Hold The Line Tabs by Toto

Hold The Line tab by Toto

Guitar tabs

HOLD THE LINE

As recorded by Toto
(From the 1978 Album TOTO)

Words and Music by David Paich

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Lukather - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Lukather - Electric Guitar w/ distortion'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Steve Lukather - Electric Guitar w/ light distortion'


 Intro
 Moderate Rock Q=104
        F#5   C#D5  E5      F#5   C#D5
 4/4
 Gtr I
            |-3-|             |-3-|
 Wx4      Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q H    Q  Q Q Q Q
|------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|------------|-11\-----6-7-7-|-9\----------|-11\-----6-7-7-|
|------------|--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\----------|--9\-----4-5-5-|
|------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|

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          1st - 3rd Verses
                    $
 E5    N.C.
              PM--------------------------|
      |-3-|     |-3-|  |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|
 Q  Q a Q Q Q   Q  E E E Q E E E  Q E E E Q Q Q
|----------------||---------------------|----------------|
|----------------||o--------------------|----------------|
|----------------||---------------------|----------------|
|-9\-------------||---------------------|----------------|
|-7\-----6s7-----||o------------------7-|-9------7-9-----|
|------------9-8-||--7\----7-8-9----9---|------9-----9-8-|


 PM---------------------------------------------------|
   |-3-|  |-3-|   |-3-| |-3-|   |-3-|  |-3-|
 Q E E E Q E E E  Q E E E Q Q Q  Q E E E Q E E E
|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------7-|-9------7-9-----|--------------------|
|-7----7-8-9----9---|------9-----9-8-|-7----7-7-9----9-9--|


  PM-----------------------------------------------------|
   |--3--| |-3-|   |-3-|  |-3-|    |--3--| |-3-|
  Q E E E Q Q Q  Q E E E Q E E E  Q E E E Q Q Q
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------7-----|-------------------|-------------7-----|
|-10----10-10---9-8-|-7----7-7-9----9-9-|-10----10-10---9-8-|


                         Chorus
           D5     E5       F#5   C#D5  E5
                        Gtrs I, II
 PM--------------|
   |-3-|  |-3-|  |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3--|      |-3-|
 Q E E E Q E E E  E E E E E E E E E E E E   Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q H
|-------------------|--------------------------||---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------||---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------||---------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------7-7-7-9-9-9-9------||-11\-----6-7-7-|-9\----------|
|-------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7----7-||--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\----------|
|-7----7-7-9----9-9-|---------------------/9---||---------------|-------------|


                           To Coda
 F#5   C#D5  E5        F#5   C#D5  E5
     |-3-|       |-3-|      |-3-|
  Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q Q E E E  Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|-11\-----6-7-7-|-9\--------------|-11\-----6-7-7-|-9\----------|
|--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\------------7-|--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\----------|
|---------------|-------------9---|---------------|-------------|


         1.
 F#5   C#D5   E5
     |-3-|       |-3-|
  Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q a Q Q Q
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------||
|-11\-----6-7-7--|-9\--------------||
|--9\-----4-5-5--|-7\-----6s7-----o||
|----------------|------------9-8--||
|
| W        W
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------o||
|----------------|-----------------||


                   Guitar Solo
 2.
 Gtr I
            |--3--|         |---3----|
 Q  Q     Q   E E E     Q  Q Q Q   Q
|-----------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-9\--------------------------------||--11\------6--7-----7-----|
|-7\--------------------------7-----||---9\------4--5-----5-----|
|--------------------------9--------||--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                    ~~~~~
|   |3-|       |--3--|         |3-| |--3--|
| Q  Q E   +Q   E E E     +H    Q e e e e
|----------------------14-----------||-------------14-16-17-16--|
|--------17b19==(17)r-----14-17b19==||=(17)r--------------------|
|-----14----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----14----------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------||--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------||--------------------------|


  Q         Q         H
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--9\------------------------------------------------------|
|--7\------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |------6-------| |------6-------|  |---3---| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S +E  E E Q   E
|-14h16p14----14-------------------------------------------|
|----------17----17p14----------------------------------17-|
|----------------------16p14----16-14-(14)\----14-16b18----|
|----------------------------16-------------16-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|


              |-----3-----|
  Q         Q   Q   Q   Q
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-11\----------------------6-----7-----7----|
|--9\----------------------4-----5-----5----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
|          ~~~~~
| |------3------|     |--3--| |--3--|
| E   E   E +Q   E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-16pb18r16b18==16-(16)r--14-16-16-16-14-16-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  Q  Q       H
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---9\------------------------------------------|
|---7\------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|  ~~~~
|    |-----3-----| |--3--| |---3----|
| +Q  E   +E  E E E E E S S E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-(16)--13pb15r(13)-----------------------------|
|-------------------14--------------------------|
|----------------------16-14----16-16-16-16b20==|
|----------------------------17-----------------|


              |----3----|
  Q    Q       Q  Q   Q      Q  Q  H
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|--11\---------------------6---7-----7--------|---9\---------------------------------------|
|---9\---------------------4---5-----5--------|---7\---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|
|  |-3--|  |---3----|  |-3-| |--3--|         |-----3-----| |------6-------|
| +Q  +E  S. S. +E. +Q  E E E E    +H    +E   E S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|--------------------14----14-------14-------|
|-----------------------------------14-17-----|-(17)-----(17)\--14----14----17p14----17p14-|
|-----------------------------14-14-14-16b18==|=(16)-----(16)r\----------------------------|
|-----------------------------14-14-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|-(16)r(16)-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------17--14--(14)-(14)-----------------|--------------------------------------------|


