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Gloomy e|-5-p4-5-7p5-4--5-----||--------------------------------||-5--5--3-3---| B|---------------------||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------||-6--6----5---| G|-6--6---7---7--6----*||--------------------------------||-5--5--------| D|--------------------*||-11------------------7-7-7-7-7--||-7--7----5---| A|-0-------------0-----||-0------------------------------||-8--8----3---| E|--------0------------||--------------------------------||-------------| 2 47 > with sadness e|-1--0h1-3p1--1--0-0---|----0h1-0---------------5--|-8-6--0-1--5--| B|-3------3---------2---|-3------3--3-3-p1-1--1--6--|-5-5--1-1-----| G|-2------2---------2---|-3------3----2----2--2-----|---5--3-2-----| D|-0------0-------------|-3-----------3----3--3-----|--------------| A|------------------0---|-1-------------------------|------3-------| E|----------------------|-------------1-------------|-8------1-----| 4 12 14 4 50 arp e|-5-5--4-5--5/12-12\5--|-5-4--1--0-0------0----|-1--5--3-3---| 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B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------3--|-3--------------2h3-3------------| G|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------| D|-3-------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------| A|-2-------------------------------|---------------------------------| E|---------------------------------|-4-------------------------------| sf pp sf 1 1 58 |----6----| rit F. e|-2--------------------0-0h1-2h3--|-4---------4/7-7---------7--|-0---0--|| B|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2h3-3------------|---3-3-3-3-3-----6-6-6-6-6--|-0------|| G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|---4-4-4-4-4-----7-7-7-7-7--|-7------|| D|---4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------|-----------------6-6-6-6-6--|-6------|| A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|--------|| E|-2-------------------------------|-1-------------0------------|--------|| 2 3 4 4 4 23 Fast and lively pp 61 > > > > > e|----9----7--|---5---4--|-4p2-2---0--|------------|---2---0--|----------| B|----10---5--|---5---2--|-----3------|-2h3-3---3--|---3---2--|---3---2--| G|*--------6--|---6---2--|-----4---3--|------------|----------|---1---2--| D|*---11------|----------|-0----------|------------|----------|----------| A|--0----0----|-0---0----|-------4----|-2-----0----|-----0----|-2---4----| E|------------|----------|------------|------------|-4--------|----------| 2/4 123 [1 [14 4 123 3 12 2 4 12 3 [1 67 playfully e|-------0--|-------------||----9-9----------------|-----------------------| B|---0---0--|-------------||--------12-12p10-10p9--|-12p10-10p9-12p10-10p9-| G|----------|-1h2-2---2--*||*----------------------|-----------------------| D|---4---6--|------------*||*-----11---11----11----|-------11---11----11---| A|-5---7----|-0-----0-----||--0--------------------|-0---------------------| E|----------|-------------||-----------------------|-----------------------| 4 3 1 3 4 2 1 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e|-4p2-2p1-4p2-2p1--|-4p2-2---0--|---0-2p0-0--------|------------------| B|-----0---0---0----|-----0------|-3---------3-3-2--|-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-2--| G|------------------|------------|------------------|------------------| D|-0---0---0---0----|-0---0-0----|-----0------------|-----2---2---2----| A|------------------|---------4--|-2-------2---2----|------------------| E|------------------|------------|------------------|-0----------------| 4 * 3 2 3 75 > > > e|------------|-------------||------------|-------0--|---------0--| B|-2p0-0---2--|-------------||---------1--|---3---1--|-1p0-1---1--| G|-----1---1--|-4p2-2---2--*||---------2--|---4---0--|---------0--| D|-----2---2--|------------*||-3p2-3------|---5------|------------| A|------------|-0-----0-----||------------|-----3----|-------3----| E|-0-----0----|-------------||-------1----|-3--------|------------| 12 3 f 80 > > e|---2---3--|-------3-3--2--|---0------|----------|-0-0--0--|---9----7--| B|---4---5--|-----0------0--|---1---3--|-1-----3--|-0-0-----|---10---5--| G|---2---4--|---0--------2--|---0---4--|-2-----2--|-1-1-----|--------6--| D|----------|---------------|----------|----------|---2-----|---11------| A|-2--------|------------2--|-3--------|-0--------|---------|-0----0----| E|-----0----|-0-------------|-----4----|---3-1----|-0-------|-----------| 