The Beach Boys – When I Grow Up To Be A Man (Guitar Tab)
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Chords
As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1965 Album THE BEACH BOYS TODAY!)
Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Mike Love
Transcribed by Slowhand
Ab Eb Db A
4 6 6 5 4 4 x 6 8 8 8 6 x 4 6 6 6 4 5 7 7 6 5 5
Bm C#m D Dm
7 9 9 7 7 7 9 11 11 9 9 9 10 12 12 11 10 10 x 5 7 7 6 5
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Wilson - Harpsichord'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Intro
Q=148
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
W W
Gtr II (Harpsichord arr. for Gtr.)
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------| |----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------| |-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------| |-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-| |-----------------------|-------------------13----| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III | W W |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----|| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6-|--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6--|| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--||
1st Verse
Ab Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr III | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|
Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|
Bbm7 Eb
Gtr II
|---3----|
H +Q Q Q W |----------------13-16---|-15-----------------| |-14------(14)-----------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------| |------------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtrs I, III | Q. E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E |--------------6-------x-|--------------------| |--9----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-| |--6----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-| |--6----6--(6)-----------|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-| |--8----8--(8)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-| |--6---------------------|--------------------|
Cm Fm7
|----3----|
H +Q Q Q W |--------------------15----|--16----------------------| |-13------(13)----16-------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| Q. E E Q E +E E E E E E Q |-------8---8--------------|--------------------------| |--8----8---8--11--------9-|--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9---| |--8----8---8---8--------8-|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8---| |-10-----------10-------10-|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10---| |-10---------------------8-|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8---| |--8-----------------------|--------------------------| N.C. Gtr I W W Gtr II Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-----------------------|-------------------------| |----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------| |-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------| |-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-| |-----------------------|-------------------13----| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr III | W W |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------------|-------------------------|
Ab Db
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|---------------------------|| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|-14---13---------11-13-----|| |--------------------------|---------13-(13)-------13--|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------||
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------|| |--------------------------|--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6--|| |--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|---------------------------||
2nd & 3rd Verses
$
Ab Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|
Ab Eb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
W W |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| |-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----| |---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--| |--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|
Bbm7 Eb Cm Fm7
Gtr II
|---3----| |----3----|
H +Q Q Q W H +Q Q Q |----------------13-16---|-15-----------------|--------------------15----| |-14------(14)-----------|--------------------|-13------(13)----16-------| |------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
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| Gtrs I, III | Q. E +E Q E E E E E +E E E E Q. E E Q E |--------------6-------x-|--------------------|-------8---8--------------| |--9----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|--8----8---8--11--------9-| |--6----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|--8----8---8---8--------8-| |--6----6--(6)-----------|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-10-----------10-------10-| |--8----8--(8)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-10---------------------8-| |--6---------------------|--------------------|--8-----------------------| To Coda N.C. W Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--16---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------13----|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
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| +E E E E E E Q W W |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-----------------------|-------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|| Interlude Bb Gtr II H H W |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|-11-----------------| |-----------10--------|--------------------| |-12------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtrs I, III | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| |--8-8-10-8--8-8-10-8-|--8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-| |--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
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| Gtr IV | E E E E H E E E E H |--6------6-----------|--6------6----------| |--6------6-----------|--6------6----------| |--7------7-----------|--7------7----------| |--8------8-----------|--8------8----------| |---------------------|--------------------| |---------------------|--------------------| Ebm W W |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E +E E Q E E Q Q E E |------------------|-----------------| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-7-7-7---6--6-6--| |-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8---6--6-6--| |-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8---6--6-6--| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6--|-6-6-6---4--4-4--| |------------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E H E E E E H |------------------|-----------------| |-7-----7----------|-7-----6---------| |-8-----8----------|-8-----6---------| |-8-----8----------|-8-----6---------| |------------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------| Bb Gtrs I, III E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-| |-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
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| Gtr IV | E E E E H E E E E H |-6------6----------|-6------6----------| |-6------6----------|-6------6----------| |-7------7----------|-7------7----------| |-8------8----------|-8------8----------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| D.S. al Coda Ebm Eb E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q |------------------|-------------------|| |-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|| |-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|| |-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---|| |-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6--|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6---|| |------------------|-------------------||
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| E E E E H E E E E H |-6-----6----------|-6-----6-----------|| |-7-----7----------|-8-----8-----------|| |-6-----6----------|-6-----6-----------|| |-8-----8----------|-8-----8-----------|| |------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
&
N.C. A BmC#m D
Gtr I
|-3--|
W W E E E E Q Q Q W
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/ / / / / / / /
Gtr III
|-3--|
W W E E E E Q Q Q W
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||-7-7-9-7-7-9-11-|-12----|
|----------|----------||-5-5-5-5-5-7--9-|-10----|N.C. A
Gtr I
W W E E E E +E E E E W
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/ / / / / / / / /
Gtr II W W Q E E +E E E E W |----------|----------|-14---12------------12----|-12----|| |----------|----------|---------14-(14)-15----14-|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
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| Gtr III | W W E E E E E E E E W |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--------------------------|-------|| |----------|----------|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7----|| |----------|----------|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5----||
Outro
A
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-14---12------------12----|-14---12------------12----| |---------14-(14)-15----14-|---------14-(14)-15----14-| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-| |--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|
Bm Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |--------------------------|---------------------------| |-15---14---------12-14----|-15---14---------12-14-----| |---------14-(14)-------14-|---------14-(14)-------14--| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
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| E E E E +E E Q E E E E +E E Q |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--------------------------|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7-----| |--9-9--9--9--(9)--9--9----|--5-5--5--5--(5)--5--5-----| |--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|---------------------------|
A
E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E |-14---12------------12----| |---------14-(14)-15----14-| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-| |--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|
Bm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-14---12------------12----|--------------------------| |---------14-(14)-15----14-|-15---14---------12-14----| |--------------------------|---------14-(14)-------14-| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--9-9--9--9--(9)--9--9----| |--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|
E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E |--------------------------| |-15---14---------12-14----| |---------14-(14)-------14-| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------|
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| E E E E +E E Q
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|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|
|--5-5--5--5--(5)--5--5----|
|--------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E |-14---12------------12----|-14---12------------12----*| |---------14-(14)-15----14-|---------14-(14)-15----14-*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--------------------------|--------------------------*| |--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-*| |--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-*|
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
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths