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Sweet Child O' Mine

Note - on the record, Slash tunes down a semitone, putting the song in Db, and the end in Eb minor. Some other tabs I've seen write it in D and Em (as it would be played) - however, playing this with conventional tuning makes it even harder to sing (we are not all blessed with Axl's range), so I have written it in C and Dm for the end

Intro Riff - 1st time guitar only, 2nd time - bass fill and drum 'punctuation', 3rd time - full band

     C                             Bb
E||:-------------13----12----|---|-------------13----12----|---|
B||:----13-------------------|---|----13-------------------|---|
G||:-------12-10----12----12-|-%-|-------12-10----12----12-|-%-|
D||:-10----------------------|---|-12----------------------|---|
A||:-------------------------|---|-------------------------|---|
E||:-------------------------|---|-------------------------|---|

  F                           [1,2.C                          ]
E-------------13----12----|---|-------------13----12----|---:|| x3
B----13-------------------|---|----13-------------------|---:||
G-10----12-10----12----12-|-%-|-------12-10----12----12-|-%-:||
D-------------------------|---|-10----------------------|---:||
A-------------------------|---|-------------------------|---:||
E-------------------------|---|-------------------------|---:||

[3.C
E-10----------10----12----|-13---12----10----------||
B-------13----------------|------------------13----||
G----12----12----12----12-|----12---12----12----12-||
D-------------------------|------------------------||
A-------------------------|------------------------||
E-------------------------|------------------------||

Verse
||:C |% |Bb |% |F |% |C |% :||

Chorus

     G                 Bb                     C
E||:---7-----8---7---|-----------10----8----|-------------13----12----|---:||
B||:-----8---------8-|---11-----------------|----13-------------------|---:||
G||:-7-----7---7-----|------10-8----10---10-|-------12-10----12----12-|-%-:||
D||:-----------------|-8--------------------|-10----------------------|---:||
A||:-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---:||
E||:-----------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---:||

Guitar Fill(Verse Changes)
||C |% |Bb |% |F |% |C |% ||

Repeat Verse
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Guitar Fill x2
Repeat Chorus x2

Guitar Solo
||:Dm |Bb |A |Gm :||x4

Guitar Solo 2 (wah)
||:Dm |F |Gm |Bb C F :||x4

Outro
||:Dm |F |Gm |Bb C F :||

Key to Tab

| = bar line(usually every 4 beats in rock)

|| = end of a section

:|| = repeat section (No of times)

% = repeat previous bar

p = pull off

h = hammer on

^ = string bend

s = slide

h = harmonic - number shows fret

x = mute with left hand

m = mute with right hand palm

t = tap with right hand Top of Page

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