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Why Cant This Be Love

Van Halen
Tab
★3.7(19)

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Song

WHY CAN'T THIS BE LOVE

As recorded by Van Halen

(From the 1986 Album 5150)

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Van Halen - dist electric'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Eddie Van Halen - Synth arr. for guitar'

Intro

Q=96

4/4

Gtr II

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

E. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

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

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

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-0-0-|
  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 E.E S S

|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-----|-------------------2h3p2h3-||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------1-----3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------||

C Am7 F5

Gtr I

H Q E S S H Q S S S S

| | | | | | |

/ x x / x x /

+E e e e e s s S s S s S S S S E E E S S S S S S

|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-2-3---2---2---3-|-3-3p2p(0)-3-2-3-2-3---5---3-|
|-------------3-----------|-----------------------------|

G5 C

Q. S S Q E S S

| | | | | | |

/ x / / / x /

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

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-3--3p2-3-2---3-2-3---5---3-|
|----------------------------|

Am7 F5

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

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / x x / / x x x /

E E E E E S S +S S S S +E E E E E S S S S S S

|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3-2-3-2--3---3-(3)p2-2-3-|-(3)-2-3-2-3-2-3---5---3-|
|-------------3-------------|-------------------------|

G5

Q. S S Q. S S

| | | | | |

/ x / / x x

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

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

Gtr I

S S S S S S E +H

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-5-5p4s2-2---2-(2)-----------||
|-----------5-----------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S S S E +S E S E S S

|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-------------2-(2)-2---------||
|-3-3p2p0-0---0-(0)-0-3h5p3-5-||
|-----------3-----------------||

Verse 1

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

|--------------------------|-0--------------x/-x\--|
|--------------------------|-0--------------x/-x\--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--------x\---|-2--------------x/-x\--|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7--------x\---|-2--------------x/-x\--|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5--------x\---|-0--------------x/-x\--|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

|

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

|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-2---------------------|
|----5-----5---3----5-3--0-|-0---3---0---0-----2h3-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|

|-Riff A

Q S S S S Q S S S S

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

|

| e S S S E S E. S +S E S

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-----0---3p==0h2--0-(0)-------|
|-1----------------------3---0-|

\1/ \7 \7

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

|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|
|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|
|---------------[7]-----([7])-------|--------------------x-|
|-2--------(2)----------------------|-7--(7)-------------x-|
|-2--------(2)----------------------|-5--(5)-------------x-|
|-0--------(0)----------------------|----------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~

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

|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------2h3h==5---5p3h5-|-----5----0---3h5p3-x-|
|-0--3p1-1--0----0------------------|----------------------|

A5 F5 G(type 2) Esus4 E5

Gtr I

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

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / x / / x x x / / / / / / / x

Gtr II

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

|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------||
|-2------------------|---3-3-----------------------|--------------------------||
|------3---0---0h2h3-|----------3-----2p0-(0)------|--------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------3----|-0--3p=1-1p0-0--0--0------||

Pre-Chorus

Gtr I

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

|-6-------(6)\--x-x---------------|---------------------------------|
|-6-------(6)\--x-x------------10-|-10------10\---x/-----10-----x-6-|
|------------------------------10-|-10------10\---x/-----10-----x-8-|
|-8-------(8)\--x-x------------10-|-10------10\---x/-----10-----x-8-|
|---------------------7s10-x----8-|--8-------8\---x/------8-----x-6-|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| S S S S Q S S S S S S S S +E S S E. S S e S S S S S

|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------2---3---3-|
|-3p0-----------------2----3----3-|-(3)-----------3--5--------------|
|-----1-----------1-5-------------|-----3p0-----3-------------------|
|-------1-------------------------|----------1----------------------|

end Riff A-|

|--3--|

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

|---------------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------6---|
|-(8)-----------------------3h5-----5---|
|-(8)-------8-------------3-3---3---3---|
|-(6)-------6-----1-(1)---6-----6-------|
|---------------------------------------|

|

| +S S S S S S E +S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-(3)-3-------3-------------0-----------|
|-------3p1-------------1h3-----3---3---|
|-----------1---1---(1)-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|

