Obituary - "Body Bag" Guitar Tab
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BODY BAG
As recorded by OBITUARY
(From the 1990 Album CAUSE OF DEATH)
Words by John Tardy
Music by Tevor Perez,
James Murphy & Donald Tardy
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted)
Email inverted_one@hotmail.com
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Trevor Perez'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'James Murphy'
Chorus
Moderate Metal Q=128
E5 D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||-------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------||
||o-2----5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3--o||
||--0-----------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1---||
E5 D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||-------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------||
||o-2----5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3--o||
||--0-----------|-4-4-4-4-3----|-3-3-3-3-2----|-2-2-2-2-1--1---||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--| PM--| PM--|
| H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||o-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------o||
||--------------|--------------|--------------|----------------||
||-------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------||
||o-2----5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3--o||
||--0-----------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1---||
Verse 1
E5 G5 C5 Bb5
Gtrs I, II
W W W W
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||o----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|----------|------|
||-----------|----------|-5--------|-3----|
||o-2--------|-5--------|-3--------|-1----|
||--0--------|-3--------|----------|------|
E5 G5 C5 Bb5 A5
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------o||
|----------|----------|----------|------------||
|----------|----------|-5--------|-3----2-----||
|-2--------|-5--------|-3--------|-1----0----o||
|-0--------|-3--------|----------|------------||
E5 D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------|
|-2----5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3---|
|-0-----------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1---|
D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--------|
S S S S S S E H E E E E H E E E E H S S S S S S E Q Q 3x
||---------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------||
||o--------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------o||
||---------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------||
||--------------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------------4-3-------||
||o-------------5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------------2-1--3---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------1----||
E5 G5 C5 Bb5
PM------------|
W W W H S S S S S S S S
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
||-----------|----------|----------|-----------------------|
||-----------|----------|-5--------|-3---------------------|
||o-2--------|-5--------|-3--------|-1----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||--0--------|-3--------|----------|-----------------------|
E5 G5 C5
PM----------------------------|
W W W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------------||
|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------------o||
|----------|----------|----------|-----------------------------------||
|----------|----------|-5--------|-----------------------------------||
|-2--------|-5--------|-3--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--o||
|-0--------|-3--------|----------|-----------------------------------||
Double Time Q=210
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------o||
||------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
F#5F#5F#F5
E. E. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4--4--4-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--2--2--2-1----|---------------------------------|
F#5F#5F#F5
E. E. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------|---------------------------------o||
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|-4--4--4-3----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-2--2--2-1----|----------------------------------||
D.S.
E5
Q H. W
|-------------|------|
|-------------|------|
|-------------|------|
|-------------|------|
|--2----------|------|
|--0----------|------|
Verse 2
Q=128
B5/F# Bb5/F C5/G C#5/Ab
1/2 4/4
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S W W H H 7x
||------------------|----------|----------|------------||
||o-----------------|----------|----------|-----------o||
||------------------|----------|----------|------------||
||------------------|-4--------|-3--------|-5----6-----||
||o-----------------|-2--------|-1--------|-3----4----o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------|-1--------|-3----4-----||
B5/F#
1/2 4/4
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S W +W
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-----------------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2--------|-(2)----|
F5F5 F5F5 F5F5 BbB5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E Q 4x
||--------------------------|---------------------||
||o-------------------------|--------------------o||
||--------------------------|---------------------||
||--------------------------|---------------3-4---||
||o---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2--o||
||--0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-------||
F5F5 F5F5 F5F5 BbB5
4/4
Gtr I
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E Q
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3-4--|
|---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2--|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
F5F5 F5F5 F5F5 BbB5F#5
4/4
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3-4---|
|---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-----2-|
|
| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
| S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3-4---|
|---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2-4-|
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-----2-|
F5F5 F5F5 F5F5 BbB5
Gtrs I, II
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E Q
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||o-------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|--------------------|
||--------------------------|---------------3-4--|
||o---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2--|
||--0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0------|
F5F5 F5F5 F5F5 BbB5F#5
4/4
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM
S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------o||
|-------------------------|----------------------||
|-------------------------|---------------3-4----||
|---------3-3---------3-3-|---------3-3---1-2-4-o||
|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-0-0-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-----2--||
Double Time Q=210
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------o||
||------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
F#5F#5F#F5
E. E. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||o--------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||---------------|---------------------------------|
||o-4--4--4-3----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
||--2--2--2-1----|---------------------------------|
F#5F#5F#F5
E. E. E H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------|---------------------------------o||
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|--------------|----------------------------------||
|-4--4--4-3----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||
|-2--2--2-1----|----------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------o||
||------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---||
Guitar Solo
H.=H
F#5F#5F#F5 F#5 F#5F#F5
Gtr I
E. E. E H +W E. E. E H
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|-4--4--4--3-----|--(3)---------|---4---4--4--3-----|
