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The Cruel Sea Tabs by The Ventures

The Cruel Sea tab by The Ventures

Guitar tabs 

THE CRUEL SEA

As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1964 Album THE FABULOUS VENTURES)

Music by Mike Maxfield
Arranged by The Ventures

Transcribed by Slowhand


Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
  Q=185
  Am   Bbm   Bm   Cm     C#m    Cm    Bm   Bbm
  4/4
  Gtr I
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||--5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7--8-8--8-8-|--9-9--9-9--8-8--8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--||
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|  Gtr II
|  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8---|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||
||o-5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8---|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6---o||
||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8---|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||
||--7---7---8---8---9---9---10---10---|-11---11---10---10---9---9---8---8----||
||o-7---7---8---8---9---9---10---10---|-11---11---10---10---9---9---8---8---o||
||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8---|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||


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|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---8---10---|------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-9------9-9-------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|


           Am
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 +W          Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---8---10---|
|-(9)---------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|
|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|


 Em                   Am
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Q.   E H     +W          Q.   E H
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-10------10-10-------|
|-9------9-9-------|-(9)---------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|
|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|


             F
  +Q   Q  Q  Q   Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-(10)---10---12---13---|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---12---13---|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
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|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--2--2-x--2--2-2-x-2-|---2--2--x-2--2-2--x-2-|
|---7--7--x-7--7-7--x-7-|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|---7--7--x-7--7-7--x-7-|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|


 G                       E
                         ~~
  Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q   W
|---------------------|------------------13---|-12-------------|
|-12------12-12-------|-(12)---12---13--------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|-----------------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  Q Q E E E E
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|--0--0--0-0---0-|
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|--0--0--0-0---0-|
|--4--4-x--4--4-4-x-4-|---4--4--x-4--4-4--x-4-|--1--1--1-1---1-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--2--2--2-2---2-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--2--2--2-2---2-|
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|--0--0--0-0---0-|


