The Spirit of Radio: Tablature

By Damon Schmidt

Key to Notation: T = Tap, P = Pull-off, H = Hammer-on

Main Riff-

T P P H T P P H T P P H T P P P H
—^–^–^–^—^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^—-
-7–5–3–5–10–5–3–5–7–5–3–5–9–7–5–3–5—
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Repeat Main Riff 7 Times

While Guitar 1 T P P H T P P H T P P H T P P P H
is repeating —^–^–^–^—^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^–^—-
the main riff-> -7–5–3–5–10–5–3–5–7–5–3–5–9–7–5–3–5—
Guitar 2 is ——————————————————
playing a full ——————————————————
extension E5 ——————————————————
a la Tom Sawyer ——————————————————
Ascending patt. Repeat 4 times
‘Tom Sawyer’ E5 0 ———————–|—————————-
5 ———————–|—————————-
4 ———————–|—————————-
2 –4–2–0—–0——–|————————–2-
2 ———–3—–3–2–|————–0–2–3–4—-
0 ———————–|–0–2–3–4—————-

E B5 G#5 A5 B5
——|———–|———————–|———————|————-
——|———–|———————–|———————|————-
–1—|———–|———————–|———————|————-
–2—|—–9-\—|—–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—|—–7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|—–9——-
–2—|—–9-\—|—–6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6—|—–7-7-7-7-7-7-7—|—–9——-
–0—|—–7-\—|—–4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4—|—–5-5-5-5-5-5-5—|—–7——-

Pre-verse riff

E B5 G#5 A5
——–0—————0—————0————————
——–0–0————0–0—————0———————
–1—————4———————————2——-P—-
–2—————4—————6—————–2——-^—-
–2————0–2–2————6—————–0–0–4–2—
–0–0————————-0–4–4——–4–4—————

Verse riff one(times 2) “Begin the day…”

E B5 G#5 A5
——–0—————0—————0————————
——–0–0————0–0—————0———————
–1—————4———————————2–2–4——
–2—————4—————6—————–2–2–4——
–2————0–2–2————6—————–0–0–2——
–0–0————————-0–4–4——–4–4—————