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ONE WORLD
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING)
Transcribed by warlockmb & abysslord
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by warlockmb
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=164
D5F5 D5 E5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
H E Q E W +W +W
|--------------||-----------|------------|--------|
|--------------||o----------|------------|--------|
|--------------||-----------|------------|--------|
|------7-10--7-||--9--------|-(9)--------|-(9)----|
|------5--8--5-||o-7--------|-(7)--------|-(7)----|
|--------------||-----------|------------|--------|
N.C. D5F5 D5 E5 D5F5 D5
PM--|
+E E E E E Q E W +H E Q E 4x
|--------------------||-||-----------|------------------||
|-------------------o||-||o----------|-----------------o||
|--------------------||-||-----------|------------------||
|-(9)-------7-10--7--||-||--9--------|-(9)----7-10--7---||
|-(7)-------5--8--5-o||-||o-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5--o||
|-----0-0-0----------||-||-----------|------------------||
Breakdown
E5 N.C. D5F5 D5 E5 Eb5
Gtr I
~~~ ~~
Q E S S Q. S S Q. E E Q E 4x H H
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------|
||o------10h11p10---------|----------------o||-----------|
||-------------------9h10p|=9---------------||-----------|
||--9---------------------|--------7-10--7--||-9----8----|
||o-7---------------------|--------5--8--5-o||-7----6----|
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~
| Q E S S Q. S S Q. E E Q E 4x H H
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------|
||o-----------------------|----------------o||-----------|
||--------9h10p=9---------|-----------------||-----------|
||--9----------------6h=7p|=6------7-10--7--||-9----8----|
||o-7---------------------|--------5--8--5-o||-7----6----|
||------------------------|-----------------||-----------|
Pre-Verse
Faster Q=196
D5 C#5 N.C. Bb5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------|
H H +W +W S S E S S E Q Q
|-----------|------------|------------||--------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------||o-------------------|
|-----------|------------|------------||--------------------|
|-7----6----|-(6)--------|-(6)--------||--------------------|
|-5----4----|-(4)--------|-(4)--------||o-------------8--8--|
|-----------|------------|------------||--3-0-0-3-0-0-6--6--|
N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb5D5
PM--------| PM--------| PM------------|
S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q 6x
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------8--7----||
|-------------7--7--|-------------6--6--|-----------------6--5---o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-5--5--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-4--4--|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0---------||
First Verse
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb D
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------8--7----||
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------8--8--|---------7--7--|---------6--6--|---------6--5---o||
||--3-0-3-0-6--6--|-0-0-0-0-5--5--|-3-3-3-3-4--4--|-3-0-3-0---------||
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb D
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------8--7---|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------8--8--|---------7--7--|---------6--6--|---------6--5---|
||--3-0-3-0-6--6--|-0-0-0-0-5--5--|-3-3-3-3-4--4--|-3-0-3-0--------|
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb D
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------8--7---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------8--8--|---------7--7--|---------6--6--|---------6--5--o||
|-3-0-3-0-6--6--|-0-0-0-0-5--5--|-3-3-3-3-4--4--|-3-0-3-0--------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
PM--------| PM PM----------|
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E +E E 4x
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o-3-2-1-0-----5---5---|-3-2-1-0-------5-(5)---o||
||----------3-0-3-0-3---|---------3-0-0-3-(3)----||
Chorus
E5N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 E5
PM----| PM PM PM| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------9---9----|
|-2---------5---7-|---8-----7---7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---0---0--|
E5N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 D5F5 D5E5 N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 E5
PM----| PM PM PM| PM------| PM PM PM| PM 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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|---------7-10-7-9-|-----------------|---------9---9---|
|-7---------5---7-|---8-----5--8-5-7-|-----------5---7-|---8-----7---7---|
|---0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---0---0-|
2nd Chorus
E5N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 D5F5 D5 E5 D5F5 D5
PM----| PM PM PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E W +H E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-9---------------|---------7-10--7-||-9--------|-(9)----7-10--7-|
|-7---------5---7-|---8-----5--8--5-||-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-|
|---0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---------||----------|----------------|
E5 E5 D5F5 D5
Gtrs I, II
W +W W +H E Q E 7x
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|------------|------------||o----------|----------------o||
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|-9----------|-(9)--------||--9--------|-(9)----7-10--7--||
|-7----------|-(7)--------||o-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-o||
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr III
| \7
| H H +W W W 7x
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|------------|------------||o----------|----------------o||
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|------------|------------||-----------|-----------------||
|------------|------------||o----------|----------------o||
|------0-----|-(0)--------||-----------|-----------------||
Pre-Verse
$
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5
PM--------| PM--------|
S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E Q Q
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------8--8--|-------------7--7--|
||--3-0-0-3-0-0-6--6--|-3-0-0-3-0-0-5--5--|
N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb5D5
PM--------| PM------------|
S S E S S E Q Q S S S S S S S S Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|------------------------o||
|-------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------8--7----||
|-------------6--6--|-----------------6--5---o||
|-3-0-0-3-0-0-4--4--|-3-0-0-0-3-0-0-0---------||
2nd & 3rd Verse
