Guns N' Roses - Sweet child o mine
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Autoscroll
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Transpose 0
Tuning:
SWEET CHILD O' MINE (Bassline)
As recorded by Guns N' Roses
(From the 1987 Album APPETITE FOR DESTRUCTION)
Words and Music by W. Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin', Duff McKagan and Steven Adler
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Drop - 1/2 A Step'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=122
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 H Q E E Q. E +Q E E
|------------|--------------|-------11-(11)--11-12-|
|------------|--------------|-12-------------------|
|------------|-----------12-|----------------------|
|------------|--------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q. E +Q. E
|-14--16-14-12S11----14-|-------12-(12)--------|
|-----------------12----|-10--------------10---|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
E E E E +E E E E H +Q. a E
|-10-9----10-(10)-9-------|--------------------|
|------10-----------10----|--------------10s12-|
|----------------------12-|-10----(10)---------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
H +Q. a E E E E E +E E Q
|-12----(12)---------|-12-11----12-(12)-11-----|
|--------------10s12-|-------12------------12--|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
H Q Q Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E
|---------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-12-------12--|---------------|--------4-7-4---|---------------|
|---------------|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5---------|-3----3-3----3-|
|---------------|---------------|--------------5-|---------------|
Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|--------3-2-----|---------------|-----3-4-5-------|
|-3----3-----3---|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|
|--------------5-|-3----3-3----3-|-3-0-------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|-4-7-----5--4--||
|-5----5-5----5-|-------5-------||
|---------------|-----5---------||
Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-3-2-0-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|----------------|---------------|---7-----------|
|---------------|----------5-----|---------------|---------5--4--|
|---------------|--------------0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---0-5-------|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|---------------|---------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---0-0-0-1-1-2-2-|
Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|---------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|-----------------|-----------0-5---||
Chorus
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|--------7-5-4---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-------5-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +H Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------0-3---||
Interlude
Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E E E E E
|---------------|----------7-----|---------------|---5------5-----|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5-----0-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-------|
|---------------|----------------|---------------|--------------0-|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---7-----------||
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|---------5--4--||
|---------------|-----2---3---4---|-5----5-5----5-|-5-----5-------||
|-3----3-3----3-|-3-3---3---3---3-|---------------|---------------||
Verse
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------5-3-2---|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-------3-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q Q Q. E Q. E E Q. E E E E
|---------------|--------------|---------------|---7------7---7-|
|---------------|--------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|-----------3--|-5----5-5----5-|-5------5---5---|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3----3-3-----|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---0-0-0-1-1-2-2-|
Q E E Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|---------------|-----------------|-------------5-6-|-7-7-7-7-7--------||
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|-----------------|------------------||
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|-5----5-5--------|------------------||
|-3--3-3-3----3-|-3---------------|-----------------|-----------0-5---||
Chorus
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------7---7-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5---5---|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +H Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-7---7---7---7---||
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5----5-|---5---5---5---5-||
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
Interlude
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q E E Q. E Q. E E Q. E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---2----3-3-4-4-|
|-5----5-5----5-|-5----5-5--0-2-|-3----3-3----3-|-3--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---2-3-4-5-------|
|---------------|-----------2-3-4-|
|-3----3-3----3-|-3---------------|
Q. E Q. E E S S S S S S S S S S E E
|---------------|---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
|---------------|-------------------------7--||
|-5----5-5----5-|----------------------------||
|---------------|-5--------------------------||
Chorus
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +E E E E Q. E Q. E E Q E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|---7--7-7-5-4---|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-3-3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5------------5-|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------|----------------|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +H Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)----|-5----5-5----5-|-5---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|---------------|---0-2-0-2-0-4-0-|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q E E Q. E Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|---7-----7---7---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)--3-0-|-5----5-5----5-|-5---5-5---5---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
Q E E +Q E E Q E E +Q. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-0----0-(0)--0-2-|-3----3-(3)-----|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-0-6--||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +Q Q Q. E +Q Q
||-------------------|------5-(5)-----|------4-(4)-----|
||o------2-(2)-------|----------------|----------------|
||o------------------|-3--3--------3--|-2-----------2--|
||--0--0-------0-2-3-|----------------|----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
Q E E +E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|------2-(2)--------||-------------------|------------------||
|------------------o||---------------4-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-5-4-4--||
|-0----------------o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|------------------||
|------------0-2-3--||-------------------|------------------||
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q 4x
||------------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|-----------------||
||o------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|----------------o||
||o-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5------o||
||--0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3----||
Outro
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||o------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------o||
||o------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|---3-3-3-5------o||
||--0----0-(0)-----2-|-3----3-(3)------|-----------------|------------3----||
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E Q Q E E +E E Q E E E E Q Q
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-0----0-(0)------|---3-3-3-5-----|
|-0----0-(0)-----2-|-3----3-(3)------|-----------------|------------3--|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-5-5-----|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-------------3-3-|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|---------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3--|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q. E +Q E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|----------------|------2-(2)------|---------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)-----|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-0-----------0-2-|-3-3-3-3-5-----|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3--|-----------------|------------3--|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q E E Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|------2-(2)-----|-------------|
|------2-(2)------|------5-(5)------|----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-7-5---------|
|-0-----------0-2-|-3-----------3-3-|----------------|-----7-6-5-3-|
Q. E +E E E E Q. E +Q Q W H H
|------------------|----------------|----------|-----------|
|------2-(2)-------|------5-(5)-----|----------|-----------|
|------------------|----------------|-0--------|-3----5----|
|-0----------0-0-2-|-3-----------3--|----------|-----------|
W +W +H H W
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|----------|------------|-------------|------*|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|------*|
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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