|-2--2--2--1-----|--(1)---------|---2---2--2--1-----|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H H +W +H H
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|---------<4>----|-(<4>)--------|-(<4>)------<3>----|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------------|
F#5 F#5F#F5
+W E. E. E H +W
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--(3)---------|---4---4--4--3-----|--(3)-----|
|--(1)---------|---2---2--2--1-----|--(1)-----|
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +H H +W
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|-(<3>)--------|-(<3>)-------------|----------|
|--------------|------------<3>----|-(<3>)----|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
|--------------|-------------------|----------|
F#5 F#5F#F5
E. E. E H +W
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|---4---4--4--3-----|--(3)---------|
|---2---2--2--1-----|--(1)---------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H H +W
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|-(<3>)------<4>----|-(<4>)--------|
|-------------------|--------------|
|-------------------|--------------|
Q=180
F#5 F#5F#F5
E. E. E H +W +W
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---4---4--4-3--------|-(3)---------|-(3)------------|
|---2---2--2-1--------|-(1)---------|-(1)------------|
|
| \0.5________\1____________\2________|
|~~~~~~~
| +H H +W +H.. E
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|-(<4>)------5--------|-(5)---------|-(5)--------5---|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-------------|----------------|
Moderate Metal Q=128
E5 G5 C5
W W W
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|-5----------------|
|-2--------|-5----------|-3----------------|
|-0--------|-3----------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
| W H. Q E E H S. S. S
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|-4-------5--|-4-5-4----7--5--4-|
|-5--------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|
|----------|------------|------------------|
Bb5
PM-------------|
H S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3-----------------------------------|
|-1----------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| S. S. S S. S. S H
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-5--4----4---------------------------|
|-------7----7--5-[4]-----------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
E5 G5
W W
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-5---------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-3---------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------|
| S S E S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S S S S S. S. E S S S S. S. E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-2h4p2-----------------------------|
|-4h5p4-2-----------------------|-------5--4--2-[4]h[5]p[4]-2-------|
|----------5--3-5--3--2-3--2----|------------------------------5--3-|
|-----------------------------5-|-----------------------------------|
C5 Bb5
PM--------------|
W H S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------|-3---------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------|-1------0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0----|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| \2__________________|
| PM--------------------|
| S S E S. S. S S. S. S S. S. S H.. +E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-[2]h[3]p[2]-3--2----2---------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------5----5--3-5--3--2-|-0------------------(0)------|
E5 G5
W W
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2------------------------------------------------|--5----------------------------------------------|
|--0------------------------------------------------|--3----------------------------------------------|
|
| E +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-15b17r(15)-15-14-12----12-14-15-14-12----12-14-15-|-14-12-14-12----12-------------------------------|
|---------------------15----------------15----------|-------------15----15-13-15-13-12-13-12----12----|
|---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------14----14-|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
C5
PM------------------------------------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------------------|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|----------------------12----12-14-12-------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-12-13-15-13-15----15----------15-13-15-13-|-12-13-12----12------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|----------14----14-12-14-12------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E5 G5
W W
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|--2----------------------------------|--5----------------------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------|--3----------------------------------------|
|
| S S S Q +S S S S Q +S S S S Q E E +S S S S S
|-------15S17--(17)-17S15-------------|-------17S19--19b22-19b22r(19)-19S17-------|
|----13-------------------13----------|----15-------------------------------15----|
|-12-------------------------12--(12)-|-14-------------------------------------14-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
C5
PM-----------------------------|
W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|--3----------------------------------|---1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| S S S Q +S S S S Q +S +W
|-------15S17--(17)-19S17-------------|---------------------------------------|
|----13-------------------15----------|---------------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------14--(14)-|-(14)----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
E5 D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| PM--|
H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|------------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------|
|--2---------5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3---|
|--0----------------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1---|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~ PM--| PM--| PM--|
| Q +Q H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-17--(17)\---------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------------|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3------|
|-------------------|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3---|
|-------------------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1---|
D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--------|
S S S S S S E H E E E E H E E E E H S S S S S S E Q Q
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|-------------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------------4-3-------|
|-------------5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------------2-1--3----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------1----|
D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
PM--------| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S E H E E E E H E E E E H E E E E Q Q
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------------|--------------|--------------|---------------|
|-------------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------4-3-----|
|-------------5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------2-1--3--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2------1--|
E5 D5C#5 C#C5 C5B5 B5Bb5F5
4/4
PM--| PM--| PM--------|
H E Q. E E E E H E E E E H S S S S S S E Q Q
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-------------|--------------|--------------|---------------------|
|------7-6----|-------6-5----|-------5-4----|-------------4-3-----|
|-2----5-4----|-------4-3----|-------3-2----|-------------2-1--3--|
|-0-----------|-4-4-4--------|-3-3-3--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2------1--|
Outro
E5 G5 C5 Bb5 A5
W W W H H
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|----------|-----------|
|----------|----------|-5--------|-3----2----|
|-2--------|-5--------|-3--------|-1----0----|
|-0--------|-3--------|----------|-----------|
E5
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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