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THE ONE - Backstreet Boys
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Tabbed by: metallhead
Email: homesticky@gmail.com
Tuning: B E A D G B
Gtr I (B E A D G B) - 'Bass'
Q=110
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W +H +H
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-(5)----(5)----|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
|----------|----------|----------|---------------|
W W S E S E E +Q E S S S E S E E +Q +S S S S
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-5--------|----------|-5---5---5-(5)----5---|-5---5---5-(5)--(5)---5----|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q +S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------3-|---------------------------|
|-5---5---5-(5)---3-|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-3---3---3-(3)-----|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q +S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------3-|--------------------------|-1---1---1----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-3---3---3-(3)-----|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3---|-------------1---1---1----|
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q +S S E E S S E E +Q E E
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3-|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-4---4---4-(4)----4-|
|-4---4---4-(4)----4-|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E +S S E E E E S S E E +Q. E E S S E E +Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------5-|-6---6---6-(6)-----|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------6-|-------------------------|
|-------------------6---|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-4---4---4-(4)---4-----|-------------------|-6---6---6-(6)--(6)---6--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E E +Q +S S E H +Q +S S E E. S E E +S S S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-3--3---3-(3)---3---3---3-|
|-4---4---4-(4)--(4)---4-|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-4----(4)--(4)-----|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E S S +S S E +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)---3-(3)---3---3---3-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
E S S E E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-1---1-(1)---1----------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3---3---3-(3)---3---3---|---------------1---1-(1)---1--|
|-----------------------3-|------------------------------|
E S S E E +S S E E E E. S E E +S S S S E E E S S E E +S S S S E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|
|---------------------0-|----------------------0-|-------------------------|
|-1---1---1-(1)---1-----|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1---|-----------------------1-|
|-------------------1---|------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S +S S E E S S +S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1-----------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------1---1-(1)---1---|
|-------------------------------|
S E S E E +Q E S S S E S E E +Q +S S S S
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)----0---|-0---0---0-(0)--(0)---0----|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q +S S S S
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)-----|-0---0---0-(0)-----|-0---0---0-(0)--(0)---0----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------1-|---------------------------|
|-----------------1-|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +Q. E S E S E E +Q +S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)-----|-0---0---0-(0)--(0)---0---|--------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|-1---1---1----------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------1-|--------------------------|-------------1---1---1----|
|-------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S E E +Q E E E S S E E +Q +S S E E S S E E +Q E E
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3-|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|-4---4---4-(4)----4-|
|-4---4---4-(4)----4-|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|--------------------|
E S S E E +S S E E E E S S E E +Q. E E S S E E +Q +S S E
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------5-|-6---6---6-(6)-----|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------6-|-------------------------|
|-------------------6---|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-4---4---4-(4)---4-----|-------------------|-6---6---6-(6)--(6)---6--|
|-----------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E E +Q +S S E H +Q +S S E E. S E E +S S S S S S E
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|-3--3---3-(3)---3---3---3-|
|-4---4---4-(4)--(4)---4-|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-4----(4)--(4)-----|--------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------|
E S S +S S E +S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-3---3-(3)---3-(3)---3---3---3-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
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E S S E E +S S S S E E E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-1---1-(1)---1----------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------------|
|-3---3---3-(3)---3---3---|---------------1---1-(1)---1--|
|-----------------------3-|------------------------------|
E S S E E +S S E E E E. S E E +S S S S E E E S S E E +S S S S E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|
|---------------------0-|----------------------0-|-------------------------|
|-1---1---1-(1)---1-----|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1---|-----------------------1-|
|-------------------1---|------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S +S S S S Q Q E S S E E +Q +S S E E S S E E +Q E S S
|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1---------|------------------------|-3---3---3-(3)----3---|
|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------1--2--|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3-|----------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|----------------------|
E S S E E Q +S S E E. S E E +S S E Q H +Q +S S E W
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|------|
|----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|------|
|-1---1---1------------|---------------------|-3----(3)--(3)-----|------|
|----------------------|------------------3--|-------------------|-4----|
|----------------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1----|-------------------|------|
|-----------1--(1)---1-|---------------------|-------------------|------|
W W H +Q. E W
|----------|----------|--------------|------|
|-3--------|----------|------------5-|-6----|
|----------|-4--------|--------------|------|
|----------|----------|--------------|------|
|----------|----------|-4----(4)-----|------|
|----------|----------|--------------|------|
H +Q. E W W W
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|-3----|
|--------------|-4--------|----------|------|
|--------------|----------|----------|------|
|-6----(6)-----|----------|-4--------|------|
|------------6-|----------|----------|------|
+H +H W W W
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|-(3)----(3)----|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
|---------------|----------|----------|------|
W E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|-3-----------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-3-----------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|
|----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
H +Q. E E. S E E +S S S S S S E E S S +S S E +S S S S S S E
|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-1----(1)-----|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1---1-|--------------------------------|
|--------------|--------------------------|-1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1---1---1--|
|--------------|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
E S S E E +S S S S E E
|-------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|
|-----------------------0-|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E E S S E E +S S E E E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1---------------|---------------------0-|
|-----------------------------|-1---1---1-(1)---1-----|
|---------------1---1-(1)---1-|-----------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------1---|
E. S E E +S S S S E E E S S E E +S S S S E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|
|----------------------0-|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1---|-----------------------1-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S +S S E E S S +S S S S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|---------------1---1-(1)---1----|
|--------------------------------|
E. S E E +S S S S S S E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1---1-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
E S S +S S E +S S S S S S E E S S E E +S S S S E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------0-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1---1---1-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S +S S E E S S +S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-1---1-(1)---1---------------|
|-----------------------------|
|---------------1---1-(1)---1-|
|-----------------------------|
E S S E E +S S E E E E. S E E +S S S S E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------0-|----------------------0--|
|-1---1---1-(1)---1-----|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1---1----|
|-------------------1---|-------------------------|
E S S E E +S S S S E E E S S +S S S S Q Q E S S E E +Q +S S E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0---0---|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-1---1-(1)---1---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------1-|-----------------1--2--|-3---3---3-(3)--(3)---3--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
E S S E E +Q E S S E S S E E Q +S S E E. S E E +S S E Q
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-3---3---3-(3)----3---|-1---1---1------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|------------------3---|
|----------------------|----------------------|-1--1---1-(1)---1-----|
|----------------------|-----------1--(1)---1-|----------------------|
H +Q +S S E W +H +Q. E
|-------------------|----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|-3--------|-(3)----(3)------*|
|-3----(3)--(3)-----|----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------*|
|-------------------|----------|-----------------*|
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
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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
\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
