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HOLD ON
As recorded by Slaughter
(From the 1992 Album THE WILD LIFE)
Transcribed by Angie Jepson | Words and Music by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum |
Intro
Medium Rock Q=132
4/4
Gtr I
PM| PM--------| PM| PM
H Q E S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------7-7-|-7-----8---------|---5-----4-4---7-|
|-----------7-7-|-7-----7---------|---5-----3-3---7-|
|---------------|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-----0---|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM| PM--------| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. S S
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-7-----8---------|---5-5-4-4----7-7---||
|-7-----7---------|---5-5-3-3----7-7---||
|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------||
1st, 2nd Verses
PM| PM--------| PM| PM PM| PM----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-7-----8---------|---5-----4-4---7-|-7-----8---------|
||--7-----7---------|---5-----3-3---7-|-7-----7---------|
||----0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-----0---|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM ~~ PM| PM--------| PM| PM PM| PM----|
E E E E Q. S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---5-5-4-4----7-7-|-7-----8---------|---5-----4-4---7-|-7-----8---------|
|---5-5-3-3----7-7-|-7-----7---------|---5-----3-3---7-|-7-----7---------|
|-0----------------|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-----0---|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM ~
E E E E H E E Q +E E Q
|--------------|--------------------|
|---5-5-4-4----|------5---(5)---5---|
|---5-5-3-3----|----4---------4-----|
|-0------------|-2------0-(0)-------|
|--------------|------------------4-|
|--------------|--------------------|
Q. E +Q. E
+E E Q +E E Q E E Q +E E Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-(5)---5---(5)---5---|------5---(5)---5----|
|-----4---------4-----|----4---------4------|
|---------0-(0)-----0-|-2------0-(0)--------|
|-(4)-----------------|------------------4--|
|---------------------|---------------------|
+Q. E +Q. E Q. E +Q. E
E E Q +E E E E Q. E +Q. E +Q. E +H
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|--5----5---(5)---5---|-7------5-(5)-----4-|-(4)-----5-(5)-------|
|-----4---------4---6-|----6---------6-----|-----6---------6---6-|
|---------0-(0)-------|------4----4----4---|-(4)---4---(4)---4---|
|-(4)-----------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
+Q. E +Q. E E E Q E E Q +E E Q +E E E E
Chorus
Q. E +Q. E +Q. S S Q Q Q E S S E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
|-7------5-(5)-----4-|-(4)-----5-5-5--7--||-9--9-x-x-9-10-9--|
|----6---------6-----|-----6---6-6-6--8--||-9--9-x-x-9--9-9--|
|------4----4----4---|-(4)---4-----------||-9--9-x-x-9--9-9--|
|--------------------|-------------------||-7--7-x-x-7--7-7--|
|--------------------|-------------------||------------------|
E E Q E E Q +E E E E H
E E E S S E E Q H Q. E +E E E E S S S S S S S S
|------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
|---4-4-x-x-4-5-4--|-5----4----2-|-(2)------------------------|
|---4-4-x-x-4-4-4--|-6----4----2-|-(2)------------------------|
|---4-4-x-x-4-4-4--|-6----4----2-|-(2)-----2-4h5p4p2-4p2------|
|---2-2-x-x-2-2-2--|-2----2----0-|-(0)-0S4---------------4p2--|
|------------------|-------------|----------------------------|
Q E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q
|------------------|------------------|
|-9--9-x-x-9-10-9--|---4-4-x-x-4-5-4--|
|-9--9-x-x-9--9-9--|---4-4-x-x-4-4-4--|
|-9--9-x-x-9--9-9--|---4-4-x-x-4-4-4--|
|-7--7-x-x-7--7-7--|---2-2-x-x-2-2-2--|
|------------------|------------------|
H Q. E +E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-------------|----------------------------|
|-5----4----2-|-(2)------------------------|
|-6----4----2-|-(2)------------------------|
|-6----4----2-|-(2)-----2-4h5p4p2-4p2------|
|-2----2----0-|-(0)-0S4---------------4p2--|
|-------------|----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E +W Q. E +Q Q
|----------------3--|-(3)--------|-3----3-(3)--3--|
|---5-----4------2--|-(2)--------|-2----3-(3)--3--|
|-----6-----4----2--|-(2)--------|-2----0-(0)--0--|
|-------4--------0--|-(0)--------|-0--------------|
|-4-----------0-(0)-|------------|------2-(2)--3--|
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
1.
PM| PM----|
+W Q. E +Q Q +H.. S S E E E E E E E E
|-(3)--------|-3----3-(3)--3--|-(3)------------||-----------------|
|-(3)--------|-2----3-(3)--3--|-(3)--------7-7-||-7-----8---------|
|-(0)--------|-2----0-(0)--0--|-(0)--------7-7-||-7-----7---------|
|------------|-0--------------|----------------||---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
|-(3)--------|------2-(2)--3--|-(3)------------||-----------------|
|------------|----------------|----------------||-----------------|
2.
PM PM| PM PM| PM--------| ~~
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. S S W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||-3----|
|---5-----4-4---7-|-7-----8---------|---5-5-4-4----7-7-o||-3----|
|---5-----3-3---7-|-7-----7---------|---5-5-3-3----7-7--||-0----|
|-0---0-0-----0---|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0-----------------||------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||-3----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||------|
Bridge
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q.
