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KING
As recorded by King's X
(From the 1988 Album OUT OF THE SILENT PLANET)
Words and Music by Doug Pinnick
Transcribed by Jonathan Reed
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distortion'
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------|
|-3-----------3----------3-------------|
|-2---------5-2--------3-2--------3----|
|-0--0-0--0-5-0--0-0-0-3-0--0-0-0-3----|
|-----------3----------5----------5----|
|--------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----3-----------------0-----3---------------------|
|---2---2---------5---0-----2---2-------------------|
|-0-------0-----5---------0-------0-----------------|
|-----------0-3-----2---------------0--2-0-0-3-2----|
|--------------------------------------2-0-0-3-2----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|
|-3-----------0--3-----------0----|
|-2-----5---0----2-----5---0------|
|-0---5----------0---5------------|
|---3-----2--------3-----2--------|
|---------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kings_x/king_tab.html ]
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-12-11-----12-11-14--12-11-----------------------|
|-------12------------------12--12-10-10-12-12----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
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
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