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb D
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|---------8--7---|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
||o---------8--8--|---------7--7--|---------6--6--|---------6--5---|
||--3-0-3-0-6--6--|-0-0-0-0-5--5--|-3-3-3-3-4--4--|-3-0-3-0--------|
N.C. Bb5 N.C. A5 N.C. G#5 N.C. Eb D
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------o||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------8--7---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------||
|---------8--8--|---------7--7--|---------6--6--|---------6--5--o||
|-3-0-3-0-6--6--|-0-0-0-0-5--5--|-3-3-3-3-4--4--|-3-0-3-0--------||
Pre-Chorus
N.C. G5 N.C. G5
PM--------| PM PM----------|
S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E +E E 4x
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o---------------------|-----------------------o||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||----------------------|------------------------||
||o-3-2-1-0-----5---5---|-3-2-1-0-------5-(5)---o||
||----------3-0-3-0-3---|---------3-0-0-3-(3)----||
Chorus
E5 G5 A5 Bb5 E5
PM----| PM PM PM| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------9---9----|
|-2---------5---7-|---8-----7---7----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---0---0--|
E5N.C. G5 Bb5 D5F5 D5E5 N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 E5
PM----| PM PM PM| PM------| PM PM PM| PM 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
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9---------------|---------7-10-7-9-|-----------------|---------9---9---|
|-7---------5---7-|---8-----5--8-5-7-|-----------5---7-|---8-----7---7---|
|---0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0----------|-0-0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---0---0-|
2nd Chorus
To Coda
E5N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 D5F5 D5 E5 D5F5 D5
PM----| PM PM PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E W +H E Q E
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----------|----------------|
|-9---------------|---------7-10--7-||-9--------|-(9)----7-10--7-|
|-7---------5---7-|---8-----5--8--5-||-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-|
|---0-0-0-0-3-0-5-|-0-6-0-0---------||----------|----------------|
E5 D5F5 D5
Gtrs I, II
W +H E Q E
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9--------------------------|--(9)----------------7-10-------7-|
|-7--------------------------|--(7)----------------5--8-------5-|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E E Q E E +E E H +Q
|----------------------------|-------------20pb22-------(20)\---|
|----20pb22r20-20pb22r=20-20-|-(20)-20pb22----------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------|
E5 D5F5 D5
W +H E Q E 6x
||-----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------------o||
||-----------|-----------------||
||--9--------|-(9)----7-10--7--||
||o-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-o||
||-----------|-----------------||
|
| W W 6x
||-----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------------o||
||-----------|-----------------||
||-----------|-----------------||
||o----------|----------------o||
||-----------|-----------------||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/one_world_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge
Slower Q=108
E5 D5EbD5 E5 D5EbD5 G5 E5 D5EbD5
PM-| PM-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
W +H Q Q Q E +E Q Q E E E E +E Q Q E E E
|----------|--------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|--------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------|--------------||--------------------|-----------------------|
|-9--------|-(9)----7-8-7-||-9-(9)\-------7-8-7-|-12-(12)\-------7-8-7--|
|-7--------|-(7)----5-6-5-||-7-(7)\-2--2--5-6-5-|-10-(10)\-2--2--5-6-5--|
|----------|--------------||--------0--0--------|----------0--0---------|
E5 A5BbA5B5 G5G#A5 Bb5 E5 D5EbD5
PM-|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E +E E E E E +E E E E E +E Q Q E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------|
|-9-(9)\--------------------|--------------7-8-7-|
|-7-(7)\-7-8-7-9-(9)\-5-6-7-|-8-(8)\-2--2--5-6-5-|
|--------5-6-5-7-(7)\-3-4-5-|-6-(6)\-0--0--------|
E5 D5EbD5 G5 E5 D5EbD5
PM-| PM-|
|-3-| |-3-|
E +E Q Q E E E E +E Q Q E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-9-(9)\-------7-8-7-|-12-(12)\-------7-8-7--|
|-7-(7)\-2--2--5-6-5-|-10-(10)\-2--2--5-6-5--|
|--------0--0--------|----------0--0---------|
Guitar Solo
Faster Q=196
E5 A5BbA5B5 G5G#A5 N.C. G5 A5
Gtr I
PM------| PM
|-3-| |-3-|
E +E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|-9-(9)\--------------------||------------------------|
|-7-(7)\-7-8-7-9-(9)\-5-6-7-||------------------5---7-|
|--------5-6-5-7-(7)\-3-4-5-||--0-0-0-0---0-----3-0-5-|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~
| W H +H
|---------------------------||-22-------(22)b24-------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
|---------------------------||------------------------|
Bb5 E5 N.C. G5 A5
PM PM----| PM PM PM--------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------9-----9----|--9------------------------|
|---------8------------------7-----7----|--7----------------5-----7-|
|--0------6------0-------0------0-----0-|-----0---0---0--0--3--0--5-|
|
| ~~~~~
| E E E +E E E E E E E +Q E E E E
|-22pb24-22pb24-21pb23r(21)----22-------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------20----19-17-|-20------------------14S11-|
|---------------------------------------|----18-(18)\---13-15-------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------|
Bb5 E5 N.C. G5 A5
PM PM-| PM PM PM-------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------9-----9---|--9---------------------------|
|-----8-------7-----7---|--7------------------5------7-|
|--0--6--0--0----0----0-|--------0----0-0--0--3--0---5-|
|
| TP TP ~~~
| E E Q. Q. S S S S E E +Q +Q
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|----11s12------11------|-10h11p10p8-10p9-(9)---(9)\---|
|-12--------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------|
Bb5 E5
PM PM| PM PM
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------9------9-----|
|------8---------7------7-----|
|---0--6--0--0------0-------0-|
|
| ~~~~
| E E E E +Q +Q
|-----------------------------|
|-/14-11-13-12-(12)---(12)\---|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
E5 N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 D5F5 D5E5
PM----| PM PM PM-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--9-----------------------|----------------7-10-7-9-|
|--7---------------5-----7-|--------8-------5--8-5-7-|
|--------0-0-0---0-3--0--5-|--0-----6--0--0----------|
|
| ~~~~~~ ~~~
| H Q E E Q H.
