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Walking Thru Barbed Wire

Papa Roach
TabTuningDrop D
★4.7(3)

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

Song

Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'lead'

Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'rythm'

Intro

Q=115

4/4

Gtr I

E +S E +S E S S S S Q 6x

||----------------------------||-|
||o--------------------------o||-|
||----------------------------||-|
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||-|
||o-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2--o||-|
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||-|

E +S E +S E S S S S Q 3x E +S E +S E S S S S Q

||---------------------------------||-------------------------------
||o-------------------------------o||-------------------------------
||----------------10-10-10-10-10---||---------------10-10-10-10-7---
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---||-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x-x---
||o-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8--o||-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8-5---
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------||-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------

Pre-Verse

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

|--------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|---------------------|-------------------|
|-3----------x-|-3-----x-x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-2---|
|-3----------x-|-3-----x-x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-2---|
|-3----------x-|-3-----x-x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-2---|

Verse

$

PM----|

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

||---------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|----------------|---------------------|------------------o||
||---------------|----------------|---------------------|-------------------||
||--3----------x-|-3-----x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-5---||
||o-3----------x-|-3-----x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-5--o||
||--3----------x-|-3-----x-3-x-2--|-3-------0-0-0-0---x-|-3-----x-3-(3)-5---||

Pre-Chorus

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

||------------------|----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------|
||------------------|----------------|
||--7--7--7---------|-5--5--5--------|
||o-7--7--7---------|-5--5--5--------|
||--7--7--7---------|-5--5--5-----7s=|

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

|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------------||
|-3--3--3---------|-3--3----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||
|-3--3--3---------|-3--3----5-5-5-5-5-5-5--o||
|-3--3--3---------|-3--3----5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

Chorus Bridge

D.S.

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

||----------------------------||-||----------------------------||
||o--------------------------o||-||o--------------------------o||
||----------------------------||-||----------------------------||
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||-||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||
||o-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2--o||-||o-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2--o||
||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||-||--7-(7)-7-(7)-7-3-3-3-3-2---||

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

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|-7--7--7---------|-9--9--9-----------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|-7--7--7---------|-9--9--9-----------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|-7--7--7---------|-9--9--9-----------|

Guitar Solo

Gtr I

H E Q E H S S S S Q

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x--------------x--x--x--x--x---|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------10-10-10-10-10\--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

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

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-10\--|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|

H H H E. E. E

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9S=============7S=============|=9-------------10---------9----7-|
|-xS=============xS=============|=x--------------x---------x----x-|
|-7S=============5S=============|=7--------------8---------7----5-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

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

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------10-10-10-10-10--|---------------10--10-10-10--9-7-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x---x--x--x--x-x-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8---8--8--8--7-5-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-------------------|

H E Q E W

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------------------------|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x-------------------------------|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-14-12-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-------------------|

H E Q E H S S S S E E

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------12-12-12-12-14-12-|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x--------------x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-14-12-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-------------------|

Out-Chorus

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

|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------10-10-10-10-10--|---------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-10\--|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|

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

|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------10-10-10-10-10--|---------------10-10-10-10-9-7-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x-x-x-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8-7-5-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------|

Gtr I

H E Q E H S S S S Q

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x--------------x--x--x--x--x---|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------10-10-10-10-10\--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

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

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-10\--|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|

H E Q E H S S S S E E

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------12-12-12-12-14-12-|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x--------------x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

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

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-14-12-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--x-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-12-10-|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-------------------|

H E Q E H S S S S Q

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-10--------------9s===10-------9-|-7-------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--x--------------xs====x-------x-|-x--------------x--x--x--x--x---|
|--8--------------7s====8-------7-|-5-------------10-10-10-10-10\--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

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

|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------10-10-10-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12-12---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x---|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8---|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-10-10-10-10-10\--|
|--7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7------------------|

H H H E. E. E

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-9S=============7S=============|=9-------------10---------9----7-|
|-xS=============xS=============|=x--------------x---------x----x-|
|-7S=============5S=============|=7--------------8---------7----5-|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

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

|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------10-10-10-10-10--|---------------10--10-10-10--9-7-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x--x--x--x--x--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--x---x--x--x--x-x-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8--8--8--8--8--|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7--8---8--8--8--7-5-|
|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-----------------|-7-(7)-7-(7)-7-------------------|

Outro

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

|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|
|-3--3--3---------|-5--5--5---------|

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

|-----------------|--------------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------------|--------*|
|-----------------|--------------------|--------*|
|-7--7--7---------|-5--5----3-3-3-3-2--|-(2)----*|
|-7--7--7---------|-5--5----3-3-3-3-2--|-(2)----*|
|-7--7--7---------|-5--5----3-3-3-3-2--|-(2)----*|

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

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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