The Road
| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
x = percussive note with no pitch; muted note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
o
o = repeat line
*Acoustic
[intro] {x4}
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[Riff 1] {x2}
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[Riff 2] {x4}
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B:-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-|
G:-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2--2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2--2--2-|
D:-3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3--------3-----3-3-3-3-----3-3-3-3-------|
A:-0-----0-0-0-0--------------------0-----0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-------|
E:------------------------------------------------------------------|
"And now the sorrow's gone"
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E:-0--0-0-0-0--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kent_joshua/the_road_tab.html ]
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-(Riff 2) {x4}
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E:--------------------------3-------------2-----3-----2----]
Interlude-
-{x4}
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-{x6}
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D:-4--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-0--0-]
A:-2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3---2--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2--2--0-0-0--0-]
E:-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0---0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3--3--2-2-2--2-]
'Through these troubled times'
-(Riff 1) {x2}
-(Riff 2) {x4}
-(intro) {x4} -gradually get slower at end of riff
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