Letter From Home Lyrics
by Pat Metheny
Q=103
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q. E H
||o---------------|-------1--|-4----3------|
||o---------------|----------|-------------|
+H +Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
+Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q Q Q Q
Q E E E E E E
Q Q Q. E Q. S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
E E E E E Q S S Q E E E E E E
us4
Q Q Q. E W Q. E Q. S S
E E E E E Q S S Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q
su
Q. E +H W W
q Q Q Q Q E E E H +Q E E E H
s4
W H H W E E E E E E E
|-(6)------9-6------|-------------7-8-|----------o||---9-11-8-9-------|
|-------------------|---3-------------|----------o||------------------|
+Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E W
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E W
||o---9-11-8-9------|---9-11-8-9------o||---9-11-8-9------11-|-^4----*|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------|-^6----*|
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
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