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Song
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S M A S H I N G P U M P K I N S
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R O C K E T
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SIAMESE DREAM
(c) Virgin Records (1993)
http://www.smashingpumpkins.com/
Standard Tuning
E A D G B E
Tempo = 86 BPM
Time Signature = 4/4
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Transcribed by
PADDY MCMULLAN
pmtabs (@t) gmail [dot] com
Version 1.1
9th January 2012
(Corrections Outlined at Bottom of Tab)
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Tablature Symbols Used:
p - Pull-Off
h - Hammer-On
14b16 - Bend Note
16r14 - Release Bend
~~ - Vibrato
(/) - Legato Slide (Blank space indicates length of slide)
\ - Slide Down to/Down From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
/ - Slide Up To/Up From (Blank space indicates length of slide)
( ) - Ghost Note/Tied Note/Implied Note
REST - Rest and sustain rest for duration of blank space
x\x\x - Pick Scrapes
v - Up Stroke/Strum Up (From high to low strings)
^ - Down Stroke/Strum down (From low to high strings)
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Part 1: Guitars 1 & 2 w/ Distortion [ Time 00:00 - 00:56 ]
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Guitar 2 joins in after the first repeat
|____________________________[1,2,3]
||------------------------5------| | ||--------3-----5p3---3-------3--| | ||-----0-----0------0---0---0----|*| ||--5----------------------------|*| x 4 ||-------------------------------| | ||-------------------------------| |
|_____________________________[4]
|------------------------------|| |--------3-----------5p3---3---|| |-----0-----0--5p0-------0---0-|| |--5---------------5-----------|| |------------------------------|| |------------------------------|| ||------------------------5-----|------------------------5-----| ||--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3-------3-| ||-----0-----0------0---0---0---|-----0-----0------0---0---0---| ||--5---------------------------|--5---------------------------| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| ||------------------------------|------------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------------|| |--------3-----1----1--1--|-(1)-1--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----|| |-----0-----0--2----0--0--|-(0)-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|| |--5-----------3----0--2--|-(2)-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|| x 1 |--------------0-------3--|-(3)-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-|| |-------------------------|-------------------------------||
^ v ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
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Part 2: Guitars 1, 2 & 3 [ Time 00:56 - 01:18 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------| | ||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-| | ||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|*| ||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-|*| x 4 ||--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-| | ||--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1--1-1-------------| |
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
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Guitar 3: w/ Distortion
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* Let notes ring wherever possible *
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| ||-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------| ||--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------9------------| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |--------3----3----------10-----10-|-----------13-----13---------10p8----8-|| |-----0--------------11------------|-------14-----------------0------------|| |--5--------5---/12----------12----|--/15----------15----\10----------10---|| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
Note the slight variation in the fourth bar
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Part 3: Guitars 1, 2 & 4 [ Time 01:18 - 02:12 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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Repeat Part 1 twice; Guitar 1 replaces the last bar with the following:
|-----------------------------|| |--------3-----5p3---3--------|| |-----0-----0------0----------|| |--5--------------------------|| |----------------------10\ --|| |----------------------10\ --||
Both guitars continue:
||--------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------------| ||--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-| ||--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| ||--------------------------|--------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
|------------------------5-----|-----------------------------| |--------3-----5p3---3-------3-|--------3-----5p3---3--------| |-----0-----0------0---0---0---|-----0-----0------0----------| |--5---------------------------|--5--------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------10\ --| |------------------------------|----------------------10\ --| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------------| |--0-----0-----0-----0-----|--0------0------0-0-----0-0-0-0-| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|--3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |--------------------------|--------------------------------|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v
|------------------------|----------------------------------|| |--3----3----1h3---3---3-|--1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-1h3-3-3-|| |--2----2----2-----2---2-|--2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-|| |--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---0-0-|| |------------------------|----------------------------------||
^ ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v
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Guitar 4: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal
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1
||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| ||--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------| ||----------------------------------------9~~---| ||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|
2
|-------------------------------------------| |----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--| |--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------|
3
|----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--10h12-12~~--10h12~~---(10h12b14r12)---------| |----------------------------------------9~~---| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
4 5 6
