Primus – Ground Hogs Day (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 Primus (From the 1989 Album FRIZZLE FRY) Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson Words by Les Claypool Music by Les Claypool, Tim Alexander and Todd Huth Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Larry LaLonde' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Double' Intro Moderate Rock Q=120(8=s8) C7 BBmaj7 4/4 Gtr I W W W
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|
|----------|----------|--------|

  C7 E5 C7          Bb Bmaj7 C7
  Q  Q  H      H    Q  Q     Q.   +E  H
|------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------|-------------|---------------|
|----9-------|-------------|---------------|
|----9-------|-------------|---------------|
|----7-------|-------------|---------------|
|----0-------|---------x\--|-3----(3)S6----|

      BBmaj7   C7                          Bb
                                             ~~~~
  +W           Q.   +E   H          +H      +Q   Q
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-(6)--------|-8----(8)S11b12----|-(11)----(11)-----|
C7 BBmaj7 C7 |-3-| |-3--|
    E E E  E E  E  E     +Q.      +W           a a a a  E     +E  E E +H
||-----------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|
||o------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------|---------10b11r(10)------------|
||-----------9-----------------|-------------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----|
||------8s10-------------------|-------------|-----x-------------------------|
||o---7------------------------|-------------|---x---------------------------|
||--8--------------------------|-------------|-x-----------------------------|

  +W           a a a a  E     +E  E E +H
|------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------10b11r(10)------------|
|-(7)--------|-------x------------9s7-(7)----|
|------------|-----x-------------------------|
|------------|---x---------------------------|
|------------|-x-----------------------------|

      Bb         Bmaj7   C7                      Bb
                                   ~~         ~~
  +H.      a a a Q       +Q.   +E  Q.   +E    H.      E  E
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------||
|----------------------|--------------------|--------------||
|-(7)------------7b8===|=(7)r==(7)-5----(5)S|=7-------7\---||
|--------------x-------|--------------------|--------------||
|------------x---------|--------------------|--------------||
|----------x-----------|--------------------|--------------||

 1st & 2nd Verse
  C7sus4                                  C7
   Q   Q   H       +H      +E   E  E  E   H    +Q.   E   +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------|
|--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----|
|-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|

  C7sus4                                  C7
   Q   Q   H       +H      +E   E  E  E   H    +Q.   E   +W
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|
|---------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|--------|
|--8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)----|
|-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------|
|---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------|

                                                            1.
  A7                      G#7             A7                        G#7
       PM|   PM      ~      ~~~~              PM|           ~        ~~~~~
   Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E Q.    +S  S   Q   E E E E E E   Q  E  E  H
|------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|----------2---2-2-|--------------------|---------2-------|------------------o||
|----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7b9r==(7)p5-|---------2---2-2-|----2/---12b14-----||
|-14\------2---2-2-|----2---------------|-7\------2-0-2-2-|----2/-------------||
|-12\--0-0---0-----|----0---------------|-----0-0---0-0-0-|----0-------------o||
|------------------|-3------------------|-----------------|-3-----------------||

  2.
       G#7                  A7                        G#7
  ~       ~~~~~~~                PM|   PM      ~      ~~~~~
  Q  E E  Q.       +S   S    Q   E E E E E E   Q  E E Q.     +S  S
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|----------2---2-2-|---------------------|
|----2-0-12pb14r==(12)p10-|----------2---2-2-|----2-0-7pb9r==(7)p5-|
|----2-0------------------|----------2---2-2-|----2----------------|
|----0--------------------|-12\--0-0---0-----|----0----------------|
|-3-----------------------|------------------|-3-------------------|

  A7                         G#7
      PM|           ~         ~~~~~
  Q   E E E E E E   Q    E E  Q      +Q
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|---------2-------|-----------------------||
|---------2---2-2-|----------19b21--(19)--||
|-7\------2-0-2-2-|-----------------------||
|-----0-0---0-0-0-|----/19----------------||
|-----------------|-3---------------------||
C7 BBmaj7 |-3-| |-3--|
   E E E  E E  E  E     +Q.      +W
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-------------11-11b13r(11)---|-(11)--------|
|-----------9-----------------|-------------|
|------8s10-------------------|-------------|
|----7------------------------|-------------|
|-/8--------------------------|-------------|

  C7                                      Bb
                                           ~~~~~~~~~
  a a a a  H.          +Q      +Q    E  E  Q    E    E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------10b11=======(10)--|-(10)--10-10-10--[10]r-10-|
|-------x-------------------|--------------------------|
|-----x---------------------|--------------------------|
|---x-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-x-------------------------|--------------------------|

  C7                              Bb   Bmaj7
   Q       +Q    E  +E  E E   +H.      Q
|---------------------------|----------------|
|-10b11===(10)--10r(10)-----|----------------|
|-----------------------9s7-|-(7)------7b8===|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------|

  C7                        Bb
            ~~
  +Q.   +E  Q.   +E    H    +E  +E   Q
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|-(7)r==(7)-5----(5)s|=7----(7)-(7)\----||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||
|--------------------|------------------||

   3rd Verse
    C7sus4                                  C7
     Q   Q   H       +H      +E   E  E  E   H    +Q.   E   +W
||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------||
||o---------------|-----------------------|--------------|--------o||
||----------10----|-(10)----(10)----10----|-9----(9)-----|---------||
||---8---8--------|-----------------------|-8----(8)---8-|-(8)-----||
||o-10--10--------|--------------10----10-|--------------|--------o||
||----------------|-----------------------|--------------|---------||

