Transcribed by B M
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Intro
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|---------12--------|-----------12----------|
|-----10-------10---|-------10-----10----10-|
|---9--------9----9-|----10-----------10----|
|-7-----------------|-7---------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
W H. Q
4/4
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------12---------|----12------------------|
|------10----10---10-|-------10----10---------|
|----9----------9----|----------10----10---10-|
|-7------------------|-7-----------------7----|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
W H. Q
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
|---------12--------|-----------12-----------|
|-----10-------10---|-------10-----10----10--|
|---9--------9----9-|----10-----------10-----|
|-7-----------------|-7----------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
W H. Q
E E Q E E E E E E Q Q Q
|---------12---------|-----8--16-----|
|-----10-----10---10-|---------------|
|---9-----------9----|---9--------0--|
|-7------------------|-6-------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
W
Verse
E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E
||------------12----------|-----------12----------|---------------12----------|
||o----13-----------13----|----12-----------13----|----10-10-(10)-------10----|
||--------14-----14----14-|-------14-----14----14-|-10---------------10----10-|
||--14--------------------|-12--------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
||------------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------|
W W E E E +E E E E E
1. 2.
|---------12---------12--||--------------------|----------12------|
|------10---------10----o||------10-------10---|------10----------|
|-9----------9-----------||-9--------9-------0-|---10-----------0-|
|---12---------12--------||---12-------12------|-7------------7---|
|-----------------------o||--------------------|------------------|
|------------------------||--------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E
E E Q Q Q
|---------12-------|----------12------|
|-----10-----------|------12------12--|
|---7---------12-0-|---12-------------|
|-9----------------|-9----------------|
|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|
E E Q Q E E
E E E E E E E E
|-12-------12------------|----------12------|
|----12-------12---------|------10----------|
|-------12-------12-12-0-|---10-----------0-|
|------------------------|-7------------7---|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
E E Q Q E E
Q E E E E E E
|---------12-------|----------12-------12-|
|-----10-----------|----13-------13-------|
|---7---------12-0-|-------12-------12----|
|-9----------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
E E Q Q E E
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q H. E E
|-------12----------12---|-------------16--|---------------|
|-13-------13----13------|---------13------|---------------|
|----12-------12---------|-----------------|-----------13s=|
|------------------------|-----14----------|-----------13s=|
|------------------------|-11--------------|-----------11s=|
|------------------------|-----------------|---------------|
Chorus
W E H E E E W E H E E E
||------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------|
||o-----------|-----------------|-----------|------------------|
||--14--------|-14------14---11s|=12--------|-12------12---9s==|
||--14--------|-14------14---11s|=12--------|-12------12---9s==|
||o-12--------|-12------12----9s|=10--------|-10------10---7s==|
||------------|-----------------|-----------|------------------|
1.
~~~~
W E H E Q H H +W
|-----------|---------------|------------|----------||
|-----------|---------------|------------|---------o||
|-10--------|-10------10----|------------|----------||
|-10--------|-10------10----|-9s===14----|-(14)-----||
|--8--------|--8-------8----|-7----------|---------o||
|-----------|---------------|------------|----------||
W q H.
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|----------|----------|
|-9--------|-9--------|
|-7--------|-7--------|
|----------|----------|
Guitar Solo
Gtr III
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~
Q A H. +Q q E E Q H. E E W
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
|----7h9-------|-(9)--7--5s4----|-------------|------|
|--------------|-------------5--|-7-------5-7-|------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|-7----|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/h/horslips/mad_pat_tab.html ]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~ ~
Q A H. +Q q E E Q H. E E W
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
|----7h9-------|-(9)--7--5s4----|-------------|------|
|--------------|-------------5--|-7-------5-7-|------|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|-7----|
|--------------|----------------|-------------|------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
Q A q q q Q +E +E E E +E E E E H E E E E H.
|------^5--------|------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
|----5-----8-----|-----------------8------------|--------------|-----------|
|-------------7--|-7pb8.5--(7)r(7)---7pb9r(7)-5-|-7---5----4-5-|-----------|
|----------------|------------------------------|---7----------|-5-7-------|
|----------------|------------------------------|--------------|-----7-----|
|----------------|------------------------------|--------------|-----------|
~~~~~~~ ~~ ~
Q E +E q q S S +E +H q H. E E W
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------|
|----7pb8r(7)p5-----|-------------------|-------------|------|
|----------------7--|-5s4-(4)-(4)----5--|-------------|------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-7-------5-7-|------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|-7----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------|------|
~ ~
Q q A H Q q A H Q E E E E +E E
|--------------|--------------|----0-0-0-0-(0)---|
|----3---------|----5---------|----3s5-5-5-(5)-0-|
|----3--1s2----|----5--2s4----|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------|------------------|
~~~ ~ ~
E E H. Q q A H Q q A H
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3------------|----3---------|----5---------|
|---2-2b4------|----3--1s2----|----5--2s4----|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Q E E Q +Q E E +E E Q +Q
|------------------------|-15-----------------------------|
|--------13-15b17--(15)--|----15pb17r(15)-13-15b17--(15)--|
|----/14-----------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------|
~~ ~~
Q q A Q Q E E E E H
|--------------------|-------------------|
|----14--------------|-------------------|
|----14--12h13-------|-------------------|
|---------------14\--|-12----------------|
|--------------------|----14-13-12-11----|
|--------------------|-------------------|
Bridge
Q Q E E E E A E E E E E E S S E Q Q E E E E
||-----17--17-12----17-|-------------------------------|-----15--15-------15-|
||o--------------13----|-------------------15----------|------------15-------|
||---------------------|-17h19-17-14-16-17----17-16----|---------------16----|
||---------------------|----------------------------19-|-17------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------|
E E Q S S E S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-14-x-12--16-17-19-17-16-14h16-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----17--17-12-------|----------------------17-|
|---------------13-15-|-17-18-17-18-20-18-20----|
|-14------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
1/4
|--3--| |--3--|
E E E S S S E E E E E S S S E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------||
|-20-18-20-18h20p18-17----------|-------------------------------|-----o||
|----------------------19-17-16-|-17-16h17p16-14----------------|------||
|-------------------------------|----------------17-15-14-15-17-|-14---||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----o||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|------||
Intro
verse
Chorus
Intro
verse
Chorus
Solo
Intro
verse
Chorus
Intro(Till Fade)
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
-----------
| - 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
