TELEGRAM SAM As recorded by T. Rex (From the 1972 Album THE SLIDER) Words and Music by Marc Bolan Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marc Bolan - Electric Guitar' Intro Q=123 A5 4/4 Gtr I PM------------------------------------------------| H Q E e E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-----------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|----------------2-| |-----------2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4--2-| |-----------0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | Gtr II | W E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E |-------------|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5------5-| |-------------|---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7--5-| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | Gtr III | W W W H Q E E |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------^2-| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------^2-| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------^0-| |-------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| PM---------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-| |--2--2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E |-----5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-| |-----5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------0-----------|-----------------|-----------------| | | +W W W |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-(2)---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-(2)---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-(0)---------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |---------------2-|---------------2---|| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| |-----------------|-------------------|| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q H |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5---------|| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| | | W W |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| 1st - 3rd & 6th - 8th Verses $ A5 D5 A5 PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------| ||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------| ||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Chorus 1.,2. 3. N.C. PM--------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E H H |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||-----------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-1----0----| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E 3x E E Q Q E E H H |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5--||---5-----5-----5-||-----------| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-o||---5-----5---7-5-||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-3----2----| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| G Am N.C. G E E E E E E E E H. E E H H E E E E E E E E |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---0-------0-0-|-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---1-------1-1-|-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| |-4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-|---2-------2-2-|-----------|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4--| |-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---2-------2-2-|-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--| |-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---0-------0-0-|-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---------------|-1----0----|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| | | Q E E +E Q E +W H H Q E E +E Q E |-------8-(8)-7----8-|--(8)----------|-----------|-------8-(8)-7----8--| |-------8-(8)-8---10-|-(10)----------|-----------|-------8-(8)-8---10--| |-----7--------------|---------------|-----------|-----7---------------| |-0------------------|---------------|-3----2----|-0-------------------| |--------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------------| To Coda Am A5 PM--------------------------------- H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---0-------0-0--|-----------------|-----------------| |---1-------1-1--|-----------------|-----------------| |---2-------2-2--|---------------2-|---------------2-| |---2-------2-2--|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| |---0-------0-0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | +W E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E |--(8)-----------|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5---| |-(10)-----------|-5-----5---7-5---|-5-----5---7-5---| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|| |---------------2-|---------------2--|| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|| |-----------------|------------------|| | | E Q Q E E E E E Q H |-5-----5-----5---|---5-----5--------|| |-5-----5---7-5---|---5-----5--------|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|| |-----------------|------------------|| 4th & 5th Verses A5 D5 A5 PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------| ||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||------------------|-----------------|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-----------------| ||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| ||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| ||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| Chorus 1. 2. N.C. PM--------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-||-----------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-1----0----| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E H H |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5--||---5-----5-----5-||-----------| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-o||---5-----5---7-5-||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-3----2----| |-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||-----------| |-----------------|------------------||-----------------||-----------| G Am N.C. G E E E E E E E E H. E E H H E E E E E E E E |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---0-------0-0-|-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---1-------1-1-|-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| |-4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-|---2-------2-2-|-----------|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4--| |-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---2-------2-2-|-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--| |-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---0-------0-0-|-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5--| |-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---------------|-1----0----|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3--| | | Q E E +E Q E +W H H Q E E +E Q E |-------8-(8)-7----8-|--(8)----------|-----------|-------8-(8)-7----8--| |-------8-(8)-8---10-|-(10)----------|-----------|-------8-(8)-8---10--| |-----7--------------|---------------|-----------|-----7---------------| |-0------------------|---------------|-3----2----|-0-------------------| |--------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------------| Am A5 PM------------------------------------------------| H. