Description
Notes From John
Tab only, 4/4 at BPM = 155, with “Tune down a half step (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)” and “distortion” printed at the top. Chord names are as printed for that tuning. The intro is a two-string riff, moving notes over an open low string, in eighths with down strokes marked. The verses are palm-muted A♭5 and E♭5 power chords in steady eighths with accents, marked “loosen on accents through section”. The choruses move through D♭5, C5, B♭5 and E♭5, palm-muted and marked “loose through section”. The re-intro at 0:50 and the outro at 1:53 switch to a three-string figure with open strings over A♭. The 1:27 chorus ends with an E♭5 slide-off and a short single-note run down into Verse 3. The part ends on a held A♭ under a fermata.
For the player
Tune down a half step before you start. Serve the riff, don’t thicken it: play the intro figure with even down strokes, then keep the verse power chords palm-muted and let the accents come through as marked. Lift the palm mute where the chart’s dashed line ends. At BPM = 155 the job is the feel.
Lead Guitar Sheet Music for “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” by Miley Cyrus.
