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Gtr I () - 'Robbie Robertson - Electric Guitar 1' Gtr II () - 'Robbie Robertson - Electric Guitar 2' Intro Q=92 1. N.C. 4/4 Gtr I H Q Q Q E +H |-------------||-----------------|--------------|----------------| |---------/5--||o-\3--------5S3--|-(3)------/5--|-3----/5-(5)----| |---------/6--||--\4--------4S2--|-(2)------/6--|-4----/4-(4)----| |-------------||------2----------|--------------|----2-----------| |-------------||o----------------|--------------|----------------| |-------------||-----------------|--------------|----------------| 1st & 2nd Verses 2. +H. Q Q |---------------||-------------|------------------||------------------------| |-(5)------/5--o||-3-----------|-/5--/5--/5--/5\--||o-----------------------| |-(4)------/6---||-4-----------|-/4--/4--/4--/4\--||------------------------| |---------------||----2--------|------------------||--2p0---2p0--------0----| |--------------o||-------------|------------------||o-----2-----2-----------| |---------------||-------------|------------------||----------------/4------| S S E S S |---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------|-------------------|--------------------------| |-2p0---2p0-----2-----|---------0-----2---|----------2-----0-----2---| |-----2-----2---------|-------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------0---|-0---2h4-----0-----|-0--0-(0)---0-----3-4---0-| S S S S +E E S S S S +E |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-------2-(2)---------2-(2)---| |---2-4-----------2-4---------| |---------------------------0-| S S S S +S S S S +E S S S S +Q S S S S +Q |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-------2-(2)-----2-(2)-------|-------2-(2)--------2-(2)--| |---2-4-------4-2-------------|---2-4----------2-4--------| |-------------------------0---|---------------------------| Pre-Chorus $ ~ S S S S +S S Q Q Q Q |-----------------------------||----------------|--------------| |-----------------------------||-2--2--2--2-2---|-2--2--2------| |-----------------4-0h1-----0-||-2--2--2--2-2---|-0--0--0------| |-------2-(2)-----------2-2-0-||-2--2--2--2-2---|-2--2--2------| |---2-4-------4p2-------------||-0--0--0----0-4-|-0--0--0------| |-----------------------------||----------------|--------------| |-3-| E S S Q Q Q Q |---------------------------|-----------------------|-2--2--0--0---| |---------------------------|-----------------------|-2--2--0--0---| |---------------------------|-----------1-----------|-2--2--1--1---| |---0-----2-------0-(0)---2-|---0-----2---4-2-------|-4--4--2--2---| |-----------------------2---|-----------------4-----|-4--4---------| |-0---3S4-----3S4-----------|-0---3S4-----------3-0-|-2--2---------| Chorus Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |----0--0--0--|-------------||-------------| |-2--2--2--2--|----0--0--2--||-0--0--0--2--| |-2--2--2--2--|----1--1--2--||-1--1--1--2--| |-2--2--------|----2--2--4--||-2--2--2--2--| |-0--0--------|----2--2--4--||-2--2--2--0--| |-------------|-0--0--0--2--||-0--0--0-----| To Coda H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q |------------|-------------|--------------|| |-0----0--2--|-0--0--0--2--|-0--0--0--/5--|| |-1----1--2--|-1--1--1--2--|-1--1--1--/6--|| |-2----2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2------|| |-2----2--0--|-2--2--2--0--|-2--2--2------|| |-0----0-----|-0--0--0-----|-0--0--0------|| Interlude 1. Q E H Q Q Q Q |----------------|--------------|-------------|--------------------|| |-\3--------5S3--|-(3)------/5--|-3-----------|-/5--/5--/5--/5\---o|| |-\4--------4S2--|-(2)------/6--|-4-----------|-/4--/4--/4--/4\----|| |-----2----------|--------------|----2--------|--------------------|| |----------------|--------------|-------------|-------------------o|| |----------------|--------------|-------------|--------------------|| Guitar Solo 2. Gtr II ~~~~ W S +H |----------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------||-----9----9-9---11b13-(11)-------| |----------------------||-------12------------------------| |----------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------||---------------------------------| | | Gtr I | S S E S S |----------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------||---------------------------------| |----------------------||---------------------------------| |-2p0---2p0--------0---||-2p0------2p0--------------2-----| |-----2-----2----------||-----2--------2------------------| |---------------/4-----||-----------------------------0---| S S |--------12---------------------------------------------------| |-------------10b12r(10)--------------------------------------| |-11p9-------------------11b12-(11)-11b13==(11)-11r(11)p9-----| |---------------------------------------------------------11--| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------0---------------------------------2------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--0------2h4------------------------0------------------------| ~~~~ Q Q Q S S +E |----------------------------12-|-12---12----12--12-12----12---15b17==(15)-| |----------------------12h14----|---------14-----------14------------------| |-9-----------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| | | E. S +S S E S S S S |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------------------| |----------2-----0------2-------|----------2-(2)-------------2-(2)---------| |-------------------------------|----2--4---------------2--4---------------| |-0--0-(0)---0-----3-4--------0-|---------------------------------------0--| ~~~~~~~ +Q Q Q S +S |-(15)r--------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------15--| |-----------------------------14b16-(14)-----| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| | | S S S S +S S S S +E |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------| |-----------2-(2)-----2-(2)------------------| |-------2-4-------4-2------------------------| |------------------------------0-------------| S +S |------------12----------------------------------| |-----------------------------15-----------------| |-14b16-(14)------14b16==(14)------14--14-14r-14-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| | | S S S S +S S S S +E |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |---------------2-(2)------------2-(2)-----------| |---------2---4------------4---2-----------------| |------------------------------------------0-----| S +S |---------------------------------------------------|-------------------17-17-17-17-17--| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-12b13-(12)-----------------------------12b14-(12)-|-----------------------------------| |------------14---14p=12-14p12-14---14--------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| | | ~ | S S S S +Q S S S S +Q S S S S +S S |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------4--0h=1--------0--| |---------------2-(2)------------------2-(2)--------|-------2-(2)--------------2--2--0--| |---------2---4-------------------2--4--------------|---2-4-------4p2-------------------| |---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |---3---| |-------------------------------------|-------------------19---------------19b21-19b22-| |-19pb20r==(19)-----------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-18pb19r==(18)-----------------------|-------19b21==(19)----19r(19)p17-17-------------| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| | | S S S S +S S S S +E |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------| |---------------2-(2)-----2-(2)-------|-2p0----2p======0-----------------2-------------| |--------2---4--------4-2-------------|-----2--------------2---------------------------| |---------------------------------0---|-------------------------------------0----------| D.S. al Coda S S +E |-19b21r19-19---------------------------------|| |-------------19b21r19-----17-----------------|| |-----------------------------18\-------------|| |---------------------------------17b18-(17)--|| |---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|| | | |---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------------|| |----------------------0-----------2----------|| |---------------------------------------------|| |--0-----------2h====4---------0--------------|| & Gtr I Q Q Q ||-----------------||-----12------------|-----12-------------------------|| ||o-0--0--0-----5-o||--------------14---|--------------------------------|| ||--1--1--1--/6----||-/13----------14---|-/13----------------------------|| ||--2--2--2--------||--------14---------|--------14s12-/12---12----------|| ||o-2--2--2-------o||-------------------|-----------------------12h14-12-|| ||--0--0--0--------||-------------------|--------------------------------|| Outro Gtr II S S +H H |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |------9-9------9---------|----------------------| |-9h11-------11---11-11-9-|-(9)------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| | | Gtr I | S S E S S |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------| |-2p=0---2p0----------0---|--2p0---2p0-----2-----| |------2------2-----------|------2-----2---------| |-----------------/4------|------------------0---| S S E +Q Q W |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------7-(7)-------|---------------------------| |------9-7---7-(7)-------|---------------------------| |-9h11-------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| | | |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------------|---------------------------| |------------0-------2---|----------2-----0-----2----| |------------------------|---------------------------| |-0------2h4-------0-----|-0--0-(0)---0-----3-4---0--| +Q Q |-----12--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |----------14pb15r(14)p12b13-(12)-------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| | | S S S S +E |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |--------2-(2)------------------------2-(2)---| |---2--4--------------------------2-4---------| |-------------------------------------------0-| Q S +E. Q |--------------------------------------|-12---12---14b16---12------------19--| |-----------------------------------12-|----------------------------/21------| |----------12b13-(12)-----------/13----|-------------------------------------| |-14-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| | | S S S S +S S S S +E S S S S +Q S S S S +Q |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| |--------2-(2)----------2-(2)----------|---------2-(2)------------2--(2)-----| |----2-4-----------4--2----------------|----2--4--------------2-4------------| |---------------------------------0----|-------------------------------------| |-19---19-22b24----------------| |------------------------12-14-| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| | | S S |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |------------------------------| |--2p0-----2p===0---------0----| |-------2---------2------------| |---------------------/4-------| E H |-12---12-14b16-----12-------19-19-|-19-19-22b24-------------*| |------------------------/21-------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| | | S S |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |----------------------------------|-------------------------*| |--2p0-----2p===0------2-----------|---------------0-----2---*| |-------2---------2----------------|-------------------------*| |--------------------------0-------|--0-----2h===4-----0-----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; - 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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