#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

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


Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Untitled'

 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


** Generated using Power Tab Editor by Brad Larsen: The Official Power Tab Web Site

Hosted by www.Geocities.ws

1