Nightwish – Sleeping Sun (Bass Tab)
Drop D (D-A-D-G)
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As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 1999 Album OCEANBORN)
Transcribed by Gitarrenmann
Words by Tarja Turunen Music by Nightwish
Arranged by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tuomas '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Tuomas ||'
Gtr III (D A D G) - 'Marco'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=110
Dm Bb A
4/4
Gtr I
Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E +Q Q H +H
|------------------|-------------------|-10--(10)-10-(10)--8--|-------------| |-3--(3)-5-(5)--6--|-6--(6)-8-(8)--10--|----------------------|-8----(8)----| |------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------| |------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------| |------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------| |------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------| F C Q. Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. |------------------|---------------| |-10---------------|-8-------------| |-------10--(10)---|------9--(9)---| |------------------|---------------| |------------------|---------------| |------------------|---------------|
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| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
Dm
Q +E E +Q Q H +H
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--(10)-9-(9)------|---------------------------|
|-----------------10--|-12----------(12)----------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------||
| W E E E E E E E E |---------------------|-10----10-----12-----13----| |---------------------|----10----10------10----10-| |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------| |---------------------|---------------------------| Gtr 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 |-10----10----12---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----|-10----10----12---8-12-|| |----10----10----8------|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----8------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
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| Gtr III | W W W |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| |-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|| Verse Dm E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-| |----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W +H H
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3--------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-|-13----13----15----17----|
|----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------|----13----13----13----13-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------||
| W +H H W |-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------3--------|-------------------------| |--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------|--3----------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-13-----13----15----12-15-|-13----13----15----17----| |-----13----13----13-------|----13----13----13----13-| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3----------|-------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|--3----------------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-13-----13----15----15----|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----13----13----13----17-|----10----10----10-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------14-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
| +H H W |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |--------------------------|-------------------------| |-(3)-----------5----------|--0----------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10-----10----12---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----| |-----10----10----8------|----10----10----10----10-| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------| |------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3--------|-------------------------|
|-(0)--------------------|--0----------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----15---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----10----10----8------|----11----11----11----11-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------||
| +H H W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3--------|--1----------------------|
|-(0)--------------------|-------------------------|
Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----13-----13-12-|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----11----11-----11-------|----11----11----11----11-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
| W W |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III
| +H +H W
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(1)----------(1)----------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|--5----------------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----13-----13-12-|-10----10----12----13----|-10----10----13-----13-12-||
|-----11----11-----11-------|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-----10-------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|||
| Gtr I | W W H Q Q |---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------10------8----|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|| |---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +H +H W H +H
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(5)----------(5)----------|--0----------------------|--0----------(0)----------||
Chorus
Bb
Gtr I
W +H +H H +H
|-------------|-------------------|-6----(6)----|
|-6-----------|-(6)--------(6)----|-6----(6)----|
|-7-----------|-(7)--------(7)----|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------||
| Gtr II | W W W |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------|
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| Gtr III | H +H E E +Q +H H +H |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-0----(0)----|--0--0-(0)--(0)----|-8----(8)----| F H +H H +H H +H H +H |-5--------(5)----|-6----(6)----|-------------------|-6----(6)----| |-6--------(6)----|-8----(8)----|-10--------(10)----|-6----(6)----| |-----------------|-------------|--7---------(7)----|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
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| Gtr III | E E +Q +H H +H E E +Q +H H +H |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------| |-3-3-(3)--(3)----|-5----(5)----|--0-0-(0)---(0)----|-8----(8)----| F D Bb H +H H +H H H H +H |-8--------(8)----|-10----(10)----|-12--------13-----|-13----(13)----| |-6--------(6)----|---------------|------------------|---------------| |-----------------|--7-----(7)----|--7---------------|-10----(10)----| |-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------| |-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------| |-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|
