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Song
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EMOTIONAL TIMES
As recorded by Taproot
(From the 2003 Album GIFT)
Transcribed by Michael Bugter
Words and Music by Taproot
Gtr I (A D G C E A) - 'Clean'
Gtr II (A D G C E A) - 'Distortion'
Intro
Q=105
E5 G5/C A5 C5
3/4
Gtr I
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
Verse 1
F#5 F5 E5 G5/C
Gtr II Gtr I
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
Chorus
A5 C5 E5 G5/C
Gtr II
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S 4x S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
Verse 2
F#5 F5 E5 G5/C
Gtr I
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------||------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
Chorus 2
A5 C5 E5 G5/C
Gtr II
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S 4x S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
F#5 F5 E5 G5/C
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|------------------|
F#5 E F# G E5 F#5 G5
Gtr II
S E E S E E S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S 4x
|-----------------||------------------------||-||------------------------|| |-----------------||o----------------------o||-||o----------------------o|| |-----------------||------------------------||-||------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||------------------------||-||--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5--|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||o----------------------o||-||o-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5-o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-/3--||-||--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-/3--||
Bridge
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||--------------------------| ||--------------------------| ||o-------------------------| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Em7
S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S E E S
|--------------------------||-||----------------------| |-------------------------o||-||o---------------------| |-------------7-7-7--------||-||--------------7-7-7-7-| |-------5-5-5-------5-5-5--||-||--------------5-5-5-5-| |-7-7-7-------------------o||-||o-------------7-7-7-7-| |--------------------------||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Em7 E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E S 3x
|--------------------------||-||----------------------|-----------------------|| |-------------------------o||-||o---------------------|----------------------o|| |--------------------------||-||--------------7-7-7-7-|-------------9-9-9-9---|| |--------------------------||-||--------------5-5-5-5-|-------------9-9-9-9---|| |-------------------------o||-||o-------------7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7--o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
Em7 E5
Gtr II
S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E S
|---------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------------| |-------------7-7-7-7-|-------------9-9-9-9-| |-------------5-5-5-5-|-------------9-9-9-9-| |-------------7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
F#5 F5
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
||------------------|--------------------|| ||o-----------------|-------------------o|| ||------------------|--------------------|| ||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|| ||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----||
Chorus 3
E5 G5/C F#5 F5
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------|------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
E5 G5/C
S E E S E E S S S E E S E E S S
|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|
F#5
S E E S E E S S S E E S S S S S S S
|-----------------||-------------------------|| |-----------------||o-----------------------o|| |-----------------||-------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||-------------------------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-||o-----------------------o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-/3---||
Outro
E5 F#5 G5 E5 F#5 G5 G5 G5
S E E S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S 4x +H. +H.
||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------|--------*| ||o----------------------|----------------------o||----------|--------*| ||-----------------------|-----------------------||----------|--------*| ||--2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5--||-(5)------|-(5)----*| ||o-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5-|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-/5-o||-(5)------|-(5)----*| ||--0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-/3-|-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-/3--||-(3)------|-(3)----*|
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
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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
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| - 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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