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Mother May I by Coheed And Cambria

Mother May I tab by Coheed And Cambria

Guitar tabs

MOTHER MAY I
            As recorded by Coheed and Cambria
(From the 2005 Album GOOD APOLLO, I'M BURNING STAR IV - VOLUME ONE: FROM FEAR THROUGH THE EYES OF MADNESS)

Words by Claudio Sanchez
Music by Coheed and Cambria
Transcribed by sprinklerthief

Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'muted'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'clean'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'dist.'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'dist.'
Gtr V (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'dist.'

  Intro
  Moderately Q=150
    C/E   A5   G/D   C5
  4/4
  Gtr I
   PM---------------------------------------
   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------------|---5-5---5-5--5---|
||--10-10----7--7----9--9-|---5-5---5-5--5---|
||o--7--7----7--7---10-10-|---3-3---3-3--3---|
||-----------5--5---10-10-|------------------|
|
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|  Gtr II
|  PM---|
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|------------------|
||o---------13-12------10-|------------------|
||------------------12----|---7-9---9-7------|
||--10--9-----------------|-------------10---|
||o-------7---------------|------------------|
||------------------------|------------------|


   C/E   A5   G/D   C5
 -------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|-----------------------|------------------o||
|-----------------------|---5-5---5-5--5----||
|-10-10----7--7----9--9-|---5-5---5-5--5----||
|--7--7----7--7---10-10-|---3-3---3-3--3---o||
|----------5--5---10-10-|-------------------||
|
| PM---|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------||
|---------13-12------10-|------------------o||
|-----------------12----|---7-9---9-7-------||
|-10--9-----------------|-------------10----||
|-------7---------------|------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------||


  Verse
  $
    C/E   A5   G/D  C5
      PM-----------------------------------
   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------|----5--5---5-5--5---|
||--10-10-----7-7----9--9-|----5--5---5-5--5---|
||o--7--7-----7-7---10-10-|----3--3---3-3--3---|
||------------5-5---10-10-|--------------------|
|
|  PM-----------------------------|   PM
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|--------------------|
||o-----------------------|--------------------|
||------------------------|-----------9-7------|
||--10--9----10-9---12-12-|---10-10-------10---|
||o-------10--------------|--------------------|
||------------------------|--------------------|


 C/E   A5   G/D    C5
 ---------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----5--5---5-5--5-----||
|-10-10-----7-7----9--9-|----5--5---5-5--5-----||
|--7--7-----7-7---10-10-|----3--3---3-3--3----o||
|-----------5-5---10-10-|----------------------||
|
| PM-----------------------------|   PM
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|-----------9-7--------||
|-10--9----10-9---12-12-|---10-10-------10-----||
|-------10--------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------------||


   C/E   A5   G/D   C5
    PM-------------------------------------
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|-------------------|
||o----------------------|-------------------|
||-----------------------|------5-5---5-5--5-|
||----10-10----7--7----9-|--9---5-5---5-5--5-|
||o----7--7----7--7---10-|-10---3-3---3-3--3-|
||-------------5--5---10-|-10----------------|
|
|   PM---|
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||-----------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------13-12------|-10----------------|
||--------------------12-|------7-9---9-7----|
||----10--9--------------|----------------10-|
||o---------7------------|-------------------|
||-----------------------|-------------------|


 C/E   A5   G/D    C5
 ---------------------------------------|
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------||
|----------------------|--------------------o||
|----------------------|------5-5---5-5--5---||
|---10-10----7--7----9-|--9---5-5---5-5--5---||
|----7--7----7--7---10-|-10---3-3---3-3--3--o||
|------------5--5---10-|-10------------------||
|
|  PM---|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------13-12------|-10-----------------o||
|-------------------12-|------7-9---9-7------||
|---10--9--------------|----------------10---||
|---------7------------|--------------------o||
|----------------------|---------------------||


 Chorus
 A5
  PM----------------------------------------
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|---7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|---5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|
|     PM-----|    PM------------------
| H    E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|-12---------------------|
|-----------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-------------------|------------12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------|------------------------|


 ------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|
|-----------------|    PM--------------|
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-12-----------------|------------12-12-12-12-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


