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Back Porch Guitar Tablature
                                   BACK PORCH
            As recorded by Presidents Of The United States Of America


Gtr I (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Db Ab Db) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Moderately Fast Rock Q=144
 4/4
  Gtr I
  E E +S  S E E S S +S  S S S   E E +S  S S S E S S +S  S S S
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-3-5-(5)-5-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3--|


  E E +S  S E E S S +S  S E   E E E E a    +E  +E  Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-|------------------------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3-|
|
| Gtr II
| W                           E E E E a    +E  +E  Q
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3-|


  E E S E S E S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q   q     q     q       q     q     q     q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|


  E S S S E S E S S S E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q     q     q     q       q     q     q     q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0-----------------|
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----|


  E E S E S E S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q   q     q     q       q     q     q     q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|


  E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|
|
| q     q     q     q
|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|-3-----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


          E           S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
|         q                         q                        q                        q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a      +S  S a     +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Verse
  $
        E  E S E S E S S S E S    E  S S S E     S  E   S S S E S
|----------4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|-----3-x-x-3-----x------3-x-x-3-x-|
|----------5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|-----5-x-x-5-----x------5-x-x-5-x-|
|-------0----------0-----------|--5-----------------5-------------|
|
|       q    q     q     q        q      q          q       q
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------0-----3-----0-----|----------------------------------|
|-------0----------------------|--5------0----------5-------4-----|
|
| a     W                        +Q.         +E    +E   E   Q
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------3----------------------|-(3)---------(3)---(3)/-----------|
|-5b7==(5)---------------------|-(5)r========(5)---(5)/-----------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  E S S S E S E S S S E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
| q     q     q     q       q     q     q     q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0-----------------|
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----|


    E E S E S E S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
||o---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
||----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
||o-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
|   q   q     q     q       q     q     q     q
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||------0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
||o-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|


  E S S S E S E S S S E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S  3x
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-o||
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x--||
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-o||
|
| q     q     q     q       q     q     q     q      3x
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------0-----3-----0-----|-2-----0------------------||
|-3-----------------------|-------------5-----3-----o||


 Chorus
  $$
  Gtrs I, III
  E E S S S S E S S S S S S   E E S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


  E E +S  S E E S S +S  S E   W
|---------------------------|------|
|-3-5-(5)-5-5-3-5-5-(5)-5-5-|------|
|-0-0-(0)-0-0-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|------|


  E E S S S S E S S S S S S   E E S S S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|


                   To Coda
                   To Coda
  E E S S S S E S S S S S S   E E E E a    +E  +E  Q
|---------------------------|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--||
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E S S S S E S S S S S S   E E E E a    +E  +E  Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--||


 Interlude
    E E S E S E S S S E S     E S S S E S E S S S E S
|-----4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|-----5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|---0---------0-----------|---5-----------5-----------|
|
|   q   q     q     q         q     q     q     q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|---------------------------|
|---0---------------------|---5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| Gtr IV
|   W                         W
|-^10---------------------|---------------------------|
|-^10---------------------|-^-8-----------------------|
|-^11---------------------|-^10-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-^-9-----------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|


   E  S S S E S E S S  S   E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|--3------------3--------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
|  q      q     q      q         q     q     q     q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----3------0-------|-2-----0-----------------|
|--3---------------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
|
|  H.                 +Q         E E   q     q     q
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-------------------------|
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-6-6---5-----8-----8-----|
|-^2------------------(2)/-----|-4-4---4-----7-----7-----|
|-^3------------------(3)/-----|-5-5---5-----9-----9-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E S E S E S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q   q     q     q       q     q     q     q
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----0-----3-----0-----|-------------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| W                       W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-3---------------------|-------------------------|
|-2---------------------|-4-----------------------|
|-4---------------------|-3-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|-5-----------------------|
|-0---------------------|-------------------------|


   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|--3-----------3-----------|
|
|  q     q     q     q
|--------------------------|
|--------0-----3-----0-----|
|--3-----------------------|
|
|  W
|-^1-----------------------|
|-^1-----------------------|
|-^2-----------------------|
|-^3-----------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|


