Dude Looks Like A Lady (ver 5) by Aerosmith
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DUDE (LOOKS LIKE A LADY)
As recorded by Aerosmith
Transcribed by [metal.death]
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Joe Perry'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=126
4/4
Gtr I
~
S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. S E E E. E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-2----3---2---|
|-5-5-5----5-5-5----|-5-5-5----5-5-5----|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-3----3---3---|
|---2-2------2-2----|---2-2------2-2----|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|------0---2---|
|-------------------|-------------------|-x-x-x-0-0-x-x---|----0---0-----|
|-------------------|-------------------|-0-0-0-----0-0---|--------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------|
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 Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|---2-----3---2--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|---2-----3---2--|
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|---3-----3---3--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|---3-----3---3--|
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|---2---------2--|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|---2---------2--|
|-x-x-x-0-0-x-x---|-0---0-0---0----|-x-x-x-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 Q E Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-2-----3----2--|
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-3-----3----3--|
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|-2----------2--|
|-x-x-x-0-0-----0-|---0-0----0----|
|-0-0-0-----------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|
e e e e e e Q e e e e E E Q e e e e e e Q
||--5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---2-----3---2-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|
||o-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---3-----3---3-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|---2-----2---2-|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|
||----------------|-0---0-0---0---|---------------|
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|
||----------------|---------------|---------------|
Verse
1. 2.
$
~~~
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 Q
|----2------3---2--||---2-----3--------||--5-5-5---3-5-5-2-|-2-2-3-3---2-----|
|----3------3---3-o||---3-----3--------||o-5-5-5---3-5-5-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|
|----2------2---2--||---2-----2--------||--2-2-2-0-0-2-2-2-|-2-2-x-x-2-x-----|
|-0-----0-0---0----||-0---0-0---0------||--x-x-x-0---x-x-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-----------------o||-------------2b4--||o-0-0-0-----0-0---|-----------------|
|------------------||------------------||------------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---2-2-3-3-2-2-0-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-2-2-3-3-2-2-0-|
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|---2-2-x-x-x-2---|-x-x-2-0-0-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-|
|-x-x-x-0-0-2-2-|---0-0-0-0-0---0-|-x-x---0-0-x-x-|-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
|-0-0-0-----0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-------0-0-|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
1.
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---2-2-3-3-2-2p0-||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---2-----3---2-|
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---3-3-3-3-3-3---||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---3-----3---3-|
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|---2-2-2-2-2-2---||-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|---2---------2-|
|-x-x-0-0-0-x-x--|---0-0-0-0-0-0---||-x-x-x-0-0-x---|-0---0-0---0---|
|-0-0-0-----0-0--|-----------------||-0-0-0-----0---|---------------|
|----------------|-----------------||---------------|---------------|
Chorus
2.
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-2-----3----2---||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---2-----3---2-|
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-3-----3----3--o||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---3-----3---3-|
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|-2----------2---||-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|---2---------2-|
|-x-x-x-0-0-x---0-|---0-0----0-----||-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-|-0---0-0---0---|
|-0-0-0-----0-----|---------------o||-0-0-0-----0-0-|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------||---------------|---------------|
To Coda D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-2-----3----2--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---2-----3---2---||
|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|-3-----3----3--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---3-----3---3-3-||
|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|-2----------2--|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|---2-----2---2-2-||
|-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-0-|---0-0----0----|-x-x-x-0-0-x-x--|-0---0-0---0-----||
|-0-0-0-----0-0---|---------------|-0-0-0-----0-0--|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|----------------|-----------------||
Interlude
&
A5 G5 A5 F
Gtr II
W E E E E E E Q H. +E E
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H. Q
|---2-----3---2---||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|-1------------|
|---3-----3---3-3-||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|-1------------|
|---2-----2---2-2-||-2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|-2------------|
|-0---0-0---0-----||-x-x-x-0-0-x-x--|-3------------|
|-----------------||-0-0-------0-0--|-3------------|
|-----------------||----------------|-1------------|
A5 G5 A5 F A5 G5 A5 F
E E E E E E Q H. Q E E E E E E Q H. Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E Q H. Q E E E E E E Q H. Q
|-5-5-5-3-3---5--|-1----------|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|-1----------|
|-5-5-5-3-3---5--|-1----------|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|-1----------|
|-2-2-2-0-0---2--|-2----------|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|-2----------|
|-x-x-x-0--------|-3----------|-----------x-x--|-3----------|
|-0-0-0-----0----|-3----------|-----------0-0--|-3----------|
|----------------|-1----------|----------------|-1----------|
D5 C5 D5E G G
E E E E Q E E +H. E E H. Q
| | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E +E H. E E W
|--------------------|--0-----------|-3----------||
|--------------------|--0-----------|-3----------||
|-7-7-7S5-5-5-7-(7)-|--1-------1s4-|-4----------||
|-7-7-7S5-5---7-(7)-|--2-------2s5-|-5----------||
|-5-5-5S3-3---5-(5)-|--2-------2s5-|-5----------||
|--------------------|--0-----------|-3----------||
Guitar Solo
~~~
e E Q E S S S E.
