Against Me! – Disco Before The Breakdown (Guitar Tab)
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THE DISCO BEFORE THE BREAKDOWN
As recorded by Against Me!
(From the 2002 EP THE DISCO BEFORE THE BREAKDOWN)
Transcribed by Greg Schilling
Words and Music by Against Me!
Arranged by Greg Schilling
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Gtr II (E A D G B E)
Gtr III (E A D G B E) Trumpet part
Intro
Q=180(8=s8)
E5 D# C#5
4/4
Gtr I
H. E E H +E E E E W +H +E E E E
|-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------| |-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------| |-9-------x-x-|-9----(9)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)------(6)-x-x-x--| |-9-------x-x-|-9----(9)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)------(6)-x-x-x--| |-7-------x-x-|-6----(6)-x-x-x-|-4-------------|-(4)------(4)-x-x-x--| |-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr II | W W Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E |-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--| |-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--| |-------------|----------------|----x-x--x-x-x-|------x-x-----x-x-x--| |-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------| |-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------| |-------------|----------------|---------------|---------------------| F#5 G#m A H +E E E E H +E E E E W +H +E E E E |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|| |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|| |------------------|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6-------------|-(6)-------(6)-x-x-x--|| |-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6------(6)-x-x-x-|-7-------------|-(7)-------(7)-x-x-x--|| |-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-6------(6)-x-x-x-|-7-------------|-(7)-------(7)-x-x-x--|| |-2------(2)-x-x-x-|-4------(4)-x-x-x-|-5-------------|-(5)-------(5)-x-x-x--||
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| Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E |----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--|| |----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--|| |----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x-----x-x-x-|----x-x--x-x-x-|--x----x-x-----x-x-x--|| |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|| |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|| |------------------|------------------|---------------|----------------------|| Verse Q=180 E5 D# W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-7---------------|-6---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |---9-9-9---9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9---9-9-9-| |---7-7-7---7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6---6-6-6-| |-----------------|-----------------| C#5 W +W |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--| |-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--7--9--9--| F#m G#m A W W W +W |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---7-------------|--------------------| |-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--| |-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--| E5 D# W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-7---------------|-6---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-| |-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-| |-----------------|-----------------| C#5 W +W |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--| |-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--9--9--9--| F#m G#m A W W W +W |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------|
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|---x-------------|--------------------| |-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-x-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--| |-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-x-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--| E5 D# W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-9---------------|-9---------------| |-7---------------|-6---------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-|-x-9-9-9-x-9-9-9-| |-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-| |-----------------|-----------------| C#5 W +W |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-6---------------------|-(6)----------------------| |-4---------------------|-(4)----------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------------|--------------------------| |-x-11-11-11-x-11-11-11-|--x--11-11-11-x-11-11-11--| |-x--7--9--9-x--9--9--9-|--x---7--9--9-x--9--9--9--| F#m G#m A W W W +W |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-6---------------|-(6)----------------|| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|| |-4---------------|-6---------------|-7---------------|-(7)----------------|| |-2---------------|-4---------------|-5---------------|-(5)----------------||
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| 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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--|| |-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-|--x--7-7-7-x-7-7-7--|| |-x-2-2-2-x-2-2-2-|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x--5-5-5-x-5-5-5--|| Post-Verse A5 (A5) N.C. W +W W W |----------|------------|-------------|----------|| |----------|------------|-------------|----------|| |----------|------------|-------------|----------|| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-^(7)--------|----------|| |-7--------|-(7)--------|-^(7)--------|----------|| |-5--------|-(5)--------|-^(5)--------|----------||
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| W +W W Q H.
