Artist : TNT
Song : Hard To Say Goodbye
Album : Realized Fantasies
Tuning : A half a step lower
Intro (with Flanger)
Palm mute on the 6th and the 5th strings (x2)
Eb|--------------------------------------------------
Bb|---------------8----------------------------------
Gb|--------9------9----------------------------------
Db|--------9------9----------------------------------
Ab|--------7------------4-4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2-0--0-0---
Eb|-0-0--0----0-0----------------------------------3-
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------5------------------------------------------------
|--------7------6------------------------------------------------
|--------7------5------------------------------------------------
|-0-0--0-5--0-0------0-0-0-/5--5-5-4--4-4-0--0-0-2--2-2----------
|-------------------------------------------------------3--3-3-2-
|--------------------------------------------------
|---------------8----------------------------------
|--------9------9----------------------------------
|--------9------9----------------------------------
|--------7------------4-4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2-0--0-0---
|-0-0--0----0-0----------------------------------3-
Verse
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------5\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------------------------7------6\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------6-----------------7------5\-------------------------------
|--------7\----4-4-4---0-0--0-0-0--0-5--0-0-----0-0-0-5--5-5-4--4-4-0--0-0---
|-0-0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------3-
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------5\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------------------------7------6\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------6-----------------7------5\-------------------------------
|--------7\----4-4-4---0-0--0-0-0--0-5--0-0--------0-/5--5-5-4--4-4-0--0-0---
|-0-0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------3-
Pre-chorus
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------5-----------------------5-----------------------5-----------------
|-4-----4-----2-----7-----4-----4-----2-----5-----4-----4-----2-----7-----
|-4---x-2-----2-----7-----4---xx2-----2-----5-----4---x-2-----2-----7-----
|-2---------x-0--xxx5---xx2---------xx0---xx3---xx2---------x-0---x-5--xx-
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|-------5------------------/6---------
|-4-----4-----2-----5------/5---------
|-4---x-2-----2-----3------/3---------
|-2---------x-0-----3------------x/\--
|-------------------------------------
Chorus
Clean Tone
|---0------------------------0------0---------------------0---
|-----0---------------3--------0------0---------------3-----0-
|-------0-------------------------------0---------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|Distortion
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2-----------------------------9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-----2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----7\4-
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------0-0--xx-2-2--xx-2-2---------
|---0------------------------0---------------------------
|-----0---------------3--------0-------------------------
|-------0------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2-------------------5~-------
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-------------------5~-------
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx---------------3~---x\--
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------3-3--xx-2-2------------
PM
(x2)
|--------------------------------------------------
|---------------8----------------------------------
|--------9------9----------------------------------
|--------9------9----------------------------------
|--------7------------4-4-4--4-4-4-2--2-2-0--0-0---
|-0-0--0----0-0----------------------------------3-
2nd verse
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------5\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------------------------7------6\-------------------------------
|--------9\--------6-----------------7------5\-------------------------------
|--------7\----4-4-4---0-0--0-0-0--0-5--0-0-----0-0-0-5--5-5-4--4-4-0--0-0---
|-0-0--0-------------------------------------------------------------------3-
|------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------5\--
|--------9\---------------------------------7------6\--
|--------9\--------6------------------------7------5\--
|--------7\----4-4-4---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-5--0-0-----
|-0-0--0-----------------------------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
|-0-/5--5-5-4--4-4-0-----
|----------------------3-
2nd pre-chorus
|-----------------------------------------------------------
|-------5-----------------------5-----------------/6--------
|-4-----4-----2-----7-----4-----4-----2-----5-----/5--------
|-4---x-2-----2-----7-----4---x-2-----2-----3-----/3--------
|-2---------x-0--xxx5---xx2---------xx0-----3-----------x/\-
|-----------------------------------------------------------
2nd Chorus
|---0------------------------0------0---------------------0---
|-----0---------------3--------0------0---------------3-----0-
|-------0-------------------------------0---------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2-----------------------------9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-----2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----7\4-
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------0-0--xx-2-2--xx-2-2---------