 C5
  PM------------------------------------------
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5----|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--0-|
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--0-|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
|  PM-----------|    PM------------------
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-12-----------------|------------10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


 G5           C5 B5    G5 A5
 Gtrs I, IV       Gtrs IV, V
 ----------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5-10-9-----9----5--7-|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5-10-9-----9----5--7-|
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--8-7-----7----3--5-|
|
|-----------------|    PM--|    PM|
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-12---------12---------|
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10------------|
|-10-----------------|-----------------10-12-|
|--------------------|-----------------------|


     Gtr I
    PM----------------------------------------
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|--(7)\-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--(7)--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--(5)\---5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|
|  PM      PM--|    PM------------------
| +E  H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|-12---------------------|
|---------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-(12)\-----------------|------------12-12-12-12-|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


 ------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-|--7--7-7--7--7--7--7--5-|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--5-|
|
|-----------------|    PM--------------|
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-12-----------------|------------12-12-12-12-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


 C5
  PM------------------------------------------
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5----|
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5--5--5--5--5--0-|
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--3-3--3--3--3--3--0-|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|
|  PM-----------|    PM------------------
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------|-12---------------------|
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10-------------|
|-12-----------------|------------10-10-10-10-|
|--------------------|------------------------|


                  To CodD.S. al Coda
 G5           C5 B5    G5 A5
                       1/8
 Gtrs I, IV       Gtrs IV, V
 ----------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  +E
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5-10-9-----9----5--7-|--(7)\--||
|--5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-|--5-10-9-----9----5--7-|--(7)---||
|--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--3-|--3--8-7-----7----3--5-|--(5)\--||
|
|-----------------|    PM--|
| E H    E E E  E E E E E E E E  +E
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||
|--------------------|-12---------12---------|--------||
|------------10-9-10-|----10-9-10------------|--------||
|-10-----------------|-----------------10-12-|-(12)\--||
|--------------------|-----------------------|--------||


 &
 G5
 4/4
    Gtrs I, IV, V
    PM----------------------|
  +E  E  E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|--(7)\-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|--(7)\-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
|--(5)\-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
|
| Gtr II
| +E  H..        W
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||
|-(12)\-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------||


 Interlude
 F5                 C5
 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-----------------|


 G5                 F5         C5 B5   G5A5
 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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---10-9---9---5-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---10-9---9---5-7-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|----8-7---7---3-5-|


 F5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr IV
| PM|  PM|  PM|   PM|  PM|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|------8------8------|-8------8------8-0-|
|----8------8------8-|------8------8-----|
|-10-----10-----10---|---10-----10-------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


 C5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5-|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5-|
|--3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-|--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E Q  E E E  E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-10p9----9------10p9-|----10p9----10p9------|
|------10-----10------|-10------10------10---|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


 G5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| PM--------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|-------------0---|
|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3s1-------|
|---4-----4-----4-|-----4-----------|
|-5-----5-----5---|---5-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 F5             C5 B5        G5 A5
  E E E E E E E E  E   E E  E E   E E E
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7-||
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7-||
|--1-1-1--1--1-1-1--1-|--------8--7-------7---------3-5-||
|
| E E E E E E E E  Q    Q    E   E Q
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------------||
|-10p9p7----10p9p7----|---------------------------------||
|--------10--------10-|-12b14----12b14---12b14rp10------||
|---------------------|----------------------------12---||
|---------------------|---------------------------------||


 Guitar Break
    C5     D5    E5  A5    G5 A5
 Gtr V
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q   E E  E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(7)----------------------|--9----------------------|
|--(7)--10-10-10-10-12---12-|--7----7--7\----5-7---7--|
|--(5)---8--8--8--8-10---10-|-------5--5\----3-5---5--|
|
| Gtr IV
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E  E
|-----------------8--7------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------8-|-10----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------7--9-----9-7------|
|---------------------------|---------------------10--|
|-(12)/--8--7---------------|-------------------------|
|--------------8------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                         ~~~~
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q   E E  E
|-----------8-----8-10---10-|-12----------------------|
|--------8-----8------------|------10-10\---10-8-[10]-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|--(7)----------------------|-------------------------|
|--(7)----------------------|-------------------------|
|--(5)----------------------|-------------------------|


