In the Desert of Set Tabs & Lyrics by Therion
In the Desert of Set
guitar tabs lyrics
IN THE DESERT OF SET
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1996 Album THELI)
Transcribed by [email protected]
Words and Music by C. Johnsson
Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Sitar'
Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Strings'
Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Trombone'
Gtr VI (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=104
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, III
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||----------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|--------2-1-----|--------2-1------|
||o--2--3-2-----2-3-|--2--3-2-----2-3-|-2--3-2-----2-3-|-2--3-2-----2-3--|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| TP TP TP TP
| W W W W
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-12--------------|-10--------------|-8--------------|-7---------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
1.
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------2--1-------|--------------2-1-----|
|--2-----3--2--------2--3-|--2-----3--2------2-3-|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-11----------------------|-11-------------------|
|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------2--1-------|--------------2-1------||
|--2-----3--2--------2--3-|--2-----3--2------2-3-o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|-11----------------------|-11--------------------||
|----13-12-10-12-13-12-10-|----13-12-10-12-------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-------------------------|----------------------o||
|-------------------------|-----------------------||
2.
Gtr III
PM----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|
|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-----1----------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
----------------------|
S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-------|
|-------------------14-14----------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-1-----|
|--2-----------3-----2---------2-3-|
|----------------------------------|
PM----------------------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------12-12-13-13-12-12-------|
|-------------------14-14-------------------14-14-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2-----1----------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------2-----3----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
----------------------|
|------6-------| |------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-16-13-13-12-12-------16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12-16p13p12---|
|-------------------14-14---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------2--------1---------------------------|
|--2-----------3-----2-----------------------2--------3---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Lead: C. Johnsson
B5 A5
E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q +E E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|----12-12-15-(15)-12-12-12-|----12-15-14-(14)--(14)-15-|
|-14--9--9-12-(12)--9--9--9-|-14--9-12-11-(11)--(11)-12-|
|-12------------------------|-12------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| E E E E +E E E E E E E E +Q +E E
|
| W W
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--4------------------------|--2------------------------|
|--2------------------------|--0------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G5 F#5 G5 A5
|--3--| |------6-------| |------6-------|
Q. E E E E E E E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|-------------------17-15-14----------17-15-14----------|
|-17----19-19S17-17S15-|-15S14-17-15-14----15-13-12-17-15-14-15-13-12-17-15-14-|
|-14----16-16S14-14S12-|-12S11-14-12-11-16----------14-12-11----------14-12-11-|
|----------------------|----------------14-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| Q. E E E E E E E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |--3--| |------6-------| |------6-------|
|
| W H Q Q
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------------------2----------------|
|--5-------------------|--4-----------------5-----------------0----------------|
|--3-------------------|--2-----------------3----------------------------------|
B5 A5
E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|---/22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|
|----20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|
| W W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4-----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G5
S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|-19-22-22-22-22-21-21-21-19-19-19-19-19-|
|-17-20-20-20-20-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
| S S S S E S S E S S E S S
|
| W
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--5-------------------------------------|
|--3-------------------------------------|
F#5 G5 A5
|------6-------| |------6-------|
Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-18--18-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-21-19-18-|
|-16--16-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-19-17-16-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
| Q E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
| |------6-------| |------6-------|
|
| H Q Q
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------2----------------|
|--4---------5-----------------0----------------|
|--2---------3----------------------------------|
Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||----------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-----|---------2-1-------||
||o-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3-|-2-2-3-2-----2-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5
PM PM PM
E. S H. E. S H. E. S H. E. S Q E E E E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|------------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------||
||--4--4-4-------|-2--2-2-------|--------------|-------------2-----||
||o-2--2-2-------|-0--0-0-------|-5--5-5-------|-4--4-4--5---0----o||
||---------------|--------------|-3--3-3-------|-2--2-2--3---------||
B5 A5 G5 F#5 G5 A5
Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|------------------||
||--4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|---------------|------------2-2---||
||o-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-4--4-4-5-5-0-0--o||
||----------------|---------------|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-2--2-2-3-3-------||
Chorus
Bm A G F#
Gtrs I, III
PM------------------------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
H.=H Q=80
Bm A G F#5
PM------------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2----|
Bridge
Q=144
N.C.
Gtr I
Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||
|------------||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||
|------------||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
Verse
B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5
Gtrs I, III
PM--------------| PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
Bridge
B5 G5 F#5 E5
Gtr II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------8-----------|----------8-----------|
||--9---10-9---10--7--10-|-9---10-9---10--7--10-|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H. +E E H. +E E
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||--4-------------(4)----|----------------------|
||o-2-------------(2)--5-|-4-------------(4)--2-|
||---------------------3-|-2-------------(2)--0-|
G5 F#5 E5
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------o||
|----------8-----------|---------8-----------||
|-9---10-9---10--7--10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10---||
|----------------------|--------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|
| H. +E E W
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------||
|-5-------------(5)--4-|-2------------------o||
|-3-------------(3)--2-|-0-------------------||
Q=144
N.C.