                   |-----3-----|
  Q         Q       Q Q     Q
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-11\--------------------------------6-7---------7----|
|--9\--------------------------------4-5---------5----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| |-------6-------| |----3-----|    |----3----|
| S  S S S S S S S   +Q  Q  E   E E
|-14--------14----------17b19==(17)r------------------|
|-----17p14----17p14-14------------------17pb19-17-14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


    |-3-|  |-3--| |--3--|           |--3--|
  Q  E E E  E E E E E E  E   E Q    Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--9---9-9-x---9--9-x-x--9--9-|-11----11-11\------6--7--7--|
|--7---7-7-x---7--7-x-x--7--7-|--9-----9--9\------4--5--5--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~
|           |--3--|           |--3--|
| Q  Q   +Q   E E E  Q    Q    Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-17--17-----(17)-------17-19-|-19b21----21b22===21-21-21r-|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|


  |---3----| |-3-|  |---3---| |-----3-----|  |--3--|
  E   E E E E E  E  E E S   +S  S  S S +S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|--9------9-9-9-9-9---9----9--9--9-----(9)---9---9--9-(9)-|
|--7------7-7-7-7-7---7----7--7--7-----(7)---7---7--7-(7)-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
|           |---3---| |----------3----------|
| H         +E  E E E     +S  S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-21pb22============(21)r---------------------------------|
|----------------------------14-16pb18r====(16)-14-16p14--|
|-------------------------16------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|


  |-----3-----|            |----------3-----------|
  E   E   E   Q         Q      Q     Q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11----11----11----11\-----------------6-----------7----------7------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9\-----------------4-----------5----------5------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |------6-------| |-------6-------| |------6-------|
| S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S  +E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-14-13h14p13--------13--------------------------------------------|
|----------------16-15-----16-15-12-11-14-12-11h12p11-------11---(11)-|
|-----------------------------------------------------14-12-----------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


  |-----3-----|   |-----3-----|
  E   E   E   E   E   E   E    E       E   E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----------9--------9--------------9-----9----|
|--7-----7-----------------------7-----7--------7--------------7-----7----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| |------6-------| |------6-------| |------6-------|    |---3----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    +E  E  E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------19pb21==(19)r-----17-|
|----------------------------14-16-14----------14-16----------------------|
|-------------------14-16-18----------18-16-18----------------------------|
|----------14-16-17-------------------------------------------------------|
|-14-16-17----------------------------------------------------------------|


  |--3--|    |-------3--------|    |-3-| |-3--| |--3---|
  E E E  Q  Q Q       Q    E E E E E E E  E E E  E
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-11-11-11--11\---6--7-------------7----|--9-9-9-9-9--9--9----9-9--9----9--|
|--9--9--9---9\---4--5-------------5----|--7-7-7-7-7--7--7----7-7--7----7--|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
|      ~~~~~
| |3-|      |3-|    |---3---|     |-3--|
| E Q   +Q  Q E    +E  E E  Q   Q  E Q     Q
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----17----(17)\----19pb21==(19)r-17----|-17---------19-19b21-----19b21----|
|-18---------------------------------18-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  |-----3------|          |-----3-----|
  E    E  E  Q        Q   Q  Q
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-11------11---11--11\---------------6------7----7-|
|--9-------9----9---9\---------------4------5----5-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
|                       ~~
| |-----3------|  |-----3-----|  |--3---|
| E   +E  +E  E  E   +E  +E  E E Q
|-19b21==(19)r(19)-17------------------------------|
|----------------------21b23==(21)r(21)-19---------|
|------------------------------------------21-18---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
|                       ~~
| |-----3------|  |-----3-----|  |--3---|
| E   +E  +E  E  E   +E  +E  E E Q
|-16b18==(16)r(16)-14------------------------------|
|----------------------17b19==(17)r(17)-14---------|
|------------------------------------------16-14---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|


                       3rd Verse
                            D.S. al Coda
                           PM---------|
             |-----3------|      |-3-|  |-3-|
  E    E Q    a  Q   Q   Q    Q  E E E Q E E E
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|--9-------9--9-----------------------------||-----------------------||
|--7-------7--7-------6s==7-----------------||-------------------7---||
|--------------------------------9-----8----||--7\----7-8-9----9-----||
|
| |3-|    |--3--|   |--3---| |3-|
| E Q    Q   E  +E  E E E Q    H     H
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-16-13b14---13b14-13---(13)----------------||-----------------------||
|----------------------------16-14-16-16b18-||-16\-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|
| |3-|    |--3--|   |--3---| |3-|
| E Q    Q   E   E  E E E Q    H     H
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-13--9b11----9b11--9-----9-----------------||-----------------------||
|----------------------------12-11-12-12b14-||-12\-------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||-----------------------||


  Outro
  &
  F#5   C#D5  E5        F#5   C#D5  E5
  Gtrs I, II
      |-3-|       |-3-|      |-3-|
   Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q Q E E E  Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q H
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
||o---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------o||
||----------------|-----------------|---------------|--------------||
||--11\-----6-7-7-|-9\--------------|-11\-----6-7-7-|-9\-----------||
||o--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\------------7-|--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\----------o||
||----------------|-------------9---|---------------|--------------||


          1.,2.,3.,4.   5.
  F#5   C#D5  E5       E5
      |-3-|
   Q  Q Q Q Q  Q  Q H   5x W     +W
||----------------|--------------||----------|--------*|
||o---------------|-------------o||----------|--------*|
||----------------|--------------||----------|--------*|
||--11\-----6-7-7-|-9\-----------||-9--------|-(9)----*|
||o--9\-----4-5-5-|-7\----------o||-7--------|-(7)----*|
||----------------|--------------||----------|--------*|


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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