Poison Was the Cure Tabs & Lyrics by Megadeth
Poison Was the Cure
guitar tabs lyrics
POISON WAS THE CURE
As recorded by Megadeth
(From the 1990 Album RUST IN PEACE)
Transcribed by Rick Dobbins
Words by Dave Mustaine Music by Megadeth
Arranged by Megadeth
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Dave Mustaine'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marty Friedman - Solo Guitar'
Intro
Moderately Fast Rock Q=138
N.C.
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx4 4x
||----------||
||o--------o||
||----------||
||----------||
||o--------o||
||----------||
A5 C5C#5 A5
PM----------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H W 3x
||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------o||
||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||
||--2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---2------|-------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-0------|------o||
||------------------|-----------------|--------------|-------||
A5 C5C#5 A5
PM----------------------------| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H +W
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------14-(14)----|-(14)----|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-5-6---14-(14)----|-(14)----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-4-0-12-(12)----|-(12)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
Gtr I
+W +W +W
|------------|-------------|---------||
|------------|-------------|---------||
|-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----||
|-(14)-------|-(14)--------|-(14)----||
|-(12)-------|-(12)--------|-(12)----||
|------------|-------------|---------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|------------|-------------|---------||
|------------|-------------|---------||
|------------|-------------|---------||
|--14s=======|===6\--------|---------||
|--12s=======|===4\--------|---------||
|------------|-------------|---------||
Pre-Verse
Double Time Feel Q=284
(A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5
Gtr I
PM PM PM PM PM
Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-----------------|
|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4--|
|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2--|
|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM PM PM PM
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4--|
|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5----|
|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5
Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|-------------------||
|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9--||
|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--||
|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|-------------------||
|
| PM PM PM PM
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-------------------||
|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------||
Verse
(A) E5 (A) D5 C5 B5
PM PM PM PM PM
Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q
||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||-----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|------------------|
||-----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7-----5-(5)--4---|
||o-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5-----3-(3)--2---|
||-----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|------------------|
|
| PM PM PM PM
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E E E Q
||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|-7p5---5------4---|
||-----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|-----7----7p5-----|
||o-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|------------------|
||-----------------|-------------------|---------------|------------------|
(A) E5 (A) D5 Eb5 E5
PM PM PM PM PM
Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q Q E E E Q E Q. E +Q Q 5x
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|----------0-----|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o||
|----2p0---0-----|-2-------------0---|----2p0---0----|--------------------||
|----------------|-2-----2-(2)---0---|---------------|-7------8-(8)---9---||
|-0------0-----0-|-------2-(2)-------|-0------0------|-5------6-(6)---7--o||
|----------------|-------0-(0)-------|---------------|--------------------||
|
| PM PM PM PM
| Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E E E +E E Q 5x
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|-------------------o||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
|----7p5---5-----|-----7p5-----5-----|----7p5---5----|--------------------||
|-0------0---6h7-|-0--------7--------|-0------7------|-5--3---6-(6)---7--o||
|----------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------||
Chorus
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5
Gtrs I, II
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 G5 G#5 A5 G#5G5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-4----5-(5)--6--|-(6)-7----6--5--|
|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|-2----3-(3)--4--|-(4)-5----4--3--|
G5 G#5 A5 Bb5 A5 G#5 A5 Bb5 B5 A5 Bb5 B5
PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|-5----6-(6)--7--|-(7)-8----7--6--|-7----8-(8)--9--|-7----8-(8)--9--||
|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-5----6-(6)--7--|-5----6-(6)--7--||
Bridge
C5 C5 B5 B5 Bb5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-12--------------|-------------12-11-|-(11)--------------|-------------11-10-|
|-10--------------|-------------10--9-|--(9)--------------|--------------9--8-|
|-----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
Bb5A5 A5G#5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-(10)--------------|-------------10-9-|-(9)--------------|-------------9-8-|
|--(8)--------------|--------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-|
|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0------|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G#G5 G5F#5
PM----------------------| PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-(8)--------------|-------------8-7-|-(7)--------------|-------------7-6-|
|-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------------|-------------5-4-|
|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|
|------------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
F#F5
3/4
PM----------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E H
|------------------|-----------------|------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------||
|-(6)--------------|-------------6-5-|-(5)--------||
|-(4)--------------|-------------4-3-|-(3)--------||
|------0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------------||
|------------------|-----------------|------------||
Breakdown
F5 G5 F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 A5
4/4
PM--------------------------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------|--------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-3----5-(5)--5--|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-0--------|-(0)----|
|-1----3-(3)--3--|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------|
F5 F#5 G5 G#5 G5 F#5 B5
PM---------------------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q W +W
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||
|----------------|----------------|----------|--------||
|----------------|----------------|-4--------|-(4)----||
|-3----4-(4)--5--|-(5)-6----5--4--|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-1----2-(2)--3--|-(3)-4----3--2--|----------|--------||
Interlude
A5 C5
Gtr I
PM PM PM
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||-----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0----------|
||-----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0--|
||o-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
||--2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|------------------|
||o-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM----| PM
Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q 3x
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------1-----o||
|----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|-------2-(2)-5-----|------1-(1)--------||
|-0------0--------|-----0-------------|--3------------3---|-2------------2----||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|
| PM-----------------------------| PM----------| PM----------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
|-7---------------|-------------------|-10----------------|-9-----------------||
|-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|--8--0-0--0--0-0-0-|-7--0-0--0--0-0-0-o||
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------||
A5 C5
PM PM PM
