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< < 4 3 3 1 2 t t 30 | . | . | . | . | . | . | . | e|===--------------|-----------------|---0-------------|-------------|| B|-----3=====1-0---|---0-1-3-5=======|-3---1-3-0---0---|-------------|| G|---2-----------2-|-1---------------|-----------2---1-|-2-----------|| D|-3=====2-0=======|-2=========2-0---|---------2===----|-----2-------|| A|-----------------|---------------3-|-2===0===--------|-0=======0---|| E|-----------------|-----------------|-------------0===|-------------|| 2 4 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 3 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 2 > > > > < < < < dim. > > > > Notes & Legend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ === - notes held, length of note, duration , - (above the tab) slight pause, breath mark (luftpause) < < < - crescendo - growing louder, becoming gradually louder > > > - decrescendo - growing quieter, becoming gradually softer bpm - beats per minute c3 - part barre on the 3rd fret c5 - part barre on the 5th fret dim. - diminuendo - diminishing, becoming gradually softer p - (below the tab) piano - soft, quietly t - (above the tab) tenuto - stressed, slightly accented, played firmly, the note is held for at least its full length ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the latest version of this tab can be found at http://www.classtab.org if you come across any mistakes please let me know - weed@wussu.com