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-------------2p0---0--|
|----------------------|
|-0-0-2b4---0----------|
|----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E Q
|-5-5-5---3-3-5---5----|
|-5-5-5---3-3-5---5----|
|-2-2-2---0-0-2---2----|
|-x-x-0---0-0-x---x----|
|-0-0-0-------0---0----|
|----------------------|
~~~~ ~
S S S S E S S S S S S S S E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
|-4p2-0---0-4p0-------------------------2-|-------------2-----|
|-------4---------------------------------|-------------------|
|---------------3b3.5p0-3b3.5p0-3b3.5p0---|-0-0-2b3p==0-------|
|-----------------------------------------|---------------0-3-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----2---2-3---3-------2-------2p======0-|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|-----3---3-3---3-------3-------3---------|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|-----2---2-2---2-------2-------2---------|-2-2-2---0-0-2-2---|
|-----0---0-0---0-------0-------0---------|-x-x-x---0-0-x-----|
|-----------------------------------------|-0-0-0-------0-----|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------|
~~~~
+S S Q E S S S S +E a E
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------2p0---0-(0)-----|
|---------------------------4s5-|
|-------2b3p==0-----0-----------|
|-(3)p0-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q
|-------2-------3--------2------|
|-------3-------3--------3------|
|-------2----------------2------|
|--0--------0-0-----0-----------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S +E E E S S +E S +S E E E E S S e
|----------------------------8-8-|-------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-7p5---7-(7)-5-7b8====7-|-(7)-7r(7)-7-7-5-5-7p5---|
|-5-5-5-5-7p5---7-(7)-5-7b9====7-|-(7)-7r(7)-7-7-5-5-7p5---|
|-------------7------------------|-----------------------7-|
|-----------------------0--------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-5---5---5---3----3--5-5--------|-----2-----2-3-3-2-2p==0-|
|-5---5---5---3----3--5-5--------|-----3-----3-3-3-3-3-----|
|-2---2---2---0----0--2-2--------|-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-----|
|-x---x---0---0----0--x-x--------|-----0-----0-0-0-0-0-----|
|-0---0---0-----------0-0--------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S E S S S S S E a E
|-------------------------------|
|-5-----5-5---x-----5-5-5-----|
|-5-----5-5---x-----5-5-5-----|
|-------------------------------|
|---5s7----------5s7--------5s7-|
|-------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q
|-5-5---5----3---3---5---5------|
|-5-5---5----3---3---5---5------|
|-2-2---2----0---0---2---2------|
|-x-x---x----0---0---x----------|
|-0-0---0------------0----------|
|-------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E S S E E S S E E. S
|-------------------|-----8-8-8-----8-8-8-8s10--|
|---------7b8-5-7-5-|-----8-8-8-----8-8-8-8s10--|
|-7-7-5-7-7b8-5-7-5-|-7b9-------7b9-------------|
|-7-7-5-7-----------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---2-----3-----2---|-5---5---5-3---3---5-5-----|
|---3-----3-----3---|-5---5---5-3---3---5-5-----|
|---2-----------2---|-2---2---2-0---0---2-2-----|
|-0---0-0-----0-----|-x---x---0-0---0---x-x-----|
|-------------------|-0---0---0---------0-0-----|
|-------------------|---------------------------|
E E +E E E S S E E E S S s S S s E E S E.
