Darkest Nights Chords & Tabs
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Darkest Nights - As I Lay Dying
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THE DARKEST NIGHTS
As recorded by As I Lay Dying
(From the 2005 Album SHADOWS ARE SECURITY)
Words by Tim Lambesis Music by As I Lay Dying
Gtr I (C G C F A D)
Gtr II (C G C F A D)
Gtr III (C G C F A D)
Intro
Q=182
Bb5 A5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|-------6---5-----|---------6---5----|
||--7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---------|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---7---5--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr II
| 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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
||--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|
|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------8-----------||
|-------6---5-----|-----6--5--6-----6--5----o||
|-7-7-5---------7-|-----------------------5--||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
Pre-Verse
D5 N.C. Bb5 C5A5
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
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|--7---7--5------|
|---5---5-8---5---|-----8---8--7----3---|---5---5-8---5---|-------------7--|
|-0---0-----0---0-|--0----0-------0---0-|-0---0-----0---0-|0---0------0---0|
|
| W +H +E E E E E H. E H Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|------------------|---------------|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------(0)-0---0-|-0----------------|-8-------10---7|
|-0---------------|-(0)-------(0)-0---0-|-0----------------|-8-------10---7|
Verse
$
N.C.
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
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---7---7-5--------|
||o---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3---|---5---5-8---5---|-------------7----|
||--0---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 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3---|---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3----|
||--0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0-|-0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0--|
N.C.
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|---3---3-7---3---|---7---7-5--------||
|---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3---|-----------------|-------------7---o||
|-0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0-|-0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0--||
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3---|---5---5-8---5---|---8---8-7---3---o||
|-0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0-|-0---0-----0---0-|-5---5-----0---0--||
Interlude
D5 F5
Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|------8------7--------|------8------7--------|
|-0------------------0-|-3------------------0-|
|
| PM--------------| PM--------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0--0-0--0---0--0---0-|-3--3-3--3---3--3---3-|
|-0--0-0--0---0--0---0-|-3--3-3--3---3--3---3-|
G5 Bb5
Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|------8------7--------|------10------8---------|
|-5------------------0-|-8-------------------0--|
|
| PM--------------| PM---------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5-5--5---5--5---5-|-8--8--8--8---8--8---8--|
|-5--5-5--5---5--5---5-|-8--8--8--8---8--8---8--|
D5 F5
Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|------8------7--------|------8------7--------|
|-0------------------0-|-3------------------0-|
|
| PM--------------| PM--------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0--0-0--0---0--0---0-|-3--3-3--3---3--3---3-|
|-0--0-0--0---0--0---0-|-3--3-3--3---3--3---3-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|------7------5--------|------7------5--------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|-0------------------0-|-3------------------0-|
G5 Bb5
Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|------8------7--------|------10------8---------|
|-5------------------0-|-8-------------------0--|
|
| PM--------------| PM---------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5--5-5--5---5--5---5-|-8--8--8--8---8--8---8--|
|-5--5-5--5---5--5---5-|-8--8--8--8---8--8---8--|
|
| Q E E. S E. S E Q E E. S E. S E
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|------7------5--------|-------8------7---------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
|-5------------------0-|-0-------------------0--|
D5 A5
Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
||-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||o------8---7-----|------8---7-----|
||--0--0---------0-|-7--7---------0-|
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| PM--------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
1.
Bb5 C5
Q E Q Q E E E E E Q E E
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|----7--8--7---------------||
|------12---10-----|-10---------10----10--8--o||
|-8--8-----------0-|--------------------------||
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| PM----------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|------------------|--------------------------||
|-8--8--8-8--8-8-8-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--o||
|-8--8--8-8--8-8-8-|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10---||
Pre-Chorus
2.
D5
E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q E
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|----7--8--7-----7-------||-----------------|
|-10---------10----10--8-||-------8---7-----|
|------------------------||-0---0---------0-|
|
| PM--------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-||-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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| Gtr III
| W E E E E E E E E
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------------||-----------------|
|------------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------||-----------------|
A5 Bb5
Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-------8---7-----|----------12----10-------|
|-7---7---------0-|--8-----8--------------0-|
|
| PM------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/as_i_lay_dying/darkest_nights_tab_ver_4.html ]
C5 D5
E E E E E E E E Q E Q Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7--8--7-----7-------|-------------------------|
|-10----------10----10--8-|-----------8-----7-------|
|-------------------------|--0-----0--------------0-|
|
| PM------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 Bb5
Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------8-----7-------|----------12----10-------|
|--7-----7--------------0-|--8-----8--------------0-|
|
| PM------------|
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Chorus
C5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-------6---5-----|
|-------------------------||-7-7-5---------7-|
|-----7--8--7-----7-------||-----------------|
|-10----------10----10--8-||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10-||-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|
| E E E E E E E E W
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-||-----------------|
|-------------------------||-----------------|
A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------6---5---|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|
|---7-5-7---------|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---7---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|
|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D.S.
A5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------8----------|
|-------6---5-----|-----6--5--6-----6--5----|
|-7-7-5---------7-|-----------------------5-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Bb5 A5 G5
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|
|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---------|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---7---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------6---5-----|---------6---5---|
|-7-7-5---------7-|---7-5-7---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
A5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|--------------8----------|
|-------6---5-----|-----6--5--6-----6--5----|
|-7-7-5---------7-|-----------------------5-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------6----5------|------------6----5----|
||--7--7-5------------7-|----7-5--7------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-|
||--8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|
||----10---14---12---10-|---10-9-10-14---12-10-|
||--0----0----0----0----|-0------------0-------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------6----5------|------------6----5-----|
|-7--7-5------------7-|----7-5--7----7-----5--|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3--|
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-3--3-3--3--3-3--3--3--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---10---14---12---10-|---10-9-10-14---12-10--|
|-0----0----0----0----|-0------------0--------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
Bb5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------6----5------|------------6----5----|
|-7--7-5------------7-|----7-5--7------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-|
|-8--8-8--8-8--8-8--8-|-8--8-8--8--8-8--8--8-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---10---14---12---10-|---10-9-10-14---12-10-|
|-0----0----0----0----|-0------------0-------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
A5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|--------------8-----------||
|---------6----5------|-----6--5--6-----6--5----o||
|-7--7-5------------7-|-----------------------5--||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-o||
|-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|---------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------15----------o||
|---10---14---12---10-|----10--9-10-------12-10--||
|-0----0----0----0----|--0--------------0--------||
|---------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------|--------------------------||
W
|----------|---------|---------|----|
|----------|---------|---------|----|
|----------|---------|---------|----|
|----------|---------|---------|----|
|-0--------|---------|---------|----|
|-0--------|---------|---------|----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Duration Legend
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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