PM
|---0------------------------0------0-------------------------
|-----0---------------3--------0------0-----------------------
|-------0-------------------------------0---------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2---------------------5-5-----5-5----
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-----2-2-----4-4-----5-5-----5-5----
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx-2-2-----4-4-----3-3-----3-3-x\-
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------0-0--xx-2-2--xx------xx--------
|---0------------------------0------0---------------------0---
|-----0---------------3--------0------0---------------3-----0-
|-------0-------------------------------0---------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2-----------------------------9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-----2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----9\6-
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----7\4-
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------0-0--xx-2-2--xx-2-2---------
PM
|---0------------------------0---------------------------
|-----0---------------3--------0-------------------------
|-------0------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|
|--------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------2-2-------------------5~-------
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----2-2-------------------5~-------
|-2-2-----4-4-----4-4-----0-0--xx---------------3~---x\--
|-0-0--xx-2-2--01-2-2--xx---------3-3--xx-2-2------------
PM
Interlude
|------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------7-------8-------7-------8---
|-5----3----7-------5----3-------7-------7-------7-------7---
|-5----3----7-------5----3-----------------------------------
|-3----1----5-------3----1----5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-5----
|-----------------------------PMPM----PMPM----PMPM----PMPM---
Guitar solo
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------15--------------12---------------15---------------------15---------
|-12-12------12-12---12------12-12-12-12------12-12-------------14b1/------
|-PM-PM------PM-PM---PM------PM-PM-PM-PM------PM-PM----12h14p12------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------x\--
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----12--------------15h17p15-17bh/~----17g-\p15h17p15~--------
|----15b1/~---\1------------------------------------------x/\--
|-XX-----------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------x\-------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|----------------12-13-15~-----13h15p13p12~--\---
|-------------12---------------------------------
|-10-9-----12-PM---------------------------------
|-PM-PM-10-PM------------------------------------
|-------PM---------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-14-12-12h14p12-12b1/--12--12h14p12-----------------------------------------
|-14-12------------------------------12--12h14p12----------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------12--12h14p12-10--10/12-12~-
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------
|----------------------PH----------
|-------PH-------------15bh~-------
|-------14bh~----12/14---------x\--
|-10/12----------------------------
|----------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12----------------------------------------------------------------------
|----12-11h12p11-11-11-------11-12-14-11-12----11-------(Machine gunning)-
|----------------------13-14----------------14----13-14--???????????????--
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat chorus, then
(x4)
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------
|--------7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7-7-7-7--7--7--7--7--
|-0-0--0-------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-15b1/--\--13-12~-----------------with Wah pedal-------
|--------------------12-12-14-14~--??????????????--12~--
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|-15b1/--\--13-12~---------15~--12~----------PH------------
|--------------------12-12------------14-14--12-12---------
|---------------------------------------------------14-14--
1----------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------17-17bq/-bq/-17u-17u-17u-17u-17u~-\--
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-14--14-14--14--14-14----------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------
|-15bh/------------------------------------------------------
|--------17--17--17~---15--15--------------------------------
|-----------------------------16~----14--14-12-12~-----------
|------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------arm up--
|----------------------------------------------------x/0-----
* Legend *
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
h = Hammer-on
p = Pull-off
~ = Vibrato
PM = Palm Mute
PH = Picking harmonic (Artificial harmonic)
b?/ = Bend : ? represents how many steps to bend
bh/ = Bend a 'half' step
b1/ = Bend a whole step
b1.5/ = Bend whole and a half steps
b?\ = Release : ? represents how many steps to release. If no number is
present, release it to the original pitch. This notation
could be just '\' as in bh/ \ / for bending, releasing to
the original pitch, then bending again
g? = Prebend (Ghost bend) : The number before 'g' is the fret and ?
represents how many steps
10gh = Bend the 10th fret note for a 'h'alf step THEN pick
u = Hold : After bending the previous note, keep the pitch, then pick the
same string again
10bh/ 10u = Bend the 10th fret note for a 'h'alf step THEN pick the
same string again while keep the half step higher pitch