86 > > > > e|---5---4--|-4p2-2---0--|------------|---2---0--|----------|-------0--| B|---5---2--|-----3------|-2h3-3---3--|---3---2--|---3---2--|---0---0--| G|---6---2--|-----4---3--|------------|----------|---1---2--|----------| D|----------|-0----------|------------|----------|----------|---4---6--| A|-0---0----|-------4----|-2-----0----|-----0----|-2---4----|-5---7----| E|----------|------------|------------|-4--------|----------|----------| 92 . . . e|------------|---9-9----------------|------------------------| B|------------|-------12-12p10-10p9--|-12p10-10p9-12p10-10p9--| G|-1h2-2---2--|----------------------|------------------------| D|------------|-----11---11----11----|-------11---11----11----| A|-0-----0----|-0--------------------|-0----------------------| E|------------|----------------------|------------------------| 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . e|-4p2-2p1-4p2-2p1--|-4p2-2-----0--|---0-2p0-0--------|------------------| B|-----0---0---0----|-----0--------|-3---------3-3-2--|-2-0-0-2-2-3-3-2--| G|------------------|--------------|------------------|------------------| D|-0---0---0---0----|-0---0--0-----|-----0------------|-----2---2---2----| A|------------------|-----------4--|-2-------2---2----|------------------| E|------------------|--------------|------------------|-0----------------| * D/4th string (instead of open D/6th string) With vigor cresc 99 > . . . . > . . . . > . . > e|------------||----0---0-2p0---0--|-5-0---0-2p0---0--|---0-2p0---0-4p0--| B|-2p0-0---2--||--2---4-------4----|-----4-------4----|-3-------3--------| G|-----1---1--||*------------------|------------------|------------------| D|-----2---2--||*------------------|------------------|------------------| A|------------||--0-------0--------|-0-------0--------|-2-------2--------| E|-0-----0----||------0-------0----|-----0-------0----|-----0-------0----| 1 3 1 4 13 2 4 p 103. . > . . > In a bright, sparkling manner e|---0-2p0---0-4p0--||------9------7---|-----5-------4---|-----2-------0---| B|-3-------3--------||----10-10--9---9-|---7---7---0---0-|---3---2---2---2-| G|-----------------*||*----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------*||*----------------|-4---------------|-0---------------| A|-2-------2--------||--0------8-------|---------4-------|---------1-------| E|-----0-------0----||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| 4 3 2 3 1 1 4 2 3 4 107 e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| B|-----3-------4---|-----5-------3---|-----2-------2---|-----3-------4---| G|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---1---1-|---2---2---2---2-|---2---2---2---2-| D|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|-4-------3-------| A|-2-------0-------|-----------------|-0---------------|-----------------| E|-----------------|-4-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------| 4 111 > e|-------0-------2--|-0------0---|-----0-------0---|--------0-----0--| B|-----2-------1----|-2----2---2-|---2---2---2---2-|------2-----2----| G|---2-------2------|-2----------|-----------------|----2-----2------| D|-2-------1--------|-2----------|-----------------|-2---------------| A|------------------|------------|-0-------4-------|-----------------| E|------------------|----0-------|-----------------|-----------------| sf ff 115 > > > > > > > e|-5-----5-9------9-|-12----12-12-12-|---10-10-10---7-7-7-|---4-4-4---0-0-0-| B|-----5-------10---|-9--------------|--------------------|-----------------| G|---6-------9------|-9---9----------|-7----------4-------|-1---------------| D|------------------|----------------|--------------------|---------2-------| A|------------------|----------------|--------------------|-----------------| E|------------------|-0--------------|--------------------|-----------------| [1 [1 119 > cresc e|-------------------||----------------||------------------|-----------------| B|---3-3-3---0-0-0---||----------------||----------------0-|---2-----------0-| G|------------------*||-2------------1-||*---2---1---2-----|-------1---2-----| D|-0----------------*||------2---4-----||*-----------------|-----------------| A|---------2---------||-0--------------||--0-------0---2---|-4-------0---2---| E|-------------------||----0---2---4---||------4-----------|-----4-----------| p 123 with heavy emphasis e|------------------|-0---0--|-1---2--|-3---4--|-5---7--|-9---12p9---0-----| B|---2---0---2---3--|-----1--|-1---3--|-0---3--|-2---7--|-10------10---2---| G|------------------|-----3--|-2---2--|-0---4--|-2---7--|-9--------------2-| D|-------------0----|-2------|-----0--|--------|-----0--|------------------| A|-4---2---4--------|-----3--|--------|--------|-0------|------------------| E|------------------|--------|-1------|-3---0--|--------|-0----------------| sf sf sf sf sf sf 129 [1.