            Am
  ~~~~
  +W         Q.   E H     +Q  Q  Q  Q
|-(12)--------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------||-7------7-7-------|-(7)---7--------7---|
|-------------------||------------------|-----------10-------|
|-------------------||------------------|--------------------|
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|  E E E E E E Q   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|------0---0-0-0-0--||-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|
|------0---0-0-0-0--||-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|
|------1---1-1-1-1--||-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|
|------2---2-2-2-2--||-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|--7--7-x-7--7-7-x-7-|
|------2---2-2-2-2--||-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|--7--7-x-7--7-7-x-7-|
|------0---0-0-0-0--||-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|


 Em                     Am
       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Q.    E H     +W          Q.   E H
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|-7------7-7-------|
|-7--------7-7-------|-(7)-----------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E S S E E E E E E  E S S E E E E E E  W
|--------7-8-7-------|---------7-8-7-------|------------------|
|------8-------8-7---|-------8-------8-7---|------------------|
|----9-------------8-|--9--9-------------8-|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E  E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|


            Em
                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 +Q  Q  Q  Q   Q.    E H     +W
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)---7--------7---|--------------------|---------------------|
|-----------10-------|-7--------7-7-------|-(7)-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| W          E S S E E E E E E  E S S E E E E E E
|--------------------|--------7-8-7-------|---------7-8-7-------|
|--------------------|------8-------8-7---|-------8-------8-7---|
|--------------------|----9-------------8-|--9--9-------------8-|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E
|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--7--7-x-7--7-7-x-7-|-2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--7--7-x-7--7-7-x-7-|-2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--5--5-x-5--5-5-x-5-|-0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0---x-0-0-0-x-0-|


 Am                   F
 Q.   E H     +Q  Q  Q  Q   Q.   E H
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|-7------7-7-------|-(7)---7---9---10---|-7------7-7-------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5-5-5--x-5-|-1--1-x-1-1-1-x-1-|
|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5-5-5--x-5-|-1--1-x-1-1-1-x-1-|
|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5-5-5--x-5-|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|--7--7-x-7-7-7--x-7-|-3--3-x-3-3-3-x-3-|
|-7--7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|--7--7-x-7-7-7--x-7-|-3--3-x-3-3-3-x-3-|
|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5-5-5--x-5-|-1--1-x-1-1-1-x-1-|


            G
 +Q  Q  Q  Q   Q.   E H     +Q  Q  Q  Q
|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|----------------10---|
|-(7)---7---9---10---|-9------9-9-------|-(9)---9---10--------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--1--1-x-1-1-1--x-1-|-3--3-x-3-3-3-x-3-|--3--3-x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|--1--1-x-1-1-1--x-1-|-3--3-x-3-3-3-x-3-|--3--3-x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|--2--2-x-2-2-2--x-2-|-4--4-x-4-4-4-x-4-|--4--4-x-4--4-4--x-4-|
|--3--3-x-3-3-3--x-3-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5--x-5-|
|--3--3-x-3-3-3--x-3-|-5--5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|--5--5-x-5--5-5--x-5-|
|--1--1-x-1-1-1--x-1-|-3--3-x-3-3-3-x-3-|--3--3-x-3--3-3--x-3-|


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|-----------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||--8--8-8-8--8-8--8--8-8-8--8-8-|
|-9---------------|-(9)--------------||-------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------||-------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E Q   E E  E E  E E  E E
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1-1-1-1--||--9--9---x--9----9--9---x--9---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--||-10-10---x-10---10-10---x-10---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--2--2-2-2-2-2-2--||-10-10---x-10---10-10---x-10---|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|


              Am
  E E E E E E E E  E S S E S S E S S E S S  E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-10--8----------8-10--8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-5-------5-6-5-|
|-------9-----9----------|-------------------------|-----5---5-------|
|---------10-------------|-------------------------|-------7---------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E  E E  E E  E E  E E   E E E E E E E E
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5---|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5---|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|--9--9-x--9--9--9--x--9-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5---|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-10-10-x-10-10-10--x-10-|-7-7---x-7---7-7---x-7---|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|-10-10-x-10-10-10--x-10-|-7-7---x-7---7-7---x-7---|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5---|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|


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|-------------------------------|
|--8--8-8-8--8-8--8--8-8-8--8-8-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
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| E E  E E  E E  E E
|--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|
|--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|
|--9--9---x--9----9--9---x--9---|
|-10-10---x-10---10-10---x-10---|
|-10-10---x-10---10-10---x-10---|
|--8--8---x--8----8--8---x--8---|


              Am
  E E E E E E E E  E S S E S S E S S E S S
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10--8----------8-10--8-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------9-----9----------|--------------------------|
|---------10-------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E  E E  E E  E E  E E
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5----|
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5----|
|--9--9-x--9--9--9--x--9-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5----|
|-10-10-x-10-10-10--x-10-|-7-7---x-7---7-7---x-7----|
|-10-10-x-10-10-10--x-10-|-7-7---x-7---7-7---x-7----|
|--8--8-x--8--8--8--x--8-|-5-5---x-5---5-5---x-5----|


          G
 E E E E E E E E  E S S E E E E E E  E S S E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-6-5-------5-6-5-|-3-3-3-3-5-3-------|-3-3-3-3-5-3-------|
|-----5---5-------|-------------4---4-|-------------4---4-|
|-------7---------|---------------5---|---------------5---|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E
|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|
|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|
|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|-4-4---x-4-4-4-x-4-|-4-4---x-4-4-4-x-4-|
|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|-5-5---x-5-5-5-x-5-|-5-5---x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-7-7-x-7-7-7-x-7-|-5-5---x-5-5-5-x-5-|-5-5---x-5-5-5-x-5-|
|-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|


 F                    E
 E S S E E E E E E  E S S E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E +E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-3-1-------|-1-1-1-1-3-1-------|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------2---2-|-------------2---2-|-----------------|-------------------||
|---------------3---|---------------3---|-----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|-------------------|-2---2---2-2---2-|---2-(2)-2-2-2-2---||
|-------------------|-------------------|-0---0---0-0---0-|---0-(0)-0-0-0-0---||
|
| E E  E E E E E E  E E  E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E Q
|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---||
|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---||
|-2-2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|-2-2---x-2-2-2-x-2-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1--1--1-1-1-1---||
|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2---||
|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-3-3---x-3-3-3-x-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2--2--2-2-2-2---||
|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-1-1---x-1-1-1-x-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0--0--0-0-0-0---||


 Am                      Em
 Gtr I
                            ~
  Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q   Q.   E H
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---8---10---|------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|-9------9-9-------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|
|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|


           Am
  ~~~
 +W          Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---8---10---|
|-(9)---------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|
|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|
|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|---7--7--x-7-7-7--x-7-|
|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5-5-5--x-5-|