|-----------------5-5-5-----|---------------------8-8--|
|-5-7b8r(7)-5-7b8-5-5-5-7b8-|-5-7p5---7p5---5-----8-8--|
|-5-7b9r(7)-5-7b9-------7b9-|-5-7p5---7p5---5-7b9------|
|---------------------------|-------7-----7------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|---2----2--3-3---2---2p0---|-5-5---5---3---3-5---5----|
|---3----3--3-3---3---3-----|-5-5---5---3---3-5---5----|
|---2----2--2-2---2---2-----|-2-2---2---0---0-2---2----|
|---0----0--0-0---0---0-----|-x-x---x---0---0-x--------|
|---------------------------|-0-0---0---------0--------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E S S S +S E S E. S S E
|------8-8-----------8-----------------|
|------8-8-------8---8-8----7----------|
|-7b9======7r(7)-7b9--------7-5-20b21--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q
|------2-------------3------2----------|
|------3-------------3------3----------|
|------2--------------------2----------|
|-0--------0-----0--------0------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S S S S S S E S S E S S S S
|-17----17-------------17-------------17-------17-|
|----17----17-------17-17-20-17----------17h20----|
|-------------20b21-------------20b21-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q
|--5-----5-----5--------3--3-----5-----5----------|
|--5-----5-----5--------3--3-----5-----5----------|
|--2-----2-----2--------0--0-----2-----2----------|
|--x-----x-----0--------0--0-----x-----x----------|
|--0-----0-----0-----------------0-----0----------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S +S E +S S S +S E E S S S +S
|------------17-(17)-17------------17---------------------|
|-------------------------------------17-20p17------------|
|-20b21-(20)------------20b21-(20)-------------20b21-(20)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E
|-------------2---2------3----------3--2--2p====0---------|
|-------------3---3------3----------3--3--3---------------|
|-------------2---2------2----------2--2--2---------------|
|-------------0---0------0----------0--0--0---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
E E S S S +S S S S S S S e
|-17---------------------17-------17----------|
|----17-20p17---------------17-20p17-20p17-20-|
|-------------20b21-(20)----------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q
|--5--5--5-----3----------3-----5-----5-------|
|--5--5--5-----3----------3-----5-----5-------|
|--2--2--2-----0----------0-----2-----2-------|
|--x--x--x-----0----------0-----x-------------|
|--0--0--0----------------------0-------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
E S S +S S E S E S E E
|-------17------------17-------17---------17---------------||
|-20b22----20b22-(20)----20b22----20b22------20b21.5-20b22-||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|
| E E E E E E Q
|--------2----------------------3-------------2------------||
|--------3----------------------3-------------3------------||
|--------2------------------------------------2------------||
|--0---------------0------0-------------0------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|-x-x----x-x-x-(0)-|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|-x-x----x-x-x-----|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|------------------|
|-7-7-7-5-5-7-7s0-|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------------------0-|
|-9-9-9-7-7s9-9--|---------------------------0-|
|-9-9-9-7-7s9-9--|---------------------------x-|
|-9-9-9-7-7s9-9--|-----------------------------|
|-7-7-7-5-5s7-7--|-------0---|
|----------------|-----------|
E E E E E E E E E E +Q +S S +Q E E E E E E E E E Q H.
