Imitation Of Life by Anthrax #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# IMITATION OF LIFE As recorded by Anthrax (From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING) Transcribed by warlockmb & abysslord Words and Music by Anthrax Arranged by warlockmb Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Intro Moderately Q=142 D C D 4/4 Gtrs I, II PM| PM----| PM| PM |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E ||------------------|---------------------| ||o-----------------|---------------------| ||--7-----6---------|-8-----7---7-6h7p6---| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------8-| ||o-----------------|---------------------| ||------------------|---------------------| 1.,2.,3. A Gsus2/A C F#m/A PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------------|| |-----------------|--------------------o|| |-----------------|---------------------|| |-7-----7-5-----5-|-8-----8-4-/5-4-/5---|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0-----o|| |-----------------|---------------------|| Verse 4. Slower Q=110 C F#m/A F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 Gtrs I, II PM| PM| E E E E H +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 4x |--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|| |--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|| |--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|| |-8-----8-4----|-(4)--------||--------------5---|-----------------3--|| |-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)--------||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|| |--------------|------------||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----|| | | Gtr III | H H +W W W 4x |--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|| |--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|| |--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|| |--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|| |---------4----|-(4)--------||o-----------------|-------------------o|| |---------2----|-(2)--------||------------------|--------------------|| F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E ||------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||------------------|-------------------| ||--------------5---|-----------------3-| ||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-| ||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---| 1. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-------------5---|-----------------3--|| |-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|| |-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----|| 2. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +W E E E E E E S S S S |-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------| |-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------| |-------------5---|-----------------3-|-(3)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|-(1)--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|------------|---------------------| Pre-Chorus Faster Q=236 F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------| ||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------| ||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------| ||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-| ||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-| 1.,2.,3. 4. N.C. N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 PM------------------------| PM PM E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W E E E E E E E E |------------------------------||-----------||------------------| |-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----------------| |------------------------------||-----------||--5s4-------------| |------------------------------||-----------||--3s2---4s3-------| |-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----0-2s1---3s2-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------||------------0-1s0-| N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. PM PM PM------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------|-----------------------------| |-5s4-------------|-----------------------------| |-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------| |-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------| |-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 1. 2. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C. PM PM PM------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W |-----------------|------------------------------||-------| |-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------| |-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------| |-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------| |-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------| |-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------| Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| ||-------------------|----------------------| Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------o|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|| |------------------|-----------------------|| $ F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|---------------------|| |------------------|--------------------o|| |------------------|---------------------|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--|| Pre-Chorus F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------| ||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------| ||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------| ||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-| ||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-| N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 1. 2. To Coda F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C. PM PM PM------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W |-----------------|------------------------------||-------| |-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------| |-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------| |-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------| |-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------| |-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------| Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| ||-------------------|----------------------| Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------o|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|| |------------------|-----------------------|| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|---------------------|| |------------------|--------------------o|| |------------------|---------------------|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--|| Bridge Slower Q=164 E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5 PM--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-------------------| ||o-----------------|-------------------| ||------------------|-------------------| ||------------------|---------9s10------| ||o-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8-| E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5 PM--------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------o|| |-----------------|--------------------|| |-----------------|---------9s10-------|| |-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-o|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8--|| Chorus F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||-------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------o|| |------------------|-----------------------|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---o|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 Gtrs I, II PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| | | Gtr III | W W |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| |------------------|----------------------| F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--| | | W H Q. E |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|------------2s======7--| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------| Guitar Solo N.C. A5 G5 Gtr I PM--| PM--| PM--| E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-----------7-------------5-------------| |--0---0----5----0---0----3----0---0----| | | T T T T T T | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| F#5 G5 N.C. PM---------------------| E E E E E E E E |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-4s===5--------------------------------| |-2s===3---0----0----1---1----1----1----| | | T T T T T | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p=| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| N.C. A5 G5 PM---| PM----| PM----| E E E E E E E E |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-----------7--------------------5-------------------| |-0----0----5------0------0------3------0------0-----| | | T T T T T T T | S S S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |-0-14p7p0-14p7p0-16p7p0-17p7p0-16p7p0-14p7p0-12p7p0-| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------| F#5 G5 N.C. PM-----------------| E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |--4s====5----------------------------| |--2s====3-----0-----0------1-1-1-1---| | | T T T T ~~ | S T T S T T S T T S T T H |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-10p7p0-9p7p0-7p5p0-5p3p0-/3---------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C. PM| PM| PM-| PM------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |-------7--------5-------|-4s==5---------------------| |--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|-2s==3---0-0--1--1-1---1---| | | E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|-5h7p5h7p5-8-(8)-7-5h7p5h7-| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C. PM| PM| PM-| PM------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-------7--------5-------|--4s====5-------------------------------| |--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|--2s====3-----0---0---1---1--1-----1----| | | E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S |------------------------|-10h12p10h12p10-/13-(13)-12-10h12p10h12-| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------------------| B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 N.C. PM PM PM-------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |--9s=====8------9s==8-------------9s===8--|----------------------------------------------| |--7s=====6---0--7s==6--------0----7s===6--|--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 |-12b14r(12)p10h12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r(12)-|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|-12b14r(12)p10h==12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r==(12)-| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| B5 Bb5 B5Bb5 D5 C#5 N.C. PM PM PM-------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |---9s===8---9s8----12s==11-----|------------------------------------| |---7s===6-0-7s6-0--10s===9-----|---0------0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----| | |~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ | H. +E S S +H. +E S S |---------------------------/21-|-(21)b23==============(21)\---------| |-/21b23-----------(21)\--0-----|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------0-/21-| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------| B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 PM PM E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--9s====8-----------9s====8-----------9s====8----| |--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0-----7s====6----| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----| |----------21----------21----------21----------21-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| N.C. PM---------------------------------------| E E S S E E E S S E |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-----0-----0--0--0----| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----| |----------21----------21----------21----------21-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| B5 Bb5 Bb55B5 C#5 PM PM E E E E E E E E |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--9s====8-----------9s====8----------12s===11----| |--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0----10s====9----| | | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------19h21p19h21-19h21p19-------------21-| |-19h21p19-------------------------21-19h21p19----| |----------21-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| N.C. PM------------------------------| E E S S E E E S S E |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-| | | ~~ | S S S S S S S S H |-19h21p19h21-19h21h22----24---------| |----------------------24------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| Chorus Faster Q=234 Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 Gtrs I, II PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||-------------------|----------------------| ||o------------------|----------------------| ||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---| ||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---| ||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-| ||-------------------|----------------------| D.S. al Coda Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------|-----------------------|| |------------------|----------------------o|| |-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9-----12s11--------|| |--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----10s=9-12s11--|| |------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-------10s=9-o|| |------------------|-----------------------|| Outro Slower Q=110 1.,2.,3. 4. & F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5/F D5/A Gtrs I, II PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +H.. E ||------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------*| ||o-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|--------------*| ||------------------|--------------------||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*| ||--------------5---|-----------------3--||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*| ||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||-4-4-5-2-4-4-------|--------------*| ||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|--------------*| 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 www.TAB6.com