Lessons: Tablature

By Jimmy Pena (jimmy@walrus.com)

Excerpted from Fretplay.

This song is in the key of A. It switches to E for the chorus.
The solo is incomplete and may have some mistakes in it.

| = not a standard bar line; just used to separate music
~ = vibrato or held note
h = hammer on
p = pull off
s = slide
b = bend string up to indicated pitch/fret
r = release bend to indicated string/fret
/ = slide up from infinity
\ = slide down into infinity
[5] = artificial harmonic (use thumb to follow through the pick attack)
o \_
o / repeat sign (always look for these!)

[Riff 1] – Freely

A D Dsus2 G D
e:———-2–2–0—–0-0–3~—3-3—-7—5—-2——————|
B:–2–2-2–3–3–3—–3-3–3~—3-3—-8—7—-3——————|
G:–2–2-2–2–2–2—–2-2–0~—0-0—-7—7—-2——————|
D:–2–2-2–0–0–0—–0-0–0~—0-0————-0——————|
A:–0–0-0——————-2~—2-2——————————–|
E:—————————3~—3-3——————————–|
A D Dsus2 G
e:———-2–2–0—-3—2—3—2———————————|
B:–2–2-2–3–3–3—-3—3—3—3———————————|
G:–2–2-2–2–2–2—-0—2—0—2———————————|
D:–2–2-2–0–0–0—-0—0—0—0———————————|
A:–0–0-0————-2——-2————————————-|
E:———————3——-3————————————-|

[Riff 2]
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E5 A B E D |1. A |2. A G
e:————————————-|———|———————|
B:——————2–4—-9—–7~—|———|———————|
G:o—————–2–4—-9—–7~—|——–o|———————|
D:o-2-2-2-2-2-2—–2–4—-9—–7~—|—-7—o|—-7—5————|
A:–2-2-2-2-2-2—–0–2—-7—–5~—|—-7—-|—-7—5————|
E:–0-0-0-0-0-0————————|—-5—-|—-5—3————|

[Riff 3]
G5 A5 G5 E5 A5 G5 G5 A5 G5 E5 A5 B5
e:———————————–|——————————-|
B:———————————–|——————————-|
G:———————————–|——————————-|
D:–5–5—7–7—5–5—2—7——-|-5–5–7–7–5–5–2—7—9—|
A:–5–5—7–7—5–5—2—7——-|-5–5–7–7–5–5–2—7—9—|
E:–3–3—5–5—3–3—0—5–3~–0|-3–3–5–5–3–3–0—5—7—|

[Riff 4]
G5 A5 G5 E5 A5 G5 G5 A5 G5 E5 A5 D5
e:———————————-|——————————–|
B:———————————-|—————————-3—|
G:———————————-|————————2—2—|
D:–5–5–7–7–5–5–2—7———|–5–5–7–7–5–5–2—2—0—|
A:–5–5–7–7–5–5–2—7———|–5–5–7–7–5–5–2—0——-|
E:–3–3–5–5–3–3–0—5—3~–0-|–3–3–5–5–3–3–0———–|

[Fill 1]
e:———————–15——————————————|
B:-15b17~~17–15–15b17—–15-15b17r16b17~~—–15p12—-12———|
G:—————————————————–14—-14b16—|
D:——————————————————————-|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|

e:——————————–5-5———–10p7—————–|
B:–12————–8p5—-5—8——8–5~~———10–10b12r10b12-|
G:—–14b16~~~———7——————————————–|
D:——————————————————————-|
A:——————————————————————-|
E:——————————————————————-|