______________] e|-----------0-|-------0-------1-|-------2-------4--|-5----------------|| B|---------2---|-----3-------3---|-----3-------3----|-2----------------|| G|-------2-----|---4-------4-----|---4-------4------|-2---------------*|| D|-2-----------|-----------------|------------------|-2----2---4---6--*|| A|-------------|-----------------|------------------|-0----------------|| E|-----0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------|----0---2---4-----|| sf 133 [2______ e|-5---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5--4h5-7p5-4h5--| B|-2---------------|-2--1h2-3p2-1h2--|-5--4h5-7p5-4h5--|-----------------| G|-2--1h2-4p2-1h2--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| A|-0------0--------|-0------0--------|-0------0--------|-0------0--------| E|----0-------0----|----0-------0----|----0-------0----|----0-------0----| 1 2 4 2 1 3 2 2 growing louder and faster 137 F. e|-9--8h9-10p9-8h9-|-12--11h12-14p12-11h12-|-12g/17-----|-9--------|-5-----|| B|-----------------|-----------------------|------------|-10-------|-5-----|| G|-----------------|-----------------------|------------|-9--------|-6-----|| D|-----------------|-----------------------|------------|-11-------|-7-----|| A|-0------0--------|-0---------0-----------|-0----------|-0----0---|-0-----|| E|----0--------0---|-----0-----------0-----|------------|----------|-------|| 2 3 2 4 ff ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes and Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The piece was written for a guitar with one or more extra strings, and in many places the sheet has D2 (a tone below E2, the open 6th string) often as the bottom note of a chord or interval. In the tab these Ds are usually played on the open 4th string. Measures affected include 5,30,34,47,53,71,72,95,96. In measure 28 the rundown was intended to continue after the G#2 on the 6th string until B2 and then it returns to E2 (open 6th string) (rather then moving up an octave to F3 on the 5th string as in the tab). Similarly in measure 40, in the sheet the 2nd A is A2, and not a repeat of A3. The repeat at measure 37 (and first ending at measure 44) is sometimes left out, going straight from measure 43 to measure 45. For the 6-string arpeggiated chords, play the bottom 3 notes with the thumb. measures 14,18 - in the sheet the 10th note is E (not C) left hand fingering (LHF) 1 - index finger 2 - middle finger 3 - ring finger 4 - little finger C(n) barre on the nth fret c(n) part barre on the nth fret [ barre with the index finger forte f - loud fortissimo ff - very loud piano p - soft mezzo-forte mf - medium loud pianissimo pp - very soft sf - sforzando - strong, sudden accent on a note or a chord F. - Fermata - pause, notes held for longer than their value dolce - gently, sweetly cresc - crescendo - becoming gradually louder rit - ritenuto - slowing down, suddenly slower arp - arpeggiate a tempo - return to the original tempo h - hammer-on p - pull-off / - slide up \ - slide down g - grace note (ornament) - an extra note played before the main note - the next note is usually played as a hammer-on, pull-off or slide > - accented, marked, stressed . - staccato |-3-| - triplet - 3 notes played in the time of 2 notes |-6-| - sextuplet - 6 notes played in the time of 4 notes repeat section [1. play the 1st time [2. play on repeat |----- -----| |-------------------- |------------------- |----- -----| |-------------------- |------------------- |*---- ----*| |-------------------- |------------------- |*---- ----*| |-------------------- |------------------- |----- -----| |-------------------- |------------------- |----- -----| |-------------------- |------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ tabbed by Vlad - checked by weed@wussu.com (5 September 2026) the latest version of this tab can be found at https://www.classtab.org