| E E +Q H H +H E E +Q +H H +H |-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------| |-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------| |-----------------|---------------|------------------|--1-----(1)----| |-3-3-(3)---2-----|--0-----(0)----|--0-0-(0)--(0)----|---------------| C F C Dm H +H H +H H +H H +H |-15--------(15)----|-17----(17)----|-15----(15)----|---------------|| |-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |--9---------(9)----|---------------|---------------|-19----(19)----|| |-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-------------------|--8-----(8)----|-15----(15)----|---------------|| |-------------------|---------------|---------------|-22----(22)----|| | H +H H +H H +H H +H
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| E E +Q +H H +H H +H H +H |-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |--3-3-(3)---(3)----|---------------|--3-----(3)----|---------------|| |-------------------|--3-----(3)----|---------------|--0-----(0)----|| Verse 2 Gtr II E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----12----8--12-| |----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10----8--------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------3-3-(3)----| |--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0-------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----12----8--12---| |----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10----8----------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|---------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------3-3-(3)------| |--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0---------------| F E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-13----13----15----17-------|-------------15----12--15-| |----13----13----13----------|-18----18-------13--------| |-------------------------17-|----17----17--------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)----| |--3-----------3----(3)----3-|--------3--3--------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-13----13----15----17-------|-------------15----15-------| |----13----13----13----------|-18----18-------13-----17---| |-------------------------17-|----17----17----------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)------| |--3-----------3----(3)----3-|--------3--3----------------| Dm E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-| |----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
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| W +H H |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------3--------| |--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----15--------12-| |----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10-------13-----| |----------------------------|----------------12--------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------|
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| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)----| |--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0--------------| Bb E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----13----13--12-| |----11----11----11-------11-|----11----11----11--------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------|
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| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|--------------------------| |----------------------------|--------------------------| |--1-----------1----(1)----1-|--------1--1--1--1-(1)----| |----------------------------|--------------------------| Gm E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----13----13--12---| |----11----11----11-------11-|----11----11----11----------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------|
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| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |----------------------------|----------------------------| |--5-----------5----(5)----5-|--------5--5--5--5-(5)------| Dm Gtr I W H Q Q |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|--------------19-----17----| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr II | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----13-----13-12-| |----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10-----10-------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------------|
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| Gtr III
| W +H +H
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)----------(0)----------|
Chorus
Bb
W +H +H H +H
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|-15----(15)----|
|-15---------|-(15)----(15)----|-15----(15)----|
|-17---------|-(17)----(17)----|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------||
| Gtr III | H H H H H H |------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------|-----------------|---------------| |------------|-----------5-----|---------------| |--0----0----|---0-------------|--8------8-----| F Gm Dm H +H H +H H +H |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-14----(14)----|-15----(15)----|---------------| |-15----(15)----|-17----(17)----|-19----(19)----| |---------------|---------------|-17----(17)----| |---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| H H H H H H |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |--3------3-----|--5------5-----|--0------0-----| Bb Dm H +H H +H H +H H H |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------| |-15----(15)----|-17------(17)----|-19----(19)----|-21----22----| |-15----(15)----|-15------(15)----|---------------|-------------| |---------------|-----------------|-17----(17)----|-17----------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|
| H H Q E E H H H H H |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------0----| |---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------| |--8------8-----|--3--3-3---2-----|--0------0-----|--0----------| Bb C F H +H H +H H +H |---------------|---------------|-17----(17)----| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-22----(22)----|-24----(24)----|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |-20----(20)----|-19----(19)----|--8-----(8)----| |---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| H +H H H H H |---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------| |--1-----(1)----|--3------3-----|---------------| |---------------|---------------|--3------3-----| C Dm H +H H +H |---------------|---------------|| |-20----(20)----|---------------|| |---------------|-19----(19)----|| |---------------|---------------|| |-15----(15)----|-17----(17)----|| |---------------|---------------||
|
| H H H +H
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------||
|--3------3-----|---------------||
|---------------|--0-----(0)----||
Bridge
C
W +Q +S S E +Q Q Q +E Q Q.
