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When I Grow Up To Be A Man

WHEN I GROW UP (TO BE A MAN)

As recorded by The Beach Boys
(From the 1965 Album THE BEACH BOYS TODAY!)


Words and Music by Brian Wilson & Mike Love

Transcribed by Slowhand


          Ab                   Eb                   Db                    A
      4 6 6 5 4 4          x 6 8 8 8 6          x 4 6 6 6 4          5 7 7 6 5 5

          Bm                   C#m                   D                   Dm
      7 9 9 7 7 7         9 11 11 9 9 9      10 12 12 11 10 10       x 5 7 7 6 5



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Brian Wilson - Harpsichord'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Carl Wilson - Electric Guitar'


 Intro
  Q=148
  N.C.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W                        W
  Gtr II (Harpsichord arr. for Gtr.)
  Q   E  E  +E  E  E  E    Q   E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------|
|-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------|
|-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-|
|-----------------------|-------------------13----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                        W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  Ab
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----||
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6-|--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6--||
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--||


 1st Verse
  Ab                Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|


  Ab
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----|
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--|
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|


                    Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|


  Ab
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----|
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--|
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|


  Bbm7                     Eb
  Gtr II
            |---3----|
   H       +Q     Q  Q      W
|----------------13-16---|-15-----------------|
|-14------(14)-----------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
|  Q.   E  +E  Q       E    E E E E +E  E E E
|--------------6-------x-|--------------------|
|--9----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|
|--6----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|
|--6----6--(6)-----------|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|
|--8----8--(8)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|
|--6---------------------|--------------------|


  Cm                    Fm7
            |----3----|
   H       +Q      Q  Q        W
|--------------------15----|--16----------------------|
|-13------(13)----16-------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  Q.   E   E   Q        E    +E   E  E  E  E  E  Q
|-------8---8--------------|--------------------------|
|--8----8---8--11--------9-|--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
|--8----8---8---8--------8-|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
|-10-----------10-------10-|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|-10---------------------8-|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8---|
|--8-----------------------|--------------------------|


  N.C.
  Gtr I
  W                        W
  Gtr II
  Q   E  E  +E  E  E  E    Q   E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------|
|-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------|
|-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-|
|-----------------------|-------------------13----|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W                        W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  Ab                         Db
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|---------------------------||
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|-14---13---------11-13-----||
|--------------------------|---------13-(13)-------13--||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|---------------------------||
|--------------------------|--6-6--6--6---6---6--6--6--||
|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--||
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|---------------------------||


 2nd & 3rd Verses
  $
  Ab                Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|


  Ab
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----|
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--|
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|


  Ab                Eb
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
  | | | | | | | |   | | | | | | | |
  / / / / / / / /   / / / / / / / /

  W                 W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-8-6-6-6-8-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|


  Ab
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-13---11------------11----|-13---11------------11-----|
|---------13-(13)-14----13-|---------13-(13)-14----13--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6-|--6-6--8--6---6---6--8--6--|
|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4-|--4-4--4--4---4---4--4--4--|


  Bbm7                     Eb                   Cm                    Fm7
  Gtr II
            |---3----|                                    |----3----|
   H       +Q     Q  Q      W                    H       +Q      Q  Q
|----------------13-16---|-15-----------------|--------------------15----|
|-14------(14)-----------|--------------------|-13------(13)----16-------|
|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
|  Q.   E  +E  Q       E    E E E E +E  E E E    Q.   E   E   Q        E
|--------------6-------x-|--------------------|-------8---8--------------|
|--9----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|--8----8---8--11--------9-|
|--6----6--(6)-6-------x-|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|--8----8---8---8--------8-|
|--6----6--(6)-----------|--8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8-8-|-10-----------10-------10-|
|--8----8--(8)-----------|--6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6-|-10---------------------8-|
|--6---------------------|--------------------|--8-----------------------|


                  To Coda
                            N.C.
    W                       Q   E  E  +E  E  E  E    Q   E  E  +E   E  E  E
|--16---------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|----13-11-(11)---------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-9-------------9-11-13-|-----10------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-11-----10-(10)-13----11-||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------13----||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|
|  +E   E  E  E  E  E  Q    W                        W
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|--(9)--9--9--9--9--9--9--|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10--|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|--(8)--8--8--8--8--8--8--|-----------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------------||


