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Criminally Insane

Slayer
TabTuningHalf-Step Down
★4.2(6)

4 versions

Tab3

Bass1

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

Song

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CRIMINALLY INSANE

As recorded by Slayer

(From the 1986 Album REIGN IN BLOOD)

Transcribed by Fenian

Words and Music by Jeff Hanneman & Kerry King

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'

Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'

Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Q=108

4/4

Gtr I

Wx5

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

Gtrs I, II

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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

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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|-4-------5-------3-------5-------|-3-------5-------3-------5-------|
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
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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

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|-4-------6-------4-------6-------|-3-------5-------3-------5-------|
|---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
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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

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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
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|-4-------6-------4-------6-------|-3-------5-------3-------5-------|
|---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-|
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S S S S S S S S S S E Q

|----------------------------||
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|----------------------------||
|----------------------------||
|-3-------5-------3----------||
|---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-x/-x\--||
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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

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|-2-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|-2-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|
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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 S S E

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|-2-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|-2-------3-------3-5---5-6---||
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3---3-4---||

Q=216

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

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-||

Verse

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

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E E S S E

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

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E E S S E

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|

3/4 4/4

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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 S S

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|-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
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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 S S S S S S 3x

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

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Verse

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

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E E S S E

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|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|

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

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
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E S S S S E E S S S S E E E S S E E E S S E

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|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|

3/4 2/4

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

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|-2-3--5-(5)-5----|-(5)------|-5------||
|-0-1--3-(3)-3----|-(3)------|-3------||

Guitar Solo

4/4

Gtr III

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

|----3----|

Q. E +Q E E E

|-17--------------17-------(17)--------16---19p==16---|
|-20b22-----------20b22====(20)r----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtrs I, II

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

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

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|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--1----1-1-1-1-1--1-----1---0---0-0-0--0-0----0----0-|

~~~~~

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

|----16-19p16-19---(19)b21==(19)r-19b21-----19p16-|
|-19----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

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|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----5--------------------5----6--------------|
|--1-----3-----0-0---0--------3----4----0-0--0----|
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S S S S S S S S E E S S E

|-19-16-------16-------------------------------|
|-------19-16----16-19-16-19---16--------------|
|--------------------------------------16s15---|
|-----------------------------------18---------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

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|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-0-|

~~

S S S S S S S S Q +Q

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|----------------------------------------|
|-14-17-16-15-14-------------------------|
|----------------17-16-15-14---(14)\-----|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--3-----5-----------------5-6-----------|
|--1-----3-----0--0--0-----3-4---0---0-0-|
         |---3---|

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------12-14p12h14---|
|-------10h11h==12-12h13h14---12h13h14---------------|
|-10h12----------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--1--1--1----1-----1--1--1-1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|

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

|-------------------------------------------------|
|----12----------------------------------------12-|

|-12----12-14---[14]b17==([14])r==([14])-12-14----|

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

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--3--5---------------------5---6-----------------|
|--1--3-----0-0---0---------3---4----0----0--0----|

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

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

|----------------12-13p12-15-13p12----12--------------------|
|-13-12-15p12-15-------------------15----15---13-12h13p==12-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
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|

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

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

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|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
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|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0----0-----0----0----|

E S S S S S S +E E Q

|-------------------------------------|
|----12----12-------------------------|
|-14----14----14p12s11-(11)-x\-x/-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--3--5------------------5--6---------|
|--1--3-----0--0--0------3--4--0--0-0-|

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

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

|--------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------14h15p==14-|
|-6-7-7-6-6s7-9-7S12---13h16p==13-13h14------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--0-0--0----0-----0--0--0----0----|
   |--3--|        |---3---|

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

|---------------------------------------------23-23---(23)b26===|
|-15h18p15-15s16h19p16------16-19s22-22-19-19-------------------|
|------------------------19-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

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|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--------5-------------------------5-----6-------------------|
|--1--------3-----0----0-----0--------3-----4-----0-0---0-------|

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

|-(23)r==========(23)-23b25==(23)r(23)-----20-23-20----|

|---------------------------------------------------23-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|------------------------------------------------------|
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|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|---1--1-1-1-1-1---1---1-------0----0--0-0--0--0--0--0-|

~~~~~~~~~

S S S S +E +E +H

|-------------------------------------------|
|-19-23-19-23b26==(23)---(23)-(23)r---------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E S S E E E S S E

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--3-----5----------------------5---6-------|
|--1-----3----------0--0---0----3---4-0-0-0-|

3/4

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

|-20p18-17-18-18-17-15-17-15-15-------|
|-------------------------------18-17-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--0-----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|

4/4

|----3----|

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|-18-17-15-15-13-12-13-12-12-------------------------|
|----------------------------14-12-11-14---12---11---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--4-4----4----4-|

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

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

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

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-9s6-----------------------------------|
|---------------5---7---5---------------|
|-------7---8---------------8---7-8-7-5-|
|---------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|---------------------------------------|
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|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-1-1-1-1---1---1-1-1---1---1-1-1-1-1-|
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  |---3---|   |---3---|

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

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------2-2--|
|------------------------------------------|
|-7---5-------5----------------------------|
|---------7-------7---5---4-5-4-5-4--------|

|

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

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

|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-2-2---2---2-2-2---2---2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|

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

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

|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-3-4---5---4-4-4-4-4-4-7-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-8-7-7-5-8-7-7-9---8---7---8---8---8----|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|

|

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

| 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 S S S S S S

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

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

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-8-11-11-10-9---10---10---13-13-12-11-12---12---12---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

|-----------------------------------------------------|
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|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-0-----1--1-1-1----1----1--1--1--1--1--1-1----1----1-|
               |----3----|                |----3----|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-13-16-16-13-16---16---15---17-17-15-17-15---17---17---||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------||

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

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

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|--2--2--2--2--2-2----2----2--3--3--3--3--4-4----4----4-||

Interlude

Q=108

\0.5____________\1.5

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17s21b23===(21)-21r(21)----|-(21)-------(21)-(21)---x\--|
|----------------------------|------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------|------------------------x\--|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|

|

| W +W

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

\1____________\3.5___________\6

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

W +H +Q +Q

|-------------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------------||
|--8----------|-(8)-------(8)--(8)--||
|-------------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------------||
|-------------|---------------------||

|

| +W +W

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

Gtrs I, II

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

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

Gtr I

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

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

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

|

| Gtr II

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

| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x

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

Verse

Gtrs I, II

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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-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|-2-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|
  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-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|-2-------3-------3-5-----5-6-----|
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3-0-0-3-4-0-0-|
  PM----------------|   PM|

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

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-2-------3-------3-5---5-6---||
|-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-1-3---3-4---||

Outro

Q=216

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

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

|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|
 ---------------------------------------------|

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

|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|

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

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

|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5-------5-6-------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3-0-0-0-3-4-0-0-0-|
 -----------------------|

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

|-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-------------------------|-----------------*|
|-2-----------3-----------|-3-5----5-6------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-3----3-4------*|

Duration Legend

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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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