None of them
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
e - eigth note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
l - long note ('fermate' sign)
x+y - play note with length x+y
/ - a couple of these mean you have to fill the length with
1. eight notes (1 slash) or
2. sixteenth notes (2 slashes) or
3. thirty-second notes (3 slashes)
R - in the tab denotes a rest.
x - an undefined or muted note.
{ 3 } - a triplet
/ - slide up
/(X) - slide up to fret X, but don't pick X
\ - slide down
\(X) - slide down to fret X, but don't pick X
T - tap note
Harm - harmonic
A.H. - Artificial harmonic
inside bar :
p - pull off
h - hammer on
bx - bend string x notes up
bx r - bend string x notes up and release string
a note without a length indication, means a 'ghost' note (The little notes
that occur in sheet music sometimes).
cresc. - crescendo (Play louder and louder, 'fade in')
||-- --||
||-o o-|| - a repeat
||-o o-||
||-- --||
| X |
|-----| - X bar rest
|-----|
| |
|-----|
| % | - repeat previous bar
|-----|
|-----|
168 bpm
|---|| 3 |---------|------|---|---|---------||
|---||-----|---------|------|---|---|---------||
|-R-||-----|-R-------|---R--|-R-|-R-|-R-------||
|---|| |---6-5-3-|-0----|---|---|---6-5-3-||
l h q q q q h. w w h q q q
{ 3 } { 3 }
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
|1,2,3. |4. 2/4
|----------------------------|-------------------------||-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-----------------|
|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3---||-----------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s
{ 3 }
4/4
|-------------|---|| 4 |------|-----|-----|---------------||
|-------------|---||-----|---R--| % | % |---------------||
|-------------|-0-||-----|-0----|-----|-----|-6---3---------||
|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|---|| |------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-||
q q q q q q w q h. q q q+e e e e
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
||----------------------|-----|-----|-----------------||
||-o---7---5------------| % | % |---------------o-||
||-o-0---0---0-7-0-6--5-|-----|-----|-6---3---------o-||
||----------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6---||
e e s e s e s e. e q q q+e e e e
{ 3 }
Verse 1
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---------------|
|---------------------------------| % | % |---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-6---3---------|
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-|
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e
{ 3 }
fig.1 end fig.1 3 times
||----------------------------|-----|-----|-----------------||
||-o--------------------------| % | % |---------------o-||
||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-0-6--5-|-----|-----|-6---3---------o-||
||----------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6---||
s s s s s s s s e s e. e q q q+e e e e
{ 3 }
Pre-Chorus
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e
Chorus
|----------------||------------------------------|
|----------------||-o----------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|
|----------------||------------------------------|
e e s s e q h s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
{3}
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4
|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|
|-----------------------o-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-|
|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---|
s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---------------|
|---------------------------------| % | % |---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-6---3---------|
|---------------------------------|-----|-----|---6-----3-5-6-|
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s q q q+e e e e
{ 3 }
|---------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------| % |---7---7---7---7---7---7---7---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|---------------------------------|-----|-------------------------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
Verse 2 Pre-Chorus
|---------------|| ||---------------------|
|---------------|| play fig.1 4 times ||---------------------|
|-6---3---------|| ||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---6-----3-5-6-|| ||---------------------|
q q q+e e e e e e s s e e e s s e
{ 3 }
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------||
e e s s e q e e e e s s e e e s s e e e s s e q h
{3}
Chorus
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
|1,2,3.
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q
{ 3 }
|4. 2/4 4/4 3/4
|-----------------|-------------|---||----||------------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||-R--||-o----------------------------|
|-----------------|-6-5-3-6-5-3-|-5-||----||-o-----------------------5--7-|
|-----------------|-------------|---||----||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w h. s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
{ 3 } { 3 }
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------8--7-|-----------------------5--7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
|1,2,3. |4. 2/4 4/4
|-------------------------||-----------------|-------------|---||
|-----------------------o-||-----------------|-------------|---||
|-----------------8-7-5-o-||-----------------|-8-7-5-8-7-5-|-7-||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------|---||
s s s s s s s s q q q s s s s s s s s q q q q q q w
{ 3 } { 3 } { 3 }
160 bpm
|-------------------------|-----|-----|---------------------|
|-7-----7-----7-----7-----| % | % |-7-----7-----7-----7-|
|---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|-----|-----|---0-0---0-0---0-0---|
|-------------------------|-----|-----|---------------------|
e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s e s s q
4 times 4 times 2 times
||----------------------|||----------------------|||----------------------||
||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-|||-o------------------o-||
||-o-6-----3----------o-|||-o-8-----5----------o-|||-o-9-----6----------o-||
||------6-----3-3-5-1---|||------8-----5-5-7-3---|||------9-----6-6-8-4---||
e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e e. e. e. s e e e
2 times
||----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-o------------------o-||-----------------------|-----------------------|
||-o-10----7----------o-||-7-7-5-5---------------|-----------------------|
||------10----7-7-9-5---||---------8-8-7-7-5-7-8-|-8-8-7-7-5-5-3-3-2-3-5-|
e. e. e. s e e e s e s e s e s e s s e s e s e s e s e s s e
Tempo I
|---||-----------------------------------|-----|-----|
|---||-o---------------------------------| % | % |
|---||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|
|-0-||-----------------------------------|-----|-----|
w s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s
2 times Verse 3 Pre-Chorus
|-----------------|| ||---------------------|
|---------------o-|| play fig.1 4 times ||---------------------|
|-6---3---------o-|| ||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|---6-----3-5-6---|| ||---------------------|
q q q+e e e e e e s s e e e s s e
{ 3 }
let ring
|-----------------|-----------7-|----------------||
|-----------------|-----7-------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-2-0-0-|-5-5---5-5---|-3-3-3-3-3-2-3/-||
|-----------------|-------------|----------------||
e e s s e q e e e e s s e h e e s s e q h
{3}
Chorus
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o----------------------------|----------------------------|
||-o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6--5-|
||------------------------------|----------------------------|
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s s s s e. e
repeat & fade
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------------o-||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-6-5-3-o-||
|----------------------------|-------------------------||
s s s s s s s s s s s e. e s s s s s s s s q q q
{ 3 }
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