Speed of Light

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Tab1

Bass1

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

Intro

Fast Rock Q=165

4/4

Gtr I

PM| PM| PM---

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

e||----------------------------|
B||o---------------------------|
G||----------------------------|
D||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
A||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
E||----------------------------|
  ---|    PM--------------------------|    PM|

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

e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-----9------7-7-----------------|-----9------9h10p9-7-9---|
A|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-7-7----7-7--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

1.,2.,3. 4.

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|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------o||--------------------------------------|
G|-7-------------------------------------||-7------------------------------------|
D|---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7---------||---10-9-7-10-9-7----9-7------7--------|
A|-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-o||-----------------10-----10-9---10-9-7-|
E|---------------------------------------||--------------------------------------|

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

e|--------------------------------------|-------------||
B|--------------------------------------|-------------||
G|--------------------------------------|-------------||
D|--------------------------------------|-------------||
A|-10-9-7----9-7------7-----------------|-------------||
E|--------10-----10-8---10-8-7-10-8-7-5-|-7--5--3--2--||

Verse

W +W W +H Q Q

e|----------|------------|----------|--------------|
B|----------|------------|----------|--------8-----|
G|----------|------------|----------|--------7-----|
D|----------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----5--7--|
A|-2--------|-(2)--------|-3--------|-(3)-------5--|
E|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------------|

W +W W +W

e|----------|------------|----------|--------||
B|----------|------------|----------|--------||
G|----------|------------|----------|--------||
D|-9--------|-(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
A|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
E|-0--------|-(0)--------|----------|--------||

Bridge

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

E 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|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
     PM------------------------|

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

e|-------------------------------|-----------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------|
D|-9-----------------------------|-9----7----|
a|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----|
E|-------------------------------|-----------|

W W W

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

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

e|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
B|-------------------15-17-19-------------------||
G|----------14-16-17----------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||

Verse 2

W +W W +H Q Q

e|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
B|----------|------------|-------------------|-----------8------|
G|----------|------------|-------------------|-----------7------|
D|-9--------|-(9)--------|-5-----------------|-(5)-------5---7--|
A|-7--------|-(7)--------|-3-----------------|-(3)-----------5--|
E|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|

| Gtr II

| W W H Q +Q Q Q Q Q

e|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
B|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
G|----------|------------|------14b16r=(14)--|-12---11--12--14--|
D|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
A|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|----------|------------|-------------------|------------------|

W +W W +W

e|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
B|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
G|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
D|--9--------|--(9)--------|-5--------|-(5)----||
A|--7--------|--(7)--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
E|--0--------|--(0)--------|----------|--------||

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

| W +W W W

e|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
B|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
G|-12--------|-(12)--------|----------|--------||
D|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
A|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||
E|-----------|-------------|----------|--------||

Bridge

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

E 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|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-7-----------------------------|-7-----------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
     PM------------------------|

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

e|-------------------------------|-----------|
B|-------------------------------|-----------|
G|-------------------------------|-----------|
D|-9-----------------------------|-9----7----|
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7----5----|
E|-------------------------------|-----------|

W W W

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

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

e|----------------------------15-17-19s20-------||
B|-------------------15-17-19-------------------||
G|----------14-16-17----------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------||

Chorus

PM| PM| PM---

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

e||----------------------------|
B||o---------------------------|
G||----------------------------|
D||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
A||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
E||----------------------------|
  ---|    PM-------------------|

S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q

e|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
B|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
G|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
D|-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---||
a|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
E|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|

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

e|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------|
B|----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------|
G|----------14-16-17-------------------------------17-16-14----------|
D|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E H

e|--------------||
B|--------------||
G|-------9------||
D|---9---9------||
A|---9---7------||
E|---7----------||

Solo part 1

Gtr I

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

e||------------------------------------------------|
B||o---------10-12-10---------13-12-10-12-10-------|
G||--9-11-12----------12-11-9----------------12-11-|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||o-----------------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------------------|

| Gtr II

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

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

e||------------------------------------------------|
B||o-----------------------------------------------|
G||------------------------------------------------|
D||------------------------------------------------|
A||o-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
E||------------------------------------------------|

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

e|----------10-12-10----------13-12-10-12-10--------|
B|-10-12-13----------13-12-10----------------13-12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

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

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

e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--|

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

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------12-14-12----------16-14-12-14-12-------|
D|-12-14-16----------16-14-12----------------16-14-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

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

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

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5-|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

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

e|----------------10-------10-11-12s14-15--------||
B|-------10-12-13----12-13----------------------o||
G|-11-12-----------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------o||
E|-----------------------------------------------||

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

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

e|-----------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------o||
G|-----------------------------------------------||
D|-----------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------o||
E|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--||
    |--------5--------|  |--------5--------|

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

e|-------------------------------------------------14-15-17-------||
B|-----------------------------------15---17-15-17----------------||
G|---------14---16---17-14-16---17--------------------------------||
D|-16-17----------------------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------------------------------||

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

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

e|----------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------||
G|----------------------------------------------------------------||
D|----------------------------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--7----7----7----7-----7----7----7----7-----7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-||

Solo part 2

TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

e|-----------------|-------------19--|
B|-------------17--|-16--19--17------|
G|-----18----------|-----------------|
D|---------18------|-----------------|
A|-16--------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

| W H H

e|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|--6--------------|-----------------|
D|--6--------------|--7-------9------|
A|--4--------------|--7-------9------|
E|-----------------|--5-------7------|

