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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.

Clean Intro

Freely Q=103

D Em D Em F#m Em

4/4

Gtr I

E a H.. +Q H Q E a H.. +W E a H..

|-----------------:--------------:-----------------:------------:--------------:
|-----------------:--------------:-----------------:------------:--------------:
|-----------------:--------------:-----------------:------------:--------------:
|-4-(4)S5---------:-(5)----------:-4-(4)S5---------:-(5)--------:-7-(7)S5------:
|-5-(5)S7---------:-(7)----------:-5-(5)S7---------:-(7)--------:-9-(9)S7------:
|-----------------:--------------:-----------------:------------:--------------:

Em D Em F#Em

+W

|------------:----------:---------:----------:----:
|------------:----------:---------:----------:----:
|------------:----------:---------:----------:----:
|-(5)--------:----------:---------:----------:----:
|-(7)--------:----------:---------:----------:----:
|------------:----------:---------:----------:----:

Slightly Faster Q=108

D Em Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E a H.. +W

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||--4-(4)S5-----------------|-(5)----------------------|
||o-5-(5)S7-----------------|-(7)----------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

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

||--------------------------|--------------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------------|
||------------9--------9----|-------9--------------<5>-|
||--------9-----9---10---10-|-----8---8----<5>-<5>-----|
||o-7-------------7---------|--7--------7\-------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------------|

F#m Em Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E a H.. +W

|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-7-(7)S5-----------------|-(5)------------------------||
|-9-(9)S7-----------------|-(7)-----------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||

|

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

|-------------------------|----------------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-----------9--------9----|-------9--------------<5>---||
|-------9-----9---10---10-|-----8---8----<5>-<5>-------||
|-7-------------7---------|--7--------7\--------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------------||

Heavy Intro

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

Gtr III

E H.. +W

||----------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------------|-------------------------------|
||--0-2-----------------|-(2)---------------------------|
||o-0-2-----------------|-(2)---------------------------|
||--0-2-----------------|-(2)---------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

||----------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\-------------|
||----------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>-|
||--0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-----|
||o-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|
||--0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +W

|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------------------------||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)----------------------------o||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------------------------||

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\--------------o||
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>---||
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-------||
|-0-2-----------------|--------------------------------o||
|-0-2-----------------|---------------------------------||

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +H +E E E E

||----------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------------|---------------------------<5>-|
||--0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>-----|
||o-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|
||--0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

||----------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\-------------|
||----------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>-|
||--0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-----|
||o-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|
||--0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +H +E E E E

|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------------o||
|---------------------|---------------------------<5>---||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>-------||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)--------------o||
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)---------------||

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\--------------o||
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>---||
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-------||
|-0-2-----------------|--------------------------------o||
|-0-2-----------------|---------------------------------||

N.C.(E5)

Gtrs III, V

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

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

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

|

| W +W

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-<5>---------------------------|-(<5>)---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 -------------------------------|

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

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

|

| >

| +Q. E H

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-(<5>)---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

N.C.(E5)

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

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

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

|

| W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
 ---------------------------------|

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

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

|

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

|-------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5b6-5-5-5-5-5---|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-x---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2b3-2-2-2-2-2---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

N.C.(E5)

4/4

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

S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E H

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

|

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E H

|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-5s17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17\--------||
|-x-----x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x--x--x--x--x--x---------||
|-2s14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14\--------||
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------|---------------------------||

Pre Verse

N.C.

Gtrs III, IV

PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| 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 Q

||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2p0-----------------------------|-2p0---------------------------|
||o-------------5p3-----------------|-------------5p3---------[3]---|
||------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-------|
      PM----|     PM----|     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

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------7-7-4-4--||
|-2p0-----------------------------|-3-3-3-------6-6-6-3-3-3----------||
|-------------5p3-----------------|-------5-5-5---------------------o||
|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|----------------------------------||

Verses I & II

$

N.C.

PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| 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 Q

||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||--2p0-----------------------------|-2p0---------------------------|
||o-------------5p3-----------------|-------------5p3---------[3]---|
||------2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-------|
      PM----|     PM----|     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

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------7-7-4-4--||
|-2p0-----------------------------|-3-3-3-------6-6-6-3-3-3----------||
|-------------5p3-----------------|-------5-5-5---------------------o||
|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|----------------------------------||

E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5

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

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

|-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-|

|-14-12-12-(12)-12-14-12-12-(12)-12-14-12-12-|

|-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-|

D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5

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

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

|-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-|

|-12-10-10-(10)-10-12-10-10-(10)-10-12-10-10-|

|-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-|

N.C.