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-17---------|-(17)--(17)---19-(19)---20--|-19--(19)-17---15----|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------||
| H H Q E E E E Q H H
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------------5--5-----|--3----------3-------|
|--0----0----|---------0-----0------------|---------------------|
Bb Dm
H H H +H H H
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-15----(15)----|-17------18------|
|---------17------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-17--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
| Q E E E E Q H H Q E E E E Q |-----------------|---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|---------------|----------0-0----| |-----1-1--1-1----|---------------|-----------------| |-----------------|--0------0-----|-----0-0---------| F Q. Q +Q. Q. Q +Q. |-17----------------|---------------------|| |-------18---(18)---|-17------------------|| |-------------------|--------17---(17)----|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|---------------------||
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| H H Q E E E E Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------3---3-----||
|--3-------3--------|------3--3-----------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(C) Dm
Gtr II
W W +W
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-10-----------|-(10)-----------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------||
| E E Q H H +H Q E E H |-------------|--------------|----------------| |-------------|--------------|----------------| |-3-----------|--------------|-----------5----| |-------------|--0----(0)----|---0---0-0------| Bb F G +W +H +H H +H W |----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------------|-8----(8)----|-6---------------| |-(10)-----------|-(10)------(10)--------|-------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| H +H Q E E E E +Q H +H Q E E E E +Q
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|--------5-5-(5)--|
|---8-----(8)----|---3---3-3---3--3-(3)--|-5----(5)----|-0--0-0----------|
Out-Chorus
Bb F C#
Gtr I
W W +H +H H +H
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-16-----(16)----|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-14-----(14)----|
|---------------||-17----------|-(17)----(17)----|----------------|
|---------------||-15----------|-(15)----(15)----|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------||
| Gtr II | +W +W +W +H +H |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |-(6)-----------||-(6)---------|--(6)------------|-(6)-----(6)----| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III | H +H H H H H H H |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------||-------------|-----------------|--4-------4-----| |--8-----(8)----||--3-----3----|---3-------3-----|----------------| G# Bb F C# H +H H +H H +H H +H |---------------|-13----(13)----|----------------|-16-----(16)----| |-16----(16)----|-11----(11)----|-13-----(13)----|-14-----(14)----| |-13----(13)----|---------------|-10-----(10)----|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
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| H +H W +W +W |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |--4-----(4)----|--6------------|-(6)------------|-(6)------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
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| H H H H H H H H |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------| |---------------|---------------|----------------|--4-------4-----| |--6------6-----|--8------8-----|--3-------3-----|----------------| F C# W +W +H +H H +H |---------------|--------------|-----------------|-16-----(16)----| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|-14-----(14)----| |-17------------|-(17)---------|-(17)----(17)----|----------------| |-15------------|-(15)---------|-(15)----(15)----|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| +H +H W +W +H +H |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |-(6)----(6)----|---6----------|--(6)------------|-(6)-----(6)----| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| H H H H H H H H |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------| |---------------|--------------|-----------------|--4-------4-----| |--3------3-----|---3-----3----|---3-------3-----|----------------| Eb G# Eb F H +H H +H H +H W |-18----(18)----|---------------|-18----(18)----|--------------| |-16----(16)----|---------------|-16----(16)----|--------------| |---------------|-20----(20)----|---------------|-17-----------| |---------------|-18----(18)----|---------------|-15-----------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| H +H H +H H +H H +H |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |--8-----(8)----|---------------|---------------|--6----(6)----| |---------------|--8-----(8)----|--8-----(8)----|--------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| H H H H H H H +H |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------| |--6------6-----|---------------|--6------6-----|--------------| |---------------|--6------6-----|---------------|--3----(3)----| +H +Q.. S W W W |-------------------|----------|----------|------*| |-------------------|----------|----------|------*| |-(17)----(17)------|----------|----------|------*| |-(15)----(15)------|----------|----------|------*| |-------------------|----------|----------|------*| |-------------------|----------|----------|------*|
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