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----2p0---5p2p0-|-2p0-------------|----2p0-5-5-2p0-|-2p0-0-0---------|
|----------------|-----2p0-0-1-2p0-|----------------|---------0-1-2p0-|
|-0------0-------|-----------------|-3--------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| PM--------------------------| PM--------------------------|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-2--------------|-----------------|-5--------------|-----------------|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM PM~~ PM~~~~~~ PM PM---| PM
Q E E E Q. E E E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----||
|----2p0---5------|-2p0---5-(5)-2-0---|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------||
|-0------0--------|-----0-------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|
| PM---------------------------------| PM---| PM
| Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------1----||
|-----------------|-------------------|------2-(2)-5----|------1-(1)------||
|-7---------------|-------------------|-3------------3--|-2------------2--||
|-5--0-0-0-0--0-0-|-0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Outro\Guitar Solo
A5
Gtr I
PM------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-0--------------0--0--0--0-0-0-|--0---0-0----0--0-0-0-0-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~~~~~~~~~
| S +S E +Q +H +Q E +E Q E E
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-7pb9r(7)-7b9==(7)---(7)-------|-(7)r---7b9r(7)-7p==5---|
|-------------------------------|----------------------7-|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------------|------------------------|
C5
PM---------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-----------------|-------------------|
|-3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| W Q E E E E E E
|-------------------|------5------------|
|-6b8===============|=6r-----8-5--------|
|-------------------|------------8-7-5--|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
D5 F5 E5
PM--------------------------| PM----------| PM--------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|-7----------------|-----------------|-10-----------------|-9--------------|
|-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--8---8-8--8--8-8-8-|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
| W E E E E E E Q +H +Q Q W
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-------5---------|--------------------|----------------|
|-5b7--------------|-7-5-7---7-5-----|----------------5---|-4--------------|
|------------------|-------------7---|-(7)------(7)-------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|--------------------|----------------|
A5
PM------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|-2------------------|-------------------------|
|-0---0--0-0--0-0--0-|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------12-15-15p12-------|
|--------------------|-12h13-------------13p12-|
|---------------9h12-|-------------------------|
|----------9h10------|-------------------------|
|-----7h10-----------|-------------------------|
|-5h8----------------|-------------------------|
C5
PM-------------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--5----------------------|--------------------------------|
|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3----3--3-3---3--3--3----3----|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| |---3---|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q +Q E E E
|-15p12-------12h13-------|-15b17---12---(12)-----------13-|
|-------13h15-------15p12-|------------------------15------|
|-------------------------|---------------------14---------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------------|
D5
PM-------------------------------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|--7----------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|--5--5--5--5--5-5--5-5-|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~
| E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-17p13-------------------|-10h13p10---------22p==|
|-------15-------------10-|----------10-----------|
|----------14p10----10----|-------------10--------|
|----------------12-------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
F5 E5
PM------------| PM--------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|-10----------------------|---9---------------|
|--8-----8--8--8--8--8--8-|---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| E E E E E E E E +W
|-17----------------------|-------------------|
|----18-------------------|-------------------|
|-------19----------------|-------------------|
|----------19-------19p17-|-(17)--------------|
|-------------20p17-------|-------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------|
A5 Bb5 B5
PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|--2----------------------|--2--------3-(3)----4----|
|--0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|--0--------1-(1)----2----|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------20p17-------|-------------20p17-------|
|-20p17-------------20p17-|-20p17-------------20p17-|
|-------19p17-------------|-------19p17-------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C5 D5 E5
PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--5----------------------|--5-----------7--(7)-------9---|
|--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-|--3-----------5--(5)-------7---|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E Q +E +E Q
|-20p17-------------20p17-|-------20b22====(20)r(20)-20\--|
|-------20p17-------------|-20p17-------------------------|
|-------------19p17-------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 Eb5 E5
PM-------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q Q
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-7--------------------|-7------8-(8)--9--|
|-5---5-5-5-5---5----5-|-5------6-(6)--7--|
|----------------------|------------------|
|
| |---3----|
| E Q. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-----10----9---8--|
|----------------------|-9----------------|
|-0-1s====7---9---10---|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
F5 E5
PM-------------| PM------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|-10---------------------|--9---------------------|
|--8----8-8--8-8---8---8-|--7----7---7--7-7--7-7--|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |--3---|
| E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E
|------------------------|------------------------|
|--7---------------------|------------------------|
|----10p9p7-10---9---7---|------------------------|
|------------------------|-11-10---9------9h10p9--|
|------------------------|-------------12---------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
A5 Bb5 B5 C5 D5 E5
W Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +Q Q
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|-2--------------|-2----3-(3)--4--|--5---------------|-5----7-(7)--9--|
|-0--------------|-0----1-(1)--2--|--3---------------|-3----5-(5)--7--|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|
| ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| Q. E E E E E W +Q E E E E E E W
|------5---------|----------------|------5-----------|----------------|
|--------3h5-----|----------------|--------8p5-------|----------------|
|------------7p5-|----------------|------------8p7p5-|----------------|
|-7--------------|-7--------------|-(7)--------------|-7--------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
W W
D5 Eb5 E5
W Q. E +Q Q
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|--7---------------|--7---------8-(8)-----9----|
|--5---------------|--5---------6-(6)-----7----|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| +Q E E E E E E S E. E E E E E E
|------5-----------|---------------------13h15-|
|--------8p5-------|------------------15-------|
|------------8p7p5-|-17p14-----14h17-----------|
|-(7)--------------|--------17-----------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
F5 E5 A5
W W Q Q H
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|-10-----------------------------|--9-------------------|--2------------------*|
|--8-----------------------------|--7-------------------|--0------------------*|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|
| E E E E E T S. E E H +Q E E Q +Q H
|--------------------------------|-22b24r===(22)--20p17-|---------------------*|
|-----------------------17-------|----------------------|-20b22===(20)r-------*|
|-17p14----14h17-17h19-----19b21-|----------------------|---------------------*|
|-------17-----------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|---------------------*|
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
