Poison Was The Cure

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POISON WAS THE CURE

As recorded by Megadeth

(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PEACE)

Transcribed by Rick Dobbins

Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth

Arranged by Megadeth

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman'

Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman - Solo Guitar'

Intro

Moderately Fast Rock Q=138

N.C.

4/4

Gtrs I, II

Wx4 4x

||----------||

||o--------o||

||----------||

||----------||

||o--------o||

||----------||

A5 C5C#5 A5

PM----------------------------| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H W 3x

||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||

||o-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------o||

||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||

||--2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---2------|-------||

||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-0------|------o||

||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||

A5 C5C#5 A5

PM----------------------------| PM

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H +W

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|

|-----------------|-----------------|-------14-(14)----|-(14)----|

|-2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---14-(14)----|-(14)----|

|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-12-(12)----|-(12)----|

|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|

Gtr I

+W +W +W

|------------|-------------|---------||

|------------|-------------|---------||

|-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----||

|-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----||

|-(12)-------|-(12)--------|-(12)----||

|------------|-------------|---------||

|

| Gtr II

| W W W

|------------|-------------|---------||

|------------|-------------|---------||

|------------|-------------|---------||

|--14s=======|===6--------|---------||

|--12s=======|===4--------|---------||

|------------|-------------|---------||

Pre-Verse

Double Time Feel Q=284

(A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5

Gtr I

PM PM PM PM PM

Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|

|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|

|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-----------------|

|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4--|

|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2--|

|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-----------------|

|

| Gtr II

| PM PM PM PM

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4--|

|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5----|

|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-----------------|

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|

(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5

Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-------------------||

|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9--||

|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--||

|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-------------------||

|

| PM PM PM PM

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-------------------||

|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||

Verse

(A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5

PM PM PM PM PM

Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q

||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|

||o----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|------------------|

||-----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|------------------|

||-----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4---|

||o-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2---|

||-----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|------------------|

|

| PM PM PM PM

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q

||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|

||o----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|

||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4---|

||-----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5-----|

||o-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|------------------|

||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|

(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5

PM PM PM PM PM

Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q 5x

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||

|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o||

|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|--------------------||

|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9---||

|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--o||

|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|--------------------||

|

| PM PM PM PM

| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q 5x

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||

|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|--------------------||

|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--o||

|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||

Chorus

F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5

Gtrs I, II

PM---------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----|

|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----|

|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|

F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5

PM---------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----|

|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----|

|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|

F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 G#5G5

PM-------------------------------------------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-4----5-(5)--6--|-(6)-7----6--5--|

|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|-2----3-(3)--4--|-(4)-5----4--3--|

G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 A5 G#5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5 Bb5 B5

PM-------------------------------------------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||

|-5----6-(6)--7--|-(7)-8----7--6--|-7----8-(8)--9--|-7----8-(8)--9--||

|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-5----6-(6)--7--|-5----6-(6)--7--||

Bridge

C5 C5 B5 B5 Bb5

PM----------------------| PM----------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

|-12--------------|-------------12-11-|-(11)--------------|-------------11-10-|

|-10--------------|-------------10--9-|--(9)--------------|--------------9--8-|

|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

Bb5A5 A5G#5

PM----------------------| PM----------------------|

+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

|-(10)--------------|-------------10-9-|-(9)--------------|-------------9-8-|

|--(8)--------------|--------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-|

|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|

G#G5 G5F#5

PM----------------------| PM----------------------|

+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

|-(8)--------------|-------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-|

|-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------------|-------------5-4-|

|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|

|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|

F#F5

3/4

PM----------------------|

+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E H

|------------------|-----------------|------------||

|------------------|-----------------|------------||

|-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------||

|-(4)--------------|-------------4-3-|-(3)--------||

|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------------||

|------------------|-----------------|------------||

Breakdown

F5 G5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5

4/4

PM--------------------------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----|

|-3----5-(5)--5--|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----|

|-1----3-(3)--3--|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|

F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5

PM---------------------------|

Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||

|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||

|----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----||

|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----||

|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------||

Interlude

A5 C5

Gtr I

PM PM PM

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

||-----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0----------|

||-----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0--|

||o-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|------------------|

||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|

| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

||--2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|------------------|

||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|

||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|

D5 F5 E5

PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM----| PM

Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q 3x

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------1-----o||

|----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|-------2-(2)-5-----|------1-(1)--------||

|-0------0--------|-----0-------------|--3------------3---|-2------------2----||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||

|

| PM-----------------------------| PM----------| PM----------|

| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 3x

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||

|-7---------------|-------------------|-10----------------|-9-----------------||

|-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|--8--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-7--0-0--0--0-0-0-o||

|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||

A5 C5

PM PM PM

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0---------|

|----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0-|

|-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|

| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|

| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

|-2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|-----------------|

|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|

D5 F5 E5

PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM---| PM

Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----||

|----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------||

|-0------0--------|-----0-------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--||

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|

| PM---------------------------------| PM---| PM

| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----||

|-----------------|-------------------|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------||

|-7---------------|-------------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--||

|-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------||

|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||

OutroGuitar Solo

A5

Gtr I

PM------------------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-2-----------------------------|------------------------|

|-0--------------0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0----0--0-0-0-0-|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| ~~~~~~~~~

| S +S E +Q +H +Q E +E Q E E

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-7pb9r(7)-7b9==(7)---(7)-------|-(7)r---7b9r(7)-7p==5---|

|-------------------------------|----------------------7-|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------------------|------------------------|

