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18 Life
Skid Row
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18 AND LIFE
As recorded by Skid Row
(From the 1989 Album SKID ROW)
Words and Music by Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 1 clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 2 dist. right'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 3 dist. left'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Gtr. 4 solo'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=91
C#m B C#m B
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---5-----4-(4)-------|----5------4-(4)-----|
|-----6------4--------|-------6------4------|
|---------------4-----|-----------------4---|
|-4-----4---------4h6-|-4-(4)---4---------2-|
|---------------------|---------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|---------------------|-------0--------0--|
|----5------4-(4)-----|-------0--------0--|
|-------6------4------|-------4--------4--|
|-----------------4---|----2--------4-----|
|-4-(4)---4---------4-|-0-(0)----2-(2)----|
|---------------------|-------------------|
C#m B C#m B
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|----5------4-(4)-------|------------5---------4-(4)---------|
|-------6------4--------|-----------------6-------4----------|
|-----------------4-----|------------------------------4-----|
|-4-(4)---4---------4h6-|--------4--(4)------4-------------2-|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \1____/
| W a +Q +H +E E
|-----------------------|-16---(16)-----(16)---------(16)s17p|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|----------------------|-------0--------0---||
|-----5------4-(4)-----|-------0--------0---||
|--------6------4------|-------4--------4---||
|------------------4---|----2--------4------||
|--4-(4)---4---------4-|-0-(0)----2-(2)-----||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|
| >
| ~~
| W W
|-14-------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------||
Verse
C#m B C#m B
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|----5------4-(4)-------|----5------4-(4)-----|
|-------6------4--------|-------6------4------|
|-----------------4-----|-----------------4---|
|-4-(4)---4---------4h6-|-4-(4)---4---------2-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| G
| W W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| G
| W W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|-----------------------|-------0---------0--------------------|
|----5------4-(4)-------|-------0---------0--------------------|
|-------6------4--------|-------4---------4--------------------|
|------------------4----|----2--------4------------------------|
|-4-(4)---4-----------4-|-0-(0)----2-(2)-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|tr II
| ~~~~~~
| H E E Q H Q Q
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--------2---------------------------|
|--------------0--16\---|-----------------4--------------------|
|
|tr III
| H E E Q H Q S +S +S +S
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--------2-----[2]b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)-|
|--------------0--16\---|--------------------------------------|
C#m B C#m B
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|------5------4-(4)-------|------5-------4--(4)--------|
|---------6------4--------|---------6--------4---------|
|-------------------4-----|----------------------4-----|
|---4-(4)---4---------4h6-|--4--(4)---4--------------2-|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| <
| a W H +Q +E E
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------12S|
|-------------------------|-------------------------11S|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2h4---------------------|-[4]---------(4)-----(4)----|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| a W +W
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2h4---------------------|-(4)------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|--------------------------|-------0---------0---------------------||
|------5-------4--(4)------|-------0---------0---------------------||
|---------6--------4-------|-------4---------4---------------------||
|---------------------4----|----2--------4-------------------------||
|--4--(4)---4------------4-|-0-(0)----2-(2)------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~
| W H Q Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--9-----------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--9-----------------------|-2--------4----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-2--------4----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-0--------2----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-----------------4---------------------||
|
| +H +E E Q H Q S +S +S +S
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------------------||
|--------------------------|-2--------4----------------------------||
|--------------------------|-2--------4----------------------------||
|-(4)---------(4)----------|-0--------2-----[2]b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)--||
|------------------xS16\---|---------------------------------------||
Pre-Chorus
$
A5 A5/G#F#5 G#5 A5 B5
Gtr II
PM----| PM----| PM------| PM|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S E. E E E E E E E S S H H
|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------||
|-------------2--|------------------|-----------------------------|-2----4----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|------------------|-----------------------------|-2----4----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-x--|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4--|--6----------6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-0----2----||
|-------------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2--|--4----------4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-|-----------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM----| PM----| PM------| PM|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E S E. S +S E E E E E E S S H H
|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------||
|----------------|------------------|-----------------------------|-----------||
|-------------2--|------------------|-----------------------------|-2----4----||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|------------------|-----------------------------|-2----4----||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-x--|-4-4-4-4-4-4---4--|-[2]b4r(2)b4r6-6-6-6-6-6-----|-0----2----||
|-------------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-2--|-------------4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-|-----------||
Chorus
1.,2.,3. 4.