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
||----------8---------|---------8----------||
||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||--------------------|--------------------||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||----------8---------|---------8----------||
||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||
||o-------------------|-------------------o||
||--------------------|--------------------||
Verse
B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5
Gtrs I, III
PM--------------| PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
Interlude
B5 F#5
PM-------------------------------------
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|-------------------|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
||----------------3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-|
G5 E5
-----------------------------------|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
N.C.
Gtr IV
TP TP
W +W
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||--11---------------|-(11)---------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||-------------------|--------------------|
||o------1-2-4-2-1---|--------1-2-4-2-1---|
||---2-3-----------3-|---2--3-----------3-|
TP TP
W +W
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-9---------------|-(9)-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----1-2-4-2-1---|-------1-2-4-2-1----o||
|-2-3-----------3-|--2--3-----------3---||
F# G E G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-12-12-12-9-9-9-12-12--||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr V
| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------||
||---4--------4--------4----|--5-------2------5-----||
||o-------------------------|----------------------o||
||---2--------2--------2----|--3-------0------3-----||
F# G E G
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|-15-15-15-12-12-12-15-15--||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr V
| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--11-------11-------11----|-12--------9-------12-----||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o--9--------9--------9----|-10--------7-------10----o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
C#
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E Q E Q E E E Q E Q E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11-------11-------11----|-11-------11-------11----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9--------9--------9----|--9--------9--------9----|
Bridge
N.C.
Gtr I
Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||
|------------||o-9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10-o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Wx2 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||----------8---------|---------8----------||
|------------||--9--10-9---10-7-10-|-9--10-9---10-7-10--||
|------------||o-------------------|-------------------o||
|------------||--------------------|--------------------||
Verse
B5 A5C5 B5 A5C5
Gtrs I, III
PM--------------| PM--------------|
E S S E S S E S S E E E S S E S S E S S E E 4x
||------------------------|------------------------||
||o-----------------------|-----------------------o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
||--------------------2-5-|-------------------2-5--||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-3-o||
||------------------------|------------------------||
Outro
B5 G5
Gtr VI
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--14----12----------------------------------|
||o-----0----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-14-0-15--0-12-0-|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| H. +E E
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||---4-----------------------------(4)--------|
||o--2-----------------------------(2)----5---|
||----------------------------------------3---|
F#5 E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-----------------------------------------|
|-----0-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0-12-0-14--0-11-0--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| H. +E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------------------(4)----2----|
|--2-----------------------------(2)----0----|
G5 F#5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15----14---12-------------------12---------|
|-----0----0----0-15-15-14-0-15-0-----0-14-0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| H. +E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--5------------------------------(5)----4---|
|--3------------------------------(3)----2---|
1.
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------15-14-12----12-----------||
|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| W
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|--2------------------------------------------o||
|--0-------------------------------------------||
2.
E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------15-14-12----12----------|
|-15-0-14-0-12-0-11-0----------15----15-14-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--0----0----0----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------27-26-24----24----------|
|-------------------------------27----27-26-24-|
|-12-11-9----9---------------------------------|
|---------12---12-11-9-------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------|
| E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--2----2----2-----2----2-----2-----2-----2----|
|--0----0----0-----0----0-----0-----0-----0----|
B5 F#5
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o----14---15---14------14---15-14---|---------14----------------14-------|
||--16--------------16----------------|----15--------15------15------15----|
||------------------------------------|-16--------------16-----------------|
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----| PM| PM-----| PM-----| PM|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
||---4------------4------------4------|------------------------------------|
||o--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2-|--4------------4------------4-------|
||------------------------------------|--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--2-2--|
G5
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|
|---------15----------------15------|
|----16--------16------16------16---|
|-17--------------17----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM-----| PM-----| PM|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--5------------5------------5------|
|--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--3--3-3-|
A5 Bb5 B5
E E E E E E E E 4x H H
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|----14---17-14------14---17-14---o||----------------*|
|-14--------------15---------------||-16-------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|---------------------------------o||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S 4x Q +Q H
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|---------------------------------o||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|----------------------------------||----------------*|
|--7-------7-------8-------8------o||--9--(9)\-------*|
|--5--5-5--5--5-5--6--6-6--6--6-6--||--7--(7)\-------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
