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Kiss the Ring Guitar Tablature
                                  KISS THE RING
                            As recorded by Bumblefoot
                          (From the 2002 Album UNCOOL)

Words and Music by Ron Thal
Transcribed by fungus king

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Bumblefoot'

   Intro
    Q=120
   4/4
    Gtr I
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   3x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5-------5-|-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5-------5--o||
||------------5-7-------------5-7---|-----------5-7-------------5-7-----||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------6-|
|-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5-------5-|-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5--------|
|-----------5-7-------------5-7---|-----------5-7-------------5---|


   Verse
    S S S S E. S S S S E E S  8x S S S E S S S S S S E S S S
||----------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o---------4----------------o||-----------------------------|
||----------4-----------------||-----------------------------|
||--4-5-6------6-4-5-6-----6--||-4-5-6---x-x-6-4-5-6---x-x-6-|
||o--------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||---------------------4------||-------4-------------4-------|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S   S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-5-6--------------------|-4-5-6--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4-5-6----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4--4---|


   Chorus
    S S S S E. S S S S E E S  7x
||----------------------------||
||o--------------------------o||
||----------------------------||
||----------4-----------------||
||o---------2----------------o||
||--2-3-4------4-2-3-4-4---4--||


  S S S S E. S S S S E E S   S S S E S S S S S S E S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------4--------------6-|-4-5-6---x-x-6-4-5-6---x-x-6---|
|---------2----------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-3-4------4-2-3-4-4-----|-------4-------------4---------|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S   S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-5-6--------------------|-4-5-6--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4-5-6----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4--4---|


                                  Main Riff
  S E S Q  S E S Q    W            S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S  7x
|-------------------|----------||-----------------------------------||
|-------------------|----------||o---------------------------------o||
|-------------------|----------||-----------------------------------||
|-------------------|----------||-----------------------------------||
|-------------------|----------||o-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5-------5-o||
|-4---4----4---4----|----------||------------5-7-------------5-7----||


  S S S S S S S S S S S S S E  S
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------6-|
|-7-7-5-7-------4-5-5-4-5--------|
|-----------5-7-------------5---|


   Verse 2
    S S S S E. S S S S E E S  8x S S S E S S S S S S E S S S
||----------------------------||-----------------------------|
||o---------4----------------o||-----------------------------|
||----------4-----------------||-----------------------------|
||--4-5-6------6-4-5-6-----6--||-4-5-6---x-x-6-4-5-6---x-x-6-|
||o--------------------------o||-----------------------------|
||---------------------4------||-------4-------------4-------|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S   S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-5-6--------------------|-4-5-6--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4-5-6----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4--4---|


   Chorus 2
    S S S S E. S S S S E E S  7x
||----------------------------||
||o--------------------------o||
||----------------------------||
||----------4-----------------||
||o---------2----------------o||
||--2-3-4------4-2-3-4-4---4--||


  S S S S E. S S S S E E S   S S S E S S S S S S E S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------4--------------6-|-4-5-6---x-x-6-4-5-6---x-x-6---|
|---------2----------------|-------------------------------|
|-2-3-4------4-2-3-4-4-----|-------4-------------4---------|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S   S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-4-5-6--------------------|-4-5-6--------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-4-5-6----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4------|


  S S S E S S S S S S Q  S   S E S Q  H
|--------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
|-4-5-6--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
|-------4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4----|-4---4---------|


  PM-------------------------------|
  T T T S. T T T T Q  T T T S. T T T T E
|----------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------*|
|----------------------------------------*|
|-x-x-x----x-x-x------x-x-x----x-x-x-----*|
|-x-x-x----x-x-x------x-x-x----x-x-x-----*|


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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