Black Flag - My Rules guitar tab
MY RULES
As recorded by Black Flag
From the 1981 Album EVERYTHING WENT BLACK
Words and Music by G. Ginn
x 2 3 6 5 4
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Mr. Ginn - w/dist'
Intro
Q=195
E5 B5 D5 A5
4/4
Gtr I
W E E E E E E E E H Q Q +W
|----------|------------------|------------|--------|
|----------|------------------|------------|--------|
|----------|--------------7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)----|
|----------|-14-x-x-9-x-x-7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)----|
|----------|-14-x-x-9-x-x-5-x-|-0----0--0--|-(0)----|
|----------|-12-x-x-7-x-------|------------|--------|
Verse Chorus
A5 D5 C5 F5 E5
E Q h E q +E q Q E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
||o-------------|--------6--6----o||-----------------|------------------|
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5-----||-----------------|------------------|
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3-----||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------o||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
||--5-x---------|-----------------||-----------------|------------------|
A5 E5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1--0--1-0-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|
|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|---------------|
Verse
A5 D5 C5 F5 A5 D5 C5 F5
E Q h E q +E q Q E E Q h E q +E q Q E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|--------6--6----|-------------|--------6--6-----o||
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5----|------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5------||
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3----|-7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3------||
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------|-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)----------o||
||--5-x---------|----------------|-5-x---------|------------------||
Chorus 2
E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
Breakdown
E5 B5 D5 A5
E E E E E E E E H Q Q +W +W
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------------|------------|------------|--------|
|--------------7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-14-x-x-9-x-x-7-x-|-2----2--2--|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-14-x-x-9-x-x-5-x-|-0----0--0--|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-12-x-x-7-x-------|------------|------------|--------|
Verse 3
A5 D5 C5 F5 A5 D5 C5 F5
E Q h E q +E q Q E E Q h E q +E q Q E
||--------------|----------------|-------------|------------------||
||o-------------|--------6--6----|-------------|--------6--6-----o||
||-------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5----|------7----x-|-5--(5)-5--5------||
||--7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3----|-7-x--7----x-|-5--(5)-3--3------||
||o-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)---------|-7-x--5----x-|-3--(3)----------o||
||--5-x---------|----------------|-5-x---------|------------------||
Outro
E5 A5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-----------------|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E5
E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E W W
|-----------------|-1--0--1-0-1-0-|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|---------------|----------|------*|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|---------------|----------|------*|
|-----------------|---------------|----------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
