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CLOSER
As recorded by Nine Inch Nails
(From the 1994 Album THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL)
Transcribed by Zach Kraemer
Words and Music by Trent Reznor
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 3'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Dist. Guitar'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Synth 4'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Moderately Q=90
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q H Q +Q Q H Q H Q +Q Q H
|---------6--|-(6)--8-------|------------|------6--8----|
|----6-------|---------8----|-6-------6--|-(6)----------|
|------------|--------------|----5-------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|------------|--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H Q Q Q H Q Q H Q
|-----------|---------6--|-6--8-------|-------------|
|-8----6----|------6-----|---------8--|-6-------6---|
|-----------|-5----------|------------|----5--------|
|-----------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|------------|-------------|
Verse Chorus
N.C. F
Gtr II
Wx16 E S S +S S e S S e S S E E S S +S S e S S e S S E 4x
|-------------||------1-(1)-----------------|-----1-(1)------------------||
|-------------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------||----------------3-----4-----|---------------3-----4------||
|-------------||--3---------3-----3-----3---|-3---------3-----3-----3----||
|-------------||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
|-------------||--1-1---------1-----1-----1-|-1-1---------1-----1-----1--||
N.C.
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q H Q +Q Q H
|-------------------------6-------|-(6)-------8------------------------|
|---------6-----------------------|-------------------8----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-------------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q H Q +Q Q H
|---------------------------------|-----------6-------8----------------|
|-6-----------------------6-------|-(6)--------------------------------|
|---------5-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H H Q Q
|---------------------------------|-------------------------6--------|
|-8---------------6---------------|-----------------6----------------|
|---------------------------------|-5--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E F G G#
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|-----------------3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q H Q Q H Q
|-6-------8-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-------|-6-----------------------6--------|
|---------------------------------|---------5------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Verse
N.C.
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3--4--4-4-4-|
||o-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W H Q Q
||----------------------------------|--------------------3--------12--------|
||o---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)-------(6)-------|
||--9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-------(9)-------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3-4-4-4-4---||
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| W H H 4x
|---------------------------------|--------------------3------------------||
|---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)----------------o||
|-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-----------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
Chorus
F Gm/F G#/F# Cm/F
Gtr II
E S S +S S e S S e S S E E S S +S S e S S e S S E 4x
||------1-(1)-----------------|-----1-(1)------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------3-----4-----|---------------3-----4------||
||--3---------3-----3-----3---|-3---------3-----3-----3----||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||--1-1---------1-----1-----1-|-1-1---------1-----1-----1--||
|
| Gtr I
| q q q q q q q e e 4x
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------4-----4-----o||
||--2------2------3-----3-----|-5------5------5-----5---2--||
||--3------3------5-----5-----|-6------6----------------0--||
||o---------------------------|---------------------------o||
||----------------------------|----------------------------||
N.C.
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q H Q +Q Q H
|-------------------------6-------|-(6)-------8----------------------------|
|---------6-----------------------|--------------------8-------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3--4--4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6----------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W H Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------------3--------12---------|
|---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)-------(6)--------|
|-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)-------(9)--------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q H Q +Q Q H
|---------------------------------|-----------6--------8-----------------|
|-6-----------------------6-------|-(6)----------------------------------|
|---------5-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|--------------------3--3-3-3-4-4-4-4--|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-5-5-|--5--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| W H H
|---------------------------------|--------------------3-----------------|
|---------------------------------|--6----------------(6)----------------|
|-9-------------------------------|-(9)---------------(9)----------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Interlude
1.
N.C.
Gtr III
W H Q Q W H H
||-----------|---------3---12---|----------|---------3------||
||o----------|--6-----(6)--(6)--|----------|--6-----(6)----o||
||--9--------|-(9)----(9)--(9)--|-9--------|-(9)----(9)-----||
||-----------|------------------|----------|----------------||
||o----------|------------------|----------|---------------o||
||-----------|------------------|----------|----------------||
2.
