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GROW UP
As recorded by Simple Plan
(From the 2002 Album NO PADS, NO HELMETS... JUST BALLS)
Words and Music by Simple Plan
Arranged by Simple Plan
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Untitled'
Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=135
C5
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------| PM| ~
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2-------5--|
|-3-3-------3---------|--------------------|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3----|
|
| Gtr II
| E E H. W
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-3-3-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
PM------------| PM
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-----2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2----------|
|-3-3-------3---------|-----------------5--|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3-3--|
|
| E E H. W
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-3-3-----------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
C5 F5 G5
PM------------| PM| ~
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2-------5--|
|-3-3-------3---------|--------------------|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3----|
|
| E E H. E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|-3-3---------5-5----|
|-3-3-----------------|-3-3---------5-5----|
|---------------------|-1-1---------3-3----|
C5 E5 G5
PM------------| PM
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2-----------|
|-3-3-------3---------|-----------------5---|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3-3---|
|
| E E H. E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|-3-3---------5-5-----|
|-3-3-----------------|-3-3---------5-5-----|
|---------------------|-1-1---------3-3-----|
Pre-Chorus
F5 G5 C5 C5/A5 E5 F5 G5
PM| PM| ~ PM------------|
E E S S S S E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E W
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------|------|
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------|------|
|--------------------|-0--------4--||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7----|
|-----2h3-2-------5--|-5--5--2--2--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----|
|--------------------|-3--2--0-----||-----------------|------|
|-1-1---------3-3----|-------------||-----------------|------|
|
| <
| PM------------|
| E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E W
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------|------|
|--------------------|-------------||-----------------|------|
|--------------------|-5--5--2-----||-----------------|------|
|-3-3---------5-5----|-5--5--2--2--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----|
|-3-3---------5-5----|-3--2--0--2--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5----|
|-1-1---------3-3----|----------0--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3----|
Chorus
C5 D5 F5
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)---7-7-12-10-9-10-|
||--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|-(x)---x-x--x--x-x--x-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-10--8-7--8-|
||-----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7--3-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5--5-5--3-|
||-----------------|--------------------1-|
G5
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7----||
|--(x)--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x----||
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5---o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5----||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---o||
|--(1)--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3----||
Verse
F5 G5 C5
PM---------
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7-9-||---------------------|
|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-||-----2h3-2-----------|
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5-7-||-3-3-------3---------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-------------3-3---3-|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q E E H.
|-----------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------||-5-5-----------------|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---||-5-5-----------------|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---||-3-3-----------------|
|--1---1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3---||---------------------|
---| PM| ~ PM------------| PM
E E S S S S E E Q E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-----2h3-2-------5--|-----2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2------------|
|--------------------|-3-3-------3---------|-----------------5----|
|-1-1---------3-3----|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3-3----|
|
| W E E H. W
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-5-5-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-5-5-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|-3-3-----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
C5 F5 G5
PM------------| PM| ~
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2-------5--|
|-3-3-------3---------|--------------------|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3----|
|
| E E H. E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|--------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|-3-3---------5-5----|
|-3-3-----------------|-3-3---------5-5----|
|---------------------|-1-1---------3-3----|
C5 F5 G5
PM------------| PM
E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-----2h3-2-----------|-----2h3-2-----------|
|-3-3-------3---------|-----------------5---|
|-------------3-3---3-|-1-1---------3-3-3---|
|
| E E H. E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|---------------------|
|-5-5-----------------|-3-3---------5-5-----|
|-3-3-----------------|-3-3---------5-5-----|
|---------------------|-1-1---------3-3-----|
Pre-Chorus
F5 G5 C5 C5/A5 E5 F5 G5
PM| PM| ~
E E S S S S E E Q Q Q Q Q W +H E E Q
|--------------------|-------------||----------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------||----------|---------------|
|--------------------|-0--------4--||-5--------|-(5)----7-7-7--|
|-----2h3-2-------5--|-5--5--2--2--||-3--------|-(3)----5-5-5--|
|--------------------|-3--2--0-----||----------|---------------|
|-1-1---------3-3----|-------------||----------|---------------|
|
| E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q W +H H
|--------------------|-------------||----------|---------------|
|--------------------|-------------||----------|---------------|
|--------------------|-5--5--2-----||----------|---------------|
|-3-3---------5-5----|-5--5--2--2--||-3--------|-(3)-----------|
|-3-3---------5-5----|-3--2--0--2--||-3--------|-(3)-----------|
|-1-1---------3-3----|----------0--||-1--------|-(1)-----------|
Chorus
C5 D5 F5
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)---7-7-12-10-9-10-|
||--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|-(x)---x-x--x--x-x--x-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-10--8-7--8-|
||-----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7--3-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5--5-5--3-|
||-----------------|--------------------1-|
G5
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7----||
|--(x)--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x----||
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5---o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5----||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---o||
|--(1)--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3----||
F5 G5
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7--||
|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x--||
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5--||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5--||
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5--||
|--1---1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/simple_plan/grow_up_tab_ver_2.html ]
Bridge
A5 G5 F5
H.. E +H.. E
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|-7------------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-7------------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-5------------3-|-(3)-----------1-|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|---------7--5---|----------7--5---|
|------7---------|-------7---------|
|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|
C5 C5/B A5 G5 F5
+H.. E +E E E E +E E E E +H.. E +H.. E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(3)-----------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-7-|-(7)-----------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-(3)-----------3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-7-|-(7)-----------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-(1)-------------|-------------------5-|-(5)-----------3-|-(3)-----------1-|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------7--5---|--9----7----7----5---|----------7--5---|----------7--5---|
|-------7---------|---------------------|-------7---------|-------7---------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
C5 C5/B A5 G5 F5
+H.. E +E E E E +E E E E +H.. E +H.. E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5---|-----------------|-----------------|
|-(3)-----------5-|-(5)-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-7-|-(7)-----------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-(3)-----------3-|-(3)-3-3-2-(2)-2-2-7-|-(7)-----------5-|-(5)-----------3-|
|-(1)-------------|-------------------5-|-(5)-----------3-|-(3)-----------1-|
|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------7--5---|--9----7----7----5---|----------7--5---|----------7--5---|
|-------7---------|---------------------|-------7---------|-------7-------3-|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Interlude
N.C.