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4-------6-------|-7-------6-------|-7p6--------------|
|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|-----6-------6----|
|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|-------6-(6)------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7p6-----9-7-6---|-4-------6-------|-7-------6-------|
|-----6---------6-|---4---4---4---4-|---4---4---4---4-|
|-------6---------|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E Q E E Q W E E E E E E E E
|---------------|-^-9--------||------------------------|
|-6------7------|-^-9--------||------------14-13-------|
|---6------6----|-^10--------||------13----------13----|
|-----6------6--|-^11--------||---13----13----------13-|
|---------------|------------||------------------------|
|---------------|------------||------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------11-------------|---------7--------|-9---------9---------|
|----11-------11----------|-----7-----7------|---9---------9-------|
|-12-------------12----12-|---8---------8----|-----11--------10----|
|-------13----------13----|-9-----9-------11-|--------11--------11-|
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------11-------------|
|------------14-13-------|----11-------11----------|
|------13----------13----|-12-------------12----12-|
|---13----13----------13-|-------13----------13----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------7--------|-9---------9----------|
|-----7-----7------|---9---------9--------|
|---8---------8----|-----11--------10-----|
|-9-----9-------11-|--------11--------11--|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------11-------------|
|------------14-13-------|----11-------11----------|
|------13----------13----|-12-------------12----12-|
|---13----13----------13-|-------13----------13----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------7--------|-9---------9----------|
|-----7-----7------|---9---------9--------|
|---8---------8----|-----11--------10-----|
|-9-----9-------11-|--------11--------11--|
|------------------|----------------------|
|------------------|----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------11-------------|
|------------14-13-------|----11-------11----------|
|------13----------13----|-12-------------12----12-|
|---13----13----------13-|-------13----------13----|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
~
a H Q Q a Q. S S H
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------8--|-6s8----6p4-3----|
|-5s6----9-----|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|
Chorus
Q E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q H Q. E
||-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
||o-13--13-x-x-13-14-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-9-8--|--9----8----6-|
||--13--13-x-x-13-13-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-8-8--|-10----8----6-|
||--13--13-x-x-13-13-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-8-8--|-10----8----6-|
||o-11--11-x-x-11-11-11--|---6-6-x-x-6-6-6--|--8----6----4-|
||-----------------------|------------------|--------------|
1.
+E E E E S S S S S S S S Q E S S E E Q E E E S S E E Q
|---------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-(6)-----------------------|-13--13-x-x-13-14-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-9-8--|
|-(6)-----------------------|-13--13-x-x-13-13-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-8-8--|
|-(6)-----6-8h9p8p6-8p6-----|-13--13-x-x-13-13-13--|---8-8-x-x-8-8-8--|
|-(4)-4S8---------------8p6-|-11--11-x-x-11-11-11--|---6-6-x-x-6-6-6--|
|---------------------------|----------------------|------------------|
2.
E S S E S S E E E E E S S Q S E S Q E E E S S E E Q
|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-9-7--9-|-11--9-11-11--11-11-11-11---||-------------------|
|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-7--9-|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--o||---8-8-x-x-8-9-8---|
|-8-x-x-8-x-x-8-8-8-10-|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10---||---8-8-x-x-8-8-8---|
|-9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-11-|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---||---8-8-x-x-8-8-8---|
|----------------------|---------------------------o||---6-6-x-x-6-6-6---|
|----------------------|----------------------------||-------------------|
E S S E S S E E E E E S S Q S E S Q H Q Q
|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-9-7--9-|-11--9-11-11--11-11-11-11--||-------------|
|-7-x-x-7-x-x-7-7-7--9-|--9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9--||-------------|
|-8-x-x-8-x-x-8-8-8-10-|-10-10-10-10--10-10-10-10--||-------------|
|-9-x-x-9-x-x-9-9-9-11-|-11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--||---------8---|
|----------------------|---------------------------||-6----9------|
|----------------------|---------------------------||-------------|
~ ~
a Q. S S H H Q Q a Q. S S H
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-6h8----6p4-3----|----------11--|-9h11----9p7-6----|
|-----------------|-9----12------|------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM----|
Q Q Q Q Q. S S Q Q E E E E E E E E
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------8--|-8----10p8-6h=8--|-2-----3---------|
|----5---9-----|-----------------|-2-----2---------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|---0-0---0-0-0-0-|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H Q Q Q. S S Q Q W
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------9--|-9----10p9-5h=7--|-----------------|
|-7-----10-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM PM| PM PM| PM
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------------|----------------------|-3--3--------:
|---------------2-2-|-2-----3--------------|-3--3--3-----:
|---4-----2-2---2-2-|-2-----2--------------|-0--0--2--2--:
|---5-----4-4-------|----------------------|-0--0--0--2--:
|-0---0-0-----0-----|---0-0---0------------|----------0--:
|-------------------|-----------(3)S(22)\--|-3--3--2-----:
+W +W +W +W
|------------:------------:------------:--------*|
|------------:------------:------------:--------*|
|-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)----*|
|-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)--------:-(2)----*|
|-(0)--------:-(0)--------:-(0)--------:-(0)----*|
|------------:------------:------------:--------*|
Duration Legend --------------- 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 ---------------- 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 <n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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