                                                                                             D.S. al Coda
          E           S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
|         q                         q                        q                        q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a      +S  S a     +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Interlude
    &
  E E E E a    +E  +E  Q      E E S E S E S S S E S
|-------------------------|-----4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|
|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--|-----5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|
|-------------------------|---0---------0-----------|
|
| E E E E a    +E  +E  Q      q   q     q     q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|---5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3--|---0---------------------|
|
|                           Gtr IV
| W                           W
|-------------------------|-^10---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^10---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^11---------------------|
|-------------------------|-^12---------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|


   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|----3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x--|
|----5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x--|
|--5-----------5------------|
|
|  q     q     q     q
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--5-----0-----5-----4------|
|
|  W
|-^3------------------------|
|-^3------------------------|
|-^4------------------------|
|-^5------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|


   E  S S S E S E S S  S   E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|-----3-x-x-3-x---3-x--x---3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-|
|--3------------3--------------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-|
|
|  q      q     q      q         q     q     q     q
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------0-----3------0-------|-2-----0-----------------|
|--3---------------------------|-------------5-----3-----|
|
|  H.                 +Q         Q     Q     Q     Q
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-------------------------|
|-^1------------------(1)/-----|-6-----5-----8-----6-----|
|-^2------------------(2)/-----|-4-----4-----7-----5-----|
|-^3------------------(3)/-----|-5-----5-----9-----7-----|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------|


  E E  S E S  E  S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4--x-4-x-----4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5--x-5-x-----5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0-----------0------------|-5-----------5-----------|
|
| q    q      q      q       q     q     q     q
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|------0------3------0-----|-------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-5-----0-----5-----4-----|
|
| E Q.       +H              W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---3--------(3)-----------|-------------------------|
|---2--------(2)-----------|-4-----------------------|
|---4--------(4)-----------|-3-----------------------|
|---0--------(0)-----------|-5-----------------------|
|-0------------------------|-------------------------|


  E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|-3-----------3-----------|
|
| q     q     q     q
|-------------------------|
|-------0-----3-----0-----|
|-3-----------------------|
|
| W
|-1-----------------------|
|-1-----------------------|
|-2-----------------------|
|-3-----------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|


          E           S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S         E          S   S
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|---------8-----------x---x---------7----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------3----------x---x----||
|---------5-----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x---------5----------x---x----||
|
|         q                         q                        q                        q
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------2-------------------------0---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------5------------------------3-------------------||
|
| a      +S  S a     +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S  a     +S  S a    +S  +S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------7-------------------------6------------------------5------------------------4----------------||
|-9pb10==(9)---9pb10-(9)r(9)-8pb9==(8)---8pb9-(8)r(8)-7pb8==(7)---7pb8-(7)r(7)-6pb7==(6)---6pb7-(6)r(6)---||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||


 Verse
  Gtr IV
  a     W           +W           +Q   +H     +Q
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-------3---------|-(3)--------|-(3)--(3)----(3)--|
|-5b7==(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--(5)r===(5)--|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------|------------------|


  Wx5
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


  Gtr III
  E E S E S E S S S E S   E S S S E S E S S S E S
|---4-x-4-x---4-4-x-4-x-|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|
|---5-x-5-x---5-5-x-5-x-|---5-x-x-5-x---5-x-x-5-x-|
|-0---------0-----------|-5-----------5-----------|


                               D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
  E S S S E S E S S S E S   E S S E S S E S S E S S
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-||
|---3-x-x-3-x---3-x-x-3-x-|-8-x-x-7-x-x-5-x-x-3-x-x-||
|-3-----------3-----------|-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-5-x-x-||


  &&
  Gtr I
  E  E  E  E  a      +E   +E   E   +E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|----5--5--3--5b6====(5)r=(5)--3b4-(3)-|
|
| Gtr III
| W
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| E  E  E  E  a      +E   +E   E    E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|---12-12-10-12b13==(12)r(12)-10---10--|
|---12-12-10-12b13==(12)r(12)-10---10--|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


   W                                Q   Q  H
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|--0----------------------------|---0-----------*|
|
|  E E E E a    +E  +E  E   +E      W
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|----5-5-3-5b6==(5)r(5)-3b4-(3)-|---------------*|
|
|  W                               +Q   Q  H
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-------------------------------|---------------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|
|-12----------------------------|-(12)----------*|


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

/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 
  - 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
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