ACTIVITY
Burning Times
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BURNING TIMES
As recorded by Iced Earth
(From the 1998 Album SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES)
Transcribed by Pete Hawthorne -- [email protected]
Words by Matthew Barlow Music by Jon Schaffer
Arranged by Jon Schaffer
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Jon Schaffer'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Larry Tarnowski'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Harmony'
Intro
Q=140
E5 N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-----2--------7---8-|-----7---5---8-7--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0---0---|--0----0---0------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM|
| E E H. +W
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-----2--------------|-(2)--------------|
|-0-0-0--------------|-(0)--------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----2--------7---10-|-----8---5---8-7--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0---0----|--0----0---0------|
|
| PM|
| E E H. +W
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|------------------|
|-----2---------------|-(2)--------------|
|-0-0-0---------------|-(0)--------------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-----2--------7---8-|-----7---5---8-7--|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0---0---|--0----0---0------|
|
| PM|
| E E H. +W
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-----2--------------|-(2)--------------|
|-0-0-0--------------|-(0)--------------|
C5 D5 B5
PM--| ~~~~~~~
Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------|
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----|
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~
| Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------|
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----2-------10---12-|---10---9---12-10--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0--------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--------7----8-|----7---5----8--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0--------|
E5 N.C.
PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------10---14-|---12---9---12-10----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0----------|
|
| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------7---10-|----8---5----8--7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0----------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----2-------10---12-|---10---9---12-10---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0---------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----2--------7----8-|----7---5----8--7---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0-------0-|
C5 D5 B5
PM--| ~~~~~~~
Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------||
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----||
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~
| Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------||
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------||
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----||
Verse
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM----|
E E E S S E E +E E +E E E S S E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||------2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2------------|
||o-----2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2---------2--|
||--0-0---0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
G5 F5
PM| PM--| PM PM
E E E S S E E E E +E E E E +Q E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2--||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2-o||
|-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-----0---------------||
E5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----2-------10---12-|---10---9---12-10--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0--------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------|
|-----2--------7----8-|----7---5----8--7--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0--------|
E5 N.C.
PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------10---14-|---12---9---12-10----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0----------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2--------7---10-|----8---5----8--7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0----------|
E5 N.C.
PM--| PM PM PM PM ~~
E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-2-2-2-------10---12-|---10---9---12-10---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0---------|
|
| PM--| PM PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--------------7----8-|----7---5----8--7---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0----0----|-0----0---0-------0-|
C5 D5 B5
PM--| ~~~~~~~
Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------|
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----|
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~
| Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-5--5-------7-(7)-4-|-(4)--4------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--2-0----------------|
[3] [2]
|--------------------|---------- - -(2)----|
Verse
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM----|
E E E S S E E +E E +E E E S S E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||------2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2------------|
||o-----2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2---------2--|
||--0-0---0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
G5 F5
PM| PM--| PM PM
E E E S S E E E E +E E E E +Q E E 4x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2--||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2-o||
|-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-----0---------------||
Chorus
E5 F5 E5 F5 E5
Gtr III
W +E E E E E S S E E
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------10-|
||--9------------------|-(9)----9-11-12-11h12-9----|
||---------------------|-----/9--------------------|
||o--------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------9---10-|------9----7----10----9----|
||o-----2-------7----8-|------7----5-----8----7----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|--0-----0-----0------------|
G5 F5 D5 E5
~~
W +Q. E +E +E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------10b12==(10)r(10)----|
|-12------------------|-(12)-----------------------8--|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------9---12-|------10----7-----------10--9--|
|------2-------7---10-|-------8----5------------8--7--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|---0-----0----------0----------|
F5 E5 D5 F5 E5
~
W +E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------10-|
|-9------------------|-(9)----9-11-12-11h12-9----|
|--------------------|-----/9--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------9---10-|------9----7----10----9----|
|-----2-------7----8-|------7----5-----8----7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|--0-----0-----0----------0-|
C5 D5 B5
~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E H Q +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------10-----|--------------------------o||
|-12--------(12)-12-----12-|-11--------8------(8)b9----||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--------------------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--5--5-----------7-(7)--4-|-(4)--4--------------------||
|--3--3-3-3---3---5-(5)--2-|-(2)--2-0-----------------o||
[3] [2]
|--------------------------|---------- - -(2)------||
Guitar Solo
E5
Gtr I
PM--------------------------
Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------|
|--0-------0----0----0---0---0----0---|
|
| Gtr II
| T T T T
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12p8p5p0-5p0-12p8-12p8p5p0-5p0-12p8-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
G5 E5 Bb5