 Em                   Am
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Q.   E H     +W          Q.   E H
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|-10------10-10-------|
|-9------9-9-------|-(9)---------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|
|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|
|-2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--2--2-x-2-2-2-x-2-|--7--7-x--7--7-7-x-7-|
|-0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--0--0-x-0-0-0-x-0-|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|


             F
  +Q   Q  Q  Q   Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-(10)---10---12---13---|-10------10-10-------|-(10)---10---12---13---|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
|
|  E E E E E E E E  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--2--2-x--2--2-2-x-2-|---2--2--x-2--2-2--x-2-|
|---7--7--x-7--7-7--x-7-|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|---7--7--x-7--7-7--x-7-|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3-|
|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5-|--1--1-x--1--1-1-x-1-|---1--1--x-1--1-1--x-1-|


                    To Coda
 G
  Q.   E H     +Q   Q  Q  Q
|---------------------|------------------13----|
|-12------12-12-------|-(12)---12---13---------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3--|
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3--|
|--4--4-x--4--4-4-x-4-|---4--4--x-4--4-4--x-4--|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5--|
|--5--5-x--5--5-5-x-5-|---5--5--x-5--5-5--x-5--|
|--3--3-x--3--3-3-x-3-|---3--3--x-3--3-3--x-3--|


             D.S. al Coda
 E
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  W         +W
|-12---------------|-(12)---------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0---||
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1-1---||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2---||
|--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---||


 &
 E                    Am   Bbm   Bm   Cm
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  W         +W          S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||-------------------------------------|
|-14---------------|-(14)--------------||-------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||o------------------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------||--5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7--8-8--8-8--|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||o-5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8----|
|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|---1--1-1-1-1-1-1--||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8----|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2--||--7---7---8---8---9---9---10---10----|
|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|---2--2-2-2-2-2-2--||o-7---7---8---8---9---9---10---10----|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0--0-0-0-0-0-0--||--5---5---6---6---7---7----8----8----|


 C#m    Cm    Bm   Bbm     Am      G  Em
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x H   H   H  Q Q
|--------------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------o||-10----10----|-8-----------|
|--------------------------------------||-------------|------9--7---|
|--------------------------------------||-------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------------o||-------------|-------------|
|--9-9--9-9--8-8--8-8-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6--||-------------|-------------|
|
| E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  3x H   H   H  Q Q
|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||--5-----5----|-3----0--0---|
|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6---o||--5-----5----|-3----0--0---|
|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||--5-----5----|-4----0--0---|
|-11---11---10---10---9---9---8---8----||--7-----7----|-5----2--2---|
|-11---11---10---10---9---9---8---8---o||--7-----7----|-5----2--2---|
|--9----9----8----8---7---7---6---6----||--5-----5----|-3----0--0---|


 A
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 W     +W
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|-9--------|-(9)----*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|----------|--------*|
|
| W     +W
|-0--------|-(0)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-2--------|-(2)----*|
|-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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