$$ To Coda
To Coda
C#5 A5 E5 B5 E5 B5
Gtrs I, II, III
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H Q Q
||-----------------------|-------0--------------||------------|
||o----------------------|----0----0-----------o||------------|
||--------6----------2---|-----------------4----||------4--4--|
||-----6----6\----2----2-|--------------4-------||-2----4--4--|
||o-4-(4)------0-(0)-----|-----------2-(2)---3-o||-2----2--2--|
||-----------------------|-0-(0)----------------||-0----------|
C#m B C#m B
Gtr I
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|---5------4-(4)-------|----5-------4--(4)-----|
|-----6-------4--------|-------6--------4------|
|----------------4-----|-------------------4---|
|-4------4---------4h6-|-4-(4)---4-----------2-|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM| PM| PM| ~
| E E Q E E E S S E E E E +E E Q
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----5\---------4-----|-------5---------------|
|-----4\---------4-----|-------4---------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4-4------4--4----4h6-|-4--4----4-(4)--0--2---|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|------------------------|---------0--------------0----|
|----5-------4-(4)-------|---------0--------------0----|
|-------6-------4--------|---------4--------------4----|
|-------------------4----|-----2-------------4---------|
|-4-(4)----4-----------4-|-0--(0)---------2-(2)--------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM| PM|
| E E Q E E Q E E E E a E E E E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------5\----------4\---|-----------------------------|
|-------4\----------4\---|---/13--11s9-9h11--9---------|
|------------------------|------------------------9h11-|
|-4--4-------4--4--------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| H E E Q E E E E E E a E E
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------|----/5---4-------------------|
|------------------------|-----------4----6--4---------|
|------------------------|----------------------6s7--6-|
|------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------0--16\---|-----------------------------|
Verse
C#m B C#m B
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------5---------4--(4)-------|----5-------4--(4)-----|
|-----------6---------4--------|-------6--------4------|
|------------------------4-----|-------------------4---|
|---4--(4)-----4-----------4h6-|-4-(4)---4-----------2-|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| ~~~~
| +Q Q Q E S S Q E E +E E Q
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------4-----|-------6---------------|
|-(11)-----11\-----------4-----|-------6-----------4---|
|----------11\-------------4h6-|-4-------4-(4)--0--2---|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| >
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H +H W
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|--(6)-----------(6)-----------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------|
C#m B Asus2 Bsus4
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q
|------------------------|-------0---------0--------------------|
|----5-------4-(4)-------|-------0---------0--------------------|
|-------6-------4--------|-------4---------4--------------------|
|-------------------4----|----2--------4------------------------|
|-4-(4)----4-----------4-|-0-(0)----2-(2)-----------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
| Q Q E E Q H Q Q
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------6\------4---4\---|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-------6\------4---4\---|-2--------4---------------------------|
|-4-------------2---2\---|-0--------2---------------------------|
|------------------------|-----------------4--------------------|
|
| H E E Q H Q S +S +S +S
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|------------------------|-2--------4---------------------------|
|------------------------|-0--------2-----[2]b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)-|
|---------------0--16\---|--------------------------------------|
N.C.