    C5     D5    E5  A5    G5 A5
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|--9-------------------|
|--(7)-10-10-10-10-12---12-|--7----7--7\---5----7-|
|--(5)--8--8--8--8-10---10-|-------5--5\---3----5-|
|
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------8--7------|----------------------|
|------------------------8-|-10-------------------|
|--------------------------|-------7--9----7------|
|-(10)---------------------|-------------------10-|
|-------8--7---------------|----------------------|
|-------------8------------|----------------------|
|
|~~~~~~
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E E
|----------8-----8-10---10-|-12-------------------|
|-(10)--8-----8------------|------10-10\---8---10-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|


    C5     D5    E5  A5    G5A5
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E  E
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|--9----------------------|
|--(7)-10-10-10-10-12---12-|--7----7--7\---5--7---7--|
|--(5)--8--8--8--8-10---10-|-------5--5\---3--5---5--|
|
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E  E
|----------------8--7------|-------------------------|
|------------------------8-|-10----------------------|
|--------------------------|-------7--9----9--7------|
|-(10)---------------------|---------------------10--|
|-------8--7---------------|-------------------------|
|-------------8------------|-------------------------|
|
|                         ~~~~
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E  E
|----------8-----8-10---10-|-12------------8-10-[12]-|
|-(10)--8-----8------------|------10-10\-------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|


    C5     D5    E5  A5    G5 A5
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E E
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|--9-------------------||
|--(7)-10-10-10-10-12---12-|--7----7--7\---5----7-||
|--(5)--8--8--8--8-10---10-|-------5--5\---3----5-||
|
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|----------------8--7------|----------------------||
|------------------------8-|-10-------------------||
|--------------------------|-------7--9----7------||
|-(10)---------------------|-------------------10-||
|-------8--7---------------|----------------------||
|-------------8------------|----------------------||
|
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q  E E E
|-(12)-----8-----8-10---10-|-12-------------------||
|-------8-----8------------|------10-10\---8---10-||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------------|----------------------||


 Bridge
 F5
   Gtr III
    PM----------------------------------------------
  E  E E  E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----10-10--10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--7\--8--8---8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|--5\-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   PM----|   PM---------------------------------
| E  E E  E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------12----------|-------------------------|
|-10\-10--9--10----10--9-10-|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-12-12-10-10--8--8--7--7-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Q   H.          W
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10\-----------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|


 D5
 -------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7-|--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
|---------|   PM-------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|------------12---------|---------------------|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-12-12-10-10-8-8-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| W            W
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


 C5
   PM------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-----|   PM--|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|------------12---------|-12-12-10-10-9-9-7-7-|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


 G5
   PM----------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| PM-----|   PM--|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|------------12---------|-10-10-9-9-7-7-5-5-|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|


   PM---------------------------------------------
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| PM------|   PM---------------------------------
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------12----------|-------------------------|
|-10-10--9-10----10--9-10-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12-12-10-10--8--8--7--7-|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


 -------------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7-|--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7-|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
|---------|   PM-------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|------------12---------|---------------------|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|-12-12-10-10-8-8-7-7-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


   PM------------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM-----|   PM--|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|------------12---------|-12-12-10-10-9-9-7-7-|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


   PM----------------------------------|
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| PM-----|   PM--|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|------------12---------|-10-10-9-9-7-7-5-5-|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|


  F5
  Gtrs III, V
   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
||o--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
|  Gtr IV
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------12----------|-------------------------|
||--10-10--9-10----10--9-10-|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-12-12-10-10--8--8--7--7-|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|


 D5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|--7--7-7--7--7--7-7--7-|--7--7--7--7-7-7-7-7--|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|------------12---------|----------------------|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|----------------------|
|-----------------------|-12-12-10-10-8-8-7-7--|
|-----------------------|----------------------|


 C5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5--5--5-5-5-5-5-|
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3--3--3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|------------12---------|-12-12-10-10-9-9-7-7-|
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|


 G5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|--5--5-5--5--5--5-5--5-|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||
|--3--3-3--3--3--3-3--3-|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|------------12---------|-10-10-9-9-7-7-5-5--||
|-10-10-9-10----10-9-10-|--------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------------|--------------------||


