HIT ME WITH YOUR RHYTHM STICK
As recorded by Ian Dury & The Blockheads
(From the 1978 Album REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL: THE VERY BEST OF IAN DURY & THE BLOCKHEADS)
Words and Music by Ian Dury & Chaz Jankel
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Guitar 3'
Intro
Q=105
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E S S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-------------11-|---------------------------------8-11-|
|-------------13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|-------------13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|----------------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------------|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q E E E. S
|-------------------------------------|-10-10----8-8----11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---|-11-11----8-8----13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|-10-10----9-9----13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------1-1-------|
|-------------------------------------|--3--3--------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11----9---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10---10---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10---10---||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
1st Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--8---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-8-8-8----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8-8-8-8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-8-8----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E S S Q
|----------------------------------||
|-11-11-11---11-11-11-----11----8--||
|-12-12-12---12-12-12-----12---10--||
|-13-13-13---13-13-13-----13---10--||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
Chorus
S S E S S E S S E S S E W S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|----------|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|----------|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
W S S E S S E Q S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|----------|-15-----13--------13---10-|---10----8----8----8----8----------|
|----------|-13-----13--------13---11-|---11---10---10----9----9----9-----|
|----------|-14-----14--------14---10-|---10---10---10---10---10---10-----|
|----------|--------------------------|----------------------------12-----|
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E E Q E E E. S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------11-|---------------------------------8-11-|
|-6-6-----8--8----13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|-7-7-----9--9----13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|-8-8----10-10-------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q E E Q W
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|---------1--1-------|--------------------------------------|
|-3-3----------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------------|
Interlude
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E E E Q E E E. S
|-------------------------------------||-10-10----8-8----11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---||-11-11----8-8----13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---||-10-10----9-9----13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---||--------------------|
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
|
| W E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------------||----------1-1-------|
|-------------------------------------||--3--3--------------|
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------------------------||--------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------||
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11----9---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10---10---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10---10---||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
2nd Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--8---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-8-8-8----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8-8-8-8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-8-8----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E S S Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-----11----8--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----12---10--||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----13---10--||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
S S E S S E S S E S S E W S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|----------|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|----------|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
W S S E S S E Q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------|-15-----13--------13-----|-10---10----8----8----8----8----------|
|----------|-13-----13--------13-----|-11---11---10---10----9----9----9-----|
|----------|-14-----14--------14-----|-10---10---10---10---10---10---10-----|
|----------|-------------------------|-------------------------------12-----|
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Saxophone Solo
E E Q E E E. S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------11-||---------------------------------8-11-|
|-6-6-----8--8----13-||---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|-7-7-----9--9----13-||---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|-8-8----10-10-------||---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q E E Q W
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
|---------1--1-------||--------------------------------------|
|-3-3----------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
|--------------------||--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------------|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
S S S S Q S S S S E S S +H +H
|-10---10------8---8----------|-----------------||
|-11---11------8---8--------9-|--(9)-----(9)----||
|-10---10------9---9-------10-|-(10)----(10)----||
|--------------------------10-|-(10)----(10)----||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|
| E E Q E E Q W
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|--------------1---1----------|-----------------||
|--3----3---------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
Breakdown
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|---------------------------------8-11-|-------------------------------------||
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---||
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---||
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
3rd Verse
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--8---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-10---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9-8-8-8----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8--8-8-8-8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-8-8-8----|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---8-8-8---|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9----9--9--9----|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----8--8--8----8--8--8----|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10---10-10-10----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9----9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S E S S Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-----11----8--||