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~
E E Q E E Q E E E E E S S Q
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----5\------4\--|-----5---4------------------------|
|-----4\------4\--|-----4---4------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4---4---0-0--2-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| \1/ \1/ \1/
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| E E Q E E Q E E E E E S S S +S +S +S
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-----5\------4\--|-----5---4-----[7]-(7)--(7)--(7)--|
|-----4\------4\--|-----4---4------------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
|-4-4-----4-4-----|-4-4---4---0-0--------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
A5 B5
PM| PM ~~~~~~
E E Q E S S Q H Q Q
|-------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----5\--------4\--|--------------------------------||
|-----4\--------4\--|-2----4-------------------------||
|-----------4-4-----|-2----4-------------------------||
|-4-4-----4---------|-0----2-------------------------||
|-------------------|----------4---------------------||
|
| PM| PM
| E E Q E S S Q H Q S +S +S +S
|-------------------|--------------------------------||
|-----5\--------4\--|--------------------------------||
|-----4\--------4\--|-2----4-------------------------||
|-----------4-4-----|-2----4-------------------------||
|-4-4-----4---------|-0----2--[2]b4r(2)b4r(2)b4r(2)--||
|-------------------|--------------------------------||
&
E5 B5 C#5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| ~~~~
H Q Q E S S E S S E S S Q S E. +Q E +Q.
|------------|----------------------|---------------19b21-(19)---||
|------------|----------------------|-----17--(17)---------------||
|------4--4--|-6-----6-----6-----6--|-/18------------------------||
|-2----4--4--|-6-----6-----6-----6--|----------------------------||
|-2----2--2--|---4-4---4-4---4-4----|----------------------------||
|-0----------|----------------------|----------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM| PM| PM| ~~~~
| H Q Q E S S E S S E S S Q S E. +Q E +Q.
|------------|----------------------|----------------------------||
|------------|----------------------|-----17--(17)--19b21-(19)---||
|------4--4--|-6-----6-----6-----6--|-/18------------------------||
|-2----4--4--|-6-----6-----6-----6--|----------------------------||
|-2----2--2--|---4-4---4-4---4-4----|----------------------------||
|-0----------|----------------------|----------------------------||
Bridge
E5 B5
Gtr II
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-|-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-|
|-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-|-------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
| ~
| H E E E S S H E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------2h4-|-2-----------2-4---2-----|
|-0-----------0-2---4-----|---------------------4---|
A5 B5
PM| PM| PM| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E S S E S S E S S E S S H +Q +E S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------[4]h[5]-|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-------|-------------------------|
|-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-2-------|-------------------------|
|-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-x-x-0-0s7---|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-/7----(7)--(7)\---------|
|
| H E E E S S W
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------0-----0---2h4-|--2----------------------|
|---------------4-----------|-------------------------|
Guitar Solo
C#5 A5 E5 B5
~~~ ~~
Q. S S Q. S S Q. a +S S Q. S S
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------4h5------4h5-|-[5]b7====5r(5)p4------4h5-|
|-[6]-------6--------|------------------4--------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H H H H
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--6--------2--------|------------------4--------|
|--6--------2--------|--2---------------4--------|
|--4--------0--------|--2---------------2--------|
|--------------------|--0------------------------|
C#5 A5
~~
E. S S S S S S +E. S +S S S
|----------------------------------------|
|---------9h12p9-12b14==(12)-12r(12)-9---|
|-6--6/-x------------------------------9-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-6---------------2----------------------|
|-6---------------2----------------------|
|-4---------------0----------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
E5 B5
E S S +E. T T S +S +E +E E
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-11b13==11-11r(11)-9s8-8b9==(8)r(8)-(8)-[9]b11==|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------4------------------------|
|--2--------------------4------------------------|
|--2--------------------2------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------------|
C#5 A5 E5 B5
~
|-----6------|
+E S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S
|-----------------------------9-|-9------------------------------------|
|------------9h10-12p10---------|---12p10p9-----------------------9-12-|
|-(9)r8-9-11--------------------|-----------11p9p8h9-8-------9-11------|
|--------------------------11---|-----------------------9h11-----------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| H H H H