C5

PM---------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

|-5-----------------|-------------------|

|-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|

|-------------------|-------------------|

|

| W Q E E E E E E

|-------------------|------5------------|

|-6b8===============|=6r-----8-5--------|

|-------------------|------------8-7-5--|

|-------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

D5 F5 E5

PM--------------------------| PM----------| PM--------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|-7----------------|-----------------|-10-----------------|-9--------------|

|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|

| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~

| W E E E E E E Q +H +Q Q W

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|------------------|-------5---------|--------------------|----------------|

|-5b7--------------|-7-5-7---7-5-----|----------------5---|-4--------------|

|------------------|-------------7---|-(7)------(7)-------|----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|

A5

PM------------------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------|-------------------------|

|--------------------|-------------------------|

|-2------------------|-------------------------|

|-0---0--0-0--0-0--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

|--------------------|-------12-15-15p12-------|

|--------------------|-12h13-------------13p12-|

|---------------9h12-|-------------------------|

|----------9h10------|-------------------------|

|-----7h10-----------|-------------------------|

|-5h8----------------|-------------------------|

C5

PM-------------------------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|--5----------------------|--------------------------------|

|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3----3--3-3---3--3--3----3----|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |---3---|

| E E E E E E E E Q Q +Q E E E

|-15p12-------12h13-------|-15b17---12---(12)-----------13-|

|-------13h15-------15p12-|------------------------15------|

|-------------------------|---------------------14---------|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

|-------------------------|--------------------------------|

D5

PM-------------------------------------|

Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|--7----------------------|-----------------------|

|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-5-|

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|

| ~~

| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q

|-17p13-------------------|-10h13p10---------22p==|

|-------15-------------10-|----------10-----------|

|----------14p10----10----|-------------10--------|

|----------------12-------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

|-------------------------|-----------------------|

F5 E5

PM------------| PM--------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------|

|-10----------------------|---9---------------|

|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|-------------------------|-------------------|

|

| ~~~~~~~~~

| E E E E E E E E +W

|-17----------------------|-------------------|

|----18-------------------|-------------------|

|-------19----------------|-------------------|

|----------19-------19p17-|-(17)--------------|

|-------------20p17-------|-------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------|

A5 Bb5 B5

PM------------|

Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|--2----------------------|--2--------3-(3)----4----|

|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--------1-(1)----2----|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|

| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------20p17-------|-------------20p17-------|

|-20p17-------------20p17-|-20p17-------------20p17-|

|-------19p17-------------|-------19p17-------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

C5 D5 E5

PM------------|

Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|--5----------------------|--5-----------7--(7)-------9---|

|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3-----------5--(5)-------7---|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|

| E E E E E E E E E E Q +E +E Q

|-20p17-------------20p17-|-------20b22====(20)r(20)-20--|

|-------20p17-------------|-20p17-------------------------|

|-------------19p17-------|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------------|

D5 Eb5 E5

PM-------------|

Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q

|----------------------|------------------|

|----------------------|------------------|

|----------------------|------------------|

|-7--------------------|-7------8-(8)--9--|

|-5---5-5-5-5---5----5-|-5------6-(6)--7--|

|----------------------|------------------|

|

| |---3----|

| E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q

|----------------------|------------------|

|----------------------|-----10----9---8--|

|----------------------|-9----------------|

|-0-1s====7---9---10---|------------------|

|----------------------|------------------|

|----------------------|------------------|

F5 E5

PM-------------| PM------------|

Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|-10---------------------|--9---------------------|

|--8----8-8--8-8---8---8-|--7----7---7--7-7--7-7--|

|------------------------|------------------------|

|

| |---3---| |--3---|

| E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E

|------------------------|------------------------|

|--7---------------------|------------------------|

|----10p9p7-10---9---7---|------------------------|

|------------------------|-11-10---9------9h10p9--|

|------------------------|-------------12---------|

|------------------------|------------------------|

A5 Bb5 B5 C5 D5 E5

W Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +Q Q

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

|-2--------------|-2----3-(3)--4--|--5---------------|-5----7-(7)--9--|

|-0--------------|-0----1-(1)--2--|--3---------------|-3----5-(5)--7--|

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

|

| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~

| Q. E E E E E W +Q E E E E E E W

|------5---------|----------------|------5-----------|----------------|

|--------3h5-----|----------------|--------8p5-------|----------------|

|------------7p5-|----------------|------------8p7p5-|----------------|

|-7--------------|-7--------------|-(7)--------------|-7--------------|

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|

W W

D5 Eb5 E5

W Q. E +Q Q

|------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------|---------------------------|

|--7---------------|--7---------8-(8)-----9----|

|--5---------------|--5---------6-(6)-----7----|

|------------------|---------------------------|

|

| ~~~

| +Q E E E E E E S E. E E E E E E

|------5-----------|---------------------13h15-|

|--------8p5-------|------------------15-------|

|------------8p7p5-|-17p14-----14h17-----------|

|-(7)--------------|--------17-----------------|

|------------------|---------------------------|

|------------------|---------------------------|

F5 E5 A5

W W Q Q H

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|-10-----------------------------|--9-------------------|--2------------------*|

|--8-----------------------------|--7-------------------|--0------------------*|

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|

| E E E E E T S. E E H +Q E E Q +Q H

|--------------------------------|-22b24r===(22)--20p17-|---------------------*|

|-----------------------17-------|----------------------|-20b22===(20)r-------*|

|-17p14----14h17-17h19-----19b21-|----------------------|---------------------*|

|-------17-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|

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