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The Shortest Straw Bass tabs by Metallica

The Shortest Straw bass tab by Metallica

Bass tabs 

Song: The Shortest Straw
Artist: Metallica
Album: ...And Justice For All (1988)
Bassist: Jason Newsted
Submitted by Ingo

Standard tuning (EADG)

🏷Legend:
r = rest
h = hammer on
p = pull off
\ = slide down
X = muted strike
s = 16th note (appears above bar)
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -

INTRO (Pt 1):
         ss
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-r-------------01|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         ss    ss            ss    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-r-----------01|-0-r---010-3---1-|-0-r-----------01|-0-r---010-----1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         ss    ss            ss     s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-------------01|-0-r---010-3---1-|-0-r-----------01|-0-r----00-1-0---|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


INTRO (Pt 2; Play first 2 staffs, in sequence, x2):

        ss                 ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss                 ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

(Play after 2nd play-through above):
        ss
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-0-1-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


PRE-VERSE:
  4/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-r-------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

             s s s s             s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

             s s s s             s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|-------7---------|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-05-05-|-0-5-----6--5--3-|-3-3-33-03-02-01-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 1:
  ss ssss s s    ssss s s    ssss s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-00--00000-01-01-|-0---000r0-03-03-|-0---00000-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    ss ss s s     ss ss s s    ss ss s s    sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00000-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22r22r25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22005--4--3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r22r22r25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         (x2)
             s s s s   s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:

G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|---------23202320|-----------2-3---|-------0-2320232-|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-0---------|-0---0-0-r-----0-|-2-3-3-----------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 1:
        ss                 ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss                 ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--00-0-0--0|-0-1-0---0-3-X---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

        ss                 ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss                 ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


PRE-VERSE:
             s s s s             s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

             s s s s             s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|-------7---------|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-05-05-|-0-5-----6--5--3-|-3-3-33-03r02r01r|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


VERSE 2:
    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s    sss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|---7-------------|
E |-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---00-00-03-03-|-0---00-00-01-01-|-0---000r3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r22r22-25-25-|-2r2r22r22r23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         (x2)
             s s s s   s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:
               ssssssss              ssssssss
G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|-------0-23202320|-----------2-3---|-------0-23202320|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-----------|-0---0-0-0-----0-|-2-3-3-----------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 2:
        ss               s    s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0--0--0-0--0|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

      s    s                ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--0--0-0--0|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

        ss                 ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss                 ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


INTERLUDE:

  4/4          s s s s             s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------|---7-----------7-|-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s  6/4 ss s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r--------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


GUITAR SOLO:
    ss  s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-000-0-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):
       s s       s s       s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-r-------01-01-|-r---------03-03-|-r---------01-01-|-0-r-----3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

  s s ss ss ss ss  s s ss ss ss ss  s s ss ss ss ss  s s ss s s s (Play after 2nd time)
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22r22r22r|-3r3r33r33r33r33r|-4r4r44r44r44r44r|-5r5r550-5r-4r-3r||-r-------2-r-----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 3:
        ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0-----0-0---|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

                          ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0-----0-0---|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &


GUITAR SOLO 2:
        ss                 ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

        ss                 ss  9/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-0-r---------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7 & 8 & 9 &


VERSE 3:
    ssss s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    ss s s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|-0-0-00-00-01-01-|-0-0-000-3--2--1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

(Repeat next staff x2):

  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss ss s s  s s ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r22r22-25-25-|-2r2r22r22-23-23-|-2r2r220-5--4--3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

         (x2)
             s s s s   s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|
A |---7-----------7-|-----------------||-----------------|
E |-0-----0-5--6----|-0-0-00-00-01-01-||-7r7r7r7r--------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


PRE-CHORUS:
               ssssssss              ssssssss
G |-----------------|----------h-p-h-p|-----------------|----------h-p-h--|
D |-----------------|-------0-23202320|-----------2-3---|---------23202320|
A |-7-----7---7-8---|-2h3-3-----------|-0---0-0-0-----0-|-2-3-3-0---------|
E |-0---0---0-----0-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


CHORUS 4:
        ss               s  ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------------1-|---------7-------|-----------1-----|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-0---|-0-1-0--0--0-000-|-0-1-0---0---0-3-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

      s  ss                 ss  6/4
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
A |---------7-------|---------------1-|-----------------|-------------------------|
E |-0-1-0--0--0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-X---|-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-0---0-3-r-3-r-2-r-1-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 &

  4/4     ss
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-1-0---0-0-000-|-0-1-r-1-0-r-----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &


OUTRO:
    ssss s s    s s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-0-00-00-03-03-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s    ss s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

    s s s s    s s s s    s s s s  5/4 ss s s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
E |-0-0-00-00-00-00-|-1-1-11-11-11-11-|-2-2-22-22-22-22-|-3-3-330-3r-2r-1r----|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 &

    ssss s s
G |-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|---------7-7-\-r-|
E |-0-0-00000-01-01-|-0-r-----0-0---r-|
  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &

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