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--6------------------2---------|--------------------4-----------------|
|--6------------------2---------|-2------------------4-----------------|
|--4------------------0---------|-2------------------2-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-0------------------------------------|
C#5 A5
~~
Q S +S +S S Q E T T T T
|-----------------------------19p17p16h17p16-|
|-14--16b19==(16)r(16)-16-17-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--6-----------------------2-----------------|
|--6-----------------------2-----------------|
|--4-----------------------0-----------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
E5 B5
>
T T T T T T T T T T T T E +Q +Q
|----16-------------------------------19b21-(19)--(19)---||
|-19----19p17p16----17p16----16--------------------------||
|----------------18-------18----18p16--------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E E E E Q Q
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------4-----4----||
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2------4-----4----||
|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2------2-----2----||
|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----------------||
Outro
&&
E5 B5 C#9 Asus2
Gtr I Gtr II
~~~
H S S S S S S S S S E. E E +Q S S E
|----------------------||--------------------------|
|------4h5-5---4---4---||-4s5----4-----------------|
|------4-----4---4---4-||----------4-(4)-----4s6---|
|-2----4h6-------------||------------------------6-|
|-2--------------------||--------------------------|
|-0--------------------||--------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III Gtrs I, III
| H Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------------||------0----------0--------|
|----------------------||--------4-----------4-----|
|------4-------4-------||----------4-------------4-|
|-2----4-------4-------||--------------------------|
|-2----2-------2-------||-4-----------0--(0)-------|
|-0--------------------||--------------------------|
Emaj7 Badd4
~~~~~
+Q S S E +Q. S S
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-(6)-----6s7-----------------|
|-------------9-(9)-------7s6-|
|-----------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|------0------------------0---|
|---------4-------------4-----|
|-------------4------4--------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------------2--(2)-------|
|--0--(0)---------------------|
C#9 Asus2 Emaj7 Badd4
~~~~~~~~
S E. E E +Q S S E +Q S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------|-----------------------------------9-11-|
|-4s5------4-----------------|--------------------------------12------|
|------------4-(4)-----4s6---|------------------------9-11b13---------|
|--------------------------6-|-(6)-----6s7-------/11------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------7s9------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------0-----------0--------|------0----------------------------0----|
|----------4-----------4-----|---------4-----------------4------------|
|------------4-------------4-|-------------4-------4------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4----(4)------0--(0)-------|-----------------2--(2)-----------------|
|----------------------------|--0--(0)--------------------------------|
C#9 Asus2 Emaj7 Badd4
~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~
Q E E +Q S S E +Q S S E +E S S S S S S
|-12-----11----------------------|-------------------------------14p12p11----|
|-----------12-(12)-----12h14----|------------------------14p=12----------12-|
|-----------------------------13-|-(13)-----13h14-11-(11)--------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----0--------------0-----------|-------0------------------------------0----|
|---------4--------------4-------|-----------4--------------------4----------|
|------------4-----------------4-|-----------------4-------4-----------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--4-(4)---------0--(0)----------|---------------------2--(2)----------------|
|--------------------------------|---0--(0)----------------------------------|
H
C#9 Asus2
S E. E E +Q E E
|-11h12------[11]--------------12-12-|
|-----------------12-(12)\-----12-12-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|---------0-----------------0--------|
|--------------4----------------4----|
|------------------4---------------4-|
|------------------------------------|
|--4-----(4)-----------0---(0)-------|
|------------------------------------|
.=H
Emaj7 Badd4 C#m
~~ ~~
Q S +E. Q S S S S W
|-12\-----------------------------------|-------*|
|-12\---------------10---------12-------|-------*|
|------11b13-(11)---11-----/13----13s11p|==9----*|
|---------------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------|-------*|
|---------------------------------------|-------*|
|
| Q E E E E E E W
|-------0--------------------------0----|-^4----*|
|-----------------4----------4----------|-^5----*|
|-----------------------4---------------|-^6----*|
|---------------------------------------|-^6----*|
|--------------------2-(2)--------------|-^4----*|
|--0---(0)------------------------------|-------*|
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