+W +W W W
|------------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|------------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|------------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||--------------|----------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||--------------|----------------|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------||--------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E
|------------|------------||--------------|----------------|
|------------|------------||--------------|------5--3------|
|------------|------------||-------5------|----------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------||----5---------|----------------|
|------------|------------||-3----------5-|-(5)------------|
|------------|------------||--------------|--------------1-|
W W W W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------5--3------|
|----------------|----------------|---------5------|----------------|
|---------3------|---------5------|------5---------|----------------|
|------3---------|------5-------3-|-(3)----------5-|-(5)------------|
|-(1)----------3-|-(3)------------|----------------|--------------1-|
W W W
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +Q Q Q. E +W +H E E E E
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------------------|
|----------------|------------|--------12-12-12-12-|
|---------3----5-|-(5)--------|-(5)-----5--5--5--5-|
|------3---------|------------|--------------------|
|-(1)------------|------------|--------------------|
Chorus
C5 D5 F5
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)---7-7-12-10-9-10-|
||--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|-(x)---x-x--x--x-x--x-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-10--8-7--8-|
||-----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
||--5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7--3-|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5--5-5--3-|
||-----------------|--------------------1-|
|
| Gtr III
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|--8--8-8-8--8--8-8--8-|
||-----------------|----------------------|
||-----------------|----------------------|
||o----------------|----------------------|
||-----------------|----------------------|
G5
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|-12--12-12-12--7--9--7----|
|--(x)--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x----|
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-|-10--10-10-10--5--7--5----|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--|
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--|
|--(1)--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-|-(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3-3--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|-13--13-13-13-12-12-12----|
|---8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
C5 D5 F5
Q E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)---7-7-12-10-9-10-|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-|-(x)---x-x--x--x-x--x-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)---5-5-10--8-7--8-|
|----------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7----|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-7-|-(7)-7-7-7--7--7-7--3-|
|-3--3-3-3-3-3-5-|-(5)-5-5-5--5--5-5--3-|
|----------------|--------------------1-|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|--8--8-8-8--8--8-8--8-|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
G5
+E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-12-|-12--12-12-12--7--9--7----||
|--(x)--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x----||
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8-10-|-10--10-10-10--5--7--5---o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5-5--||
|--(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-(5)--5--5--5--5--5--5-5-o||
|--(1)--1--1--1--1--1--1--3-|-(3)--3--3--3--3--3--3-3--||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---------------------------|-13--13-13-13-12-12-12----||
|---8---8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------o||
|---------------------------|--------------------------||
F5 G5
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7-9-|
|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-|
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5-7-|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5---|
|--1---1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3---|
F5 G5
Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-10--10-10-10-10-10-12-|-(12)-12-12-12-7-9-7--|
|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x-|--(x)--x--x--x-x-x-x--|
|--8---8--8--8--8--8-10-|-(10)-10-10-10-5-7-5--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E +E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5--|
|--3---3--3--3--3--3--5-|--(5)--5--5--5-5-5-5--|
|--1---1--1--1--1--1--3-|--(3)--3--3--3-3-3-3--|
Outro
C5
~~~~
E E Q E E Q W
|---------------|------*|
|---------------|------*|
|-5-5----5-5----|------*|
|-x-x----x-x----|------*|
|-3-3----3-3----|------*|
|---------------|------*|
|
| E E Q E E Q W
|---------------|------*|
|---------------|------*|
|-5-5----5-5----|------*|
|-5-5----5-5----|------*|
|-3-3----3-3----|------*|
|---------------|------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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
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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