PM----| PM----| PM| PM----| 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 Q

|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2p0-----------------------------|-2p0--------------------------|
|-------------5p3-----------------|-------------5p3---------[3]--|
|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2------|
      PM----|     PM----|     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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------7-7-4-4-|
|-2p0-----------------------------|-3-3-3-------6-6-6-3-3-3---------|
|-------------5p3-----------------|-------5-5-5---------------------|
|-----2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-5p2-2-2-|---------------------------------|

E5 D5 E5 D5 E5 D5

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

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

|-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-|

|-14-12-12-(12)-12-14-12-12-(12)-12-14-12-12-|

|-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-(12)-12-14p12-12-|

To Coda

D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5

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

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

|-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-|

|-12-10-10-(10)-10-12-10-10-(10)-10-12-10-10-|

|-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-(10)-10-12p10-10-|

Chorus I

D5E5 F5E5 D5E5 F5

Gtr III

<

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

E H.. E H.. E H.. E E E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr IV

| <

| PM PM----|

| E H.. E H.. E H.. E E E E E E E E

|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-----------------|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-<5>-<4>-<3>-<2>-|

D5E5 F5E5 D5E5 F5E5

Gtrs III, IV

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

||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||------<5>-------<5>---|-----<5>-------<5>---|
||--0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|
||o-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|
||--0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|

D5E5 F5E5 (Bb5(G5)(G#5(F5)

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

|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------o||
|-----<5>-------<5>---|-------------------||
|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-2s8-8S5-5s6-6-3---||
|-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|-2---x-x-x---x-x--o||
|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-2s8-8S5-5s6-6-3---||

Out Chorus

N.C.(E5)

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

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

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

D.S. al Coda

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

S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E H

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

Chorus II

&

D5E5 F5E5 D5E5 F5

Gtr III

<

PM PM------|

E H.. E H.. E H.. E E E E E E E a E

|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------[7]b9-[7]b9==([7])r[7]b9-|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|
|-0-2---------|-3-2---------|-0-2---------|-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| <

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

| E H.. E H.. E H.. E E E E E E E E

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

D5E5 F5E5 D5E5 F5E5

Gtrs III, IV

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

||----------------------|---------------------|
||o---------------------|---------------------|
||------<5>-------<5>---|-----<5>-------<5>---|
||--0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|
||o-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|
||--0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|

D5E5 F5E5 (Bb5(G5)(G#5(F5)

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

|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|------------------o||
|-----<5>-------<5>---|-------------------||
|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-2s8-8S5-5s6-6-3---||
|-0-2-----2-3-2-----2-|-2---x-x-x---x-x--o||
|-0h2-----2-3p2-----2-|-2s8-8S5-5s6-6-3---||

Breakdown

D5

Gtr III

\5_________________|

PM|

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

|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|--------------|------------------|-(5)----------|-(5)----------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--7b9---------|-(7)----------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|-0----(0)-----|-(0)------(0)-0-0-|--------------|--------------------------||

|

| Gtr IV

| TP

| W +W +H H e e e e e e e e

|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|--------------|------------------|--------------|--------------------------||
|-0------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----xs===|==x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-||
|-0------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----xs===|==x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-||
|-0------------|-(0)--------------|-(0)-----xs===|==x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-x\-||

Bridge

D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 AbF5Gb5EbGbF5

Gtrs III, IV

|-3-| |-3-|

H e E E E H e E E E H e E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-0----1-------!x-|-0----1-------!x-|-0----1-------!x-|-6-3-4\-1-4-3--|
|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-6-3-4\-1-4-3--|
|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-0----1---(x)-!x-|-6-3-4\-1-4-3--|

D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 D5 Eb5 AbF5GbEbGbF5

PM--------|

|-3-| |-3-|

H e E E E H e E E E H e E E E Q Q q Q Q q

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|-0----1-------x-|-0----1-------x-|-0----1-------x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|
|-0----1---(x)-x-|-0----1---(x)-x-|-0----1---(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|
|-0----1---(x)-x-|-0----1---(x)-x-|-0----1---(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|

N.C.(D5) (F5) (Gb5)