 Interlude
  Bb
  Gtr II
   H         H           W
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|-11-----------------|
|-----------10--------|--------------------|
|-12------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, III
|  E E  E E  E E  E E    E E  E E E E  E E
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|--8-8-10-8--8-8-10-8-|--8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|--6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-|--6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|
| Gtr IV
|  E E  E E  H           E E  E E H
|--6------6-----------|--6------6----------|
|--6------6-----------|--6------6----------|
|--7------7-----------|--7------7----------|
|--8------8-----------|--8------8----------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|


  Ebm
  W                  W
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E +E  E Q    E E Q   Q  E E
|------------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-7-7-7---6--6-6--|
|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8---6--6-6--|
|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8---6--6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6--|-6-6-6---4--4-4--|
|------------------|-----------------|
|
| E E E E  H         E E E E H
|------------------|-----------------|
|-7-----7----------|-7-----6---------|
|-8-----8----------|-8-----6---------|
|-8-----8----------|-8-----6---------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|


  Bb
  Gtrs I, III
  E E  E E E E  E E   E E  E E E E  E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|-8-8-10-8-8-8-10-8-|
|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|-6-6--6-6-6-6--6-6-|
|
| Gtr IV
| E E  E E H          E E  E E H
|-6------6----------|-6------6----------|
|-6------6----------|-6------6----------|
|-7------7----------|-7------7----------|
|-8------8----------|-8------8----------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|


                         D.S. al Coda
  Ebm                Eb
  E E E E +E  E Q    E E E E +E  E Q
|------------------|-------------------||
|-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---||
|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---||
|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8--|-8-8-8-8-(8)-8-8---||
|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6--|-6-6-6-6-(6)-6-6---||
|------------------|-------------------||
|
| E E E E  H         E E E E  H
|-6-----6----------|-6-----6-----------||
|-7-----7----------|-8-----8-----------||
|-6-----6----------|-6-----6-----------||
|-8-----8----------|-8-----8-----------||
|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|-------------------||


                        Bridge
  &
  N.C.                   A         BmC#m  D
  Gtr I
                                 |-3--|
  W          W           E E E E Q Q  Q    W
                         | | | | | |  |    |
                         / / / / / /  /    /

  Gtr III
                                 |-3--|
  W          W           E E E E Q Q  Q    W
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||----------------|-------|
|----------|----------||-7-7-9-7-7-9-11-|-12----|
|----------|----------||-5-5-5-5-5-7--9-|-10----|


  N.C.                  A
  Gtr I
  W          W           E E  E  E  +E   E  E  E    W
                         | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    |
                         / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    /

  Gtr II
  W          W           Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    W
|----------|----------|-14---12------------12----|-12----||
|----------|----------|---------14-(14)-15----14-|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|
| Gtr III
| W          W           E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    W
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--------------------------|-------||
|----------|----------|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7----||
|----------|----------|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5----||


 Outro
  A
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-14---12------------12----|-14---12------------12----|
|---------14-(14)-15----14-|---------14-(14)-15----14-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|
|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|


  Bm                         Dm
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|-15---14---------12-14----|-15---14---------12-14-----|
|---------14-(14)-------14-|---------14-(14)-------14--|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E  +E   E  Q       E E  E  E  +E   E  Q
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7-----|
|--9-9--9--9--(9)--9--9----|--5-5--5--5--(5)--5--5-----|
|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|---------------------------|


  A
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-14---12------------12----|
|---------14-(14)-15----14-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|
|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|


                             Bm
   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-14---12------------12----|--------------------------|
|---------14-(14)-15----14-|-15---14---------12-14----|
|--------------------------|---------14-(14)-------14-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E  +E   E  Q
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--9-9--9--9--(9)--9--9----|
|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|


   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|
|-15---14---------12-14----|
|---------14-(14)-------14-|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
|  E E  E  E  +E   E  Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--7-7--7--7--(7)--7--7----|
|--5-5--5--5--(5)--5--5----|
|--------------------------|


   E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
   | |  |  |   |   |  |  |    | |  |  |   |   |  |  |
   / /  /  /   /   /  /  /    / /  /  /   /   /  /  /

   Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    E  E  +E   E  E  E
|-14---12------------12----|-14---12------------12----*|
|---------14-(14)-15----14-|---------14-(14)-15----14-*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
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|  E E  E  E   E   E  E  E    E E  E  E   E   E  E  E
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--------------------------|--------------------------*|
|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-|--7-7--9--7---7---7--9--7-*|
|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-|--5-5--5--5---5---5--5--5-*|


Duration Legend
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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
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 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
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 |  - 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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