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/ Black Flag / TV Party (EP) (1982) / My Rules guitar tab

MY RULES
As recorded by Black Flag
From the 1981 Album EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
Words and Music by G. Ginn

    Bsus2sus4add6b5
      x 2 3 6 5 4

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mr. Ginn - w/dist'

 Intro
  Q=195
             E5     B5    D5    A5
 4/4
  Gtr I
  W           E E E E E E E E   H    Q  Q    +W
|----------|------------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------------|------------|--------|
|----------|--------------7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)----|
|----------|-14-x-x-9-x-x-7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)----|
|----------|-14-x-x-9-x-x-5-x-|-0----0--0--|-(0)----|
|----------|-12-x-x-7-x-------|------------|--------|


   Verse                            Chorus
    A5   D5       C5     F5          E5
    E Q  h    E   q  +E  q  Q  E  4x E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-------------|--------6--6----o||-----------------|------------------|
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5-----||-----------------|------------------|
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3-----||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||--5-x---------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|


  A5                                  E5
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1--0--1-0-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|---------------|


   Verse
    A5   D5       C5     F5        A5   D5       C5     F5
    E Q  h    E   q  +E  q  Q  E   E Q  h    E   q  +E  q  Q  E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|--------6--6----|-------------|--------6--6-----o||
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5----|------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5------||
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3----|-7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3------||
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------|-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)----------o||
||--5-x---------|----------------|-5-x---------|------------------||


 Chorus 2
  E5                                  A5
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|


 Breakdown
  E5     B5    D5    A5
   E E E E E E E E   H    Q  Q    +W           +W
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|--------------7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-14-x-x-9-x-x-7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-14-x-x-9-x-x-5-x-|-0----0--0--|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-12-x-x-7-x-------|------------|------------|--------|


   Verse 3
    A5   D5       C5     F5        A5   D5       C5     F5
    E Q  h    E   q  +E  q  Q  E   E Q  h    E   q  +E  q  Q  E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|--------6--6----|-------------|--------6--6-----o||
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5----|------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5------||
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3----|-7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3------||
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------|-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)----------o||
||--5-x---------|----------------|-5-x---------|------------------||


 Outro
  E5                                  A5
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|


  E5
  E E E E E E E E   Q  Q  E E E E   W          W
|-----------------|-1--0--1-0-1-0-|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------|----------|------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|


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
  - 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 -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths


Black Flag albums
1985 The Process of Weeding Out (EP)
1985 Loose Nut
1985 In My Head
1984 Slip It In
1984 My War
1984 Family Man
1982 TV Party (EP)
1981 Six Pack (EP)
1981 Louie Louie (Single)
1981 Damaged
1980 Jealous Again (EP)
1978 Nervous Breakdown (EP)
TV Party (EP) tabs
01TV Party tabbass tab
03My Rules tabbass tab

 

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