Chorus

F5III G5V C Am7

Gtr I

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

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / / / x /

Gtr II

S S S S S S S S +S E. E S S +E e e e e S S S E S

|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------------------||--------------------------|
|---3-----5p3-------------------||--------------------------|
|-----3-------5-5-(5)p2h==3p2h3-||-(3)-2-3-2--3---3---2---3-|
|-------------------------------||--------------3-----------|

F5

+Q. +E E E E S S

| | | | |

/ / x x /

+S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(3)-3p2p(0)-3-3p=2p(0)-3-2-3---5---3---|
|----------------------------------------|

G5 G C

+Q. S S +E E E S S

| | | | | |

/ x / / x /

+E E E E E S S S S S S

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2----3-2-3---5---3-|
|----------------------------|

Am7

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

| | | | | | | | |

/ / x / / / / / /

+E E E E E S S S S S S +E E E E E S S S S S S

|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3--2-3-2-3----5---3-|-(3)p2-3--2-3----3---2---3--|
|---------------------------|---------------3------------|

F G5 A5

Q. S S +E E S S S S

| | | | | | |

/ x / / x x /

+E E E E S S S S S E S

|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2----3-3p2h3-3h5---3-|
|------------------------------|

Verse 2

D5

+Q. S S +H H Q Q

| | | | | |

/ / / / / x

+E S S S S E +S E S S S S S

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

|---------------------------------|| w/Riff A

|---------------------------2-----||
|-------------2---(2)-------------||
|-(3)-2p0-0---0---(0)-0-3h5---3h5-||
|-----------3---------------------||

Asus2 F G

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

| | | | | | | | | |

/ / / x / / x x x x

|-----------------------|-------------------------------| Esus4 E5

Q. S S +H

| | | |

/ / / /

|------------------------------| D5 Asus2 Fmaj7 G

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

| | | | | | | | | | | | |

/ / / / x / / / x x / / x

|--------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| Pre-Chorus

Gtr I

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

|-0--------0-0-0-----||-6-------(6)\---------6-----------|
|-0--------0-0-0-----||-6-------(6)\---------6---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-1-----||----------------------8---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-2-----||-8-------(8)\---------8---10---10-|
|-2--------2-2-2-----||---------------------------8----8-|
|-0--------0-0-0-----||----------------------------------|   +Q       Q     S S  S  a  S  +E     S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(10)-----10\-------------------------x-8--|
|-(10)-----10\---10s9-10-10s12-(12)\---x-8--|
|-(10)-----10\-------------------------x-8--|
|--(8)------8\----8s7--8--8s10-(10)\-----8--|
|----------------------------------------6--|  +H.                   +S  S S S
|---------------------------------|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(8)-------------------(8)-8---8-|
|-(6)-------------------(6)-6---6-|

|

| +E e S S S S S S S S S S S S

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-(3)-----------------0-----------|
|-----3-----------1h3-------3-----|
|-------1-1-1-1-1---------------3-|
|---------------------------------|

Chorus

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

|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|-10-----12-----12-(12)---------||-^5----------5-5-----x-5-|
|--8-----10-----10-(10)---------||-^3----------3-3-----x-0-|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|

|

| S S E S S S S +S E.E S S +E e e E E S S S S S S

|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|-------------------------------||-------------------------|
|--3-3----5p3-------------------||-------------------------|
|------1------5--5--(5)p2h3p2h3-||-(3)-2-3-2-3---3---2---3-|
|-------------------------------||-------------3-----------|

+H E S S S S S S

|-------------------------3------|
|-(5)---------------x-5---3---10-|
|-(5)---------------x-5---4---10-|
|-(5)---------------x-5---5---10-|
|-(0)---------------x-0--------8-|
|--------------------------------|

|

| +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-3-2p0-3---2-3---5----3-|
|--------------------------------|

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

|--------------------------------|-----------------------3------|
|-(10)-----x---8-(8)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----3---5--|
|-(10)-----x---7-(7)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----4---5--|
|-(10)-----x---5-(5)-----x-x-5-5-|-(5)-------(5)---5-----5---5--|
|--(8)-----x-----------------3-3-|-(3)-------(3)---3---------0--|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E S S S S S S +E E E E E S S +S E S

|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--(3)-2-3---2----3--2-3---5---3-|-(3)-2-3-2--3----3-(3)s2s==3--|
|--------------------------------|---------------3--------------|

