Imitation of Life Tabs & Lyrics by Anthrax
Imitation of Life
guitar tabs lyrics
IMITATION OF LIFE
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING)
Transcribed by warlockmb & abysslord
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by warlockmb
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Q=142
D C D
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM----| PM| PM
|-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||--7-----6---------|-8-----7---7-6h7p6---|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------8-|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
1.,2.,3.
A Gsus2/A C F#m/A
PM| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-7-----7-5-----5-|-8-----8-4-/5-4-/5---||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0-----o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
Verse
4. Slower Q=110
C F#m/A F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E H +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 4x
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------||
|--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------||
|-8-----8-4----|-(4)--------||--------------5---|-----------------3--||
|-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)--------||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||
|--------------|------------||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||
|
| Gtr III
| H H +W W W 4x
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------||
|--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------||
|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------||
|---------4----|-(4)--------||o-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------2----|-(2)--------||------------------|--------------------||
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||--------------5---|-----------------3-|
||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|
||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|
1.
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-------------5---|-----------------3--||
|-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||
|-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||
2.
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5
PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +W E E E E E E S S S S
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------|
|-------------5---|-----------------3-|-(3)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|-(1)--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|------------|---------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Faster Q=236
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5
PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|
||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|
||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|
||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
1.,2.,3. 4.
N.C. N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5
PM------------------------| PM PM
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------||-----------||------------------|
|-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----------------|
|------------------------------||-----------||--5s4-------------|
|------------------------------||-----------||--3s2---4s3-------|
|-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------||------------0-1s0-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|
|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
Chorus
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
||-------------------|----------------------|
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o||
|------------------|-----------------------||
$
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5
PM PM--| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
Pre-Chorus
F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5
PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|
||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|
||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|
||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|
N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C.
PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
To Coda
F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C.
PM PM PM------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W
|-----------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------|
|-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------|
|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------|
|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|
Chorus
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
||-------------------|----------------------|
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o||
|------------------|-----------------------||
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5
PM PM--| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|---------------------||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||
Bridge
Slower Q=164
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|---------9s10------|
||o-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8-|
E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|---------9s10-------||
|-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8--||
Chorus
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||-------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|------------------|-----------------------||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---o||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--||
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|
|
| W H Q. E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|------------2s======7--|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
Guitar Solo
N.C. A5 G5
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------7-------------5-------------|
|--0---0----5----0---0----3----0---0----|
|
| T T T T T T
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM---------------------|
E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4s===5--------------------------------|
|-2s===3---0----0----1---1----1----1----|
|
| T T T T T
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p=|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5
PM---| PM----| PM----|
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------7--------------------5-------------------|
|-0----0----5------0------0------3------0------0-----|
|
| T T T T T T T
| S S S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-0-14p7p0-14p7p0-16p7p0-17p7p0-16p7p0-14p7p0-12p7p0-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
F#5 G5 N.C.
PM-----------------|
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--4s====5----------------------------|
|--2s====3-----0-----0------1-1-1-1---|
|
| T T T T ~~
| S T T S T T S T T S T T H
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-10p7p0-9p7p0-7p5p0-5p3p0-/3---------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7--------5-------|-4s==5---------------------|
|--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|-2s==3---0-0--1--1-1---1---|
|
| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|-5h7p5h7p5-8-(8)-7-5h7p5h7-|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C.
PM| PM| PM-| PM------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------7--------5-------|--4s====5-------------------------------|
|--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|--2s====3-----0---0---1---1--1-----1----|
|
| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S
|------------------------|-10h12p10h12p10-/13-(13)-12-10h12p10h12-|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--9s=====8------9s==8-------------9s===8--|----------------------------------------------|
|--7s=====6---0--7s==6--------0----7s===6--|--0------0---0-0--0---0--------0----0--0---0--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
| E +E E E +E +E +E +E E +E E E +E +E +E +E
|-12b14r(12)p10h12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r(12)-|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-12b14r(12)p10h==12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r==(12)-|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5Bb5 D5 C#5 N.C.
PM PM PM-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---9s===8---9s8----12s==11-----|------------------------------------|
|---7s===6-0-7s6-0--10s===9-----|---0------0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----|
|
|~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
| H. +E S S +H. +E S S
|---------------------------/21-|-(21)b23==============(21)\---------|
|-/21b23-----------(21)\--0-----|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------0-/21-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5
PM PM
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--9s====8-----------9s====8-----------9s====8----|
|--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0-----7s====6----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----|
|----------21----------21----------21----------21-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM---------------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0--0----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----|
|----------21----------21----------21----------21-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
B5 Bb5 Bb55B5 C#5
PM PM
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--9s====8-----------9s====8----------12s===11----|
|--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0----10s====9----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------19h21p19h21-19h21p19-------------21-|
|-19h21p19-------------------------21-19h21p19----|
|----------21-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
N.C.
PM------------------------------|
E E S S E E E S S E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S H
|-19h21p19h21-19h21h22----24---------|
|----------------------24------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus
Faster Q=234
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|----------------------|
||o------------------|----------------------|
||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|
||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|
||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|
||-------------------|----------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 G5 F#5
PM PM--| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------------||
|------------------|----------------------o||
|-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9-----12s11--------||
|--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----10s=9-12s11--||
|------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-------10s=9-o||
|------------------|-----------------------||
Outro
Slower Q=110 1.,2.,3. 4.
&
F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5/F D5/A
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +H.. E
||------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------*|
||o-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|--------------*|
||------------------|--------------------||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|
||--------------5---|-----------------3--||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|
||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||-4-4-5-2-4-4-------|--------------*|
||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|--------------*|
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