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

T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E

||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|

(D5) AbF5Gb5EbGbF5

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

|-3-| |-3-|

T T S E T T S E T T S E T T S E Q Q Q Q Q Q

|---------------------------------|---------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------||
|---------------------------------|-6-3-4\-1-4-3--||
|---------------------------------|-6-3-4\-1-4-3-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-6-3-4\-1-4-3--||

D5 (Eb5) D5 (Eb5) D5 (Eb5) AbF5GbEbGbF5

Gtrs III, IV

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

|-3-| |-3-|

H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E Q Q q Q Q q

|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------|
|------8\--------|------8\--------|------8\--------|--------------|
|-0----x-------x-|-0----x-------x-|-0----x-------x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|
|-0----6\--(x)-x-|-0----6\--(x)-x-|-0----6\--(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|
|-0--------(x)-x-|-0--------(x)-x-|-0--------(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--|

D5 (F) D5 (F) D5 (F) AbF5GbEbGbF5

Gtr III

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

|-3-| |-3-|

H Q E E H Q E E H Q E E Q Q q Q Q q

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|------10\--------|------10\--------|------10\--------|--------------||
|-0-----x-------x-|-0-----x-------x-|-0-----x-------x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||
|-0-----8\--(x)-x-|-0-----8\--(x)-x-|-0-----8\--(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||
|-0---------(x)-x-|-0---------(x)-x-|-0---------(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||

|

| Gtr IV

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

| |-3-| |-3-|

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-------8\--------|-------8\--------|-------8\--------|--------------||
|-0-----x-------x-|-0-----x-------x-|-0-----x-------x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||
|-0-----6\--(x)-x-|-0-----6\--(x)-x-|-0-----6\--(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||
|-0---------(x)-x-|-0---------(x)-x-|-0---------(x)-x-|-6-3-4-1-4-3--||

Double-Time Feel Q=105

E5

W +W +H.. +S S

|----------|---------------|------------------|
|----------|---------------|------------------|
|----------|---------------|----------------7s|
|-2--------|-(2)-----------|-(2)--------(2)-x-|
|-2--------|-(2)-----------|-(2)--------(2)-5s|
|-2--------|-(2)-----------|-(2)--------(2)---|

|

| W +H. Q +H.. +S S

|----------|-----------0---|-(0)--------------|
|----------|-----------0---|-(0)--------------|
|----------|----------(0)--|-(0)------------7s|
|-2--------|-(2)------(2)--|-(2)--------(2)---|
|-2--------|-(2)------(2)--|-(2)--------(2)-5s|
|-2--------|-(2)------(2)--|-(2)--------(2)---|

(Em) (D) (C5) (Bm7)

Q. +S S Q. +S S Q. +S S H

|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-9----(9)-9s11----(11)-11s|=12----(12)-12s14----||
|----------x-------------x-|-------------x-------||
|-7----(7)-7s=9-----(9)--9s|=10----(10)-10s12----||
|--------------------------|---------------------||

|

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

|--------------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-9----(9)-9s=7-----(7)--7s|==5-----(5)--5s=4----||
|--------------------------|---------------------||
|-7----(7)-7s=5-----(5)--5s|==3-----(3)--3s=2----||
|--------------------------|---------------------||

Iron Maiden/Swedish Riff

E5

S S E H. W

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

|

| PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~ PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~

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

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

A5 C5

TP

W H. Q

|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|-10------------------------x\-------|
|-7-------------------------------|-10------------------------x\-------|
|-7-------------------------------|-10------------------------x\-------|

|

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

|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------5-3-----3--------|
|-----------------4---2-----------|-----------------------5p4----5-4p2-|
|-----5-----4-------------5---4p0-|-------5-----4----------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0-----|--3--3---3-3---3-3------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|

N.C.(E5)

Gtrs III, IV

PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~ PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~

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

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

(A5) (C5)

PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| 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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------5-3-----3-------|
|-----------------4---2-----------|---------------------5p4---5-4p2-|
|-----5-----4-------------5---4p0-|-----5-----4---------------------|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0-----|-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

N.C.(E5)

Gtrs III, IV

PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~ PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM~

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

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

(A5) (C5)

Gtr III

PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| 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

|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------5-3-----3-------o||
|-----------------4---2-----------|---------------------5p4---5-4p2--||
|-----5-----4-------------5---4p0-|-----5-----4----------------------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0-----|-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||

|

| Gtr IV

| PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM PM| PM| 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

|---------------------------------|-----------------3-2p0---2p0------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------3-----3p1-o||
|-----------------4---2-----------|----------------------------------||
|-----5-----4-------------5---4p0-|-----5-----4----------------------||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0---0-----|-3-3---3-3---3-3-----------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||

N.C.