  C7
   W           +W
|-----------|---------||
|-----------|---------||
|--9--------|--(9)----||
|--8--------|--(8)----||
|-10--------|-(10)----||
|-----------|---------||

  Straight Eighths & Faster. Q=132
  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|

  C#5 N.C.
                                      ~~
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                      ~~
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                      ~~
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                      ~~
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|---------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|---------------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|-11\-----------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------|

   Bridge
    C#5     N.C.
     ~~~~~~~~
     E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-17-(17)S12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  +S   S  E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  +S   S  E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  +S   S  E
|--------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0s19-------------12---------------|
|---------------/12-(12)-12----12-(12)-12----|
|-11\-------------------------------------14-|
|-11\----------------------------------------|
|--9\----------------------------------------|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0S19-/12-(12)-12-12-12-17p12---|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|-11\-------------------------------------|
|--9\-----------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

 1.
  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|-----------------------------------------||
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-o||
|-----------------------------------------||
|-11\-------------------------------------||
|-11\------------------------------------o||
|--9\-------------------------------------||

  2.
  C#5  E5        D#5  G5   F#5A5   C#5  N.C.
   E S  S  +S  S  E S  E S  E  E    Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|--------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|---------------------12---11-14-|------------------------------------------|
|-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9---12-(12)---11--------------|--9\------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.
 ~~~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  E5        D#5  G5     F#
 3/4                        4/4
   E S  S  +S  S  E S  E S    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q
|--------------------------|------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|---------------------12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|-11---14-(14)---13---12---|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11\--||
|-11---14-(14)---13---10---|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9\--||
|--9---12-(12)---11--------|------------------------------------------||
Guitar Solo N.C.(C#5) |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
  S S S  S T T S  S S S S  S T T S  S S S S  S T T
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p|
|-------11-------10-------11-------11-------11-----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
  S  S S S S  S T T S  S S S S  S T T S  S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9p8----8h9s8----8s9---|
|---11-------11-------11-------11-------10-------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

             ~~~~         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~        ~
  T T E  S  +H     S  S S S   +H     +E  E S S S S
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|-8h9p8---------------------|----------------------|
|-------11-(11)----9h11-9-8-|-(8)----(8)-8-8h9p8-6-|
|---------------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------|

  +E  E S S S  a  S  +E   E E  S S    S S  S S  S  S S  S S  S S  S  S S  S  S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-----------------9-12p9----9---------------|
|---------------------------9----9-|-11p9----9-11h12--------12---12p11-9-------|
|-(6)s8-8h9p8-10s11-(11)-11---11---|------11-----------------------------11-11-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|

                                      <
            |-3-|
   S S  S S E E E E E E E   +H       +Q.    S S
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------6-|
|-11p9-/9-9-9-8-8s6-8-8-8-|-(8)b9----(8)---/8---|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|

  E Q  E E. S E     +E    +Q   +E  E Q  E S S
|---9--8-8--6-----------|---------------------|
|-------------9b11==(9)-|-(9)r=(9)-6-6--6-6-6-|
|-6---------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|

                             C#°7/E
  Gtrs I, II
  Q  S S S S S S S S S S E    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E
|--------------------------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-||
|--------------------------|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-||
|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-||
|------------------------0-|----------------------------------------------||
|----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|----------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------||

 Outro
  C#5  N.C.
  Gtr I
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|------------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|

  C#      N.C.                                C#5  E5        D#5  G5   F#5A5
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E    E S  S  +S  S  E S  E S  E  E
|-------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-20p15---|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------12---11-14-|
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---12---11-14-|
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13---10----9-12-|
|-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11--------------|

  C#5  N.C.
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E
|------------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|
|------------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------0-|

  C#5  N.C.
                                       ~~
   Q     S S   S   S  +S   S  S  S  E  E
|----------------------------------------|
|------/12-0-/19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|-11\------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------|

  C#5     N.C.                                C#5  E5        D#5
                                             2/4
                                              Gtrs I, II
   ~~~~~~~~
   E  +E   S S  S   S  +S   S  S  S  S  S E    E S  S  +S  S  E
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-17-(17)S12-0S19-/15-(15)-15-15-15-19p15---|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-||
|-------------------------------------------|-11---14-(14)---13-||
|-----------------------------------------0-|--9---12-(12)---11-||

                                                C#5 E5      D#5
   4/4
     +E  S S  E S S  E S S  E S S    E S S  E E  E.  S  +E   E
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-------------------------------|----------------------------o||
||--------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||--(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13--||
||o-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-13---11--14-(14)-13-o||
||--(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-11-0--9--12-(12)-11--||

                                 2/4
   +E  S S  E S S  E S S  E S S    E S S E E
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-------------------------------|------------|
|-(13)-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-13-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---|
|-(13)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-13-x-x-x---|
|-(11)-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-11-x-x-|-11-x-x-x-0-|

  C#5  E5        C#5  E5   D#5  G5
 9/8
   E S  S  +S  S  E S  E S  E S  S  +S   S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------12-(12)\---|
|-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---12-(12)\---|
|-11---14-(14)---11---14---13---10-(10)\---|
|--9---12-(12)----9---12---11--------------|

  F#
 4/4
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-------------------------------------------------|

   Q   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-|
|-----------------------------------------|

                                    C#5
   Q   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  S    +Q    +Q    H
|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----|-------------------|
|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------|
|--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9-11-|-(11)--(11)\-------|
|------------------------------------9-|--(9)---(9)\-------|

             A7
  W          W          W
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
|----------|----------|------*|
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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