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|----------|------------|-------------|----------||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-------------|----x\----||
|-7--------|-(7)--------|-------------|----x\----||
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-------------|----x\----||
Pre-Chorus
$
A B C#m
W W W +W
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-2----------|--4----------|-5---------------|-(5)--------------|
||--2----------|--4----------|-6---------------|-(6)--------------|
||--2----------|--4----------|-6---------------|-(6)--------------|
||o-0----------|--2----------|-4---------------|-(4)--------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------||
| H. Q H. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------| ||o-2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-|--x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-| ||--2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-| ||--2-------x--|--4-------x--|-x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-|--x-6-6-6-x-6-6-6-| ||o-0-------x--|--2-------x--|-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-|--x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-| ||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr III Trumpet Part
| W +H. Q W E E E E E E E E
||--5----------|-(5)------4--|-0---------------|------------------|
||o------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||-------------|-------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-0----------|-(0)---------|-----------------|--7p4-4-7p4-4-7p4-|
||-------------|----------4--|-0---------------|--0---------------|
W +H. Q W W
To Coda
E A
W +W W +W
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--------------------||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|-2--------|-(2)---------------o||
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----------------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-2--------|-(2)----------------||
|-2---------------|-(2)---------------|-0--------|-(0)---------------o||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--------------------|||
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W |-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-|-2--------|-------------------o|| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--------|--------------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--------|--x\----------------|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--------|--x\---------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------|--x\----------------||
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| W +H. Q W E E E E E E E E
|-5---------------|-(5)-----------4---|-0--------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|----------|--------------------||
|-0---------------|-(0)---------------|----------|--7p4-4-7p4-4-7p4--o||
|-----------------|---------------4---|-0--------|--0-----------------||
W +H. Q W W
Chorus
A B Esus2/B B
Gtrs I, II
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
C#m B A Dsus2/A
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5--5--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-3-|
|-6--6--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-6--6--x-x-x-x-|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-4--4--x-x-x-x-|-2--2--x-x-x-x-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|
2.
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||----------------|-----------------||
|-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|------------------||----------------|-----------------||
Breakdown
E5 D#
W W
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--9-----------------|-9-----------------|
||--9-----------------|-9-----------------|
||o-7-----------------|-6-----------------|
||--------------------|-------------------||
| Gtr II | Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o----12-12----12-12-|----12-12----12-12-| ||--------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------| ||o-------------------|-------------------| ||--------------------|-------------------| C#5 W +W |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-6-----------------|-(6)-----------------| |-6-----------------|-(6)-----------------| |-4-----------------|-(4)-----------------| |-------------------|---------------------|
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| Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E |-------------------|---------------------| |----12-12----12-12-|------12-12----12-12-| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| |-------------------|---------------------| F#5 G#5 A5 W W W |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |--4--------------|--6--------------|--7----------------------| |--4--------------|--6--------------|--7----------------------| |--2--------------|--4--------------|--5----------------------|
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| E Q. Q Q E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E |-14-12----17-----|-14-12----17-----|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------| 1. 2. +W +W |---------------------------||-----------| |--------------------------o||-----------| |---------------------------||-----------| |-(7)-----------------------||-(7)-------| |-(7)----------------------o||-(7)-------| |-(5)-----------------------||-(5)-------|
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| E E E E E E E E W |---------------------------||-----------| |-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||-10b12r====| |---------------------------||-----------| |---------------------------||-----------| |--------------------------o||-----------| |---------------------------||-----------| E5 D# W W |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |--9--------------------|---9---------------------| |--9--------------------|---9---------------------| |--7--------------------|---6---------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E |-12--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| C#5 W +W |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |---6---------------------|--(6)---------------------| |---6---------------------|--(6)---------------------| |---4---------------------|--(4)---------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------|
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| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E |-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12--| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------------------| F#5 G#5 W W |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |---4---------------------|---6---------------------| |---4---------------------|---6---------------------| |---2---------------------|---4---------------------|
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| +Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E |-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-|-(12)--15-12-14-12-15-12-| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------------| D.S. al Coda A5 W +W |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |--7----------------------|-(7)-----------------------|| |--7----------------------|-(7)-----------------------|| |--5----------------------|-(5)-----------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|-17--17-17-17-17-17-17-17--|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------------|| Out-Chorus & A B Esus2/B Gtrs I, II 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 ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 1. C#m B A Dsus2/A E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|---------------| |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--3-3-3-2-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2--2--2-2-2-2-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0--0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------| 2. DsAsDsAsDsAs2/A DsusA/A Dsus2/A DsusA/A DsAs2/A +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| |-(2)-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-o||-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-|-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-2-| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |--------------------||-----------------|-----------------| Dsus2/A (A) W W +W +W |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |-3--------|--2---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*|
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| Gtr II | W W +W +W |----------|------------|------------|--------*| |-3--------|--2---------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |----------|------------|------------|--------*|
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