|

| E. S E E E E Q

e|-----------------------------------------------||
B|-----------------------------------------------||
G|--------------------------------------2---1----||
D|-------------2--------------0---------2---2----||
A|--------------------------------------0---2----||
E|---0--------------------------------------0----||

Gtr I - Rhy Fig 2

|--3---|

a +S S S S a +S S S S a +S +S S S S S S E

e|-----------3-----------3----------------------------3/-|
B|---------3---3-6b8-(8)---6-3----------------------3----|
G|-3b5-(5)---------------------5b7==(7)r(5)p3-5-3h4------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

|---3---|

a +S S S S a S S S S a +S +S S S S S S E

e|--------------8------------8-11-------------------------------8-|
B|------------8---8-11b13-11------8---------------------------8---|
G|-10b12-(12)-----------------------10b12==(12)r(10)p8-10-8h9-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

~~~

a +S S S S a +S T +T S S S S Q.

e|------------10-13----------------------------------------------|
B|-13b15-(15)-------10-------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------12b14-(14)-12pb14r(12)p10----12-----10----|
D|-----------------------------------------------12-----12-------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|--------10-----------9---(9)----------7------------------15--(15)--|
B|-13b15-(15)-12b14==(14)-(14)r-10b12-(12)-----/15-18b20==(20)-(20)r-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gtr I & II

S S S S S S S S S S S S Q

e|------------------------------||
B|-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-12\--||
G|-x-x-x-x---x---x-x-x-x-x-12\--||
D|------------------------------||
A|------------------------------||
E|------------------------------||

Interlude

Gtr I w/Riff B & Gtr II w/Riff A x2

Verse

Gtr 1 & 2 w/Riff C1 & C2

Bridge

Gtrs I, II

w/Rhy Fig 3 D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda

Q Q e e S S S S

e||-------------------||
B||-------------------||
G||-------------------||
D||-------------------||
A||-7--5--4-2---------||
E||-----------4-5-4-2-||

Interlude

Gtr I w/Riff B (1st 2 bars x2) & Gtr II w/Riff A x2

Outro

   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 E S S Q

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------0---------------0---------|-------0--------------------|
G|---0-1---2---0-1---0-1---2---0-1-|---0-1---2---0-1---0-1-[2]--|
D|-2---------2-----2---------2-----|-2---------2-----2----------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

|

 | 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 E S S Q

e|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|------------------------2---|
D|---------------------------------|------------------------2---|
A|-------2-0-------------2-0-------|-------2-0--------------0---|
E|-0-3-4-----0-3-4-0-3-4-----0-3-4-|-0-3-4-----0-3-4-0-3-4------|

Gtrs I, II

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 Q

e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-3p2p0-----------3p2p0-----------|-3p2p0---------------------------|
G|-------2-2p0-----------2-2p0-----|-------2-2p0-----------------1---|
D|-------------2p0-------------2p0-|-------------2p0-------------2---|
A|---------------------------------|-----------------2p0---------2---|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------3b4-(4)-0---|

Gtr II

e|------------:------------------:--------*|
B|------------:------------------:--------*|
G|-(1)--------:-(1)--------------:-(1)----*|
D|-(2)--------:-(2)--------------:-(2)----*|
A|-(2)--------:-(2)--------------:-(2)----*|
E|-(0)--------:-(0)--------------:-(0)----*|

|

| Gtr I

| >

| +W +H +E E E E W

e|------------:------------------:--------*|
B|------------:------------0h2-0h:==3-----*|
G|-(1)--------:-(1)----(1)-------:--------*|
D|-(2)--------:-(2)----(2)-------:--------*|
A|-(2)--------:-(2)----(2)-------:--------*|
E|-(0)--------:-(0)----(0)-------:--------*|

************************************

| x Dead note

| (n) Ghost note

| h Hammer-on

| p Pull-off

| b Bend

| pb Pre-bend

| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

************************************

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