|-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------| |----------------------------(10h12b14r12)--||--(12)---------|--R-- -| |--10h12~~---10h12~~---10h12----------------||---------------|--E-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|--S-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|--T-- -| |-------------------------------------------||---------------|----------|
7 8 9
|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------| |-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------R- -| |-- --(9 r7)-----(4 / | 7)---------------------|-------E- -| |-- ---------------------|-------(7 b 9)--(7 r5)-|--(5)--S- -| |-- ---------------------|-------------------------|-------T- -| |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------|
10 11 12
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------------| |--- --|-- --(10 r8)-----(12 r10)-|--(10)---(13r12)----(12 b | |--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |--- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |-- --|-- -----------------------|---------------------------| |------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
13 14 15
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------| | 13)---------------|--R-- --|-------------------------------| |-------------------|--E-- --|-(5 b 7)---(4h5p4p0)-2~~---| |-------------------|--S-- --|--x----------------------------| |-------------------|--T-- --|-------------------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------|
16 17 18
|--------------------------|-------------------|------------| |-----------------(5 b | 8)---------------|--R-- --| |-(2)-(2h4p2p0)------------|-------------------|--E-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|--S-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|--T-- --| |--------------------------|-------------------|------------|
19 20
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
|-15~-15~-(13h15b16r15)-15~-|-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b16r15)-(13h15b17r15)-15~-||
|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------||
The octave pedal is set one octave lower than the written notes
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Part 4: Guitars 1, 2, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:12 - 02:33 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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|_________________________[1.2.3]
||----------------------------|-----------------------------| | ||--3--3--3--3-3--------------|--1--1--1--1-0---------------| | ||--2--2--2--2-2-2--2--2--0-0-|--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*| ||--0--0--0--0-0-2--2--2--0-0-|--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0-0--0-0-|*| x 4 ||--0--0--0--0-0-0--0--0--0-0-|--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2-2--0-0-| | ||----------------------------|---------------3--3-3-3------| |
|______________________________[4]
|-------------------------------|| |--1--1--1--1-0-----------------|| |--0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0----------|| |--2--2--2--2-2-0--0-0----------|| |--3--3--3--3-3-2--2-2----------|| |---------------3--3-3- /15\ --||
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------| ||--R-- --|-- ---------------------|--R-- ----------| ||--E-- --|-- --(4b5r4b5r4) /7~~---|--E-- ----------| ||--S-- --|-- ---------------------|--S-- ----------| ||--T-- --|-- ---------------------|--T-- ----------| ||-----------------|----------------------------|-------------------| |--------------(15b17r15b17r15)-|------------------|---------------------| |-- --12------------------|------------------|--(10 r 8)-- \--| |-- ----------------------|--(7 b 9)-----|---------------------| |-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-- ----------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------|---------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |--7-------- /9~~-------|--(4 b 5 r 4 b 5 r 4)----|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------||
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Guitar 5: w/ Distortion & Octave Pedal
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Rest for 5 bars
|---------------------|-----------------------| |--R-- -------------|------------------R- -| |--E-- --(9 r 7)--|--(7)------ \6----E- -| |--S-- -------------|------------------S- -| |--T-- -------------|------------------T- -| |---------------------|-----------------------|
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Part 5: Guitars 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 [ Time 02:33 - 03:00 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2: repeat Part 2 four times, then play the following:
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|-------------------|-------------------|| |--1----------------|--(1)--------------|| |--0----------------|--(0)--------------|| |--2----------------|--(2)--------------|| |--3----------------|--(3)--------------|| |-------------------|-------------------||
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Guitar 3: Repeat Part 2
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| ||---------------(10 r | 8)~~--------------|--R-- --| ||-(4)-------------------|-------------------|--E-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|--S-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|--T-- --| ||-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |------------|---------------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- --(10 b 12 r | 10)--------8~~-----| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |-- --|-- ----------------|----------------------| |------------|---------------------|----------------------| |------------------------------------|--(22\20)--19--20--(19\17)--19--17--| |--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------------| |--15~~---------------|--(15)-------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------|| |---------------------|-------------------||
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Guitar 5:
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||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||--8----------------|--(8)~~-------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|--(7\5)--4--5--(4\2)--4--2--| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| ||-------------------|--------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|--15--14----------15--14----------| |------------------------|----------15--------------15------| |--0--2------------------|--------------14--------------14--| |------------(2/5)--5----|----------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--(15\13)--12--13--(12\10)--12--10--| |-- /19--17--16--17--16-----------|------------------------------------| |------------------------17~~-----|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|------------------------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |--10~~---10~~---10~~---10~~---|--12~~---------------|--(12)~~-----------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------|| |------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------||