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5
Gtr III
W H H
|-----------------|------------3-------|
|-----------------|--6--------(6)------|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| ~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------7-6-------|--------------------|
|-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--|
|-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5
W H Q Q
|-----------------|------------3----12---|
|-----------------|--6--------(6)---(6)--|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)---(9)--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------7-6-------|----------------------|
|-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7--6---|
|-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5--4---|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5
W H H
|-----------------|------------3-------|
|-----------------|--6--------(6)------|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| ~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------7-6-------|--------------------|
|-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--|
|-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5
W H Q Q
|-----------------|------------3----12---|
|-----------------|--6--------(6)---(6)--|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)---(9)--|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|
| ~~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------7-6-------|----------------------|
|-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7--6---|
|-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5--4---|
A5E5 D5Db(EB5A5 E5 G5Bb5 A5Ab5
W H H
|-----------------|------------3-------|
|-----------------|--6--------(6)------|
|-9---------------|-(9)-------(9)------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|
| ~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-------7-6-------|--------------------|
|-7-2---5-4---9-7-|--2--5-8-x--8--7-6--|
|-5-0-0-----0-7-5-|--0--3-6-x--6--5-4--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nine_inch_nails/closer_tab_ver_4.html ]
Bridge
F#
Gtr II
e S s +S S e S e S e S S e S s +S S e S e S e S S
||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----4-------4---4---4---4---|-----4-------4----4----4-----4---|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--2---2-(2)---2---2---2---2-|--2----2-(2)---2-----2----2----2-|
|
| Gtr III
| W H Q Q
||----------------------------|------------------3------12------|
||o---------------------------|--6--------------(6)-----(6)-----|
||--9-------------------------|-(9)-------------(9)-----(9)-----|
||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------------|
e S s +S S e S e S e S S e S s +S S e S e S e S S 4x
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---4-------4---4---4---4---|-----4-------4----4----4---4----||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-2---2-(2)---2---2---2---2-|--2----2-(2)---2-----2---2---2--||
|
| W H H 4x
|---------------------------|------------------3-------------||
|---------------------------|--6--------------(6)-----------o||
|-9-------------------------|-(9)-------------(9)------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------------||
Outro
N.C.A5 Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb5E5
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-3-5-5-5--5---5--3-5--5--5-5--5--3--5--5-5-|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--9-----------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E +S E. E. S +E E
||--------------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||------2---(2)-/3------/4------/6-(6)---/8---|
||o-----0---(0)-/1------/2------/4-(4)---/6---|
||--------------------------------------------|
F5 Gb5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------3--3-3---3---4--4---4--4-|
|--5--6--6-6--6----6--6-6----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| H Q Q
|---------------------------3-----------12-----------|
|--6-----------------------(6)----------(6)----------|
|-(9)----------------------(9)----------(9)----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E +S E. E. S +E S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-------/9---(9)-/10------/11------/13-(13)---/13s14-|
|-------/7---(7)--/8-------/9------/11-(11)---/11s12-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
N.C.A5 Bb5 B5 Db5 Eb5E5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5--5---5--3-5--5--5-5--5--3--5--5-5-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E E +S E. E. S +E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----2---(2)-/3------/4------/6-(6)---/8---|
|-----0---(0)-/1------/2------/4-(4)---/6---|
|-------------------------------------------|
F5 Gb5 Ab5 Bb5 B5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------3--3-3---3---4--4---4--4---||
|--5--6--6-6--6----6--6-6-----------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|
| H H
|---------------------------3--------------------------||
|--6-----------------------(6)------------------------o||
|-(9)----------------------(9)-------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E E +S E. E. S +E S S
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-------/9---(9)-/10------/11------/13-(13)---/13s14---||
|-------/7---(7)--/8-------/9------/11-(11)---/11s12--o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtr III
W H Q Q
||--------------------------|---------------3-------12----|
||o-------------------------|--6-----------(6)------(6)---|
||---9----------------------|-(9)----------(9)------(9)---|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||------------------------8-|---------------------------8-|
||--10-8-10-8-8---10-8-10---|-10--8-10-8-8-----10-8-10----|
||o-------------------------|-----------------------------|
||--------------------------|-----------------------------|
W H H
|-------------------------|---------------3--------------||
|-------------------------|--6-----------(6)------------o||
|--9----------------------|-(9)----------(9)-------------||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|
| E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-----------------------8-|--------------------------8---||
|-10-8-10-8-8---10-8-10---|-10--8-10-8-8-----10-8-10-----||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|-------------------------|------------------------------||
Gtr III
W H Q Q
||-----------------------------|-----------------3-------12----|
||o----------------------------|--6-------------(6)------(6)---|
||---9-------------------------|-(9)------------(9)------(9)---|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------------------------8-|-----------------------------8-|
||--10---8-10-8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8--8-----10-8-10----|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
||o--5b7r=====3----------------|--5b7r=====3-------------------|
||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
EbD5 Db5
W H H
|----------------------------|----------------3---------------||
|----------------------------|--6------------(6)-------------o||
|--9-------------------------|-(9)-----------(9)--------------||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|--------------------------8-|-----------------------------8--||
|-10---8-10-8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8-8-----10---8-10----||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Q. Q. Q Q. E +S S S S Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------8s7--6----||
|--5b7r=====3----------------|--5b7r=====3---(3)--3-6s5--4---o||
|----------------------------|--------------------------------||
N.C.
Gtr II
E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||-------------------------------8-|------------------------------8-|
||--10---8-10--8--8------10-8-10---|-10---8-10--8--8------10-8-10---|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--5b7r======3-------------------|--5b7r======3-------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr V
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. E +H Q. E +H
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--17--------15----(15)-----------|-15--------14----(14)-----------|
||o--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
EbD5 Db5
E E E S S S E S E E E E E S S S E S E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|---------------------------8-|-----------------------------8--||
|-10---8-10--8--8---10-8-10---|-10---8-10-8-8-----10---8-10----||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
| Q. Q. Q Q. E +S S S S Q
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------------8s7--6----||
|--5b7r======3----------------|--5b7r=====3---(3)--3-6s5--4---o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. H E E E E E +H
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------||
|-13--------12--------------8-|--8---7-10----------------------||
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------8---(8)--------------||
N.C.
Gtr VI
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. H E E E E E +H
|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|-20----18-(18)----|-18----17-(17)----|-16----15----11-|-11-10-13------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------10-(10)----|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|
3/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H Q. E +H Q. H E E E E
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
|-20----18-(18)----|-18----17-(17)----|-16----15----11-|-11-10-13-*|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
|------------------|------------------|----------------|----------*|
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