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

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

|-16----16pb17r(16)--16pb17r(16)-|-14-16-14----------------|
|--------------------------------|----------17-16-14-16----|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

| W H H

e|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--6-----------------------------|--9----------------------|
D|--6-----------------------------|--9-----------------9----|
A|--4-----------------------------|--7-----------------9----|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------7----|

S S S S T S T T S T S S T T T T T T S S S

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------19h21h22p21p19----------------------------------------|
G|-18h20h21----------------21p20s17h18h20p18p17p16h17p16-------16h|
D|-------------------------------------------------------18h19----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

| W

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

T S T T S T S S S S T T S S +S S S S S

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-17h18p16h18p16h18p17p16-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------19p18h19p18p16------------16h18h19p=|
A|----------------------------------------18-(18)-19-----------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

| H H

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-----------------------------9----------------------------|
A|--7-----------------------------9----------------------------|
E|--5-----------------------------7----------------------------|

T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------16-------16h18h20p18h20-|
D|-18h19p18h19p18p16----------16h18h19----18h19----------------|
A|-------------------19p18h19----------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

| W

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--6----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--6----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S T T T T T T T T

e|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-17h19h21p19p17-------------17h19h21p19p17----------17h19h21-||
G|----------------20p18-18h20----------------20p18h20----------||
D|-------------------------------------------------------------||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------||

| H H

e|-------------------------------------------------------------||
B|-------------------------------------------------------------||
G|-------------------------------------------------------------||
D|--2-----------------------9----------------------------------||
A|--2-----------------------9----------------------------------||
E|--0-----------------------7----------------------------------||

Solo part 3

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

e|-19----------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|

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

| PM| PM| PM----

| S S Q S S E E E S S

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------16----------------16----14----16----------|
D|--x--x--------------x--x--------------------x--x-|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
     PM----------|   PM--|  PM--------------|     PM------------------------------|

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

e|-(19)------------(19)\----------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|---8--8--8-8-8-8---8---8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|

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

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

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

B|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--------16---------------16---14---16-------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|
A|---x--x------------x---x----------------x-x-|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|
E|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
       PM---------------------------------|

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

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

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

| H H

e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-14---------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------16---------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
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 S S

e|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--12--12-12-12-|-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8--8-8--8-8-8-8-|

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

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

e|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------[17]----------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------16----------------16----14------------------|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|
D|--x--x--------------x--x---------------------------|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|
A|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H H H H

e|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
B|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
G|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
D|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
A|-------------------------------------|--9--------9----|-----9--------9----||
E|-9-9--9-9-9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9-|--7--------7----|-----7--------7----||

| PM| PM| PM| ~~

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

e|-------------------------------------|----------------|----------17s19----||
B|-------------------------------------|----------------|-17s19-------------||
G|-----16-----------16---14---16-------|-------18s20----|-------------------||
D|-x-x----------x-x----------------x-x-|-16-------------|-------------------||
A|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||
E|-------------------------------------|----------------|-------------------||

Solo part 4

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

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|-19-17-15----15-19-15-------------15-------------------------15-17-15----|
B|----------19----------19-17-17-19----19-17-15-17-19-17----17----------19-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------19----------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    |--------6--------|  |--------6--------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

S S S T T S S S T S T S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17-19-20-19p17----17-15-17s19-19s17-17-------------19-19-------17-19-20-19-17----|
G|----------------19----------------------19-17-16-17-------19-18-------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|

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

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----17-19-17-------------17-17-------------------------------------------|
|-19----------19-17-17-19-------19-17-16-16-16-17s19-17-16-18-19-17-16-17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S S S T T S

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17-19-17----------17------------------------------------------|
G|----------19-17-19----19-17-16-17-19-17-16----16-17-16---------|
D|-------------------------------------------19----------19-16---|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H H H H

e|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
B|-12--10----------|-12--10----------|-12----10----|-------------||
G|---------12--11--|---------12--11--|-------------|-12----11----||
D|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
A|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||
E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|-------------||

Out-Chorus

PM| PM| PM---

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

e||----------------------------|
B||o---------------------------|
G||----------------------------|
D||------9------9h10p9-7-9-----|
A||o-7-7----7-7------------7-7-|
E||----------------------------|
  ---|    PM-------------------|

S S Q S S S S S S S S S S W Q Q Q Q 4x

e|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
B|--------------------------------|----------|-------------o||
G|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||
D|-----9------7-7-----------------|-5--------|----------1---||
A|-7-7----7-7-----10-10-9-9-10-10-|-3--------|-0--3--2-----o||
E|--------------------------------|----------|--------------||

Q Q Q Q H H H H

e|-------------|-----------|-----------|
B|-------------|-----------|-----------|
G|-------------|-----------|-----------|
D|----------1--|-----------|------1----|
A|-0--3--2-----|-0----3----|-2---------|
E|-------------|-----------|-----------|

TP TP TP TP

W W W W

e|----------|----------|----------|----------|
B|----------|----------|----------|----------|
G|----------|----------|----------|----------|
D|-9--------|-9--------|-9--------|-9--------|
A|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|-7--------|
E|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|-0--------|

W +W +W +W

e|----------|------------|------------|--------|
B|----------|------------|------------|--------|
G|----------|------------|------------|--------|
D|-9--------|-(9)--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
A|-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
E|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|

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

e|-------------------------------15-17-15----------------------------|
B|----------------------15-17-19----------19-17-15-------------------|
G|----------14-16-17-19----------------------------17-16-14----------|
D|-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------17-16-14-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E E E E H

e|--------------*|
B|--------------*|
G|-------9------*|
D|---9---9------*|
A|---9---7------*|
E|---7----------*|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

- 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

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