|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-----12---10--||
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-----13---10--||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
S S E S S E S S E S S E W S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|----------|-10-----11-----13-----11-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|----------|-10-----10-----10-----10-----|
|--8------8------8------8-----|----------|--8------8------8------8-----|
|-----------------------------|----------|-----------------------------|
W S S E S S E Q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------|-15-----13--------13-----|-10---10----8----8----9----9----7-----|
|----------|-13-----13--------13-----|-11---11---10---10----9----9----9-----|
|----------|-14-----14--------14-----|-10---10---10---10---10---10---10-----|
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|----------|-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E E Q E E E. S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-----------------11-|---------------------------------8-11-||
|-6-6-----8--8----13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-||
|-7-7-----9--9----13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-||
|-8-8----10-10-------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q E E Q W
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
|---------1--1-------|--------------------------------------||
|-3-3----------------|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------|--------------------------------------||
Outro
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S Q S S S S E S S
|-------------------------------------|-10---10------8---8-------11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---|-11---11------8---8-------13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|-10---10------9---9-------13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| W E E Q E E Q
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--------------1---1----------|
|-------------------------------------|--3----3---------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------8-11-|
|---11--9-11----9---11----9---11-11-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10-13-|
|---10-10-10---10---10---10---10-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------11-|
|----11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---13-|
|----10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---13-|
|----10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-13--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------|
|------11--9-11----9---11----9---11--9---|
|------10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|
|------10-10-10---10---10---10---10-10---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| +H H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-(13)-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
E E Q E E E. S
|-----------------11----|
|-6-6-----8--8----13----|
|-7-7-----9--9----13----|
|-8-8----10-10----------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| E E Q E E E. S
|-----------------18b20-|
|-----------------------|
|-3-3-----5--5----------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|---------------------------------------------------8-11----|
|---11------9--11------9---------11-------9----11--11-13----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10--10-13----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +E. S +S S S S E. S
|---18b20=====(18)r------18b20==(18)r-18-16-18-16-----18b20-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|----------------------------------------------8---11----|
|---11------9--11------9-----11------9----11--11---13----|
|---10-----10--10-----10-----10-----10----10--10---13----|
|---10-----10--10-----10-----10-----10----10-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +E. S +S S E +E S S
|---18b20=====(18)r------16-(16)-------------------18b20-|
|--------------------------------18-16---(16)------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------11-----|
|---11------9--11------9---------11-------9----11--9---13-----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10-10---13-----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10-10----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +E. S +S S S S E S S
|---18b20=====(18)r------18b20==(18)r-18-16-18-16------18b20--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S E S
|-------------------------------------8---11----|
|---11---9--11-----9---11-----9---11-11---13----|
|---10--10--10----10---10----10---10-10---13----|
|---10--10--10----10---10----10---10------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +S S E Q. S S
|---16-----(16)---------------------------18b20-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------1/----------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------11-----|
|---11------9--11------9---------11-------9----11---9---13-----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10--10---13-----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---------10------10----10--10----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| S E. +E. S +S S S S E. S
|---18b20=====(18)r------18b20==(18)r-18-16-18-16-------18b20--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
S E S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---11------9--11------9---11-----9----11--9----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---10----10----10-10----|
|---10-----10--10-----10---10----10----10-10----|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S E. +Q H
|---18b20=====(18)r-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S E. +Q S S S S S S E
|---18b20=====(18)r-----------------------------|
|--------------------------18-16----------------|
|--------------------------------15-------------|
|-----------------------------------17-15-------|
|-----------------------------------------15-13-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
E E Q E E E. S W
|-----------------------------11-|-------------------------|
|---6----6---------8--8-------13-|-------------------------|
|---7----7---------9--9-------13-|-------------------------|
|---8----8--------10-10----------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q E S S +H S S S S
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------13b15--------15b17----|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-----3-(3)---------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------3-----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------5---|
|
| +S S E Q Q Q E S S Q +H
|----------11b13--------11b13----|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------6---(6)----------|
|-(13)---------------------------|-----8-------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------8---(8)----------|
Gtr III
+W e E Q H
|------------|-------------*|
|------------|-------------*|
|------------|-1-----------*|
|-(6)--------|-3-----------*|
|------------|-3-----------*|
|-(8)--------|-1-----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
