Howto: Read Tabs


PM|   PM|
a E E E E E E E E +E. T T Q +Q. E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-----7-----8-----5-|-(5)-----0---(0)-------|
|-----7-----7-----6-|-(6)---x---------------|
|-----7-----7-----7-|-(7)-x-----------------|
|-7s5---5-5---5-5---|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------0---|

Guitar tabs are god’s gift to the guitarist! So much easier than regular notation and in addition shows more than notation – harmonics, palm mutes etc. Harmony Central has a really good instruction on how to read tabs and what all the special indications mean:

http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/tab-notation.txt