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In the Desert of Set

Therion
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Song

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IN THE DESERT OF SET

As recorded by Therion

(From the 1996 Album THELI)

Transcribed by rumitema@freemail.hu

Words and Music by C. Johnsson

Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 1'

Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Sitar'

Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 2'

Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Strings'

Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Trombone'

Gtr VI (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'

Intro

Q=104

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, III

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr II

| TP TP TP TP

| W W W W

||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-12--------------|-10--------------|-8--------------|-7---------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

1.

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------2--1-------|--------------2-1-----|
|--2-----3--2--------2--3-|--2-----3--2------2-3-|
|-------------------------|----------------------|

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E H

|-11----------------------|-11-------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E H

|-11----------------------|-11--------------------||
|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||

2.

Gtr III

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

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

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|
|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr I

| Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-----1----------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------|

S S S S S S S S H

|----------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-------|
|-------------------14-14----------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

|

| Q E E E E E E

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-1-----|
|--2-----------3-----2---------2-3-|
|----------------------------------|

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

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

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|
|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-----1----------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
 ----------------------|
                           |------6-------|  |------6-------|

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

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

|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12---|

|-------------------14-14---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|

| Q E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2--------1---------------------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------------2--------3---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Lead: C. Johnsson

B5 A5

E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q +E E

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----12-12-15-(15)-12-12-12-|----12-15-14-(14)--(14)-15-|
|-14--9--9-12-(12)--9--9--9-|-14--9-12-11-(11)--(11)-12-|
|-12------------------------|-12------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

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

|

| W W

|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--4------------------------|--2------------------------|
|--2------------------------|--0------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|

G5 F#5 G5 A5

                                |--3--|     |------6-------|  |------6-------|

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

|----------------------|-------------------17-15-14----------17-15-14----------|
|-17----19-19S17-17S15-|-15S14-17-15-14----15-13-12-17-15-14-15-13-12-17-15-14-|
|-14----16-16S14-14S12-|-12S11-14-12-11-16----------14-12-11----------14-12-11-|
|----------------------|----------------14-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|

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

|                               |--3--|     |------6-------|  |------6-------|

|

| W H Q Q

|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------2----------------|
|--5-------------------|--4-----------------5-----------------0----------------|
|--3-------------------|--2-----------------3----------------------------------|

B5 A5

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

|---/22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|
|----20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

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

|

| W W

|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

G5

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

|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|

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

|

| W

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

F#5 G5 A5

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

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

|-18--18-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-|
|-16--16-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

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

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

|

| H Q Q

|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------2----------------|
|--4---------5-----------------0----------------|
|--2---------3----------------------------------|

Verse

N.C.

Gtrs I, III

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x

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

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5

PM PM PM

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

||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||--4--4-4-------|-2--2-2-------|--------------|-------------2-----||
||o-2--2-2-------|-0--0-0-------|-5--5-5-------|-4--4-4--5---0----o||
||---------------|--------------|-3--3-3-------|-2--2-2--3---------||

B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5

Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E

||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||--4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|---------------|------------2-2---||
||o-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-5-5-0-0--o||
||----------------|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3-3-------||

Chorus

Bm A G F#

Gtrs I, III

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

H.=H Q=80

Bm A G F#5

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

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W

|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2----|

Bridge

Q=144

N.C.

Gtr I

Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr III

| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

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

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||

Bridge

B5 G5 F#5 E5

Gtr II

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr III

| H. +E E H. +E E

||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||--4-------------(4)----|----------------------|
||o-2-------------(2)--5-|-4-------------(4)--2-|
||---------------------3-|-2-------------(2)--0-|

G5 F#5 E5

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| H. +E E W

|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|-5-------------(5)--4-|-2------------------o||
|-3-------------(3)--2-|-0-------------------||

Q=144

N.C.

Gtr I

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr III

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

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

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||

Interlude

B5 F#5

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

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

||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
||----------------3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|

G5 E5

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

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

|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||

N.C.

Gtr IV

TP TP

W +W

||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||--11---------------|-(11)---------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|

|

| Gtrs I, III

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------1-2-4-2-1---|--------1-2-4-2-1---|
||---2-3-----------3-|---2--3-----------3-|

TP TP

W +W

|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-9---------------|-(9)-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----1-2-4-2-1---|-------1-2-4-2-1----o||
|-2-3-----------3-|--2--3-----------3---||

F# G E G

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-9-9-9-12-12--||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||

|

| Gtr V

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||---4--------4--------4----|--5-------2------5-----||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||---2--------2--------2----|--3-------0------3-----||

F# G E G

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-15-15-15-12-12-12-15-15--||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

|

| Gtr V

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--11-------11-------11----|-12--------9-------12-----||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--9--------9--------9----|-10--------7-------10----o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

C#

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-------11-------11----|-11-------11-------11----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--------9--------9----|--9--------9--------9----|

Bridge

N.C.

Gtr I

Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

|

| Gtr III

| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

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

Verse

B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5

Gtrs I, III

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

E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x

||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||

Outro

B5 G5

Gtr VI

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

||--14----12----------------------------------|
||o-----0----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-14-0-15--0-12-0-|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|

|

| Gtrs I, III

| H. +E E

||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||---4-----------------------------(4)--------|
||o--2-----------------------------(2)----5---|
||----------------------------------------3---|

F#5 E5

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

|-12-----------------------------------------|
|-----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-14--0-11-0--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

| H. +E E

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------(4)----2----|
|--2-----------------------------(2)----0----|

G5 F#5

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

|-15----14---12-------------------12---------|
|-----0----0----0-15-15-14-0-15-0-----0-14-0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

|

| H. +E E

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------(5)----4---|
|--3------------------------------(3)----2---|

1.

E5

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

|---------------------15-14-12----12-----------||
|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||

|

| W

|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------------o||
|--0-------------------------------------------||

2.

E5

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

|---------------------15-14-12----12----------|
|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|

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

|----------------------27-26-24----24----------|
|-------------------------------27----27-26-24-|
|-12-11-9----9---------------------------------|
|---------12---12-11-9-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|

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

| E E E E E E E E

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--0----0----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|

B5 F#5

Gtr IV

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o----14---15---14------14---15-14---|---------14----------------14-------|
||--16--------------16----------------|----15--------15------15------15----|
||------------------------------------|-16--------------16-----------------|
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

|

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

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

||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||---4------------4------------4------|------------------------------------|
||o--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2-|--4------------4------------4-------|
||------------------------------------|--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|

G5

E E E E E E E E

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

|

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

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

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

A5 Bb5 B5

E E E E E E E E 4x H H

|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|----14---17-14------14---17-14---o||----------------*|
|-14--------------15---------------||-16-------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|---------------------------------o||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|

|

| PM| PM| PM| PM|

| E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x Q +Q H

|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|---------------------------------o||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|--7-------7-------8-------8------o||--9--(9)\-------*|
|--5--5-5--5--5-5--6--6-6--6--6-6--||--7--(7)\-------*|

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

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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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