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

|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||
|-5-4-2p0-4-2-----2p0-------------||
|-------------5-4-----4-2-5-4-2p0-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||

|

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

|---------------------------------||
|-5-3-----3-----------------------||
|-----5p4---5-4p2-5-4-2p0-4-2-----||
|-----------------------------5-4-||
|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------||

Blastbeat Riff

D5E5 D5E5

4/4

Gtrs III, IV

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

S E S T T T T T T T T S E S T T T T T T T T

||--------------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------|
||--0h2---------------------0h2---------------------|
||o-0-2-(0)-----------------0-2-(0)-----------------|
||--0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

D5E5 Bb5 Eb5

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

|-3-| |-3-|

S E S T T T T T T S E E E E E E 3x

|------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------o||
|-----------------------3-3-3--------||
|-0h2-------------------3-3-3-1-1-1--||
|-0-2-(0)---------------1-1-1-1-1-1-o||
|-0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------1-1-1--||

D5E5 D5E5

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

S E S T T T T T T T T S E S T T T T T T T T

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-0h2---------------------0h2---------------------|
|-0-2-(0)-----------------0-2-(0)-----------------|
|-0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

D5E5 Bb5

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

|-3-|

S E S T T T T T T S Q Q Q

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------3-3-3-|
|-0h2-------------------3-3-3-|
|-0-2-(0)---------------1-1-1-|
|-0h2--0--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------|

H.=H Slower (Half-Time Feel) Q=102

Eb5 D5 E5 D5 E5

2/4 4/4

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

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

|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||o----------------------------------------|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|-1-1-(1)--||-----------------------------------------|
|-1-1--1---||o--0--2b3r==0-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|
|-1-1--1---||---0--2b3r==0-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-|

|

| Gtr V

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

|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||o----18-------18----18----18----18----18-|
|----------||--21-------21----21----21----21----21----|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|
|----------||o----------------------------------------|
|----------||-----------------------------------------|

D5 E5 D5 E5

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

E Q E S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----2b3r==========0-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|--0-----2b3r==========0-----2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|

|

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----18------18----18----18----18----18----18----18--|
|-21----21------21----21----21----21----21----21-----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
                          PM----------------------------------------------------|

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

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

|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------|---3-----3-----3----------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|---3-----3-----3-----1-----1----(1)---||
|--0-----2b3r=======0-----2--2-2--2---2--2--2-2-|---1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1---o||
|--0-----2b3r=======0-----2--2-2--2---2--2--2-2-|---------------------1-----1-----1----||

|

| \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/

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

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

|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|----18------18-------18---------18-[18]---18---|-[18]--[18]--[18]--------------------o||
|-21----21------21-------21---------------------|-------------------[18]--[18]--[18]---||
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

Outro

Slower Q=98

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

Gtr III

E H.. +H +E E E E

|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------<5>--|
|---2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>------|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)--------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)--------------|

|

| Gtr IV

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\--------------|
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>--|
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>------|
|-0-2-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-0-2-----------------|--------------------------------|

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +H +E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------<5>-|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\-------------|
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>-|
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +H +E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------<5>-|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\-------------|
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>-|
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|

D5E5 Em6 Eb5 N.C.

E H.. +H +E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------<5>-|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-(2)-----------(2)-------------|

|

| E Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------x/-13-13-13-|-13--\11-11-11-11\-------------|
|---------x/--x--x--x-|--x----x--x--x--x----------<5>-|
|-0-2-----x/-10-10-10-|-10---\8--8--8--8\-<5>-<5>-----|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-2-----------------|-------------------------------|

>

+W +W

|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|
|-(<5>)--------|-(<5>)----*|
|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|

|

| >

| +W +W

|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|
|-(<5>)--------|-(<5>)----*|
|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|
|--------------|----------*|

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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

| (n) Ghost note

| \ Slide down

| x Dead note

| PM Palm mute

| > Accented note

| b Bend

| p Pull-off

| [n] Artificial harmonic (Pinch harmonic)

| ~ Vibrato

| h Hammer-on

| tp Tremolo picking

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

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