Amorphis – In The Beginning (Guitar Tab)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# As recorded by Amorphis (From the 1994 Album TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES) Transcribed by Snakerf (Kemal Cagri Ozcan) & Mikko Leimu [Kheimos] Words and Music by Holopainen & Laine A5 x 0 2 2 x x E5 0 2 2 x x x F5 1 3 3 x x x G5 3 5 5 x x x A5V 5 7 7 x x x B5VII 7 9 9 x x x C5 x 3 5 5 x x B5 x 2 4 4 x x Bb5VI 6 8 8 x x x Eb5VI x 6 8 8 x x D5V x 5 7 7 x x Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 1' Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 2' Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 1' Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 2' Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Organ' Intro & 1st Verse Moderately Q=115 A5 E5 4/4 Gtrs III, IV W W | | / /
    Gtr I
    ~                ~
    Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||--2--------------|-2--------------|
||o----5-3-2-3-2---|----5-3-2-3-2---|
||---------------5-|--------------5-|
F5 G5 F5 G5 |-3-| |-3-| W W Q Q Q Q Q Q | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / ~ ~ |-3-| |-3-|
  Q  E E E E E E   Q  E E E E E E  4x Q Q Q  Q Q Q
|----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|----------------|----------------o||--------------||
|----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|-3--2-3-5-3-2---|-----------------||-3-3-3-/5-5-5-||
|--------------5-|-3--2-3-5-3-2---o||--------------||
|----------------|--------------3--||--------------||
Interlude E5 4/4 Gtr IV W +H. Q | | | / / o
  Gtr II
                                            ~~~~~~~
  Q   E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-------------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| >
| W                                W
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                                              ~
| W                               +H.          Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-(0)----------2--|
G5 A5V W +H. Q | | | / / /
 ~~~~~                                        ~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r============|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|
|  W                                 W
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|
|  W                                +H.          Q
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|--5------------------------------|-(5)----------7---|
|--3------------------------------|-(3)----------5---|
B5VII Gtr IV W +W | | / /
  Gtr II
   ~~~                                        ~~~~~~~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
|  W                                +H        H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------x\----|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------x\----|
|--7------------------------------|-(7)-------------|
E5 W +W | | / /
 ~~~~~                                        ~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r==========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9----|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|
|  W                                +W
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)------------|
|--0------------------------------|-(0)------------|
E5 W +H. Q | | | / / o
   ~~~                                        ~~~~~~~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
|                                                ~
|  W                                +H.          Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|--0------------------------------|-(0)----------2--|
G5 A5V W +H. Q | | | / / /
 ~~~~~                                        ~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
|  W                                +H.          Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--5------------------------------|-(5)----------7--|
|--3------------------------------|-(3)----------5--|
B5VII W +H. Q | | | / / o
   ~~~                                        ~~~~~~~
  +Q    E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q    E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
|                                                ~
|  W                                +H.          Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------------|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------------|
|--7------------------------------|-(7)----------3--|
H=H E5 N.C. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / /
 ~~~~~                                          ~
  +Q     E      +E   +S   +S  E Q     Q     E E H
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7---|-7b8r=============||
|-(9)-------------------------------|-------9-7-9------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
| | PM-----------------------------|
|  E  E  E       E    E       E E E   W
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-x\---------------||
|--2--2--2-------2----2-------2-2-2-|-x\---------------||
|--0--0--0-------0----0-------0-0-0-|------------------||
2nd Verse Slightly Faster Q=125 EE5 G5 C5 Gtr IV E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
    Gtr I
    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-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||--------9-------9-|----------7-9-----|-------9-------9-|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
|   Gtr 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
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4. B5 B5 N.C. E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / /
  E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E H
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------7-7-8-o||-------------------------||
|-9-8-8-9-9--------||-9-8-8-9-----------------||
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
|------------------||-------------------------||
|
|                             PM
| E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E  E      E E
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-0-[2]b2.5p0-----||
|------------------||---------------------3---||

   3rd Verse
    E5    N.C.        E5    N.C.       E5    N.C.        E5      G5
          PM|     ~         PM|   ~          PM|     ~         PM
    Q  Q  S S E E E   Q  Q  S S E Q    Q  Q  S S E E E   Q  Q  S E S Q    4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||--2--2------------|-2--2-----------|-2--2------------|-2--2----5---5----||
||o-2--2------2-----|-2--2------2----|-2--2------2-----|-2--2--x-5---5---o||
||--0--0--3-5---5-3-|-0--0--3-5---5--|-0--0--3-5---5-3-|-0--0--x-3---3----||

 Pre-Chorus
  C#5              E5                     A5
  Gtr I
                   ~~~~~~~~               ~~~
  E  E E E  E  E E E   +E   E E E  E  E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H        +Q    E E   +H         +Q    E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-6--------(6)---6---|----------------------|
|-6--------(6)---6-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-4--------(4)---4-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|------------------0-|-(0)--------(0)---0-5-|

                     F#5                  C#5/Ab
 ~~~~~               ~~~~~~~~             ~
  +E   E E E  E  E E E   +E   E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8-6-6-4--|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
|                                   PM--|
| +H         +Q    E E   +H         E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)--------(7)---7-4-|-(4)--------------6--|
|-(7)--------(7)---7-4-|-(4)--------4-4-4-4--|
|-(5)--------(5)---5-2-|-(2)--------2-2-2-4--|