|--------------------------|-18pb20---18-------------|
|-18pb20-------/18---18-15-|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
N.C. G5 A5
PM---------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------5-----------7-----|
|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----3-----0-----5-----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-20p19p17----17h19p17----17-----------------------|
|----------20----------20----20-18-17-20-18-17-----|
|----------------------------------------------19--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 E5
PM PM---| PM PM
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9-----------9----------|
|--------8-----------------7-----------7----------|
|--0-----6-----0-----0-----------0-----------0----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----18-17-------17-------------------------------|
|-17-------19-17----19-17-16-19-17-16-17-16-14----|
|----------------------------------------------15-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
N.C. G5 A5
PM--------| PM
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--9----------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------5-----------7-----|
|--------0-----0-0--0-----3-----0-----5-----|
|
| ~~
| S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-13-14-13----------------------------|
|------------------14-15-14-12-15-14-12-14--|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
Bb5 E5
PM PM---| PM PM
E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------9-----9-----|
|--------8-----------------7-----7-----|
|--0-----6-----0-----0-------0-------0-|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S Q +Q
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-15-14-12----12-----------------------|
|----------15----15-14-15-14---(14)\---|
|--------------------------------------|
N.C. G5 A5 Bb5 E5
PM-----| PM PM PM| PM PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9------------------------|-----------------9-------9----|
|-7-----------------5---7--|--------8--------7-------7----|
|------0-0-0---0----3-0-5--|--0-----6-0--0---------0----0-|
|
| Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|-5tr8-----5/-11tr8-----8/-|-11tr14-----11/-17tr14-----14-|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|
E5 N.C. G5 A5
PM---------------| PM
E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|--9------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------------5-------7----|
|--------0-----0-----0-----0-----3---0---5----|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S E +E S S
|------------------------------------------18-|
|-14s17-17-17-17-17-17-17-20-20-17-(17)-19----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Bb5 D5 F5 D5 E5
PM PM---|
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------7----10-----7-----9----|
|------8----------------5-----8-----5-----7----|
|---0--6-----0----0----------------------------|
|
| |---3---|
| E S S E E E S S S S S S S S
|-/18----------18---18-21p18-21p18----18-21-21-|
|-----20-17-20---------------------20----------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus
D.S. al Coda
E5 E5 D5F5 D5
Gtrs I, II
W +H E Q E W +H E Q E 8x
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------------------||o----------|----------------o||
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
|--9------------|--(9)---------7-10-------7-||--9--------|-(9)----7-10--7--||
|--7------------|--(7)---------5--8-------5-||o-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-o||
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
|
| ~~
| W +Q +Q Q +Q W W 8x
|-22b24=========|=(22)r=(22)----------------||-----------|-----------------||
|---------------|-------------19----(19)\---||o----------|----------------o||
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
|---------------|---------------------------||o----------|----------------o||
|---------------|---------------------------||-----------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
&
E5 D5F5 D5 E5 Eb5 D5 D5F5 D5
W +H E Q E 7x H H H E Q E
||-----------|-----------------||-||------------|---------------||
||o----------|----------------o||-||o-----------|--------------o||
||-----------|-----------------||-||------------|---------------||
||--9--------|-(9)----7-10--7--||-||--9----8----|-7----7-10--7--||
||o-7--------|-(7)----5--8--5-o||-||o-7----6----|-5----5--8--5-o||
||-----------|-----------------||-||------------|---------------||
Outro
E5 Eb5 D5 F5 D5 E5
PM--| PM--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q H
||------------------|------------------||-------------*|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------*|
||------------------|------------------||-------------*|
||--9-------8-------|-7-------7-10--7--||-9\----------*|
||o-7-------6-------|-5-------5--8--5-o||-7\----------*|
||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0----------||-------------*|
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
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
