SAFE IN MY GARDEN As recorded by The Mamas & The Papas (From the 1968 Album THE PAPAS & THE MAMAS) Words and Music by John Phillips Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Hord - Electric Guitar w/ capo 5th fret' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'John Phillips - Acoustic 12-string Guitar w/ capo 5th fret' Intro Q=84 D C G C G 4/4 Gtr I (El. Gtr. w/ capo 5th fret) E E E E E Q E E E E E S S E E E E E E E +E E E E |----------------|-------------0-----|-------------------|| |---3-------1----|---0---------1-----|---0---------0---0-|| |-----0--------0-|-----0---------0---|-----0---------0---|| |-4-----4-2------|-0-----0-0h2-----2-|-------0-(0)-------|| |----------------|-------------------|-------------------|| |----------------|-------------------|-3-----------------||
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D H E E E E S S Q E +E Q. 4x |-----------0-----|-0h2-0---------0---------|| |---------------3-|---------3-(3)----------o|| |-------------2---|-------------------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|| |-----------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------|-------------------------|| | | E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2--2--2--2-2----|| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3--3--3--3-3---o|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2--2--2--2-2----|| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0--0--0--0-0----|| |-----------------|------------------------o|| |-----------------|-------------------------|| 4. D.S. al Coda & D D Gtr II 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-| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |------------------||-----------------| |------------------||-----------------| Outro G C G C Em 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-||-3-3-3-3-0-0-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---*| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-0-0-0-0-1-1-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0---*| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---*| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-2-2-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---*| |-----------------||-2-2-2-2-3-3-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2---*| |-----------------||-3-3-3-3-----3-3-|---------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
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