|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|----3----|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|---------------------------|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|----3----|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|---------------------------|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|----4----|
|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|---------------------------|-9-9-9-7-7-9-9---|----5----|
|-7-7-7-5-5-7-7---|---------------------------|-7-7-7-5-5-7-7---|----5----|
|-----------------|---2b3r=(2)---(2)p0-(0)----|-----------------|----3----|
Chorus
+W E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-(3)--------||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---2-----3-0--|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|-(3)--------||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|---3-----3-0--|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|-(4)--------||-2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|---0-----0----|-2-2-2p0-0-0-2-2---|
|-(5)--------||-x-x-----0-x-x-|-0---0-0------|-x-x-x-----0-------|
|-(5)--------||-0-0-------0-0-|--------------|-0-0-0-------------|
|-(3)--------||---------------|--------------|-------------------|
E E E E Q Q E E S S E E E Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E
|---2-----3-0--|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5--|---2-----5---|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|---3-----3-0--|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5--|---3-----3-0-|-5-5-5---3-3-5-5---|
|---2-----0-0--|-2-2-2p0-0-0-2-2--|---2-----0-0-|-2-2-2p0-0-0-2-2---|
|-0---0-0------|-x-x-x-----0------|-0---0-0-----|---------0-0-2-2---|
|--------------|-0-0-0------------|-------------|-------------------|
|--------------|------------------|-------------|-------------------|
Outro
E E E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|---2-----3-2---||--5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---2-----3---2--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|
|---3-----3-3---||o-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---3-----3---3--|-5-5-5-3-3-5-5---|
|---2-----0-2p0-||--2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|---2-----2---2--|-2-2-2-0-0-2-2---|
|-0---0-0-------||--x-x------------|-0---0-0---0----|-x-x-------------|
|---------------||o-0-0------------|----------------|-0-0-------------|
|---------------||-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---2-----3---2--||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---2-----3---3-||--5-5-5-3-3-5-5-----|
|---3-----3---3-o||-5-5-5-3-3-5-5--|---3-----3---3-||o-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-----|
|---2-----2---2--||-2-2-2-0-0-2-2--|---2-----2---2-||--2-2-2-0-0-2-2-----|
|-0---0-0---0----||-x-x------------|-0---0-0---0---||----------------0---|
|---------------o||-0-0------------|---------------||o-------------------|
|----------------||----------------|---------------||--------------------|
+E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|-----2-----3---2--||-||--5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|
|-----3-----3---3-o||-||o-5-5-5-3-3-5-5-|
|-----2-----2---2--||-||--2-2-2-0-0-2-2-|
|-(0)---0-0---0----||-||----------------|
|-----------------o||-||o---------------|
|------------------||-||----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------||-||----------------|
|-----------------o||-||o---------------|
|------------------||-||----------------|
|------------------||-||----------------|
|-----------------o||-||o---------------|
|------------------||-||----------------|
E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E
|---2-----3---2--||----15s14----------------|
|---3-----3---3-o||----------17-------------|
|---2-----2---2--||-------------0-----14----|
|-0---0-0---0----||-------------------------|
|---------------o||-0-----------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|
|
| W H. E E
|----------------||-------------------------|
|---------------o||-------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|
|----------------||-------------------------|
|---------------o||-0-----------------12-12-|
|----------------||-------------------------|
~~
E E Q E E E E E E E E Q E E
|-15-------0-0-------|---------------------|
|-15-x-17---------15-|-14-14-14-12-12--5s7-|
|--------------14----|-14-14-14-12-12------|
|--------------12----|-14-14-14-12-12--5s7-|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| H Q E E E E E E Q Q
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------14s12-|-14-14-14-12-12------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------14s12-|-14-14-14-12-12------|
|--------------------|-----------------2s==|
|--------------------|---------------------|
Q E E E E +E E Q Q E E E E
|------------------|--------------------|
|-7s=5-5-3-3-(3)s1-|-2---3--2-2-3s===5--|
|------------------|-----0--------------|
|-7s=5-5-4-4-(4)s2-|-2---4--4-2-4s===5--|
|------------------|-0------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E H. S E.
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|----0-------------|--------------------|
|------9-----------|--------------------|
|-9------9-9--9s=7-|-0----------7s9-----|
|------------------|--------------------|
E Q a E E E E E Q E E E E +Q
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-7-------7--7-8-|-8-10---12-12--(12)--|
|---0---------------|------0--------------|
|-7---5s7-7-----7-9-|-9-11---12-12--(12)--|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| Q Q Q E E W
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
|-9-----------------|---------------------|
|---------7-----0-0-|-0-------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|
~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
a E Q S S E S S Q +E S S Q Q S E.
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------14-----------15--------17---|-(17)-------19--17-----------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------0-----------|
|-12s14-----14s===16----16s=17------|------17s19--------17s16-----|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| ~
| Q E E +Q Q W
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------9b11r======(9)-------7-|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S E. E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------14s12-12-13-13s14-|-14-14-14-12-12-14-14-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|-16s14--14s12-12-13-13s14-|-14-14-14-12-12-14-14-|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E Q E E Q.E +E E E E a E Q E Q E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------*|
|---------------|-2p0-(0)-2-----|------3----5-----*|
|---2-4-----4-0-|-0-------0-----|-------------0-0-*|
|---0-0-0-0---0-|-2-------2-2-2-|-2s4-(4)s5-------*|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------*|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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