+H +E. S S S S S

|----------------------------------|
|-(5)-----------(5)-------------10-|
|-(5)-----------(5)-----5---4---10-|
|-(5)-----------(5)-------------10-|
|-(0)-----------(0)--------------8-|
|----------------------------------|

|

| +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-(3)-2-3-3-2p0--3----2-3---5----3-|
|----------------------------------|

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

|------------------------------------|------------------0-----||
|-(10)------------12-----(12)\-------|------------------0-----||
|-(10)---x-x-x----12-----(12)\-------|------------------2-----||
|-(10)---x-x-x-12-12-----(12)\-------|---------------2-(2)----||
|--(8)---x-x-x----10-----(10)\-------|--3--3p2p0-0---0-(0)----||
|------------------------------------|-------------3----------||

|

| +E E E E E S S S S S S +E S S S S E +H

|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|------------------------------------|------------------------||
|--(3)-2-3---2-----3-2-3-------5---3-|-(3)p==2p0-0---0-(0)----||
|------------------------------------|-------------3----------||

Bridge

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

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

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------15----------|
|---14-14---16-16---17-14---17-14----16----17-|
|---------------------------------------17----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|

| ~~

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

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

S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|------------12----12-13-(13)---------15----------|
|---14----14----12------------14---------16----17-|
|------15------------------------(12)-------17----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

|

| S S S S S S S S +E S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----2-----2--4-----4--5--(5)----------4--4-------|
|-------3--------5-------------7-------------5--3-|
|----------------------------------8--------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
     PM--------------------------|

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

|----------------------------------------------|
|------10---------12----------------15----15---|
|--------------12-------14---------------------|
|---10----9-12-------------15----------17------|
|--------------------15-------15-17------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

|

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

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----2-------4-----4--5--------5-----4-----7---|
|-------3-------5--------7--------7-----5------|
|---------------------------8------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~

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

|------------------------------||
|-(15)-------------------------||
|------17p16----5h7-(7)-5s4s2--||
|------------19----------------||
|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||

|

| ~~ ~~~~~~~

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

|------------------------------||
|------------------------------||
|--(7)--5p=4-------------------||
|-------------7----------------||
|-----------------5-(5)p3p2p0--||
|------------------------------||

Guitar Solo

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

S E. E E E E E. S S E. E E S S E E. S

|------------------13--15-|----------------------13-------|
|---13--15-13-15---14--16-|---11--13-11----------14----15-|
|---13--15-13-15----------|---11--13-11-13p11h13-------15-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|

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

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------4---6-|-----------------------4-------|
|----4---6--4--6----------|----2---4--2--4--------------6-|

\1/ \1/ \1/

~~~ ~~~~~

S E. S S S S S S S S E S S

|----------------------------------------20----|
|---13--15p13---------15p==13h15s==18-18-20-20-|

|---13--15p13h15p==13-15p==13h15s==18-18-20-20-|

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

|

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

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------4s====6-|
|----4------6--4-------6-----------------------|

~~~~~

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

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

|-(20)S10--11----13p11---13b15==(13)r-13b15---13b15==(13)r---|

|-(20)S10--11-11-13p11---------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|

|

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

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------4p==1-|
|-------2---------4--4-2----------4----2h===4----------------|

\0.5/ \2/ \2/ \2/

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

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

|-----------------------13---x-15---|-(15)\-------------------------------||
|---13h15p======13h15---14---x-16---|-(16)\-11-13-------------------------||
|---13h15p======13------------------|-------11-13p11-13s15p13p==11s==10/--||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||

|

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

|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|------------------------4-4------6-|-------------------------------------||
|----4--------6--4--6---------------|--------2h=4p=2-----6p=4p===2----1---||