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Part 6: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 [ Time 03:00 - 03:33 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2 rest for 4 bars before joining in; guitar 4 rests for 8 bars
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Guitars 1 & 2: repeat part 4 four times
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Guitar 3:
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Allow the notes on the G-string to ring out
||---------------------------------| ||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--| ||--0-------------0--0-0-----------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| | |-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-| | |--0-----------------------0-------0-------|*| |------------------------------------------|*| x 6 |------------------------------------------| | |------------------------------------------| |
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Guitar 4: repeat Part 3 once
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Outro: Guitars 1, 2, 3 & 4 Tempo = 86 BPM [ Time 03:33 - 04:06 ]
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Guitars 1 & 2:
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||--3----3--3-3-------------|--------------------------| ||--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|--------------1----1--1-1-| ||--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-| ||--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-2----2--2-2-| ||--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-| ||--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1--1-1-------------|
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v
|--3----3--3-3-------------|----------------------| |--3----3--3-3-3----3--3-3-|----------------------| |--0----0--0-0-2----2--2-2-|--2----2----2----2----| |--0----0--0-0-0----0--0-0-|--3----3----3----3----| |--2----2--2-2-0----0--0-0-|--3----3----3----3----| |--3----3--3-3-------------|--1----1----1----1----|
^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ v ^ ^ ^ ^
//-----------Tremolo Picking------------\\
|------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |--1---------------------------|-------------------|--------------------| |--0-------------pick scrapes--|-------------------|--------------------| |--2---------------x\ ------|-------------------|--------------------| |--3---------------x\ ------|-------------------|--------------------| |-----------10\ --x\ ------|--3----------------|--4--------5--------|
^
//-----------------Tremolo Picking------------------\\
|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------|| |----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------R- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----E- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--0----0----0----S- -|| |----------------------|------------------------------|--2----2----2----T- -|| |--6----7----8----9----|--10---11---12---13---14--15--|--3----3----3---------||
^ ^ ^
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Guitar 3:
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||---------------------------------| ||-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--| ||--0-------------0--0-0-----------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| ||---------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |-----8-12-12--- /15-15-12---13-12---13-12-| |--0-----------------------0-------0-------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-----8-12-12-----------13p12-12--| |--0-------------0--0-0-----------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------|
//--Tremolo Picking--\\
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------R-- --|--12-----------------| |--10~~---------------|--(10 b 12)--E-- --|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------S-- --|---------------------| |---------------------|---------------T-- --|---------------------| |---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|
//-----------------------------Tremolo Picking-------------------------------\\
|------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |--13---------14---------|--15-----16-----17-----18-----|--19-----------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------| |----------------------|| |--19b24~~----R-- --|| |-------------E-- --|| |-------------S-- --|| |-------------T-- --|| |----------------------||
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Guitar 4:
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||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||--(12 r 10)-------|--(13 r 12)--------------|--(12 r 10)-------| ||-----------------------|---------------12~~-------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------| ||-----------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|
//-Tremolo Picking-\\
|----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------| |--13----12--10------12b13-(10\8)--|--(10 b 12)--R- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|-------------E- -|--7-------------| |----------------------------------|-------------S- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|-------------T- -|----------------| |----------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|
//-----------------Tremolo Picking---------------\\
|------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------| |--8-----9---------|--10-----11-----12-----13-----| |------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------| |------------------|------------------------------|
//--------Tremolo Picking----------\\
|------------------------------------|------------------------|| |------------------------------------|------------R-- --|| |--14----15----16----17----18----19--|--23b25~~---E-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------S-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------T-- --|| |------------------------------------|------------------------||
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End
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Tab summary: Part 1 x 4
Part 2 x 4
Part 3 x 1
Part 4 x 4
Part 5 x 4
Part 6 x 1
Outro x 1
END
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Corrections (09/01/12):
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* Transposed the 9th note of bar 1 to the G string (including all repeats of
this bar)
* Corrected the first chord in bar 5 (bar 17 in reality)
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