 Gtr V
 PM--------------------| TP
 E E E E E E E E  E E H    Q
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------x\----------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--5--x\----------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--3--x\----------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM----------------|  TP
| E E E E E E E E  E H     E Q
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-----x\-------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--5--x\-------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|--3--x\-------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    TP
| W         +H     H
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-4---------------|-(4)----------------||
|-----------------|------------x\------||
|-----------------|------------x\------||
|-----------------|------------x\------||


  Outro
  F5
  Gtrs III, V
   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||---3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
||o--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
||---1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
|
|  Gtr IV
|  PM|  PM|  PM|   PM|  PM|
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
||-------8------8------|-8------8------8-0-|
||o----8------8------8-|------8------8-----|
||--10-----10-----10---|---10-----10-------|
||---------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------------|-------------------|


 C5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--|
|--3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-|--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3--|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E Q  E E E  E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-10p9----9------10p9-|----10p9----10p9-------|
|------10-----10------|-10------10------10----|
|---------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|


 G5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| PM--------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|-------------0---|
|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3s1-------|
|---4-----4-----4-|-----4-----------|
|-5-----5-----5---|---5-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 F5             C5 B5        G5 A5
  E E E E E E E E  E   E E  E E   E E E
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7-|
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7-|
|--1-1-1--1--1-1-1--1-|--------8--7-------7---------3-5-|
|
| E E E E E E E E  Q    Q    E   E Q
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|
|-10p9p7----10p9p7----|---------------------------------|
|--------10--------10-|-12b14----12b14---12b14rp10------|
|---------------------|----------------------------12---|
|---------------------|---------------------------------|


 F5
 Gtrs III, IV
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-|-3--3-3-3--3-3-3-3-|
|--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-|-1--1-1-1--1-1-1-1-|
|
| Gtr V
| PM|  PM|  PM|   PM|  PM|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|------8------8------|-8------8------8-0-|
|----8------8------8-|------8------8-----|
|-10-----10-----10---|---10-----10-------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|


 C5
  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5-|
|--5-5--5-5-5--5--5-5-|--5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5-|
|--3-3--3-3-3--3--3-3-|--3--3-3--3--3-3--3-3-|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E Q  E E E  E E E E E E Q
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-10p9----9------10p9-|----10p9----10p9------|
|------10-----10------|-10------10------10---|
|---------------------|----------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|


 G5
 E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| PM--------------------|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E Q  Q
|-----------------|-------------0---|
|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3s1-------|
|---4-----4-----4-|-----4-----------|
|-5-----5-----5---|---5-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


 F5             C5 B5        G5 A5
  E E E E E E E E  E   E E  E E   E E E
|---------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------|----------------------------------||
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7--||
|--3-3-3--3--3-3-3--3-|-------10--9-------9---------5-7-o||
|--1-1-1--1--1-1-1--1-|--------8--7-------7---------3-5--||
|
| E E E E E E E E  Q    Q    E   E Q
|---------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-10p9p7----10p9p7----|----------------------------------||
|--------10--------10-|-12b14----12b14---12b14rp10-------||
|---------------------|----------------------------12---o||
|---------------------|----------------------------------||


    C5     D5    E5  A5    G5  A5
 Gtr V
  +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q   E E E  +Q  H.
|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------------|--9--------------------|--------------*|
|-(12)-10-10-10-10-12---12-|--7----7--7\----5----7-|--(7)\--------*|
|-------8--8--8--8-10---10-|-------5--5\----3----5-|--(5)\--------*|
|
| Gtr IV
|                        ~~~~~~~~~~
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  +Q  H.
|----------------8--7------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|------------------------8-|-10--------------------|--------------*|
|--------------------------|-------7--9-----7------|--------------*|
|--(7)---------------------|--------------------10-|-(10)\--------*|
|--(7)--8--7---------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--(5)--------8------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|
| Gtr III
|                        ~~~~~~~~~~
| +E  E E E E E E E  E E E Q   E E E  +Q  H.
|----------8-----8-10---10-|-12------------10---12-|-(12)\--------*|
|-------8-----8------------|------10-10\-----------|--------------*|
|--------------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--(7)---------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--(7)---------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|
|--(5)---------------------|-----------------------|--------------*|


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

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