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

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------13-(13)---13------15p12----13-|
|---14-14---16-16-------14------------------12----|
|--------------------------------(12)-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------10-------12-13-(13)-------x-15p12----13-|
|------10-------12---------------10---------12----|
|---10-------12---------------10------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

|

| S S S S S S S S +E E E S S

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

PM---| PM|

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

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------10------------10---------15p12---15-|
|------10-------12--------------12------------|
|---10-------12------10------12---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

|

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

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

Chorus

~~~

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

|---------------------------||--------------------3-----|
|-(15)p13p12s10-------------||--5-------------x-5-3---5-|
|---------------------------||--5-------------x-5-4---5-|
|---------------------------||--5-------------x-5-5---5-|
|---------------------------||--3-------------x-3-----0-|
|---------------------------||--------------------------|

|

| +E S S Q S E.E S S +E e e E E S S S S S S

|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|---------------------------||--------------------------|
|--(7)--5p=4----------------||--------------------------|
|-------------7\------------||--------------------------|
|-------------------2h3p2h3-||-(3)-2-3-2-3----3---2---3-|
|---------------------------||--------------3-----------|

~~~~

+H S S S S S S S S

|-----------------------------|
|-(5)-------------------------|
|-(5)-------x-x-x-5---4---[5]-|
|-(5)-------x-x-x-5---5-------|
|-(0)-------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E S S S S S S

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

~~~~~~~

+Q. S S +Q S S S S +W

|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------5-|-(5)----------------------|
|-([5])-------7-(7)-----x-x-x-5-|-(5)----------------------|
|-------------5-(5)-----x-x-x-5-|-(5)----------------------|
|-----------------------------3-|-(3)----------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E S S S S S S +E E E E E S S +S E S

|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|--(3)--2-3-2----3--2-3---5---3-|-(3)p2-3-2-3---3-(3)p2h3--|
|-------------------------------|-------------3------------|

Am7 G(tyF5 2)

Gtr I

H +E. S S S S S

| | | | |

/ / / / /

Gtr II

E E E E E S S S S S S

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

G5 C Am7

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

| | | | | | | |

/ / / / x / / /

+E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E S S +S E S

|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-(3)--2-3-2----3-2-3----5---3-|-3p2-3-2-3---3-(3)-0-2-|
|------------------------------|-----------3-----------|

F G C

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

| | | | | |

/ / / / / x

E E E E E S S +S S S S +E E E E E S S +S E S

|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3p==2-3-2----3---2h3-(3)-5---3-|-(3)p2-3-2-3-2h3-(3)h5p3-|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|

F G C

Q.. S +Q.. S

| | | |

/ / / /

+E E E E S S S S +S S S S

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------3-------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2----------2h3-(3)-----3-|
|----------------------------3-----|

F G C

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

| | | | | | | |

/ x x / / / / /

+E E S S S S E S S +S E S +E E E S S +E S S E S S

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

|-(3)p2-3-3p2p0-3---2h3-(3)h5p3-|-(3)p2h3-2h3-(3)p2h3-3---3-|

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

F G

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

| | | | | | |

/ x x / / / x

+E E E S S +E S S +S E S +E E E S S S S E E S S

|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3---3-(3)p2h3-(3)h5p3-|-(3)p2h3p2----3---3p2h3h5p3---|
|---------3-------------------|-----------3------------------|

Gtr I

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

|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------13s12-12-13-13---12-13---12-13-|
|--5----7s9-(9)s10s==12----4s5-|-(5)------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|---------10s=9--9-10-10----9-10----9-10-|
|--3----5s7-(7)s=8s==10----2s3-|-(3)------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| +E E E E E S S +S E S +E E E E E S S S S S S

|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-(3)p2-3-2--3-----3-(3)p2h==3-|-(3)p2-3-----2-----3----2--3----5-----3-|
|----------------3-------------|----------------------------------------|

+E E S S S S +S S E e S S

|-------------------------------------------|
|-(13)-12-13-13-12-13-(13)-13-12-13---12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-(10)--9-10-10--9-10-(10)-10--9-10----8-10-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

|

| +E E E E E E S S S S

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

+E E E E e S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------*|
|-(13)-12-13-12-13-12-13-15-15---10-*|
|-----------------------------------*|
|-(10)--9-10--9-10--9-10-12-12---10-*|
|-----------------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------*|

|

| +E E E E E S S S S S S

|-----------------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------*|
|--(3)h=5--3--5--3--5--3-----5----3-*|
|-----------------------------------*|

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