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---0-------0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---1-------1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---2-------2-2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2--| |---2-------2-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--| |---0-------0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| | | +W E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E |--(8)----------|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5----| |-(10)----------|-5-----5---7-5---|-5-----5---7-5---|-5-----5---7-5----| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| PM--------------------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------| D.S. al Coda ---------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |---------------2-|---------------2---|| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2---|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|| |-----------------|-------------------|| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q H |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5---------|| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------|| Outro & N.C. G Am A5 PM------------| H H E E E E E E E E H. E E E E E E E E E E |-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---0-------0-0-||------------------| |-----------|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---1-------1-1-||------------------| |-----------|-4-4-4-4--4--4-4--4-|---2-------2-2-||---------------2--| |-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---2-------2-2-||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--| |-----------|-5-5-5-5--5--5-5--5-|---0-------0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |-1----0----|-3-3-3-3--3--3-3--3-|---------------||------------------| | | H H Q E E +E Q E +W E E Q Q E E |-----------|-------8-(8)-7----8-|--(8)----------||---5-----5-----5--| |-----------|-------8-(8)-8---10-|-(10)----------||---5-----5---7-5--| |-----------|-----7--------------|---------------||------------------| |-3----2----|-0------------------|---------------||------------------| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||------------------| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||------------------| | | Gtr III | W W W H Q E E |-----------|--------------------|---------------||------------------| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||------------------| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||---------------2--| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||---------------2--| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||---------------0--| |-----------|--------------------|---------------||------------------| PM------------------------------------ E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-----------------2-|-----------------2-| |--2--2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2-2-2-4-2-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |-------------------|-------------------| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E |-----5-----5-----5-|-----5-----5-----8-| |-----5-----5---7-5-|-----5-----5-----8-| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| | | +H. 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E E |-------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------| |-(2)-------------2-|-(2)-------------2-| |-(2)-------------2-|-(2)-------------2-| |-(0)-------------0-|-(0)-------------0-| |-------------------|-------------------| ---------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------||-------------------| |---------------------||o------------------| |-------------------2-||----------------2--| |--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2-||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--| |--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------||-------------------| | | +E Q E +H E E E E E E E E |-(8)-7---5-(5)-------||-------------------| |-(8)-7---5-(5)-------||o------------------| |---------------------||----------------2--| |---------------------||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--| |---------------------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------||-------------------| | | PM------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------||-------------------| |---------------------||o------------------| |-----2---2--2--2-2-2-||--2---2---2---2-2--| |-----2---2--2--2-2-2-||--2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--| |-----0---0--0--0-0-0-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |---------------------||-------------------| PM------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------o||-----------------|---------------------| |---------------2--||---------------2-|-------------------2-| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-| |------------------||-----------------|---------------------| | | E E E E E E E E H Q E E +E Q E +H |------------------||---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)-------| |-----------------o||---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)-------| |---------------2--||-----------------|---------------------| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-----------------|---------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-----------------|---------------------| |------------------||-----------------|---------------------| | | PM------------------------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |------------------||-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------o||-----------------|---------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2--||-2---2---2---2-2-|--2----2----2----2-2-| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--||-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-| |------------------||-----------------|---------------------| PM------------------------------------- E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |---------------2-|-------------------2-| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-| |-----------------|---------------------| | | H Q E E +E Q E +H |---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)-------| |---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)-------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| | | PM------------------------------------- | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2-|--2----2----2----2-2-| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0-| |-----------------|---------------------| -------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |---------------2-|-------------------2--| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--| |-----------------|----------------------| | | H Q E E +E Q E +H |---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)--------| |---------------8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)--------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| | |-------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|----------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2-|--2----2----2----2-2--| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--| |-----------------|----------------------| PM----------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|-------------------2--| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| | | E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E +E Q E +H |---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)--------| |---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5---7-5-|---5-----5-----8-|-(8)-7---5-(5)--------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| | | PM----------------------------------------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|--2----2----2----2-2--| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|--2--2-4-2--2--2-4-2--| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0--0--0-0-0--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------| PM------------------------------------------------------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2-|---------------2--*| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| | | Gtr III | PM------------------------------------------------------------------| | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| |-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2---2---2-2--*| |-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-|-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2--*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--*| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------*| 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 - 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