-----------------| PM-----------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------3-------|
|---------------------5---5-5-|---2----------------------1-------|
|--0----0----0--0--0--3---3-3-|---0------0--0--0---0--0----------|
|
| T T ~~~
| S S S S E E E E Q +E E E E E +Q S S
|-13p8-12p8h10----------------|------/19-0--------------12h13/---|
|--------------13-12-13-/17---|-(17)-------15-17-(17)------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|
A5 E5
PM--------------
+E E +E E H Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|--(3)-3-(3)--3--------2--------|----------------------|
|--(1)-1-(1)--1--------0--------|---2------------------|
|-------------------------------|---0---0-0--0--0--0-0-|
|
| ~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~
| |--3--|
| Q E S S S E E Q +H E E Q
|-/17----13--13h15p13-12--------|----------------------|
|------------------------13s17--|-(17)------17-18-17---|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------|
G5
-------------|
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------5-----5-5-|
|---0--0--0-0--0----------3-----3-3-|
|
|~~~~~~ ~~
| +Q Q S +S S S Q
|-----------------------------------|
|-(17)---13---12b14r(12)-12---------|
|---------------------------14-13---|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
E5 Bb5
PM----------------------|
Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3-------|
|--2--------------------------------------------1-------|
|--0-----------0-----0------0-----0-----0---------------|
|
| |------5------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------/16-12h13p12------------------|
|-------12----13-12-15-13--------------12h13-13h==15p13-|
|-14-13----14-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
A5
+E E +E E H
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-(3)-----3-------(3)-------3--------2---------||
|-(1)-----1-------(1)-------1--------0---------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| ~~
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S E E Q
|----------------------------------------------||
|-12-----12h13p12h13h15p13p12-13p12-12---------||
|-----14-------------------------------14-14---||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
C5 D5 B5
PM|
Q E S S E E +E E +W
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|--5--5------5--7-(7)--4-|--(4)--------|
|--5--5------5--7-(7)--4-|--(4)--------|
|--3--3-3-3--3--5-(5)--2-|--(2)--------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +W
|-12--------12h14-15--14-|-(14)--------|
|-13--------13h15-17--15-|-(15)--------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
|------------------------|-------------|
C5 D5 B5
PM|
Q E S S E E +E E +H E E +Q
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|--5--5------5--7-(7)--4-----|--(4)-------------------------------|
|--5--5------5--7-(7)--4-----|--(4)-------------------------------|
|--3--3-3-3--3--5-(5)--2-----|--(2)-------------------------------|
[2] [2]
|----------------------------|--------------------3-- -( )----|
|
|~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H E E E E +E E +E E +E E +Q
|-12--------12h14p12--15b17==|=(15)r-15-(15)-14-(14)-15--(15)-----|
|-13--------13h15p13--17b19==|=(17)r-17-(17)-15-(15)-17--(17)-----|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
Verse
E5
PM| PM--| PM----|
E E E S S E E +E E +E E E S S E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|------2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2------------|
|------2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2---------2--|
|--0-0---0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
|
| ~~
| W W
|-12-------------------|--------------------|
|-13-------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
G5 F5
PM| PM--| PM PM
E E E S S E E E E +E E E E +Q E E
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2--|
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2--|
|-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-----0---------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM--| PM----|
E E E S S E E +E E +E E E S S E E Q
||----------------------|--------------------|
||o---------------------|--------------------|
||----------------------|--------------------|
||------2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2------------|
||o-----2-------2-(2)-0-|-(0)-2-2---------2--|
||--0-0---0-0-0---------|---------0-0-0-0-0--|
G5 F5
PM| PM--| PM PM
E E E S S E E E E +E E E E +Q E E 3x
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|--------------------o||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2--||
|-----2-------2---5-|-(5)---5s3-(3)--3s2-o||
|-0-0---0-0-0---0---|-----0---------------||
Chorus
E5 F5 E5 D5 F5 E5
Gtr III
~
W +E E E E E S S E E
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------------10-|
||--9------------------|-(9)----9-11-12-11h12-9----|
||---------------------|-----/9--------------------|
||o--------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||o--------------------|---------------------------|
||---------------------|---------------------------|
||--------------9---10-|------9----7----10----9----|
||o-----2-------7----8-|------7----5-----8----7----|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|--0-----0-----0------------|
G5 F5 D5 F5 E5
~~
W +Q. E +E +E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-----------10b12==(10)r(10)----|
|-12------------------|-(12)-----------------------8--|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------9---12-|------10----7-----------10--9--|
|------2-------7---10-|-------8----5------------8--7--|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|---0-----0----------0----------|
F5 E5 D5 F5 E5
~
W +E E E E E S S E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------10-|
|-9------------------|-(9)----9-11-12-11h12-9----|
|--------------------|-----/9--------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM| PM--| PM PM PM PM PM
| E E E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------9---10-|------9----7----10----9----|
|-----2-------7----8-|------7----5-----8----7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0----|--0-----0-----0----------0-|
C5 D5 B5
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
H +E E E E H H
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------10-----|------------------------o||
|-12--------(12)-12-----12-|-11--------8-------------||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|
| PM--| ~~~~~~~
| Q E S S E E +E E +Q E E E E +Q
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------------|------------------------o||
|--------------------------|-------------------------||
|--5--5-----------7-(7)--4-|-(4)--4------------------||
|--3--3-3-3---3---5-(5)--2-|-(2)--2-0---------------o||
[3] [2]
|--------------------------|---------- - -(2)----||
Outro
E5
Gtrs I, II
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
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2--2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0---0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H +H W W
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C5 D5 B5 C5 D5 B5
H E E +E E +W H E E +E E
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
|-5----5-7-(7)-4-|-(4)--------|-5----5-7-(7)-4-|
|-3----3-5-(5)-2-|-(2)--------|-3----3-5-(5)-2-|
|----------------|------------|----------------|
E5
+H E E +Q Q Q H
|-----------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|-------------*|
|-----------------------|-------------*|
|-(4)-------------------|-2----------*|
|-(2)-------------------|-2----------*|
[3] [2] [2]
|-------- - -( )--|-0----------*|
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
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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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
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