                       E5                   E5A5
   ~~~                 ~~~~~~~~               ~~~
  +E   E E E  E  E  E  E   +E   E E E  E  E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6--6--4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +H         +Q     E  E   +H         +Q    E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------6----|----------------------|
|-(6)--------(6)----6--2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-(4)--------(4)---(4)-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-(4)--------(4)---(4)-0-|-(0)--------(0)---0-5-|

                       F#5
 ~~~~~             ~~~~~~~~
  +E   E E E E E E E   +E   E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
| | PM--------------|
| +W                    E   E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(7)----------------|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-(7)----------------|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-(5)----------------|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
Chorus EE5 G5 C5 Gtr IV E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
    Gtr I
    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-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||--------9-------9-|----------7-9-----|-------9-------9-|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
|   Gtr 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
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
1. 2. B5 B5 5/4 E E E E E E E E E E E E H. | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / x
  E E E E E E E E     E E E E E  E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------7-7-8-o||------------7-7-8-8-8---|
|-9-8-8-9-9--------||-9-8-8-9-9--------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E     E E E E E  E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---|
|------------------||------------------------|
G5 Bb5VI 4/4 Gtrs III, IV E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
    Gtr I
     E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-11-10-10----11-10-10----|-13-11-11-10-------10-11-|
||-----------12----------12-|-------------10-12-------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb5VI D5V 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
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-11-10-10----11-10-10----|----------------10-10-11--o||
|----------12----------12-|-12-11-11-12-12------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
F5 G5 E5 N.C. Gtr IV |-3-| |-3-| Q Q Q Q Q Q H H | | | | | | | / / / / / / / Gtr II ~ |-3-| |-3-|
  Q Q Q  Q Q Q   H    H
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-/5-5-5-|-2--------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
| | Gtr III | PM| ~ | |-3-| |-3-|
| Q Q Q  Q Q Q   H    S S E E E
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|-2--------------||
|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|-2--------2-----||
|-1-1-1--3-3-3-|-0----3-5---5-3-||

   Organ Solo
    E5      N.C.                E5      N.C.
    Gtr V
     Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E    Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17--------15----14-17-|
||----------14-16----16-------|---------14-16----16-------|
||--14------------------------|-14------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|   Gtrs III, IV
|            PM|            ~~           PM|      ~~
|    Q   Q   S  S  E  E     E    Q   Q   S  S  E  Q
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||---2---2--------------------|--2---2--------------------|
||o--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---------2----------|
||---0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---3--5-----5-------|

  E5      N.C.                E5         G5
   Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E    Q   Q   S  S  S  S  S  E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17-----------15--------|
|---------14-16----16-------|------------14-16----16-14--|
|-14------------------------|-14------17-----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|
|          PM|            ~~           PM
|  Q   Q   S  S  E  E     E    Q   Q   S  E     S  Q
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2------5--------5-----|
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---x--5--------5-----|
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---x--3--------3-----|

  E5      N.C.                E5      N.C.
   Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E    Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17--------15----14-17-|
|---------14-16----16-------|---------14-16----16-------|
|-14------------------------|-14------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|          PM|            ~~           PM|      ~~
|  Q   Q   S  S  E  E     E    Q   Q   S  S  E  Q
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2--------------------|
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---------2----------|
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---3--5-----5-------|

  E5      N.C.                E5      N.CG5
   Q   Q   S  S  E  S  S  E    Q   Q   S  E S  Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17-----15---15----o||
|---------14-16----16-------|------------16---16-----||
|-14------------------------|-14---------17---17-----||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------12-------------||
|
|          PM|            ~~           PM
|  Q   Q   S  S  E  E     E    Q   Q   S  E S  Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2------5----5-----||
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---x--5----5----o||
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---x--3----3-----||

  N.CG5       N.CG5         E5 N.C.
                           2/4
   S  E S  Q   S  E S  Q     E Q.
|-------------------------|---------||
|----15---15-----15---15--|-15------||
|----16---16-----16---16--|-16------||
|----17---17-----17---17--|-17------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-12----------12----------|---------||
|
|  PM          PM
|  S  E S  Q   S  E S  Q     E Q.
|-------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-----5----5------5----5--|--2------||
|--x--5----5---x--5----5--|--2------||
|--x--3----3---x--3----3--|--0------||

 Finale
  Freely Q=125
  E5
 4/4
  H     S  S  T  S  T  T  S  T  T  S  T
|---------------------------------------|
|------17p15h17p15p14h15p14p12h14p12p10h|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|
| W
|
|       TP
| H     H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2-----2-------------------------------|
|-2-----2-------------------------------|
|-0-----0-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|       TP
| H     H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-9-----9-------------------------------|
|-7-----7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|

   T   S T  T S T T S T T S T Q  +Q     +W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-12p=10p9h10p9p7h9p7p5h7p5h7p5--(5)--|-(5)----|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-(2)---------------------------------|-(2)----|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-(0)---------------------------------|-(0)----|
| +W                                    +W
|
|  TP
|  H.                             Q     +W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|--2------------------------------2---|-(2)----|
|--2------------------------------2---|-(2)----|
|--0------------------------------0---|-(0)----|
|
|  TP                                    TP
|  W                                     W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|--9----------------------------------|--9-----|
|--9----------------------------------|--9-----|
|-(7)---------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|

                                                     N.C.
  +W           +W             +H.                  Q
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)----------|-(5)-----------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|-(2)-----------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----------|-(0)-----------------------*|
| +W           +W             +H.                  Q
|
| +W           +W              S  S S S E S S S Q    E.
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|--9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9\------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7\------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----------|---------------------------*|
|
|  TP           TP  TP ~
|  W            Q   Q  H       S  S S S E S S S Q    E.
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|--9---------|--9---9--9----|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|--9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9\------*|
|------------|--------------|--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7\------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------- | - 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