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Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi - L's Theme A (from Death Note OST) Tabbed by: Bryan Chim E-mail: bryanchim88@gmail.com You can find my cover of this song at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d-yaoUeW6M (with all instruments) I believe it may differ slightly from the official version (in particular, I choose to go to the D instead of D# in the verses), but it's close enough and works fine in my cover. Tuning: Standard - Part 1, aka Verse 1 is in 27/8 -- (or you can read it as 2 bars of 13/8 and 14/8, but for the purpose of this tab, I will be referring to the full 27/8 as one bar). Bass enters after 4 bars (1 bar after the drums enter): G|-----------------------------|------------------------------| D|---------5-----/7-5-------5--|---------5--------------------| A|-7-5-7-5---7-5------7-5-7----|-7-5-7-5---7-5-/7-5-------5-6-| E|-----------------------------|--------------------7-5-7-----| (x4) Then the bass goes through a few changes (starting with the initial riff above): G|----------------------------|------------------------------| D|---------5-----/7-5-------5-|------------------------------| A|-7-5-7-5---7-5------7-5-7---|-3-2-3-2-3-3-3-/5-3-2---2-3-2-| E|----------------------------|----------------------5-------| ---| |- (x2) G|----------------------------|-----------------------------| ----| D|----------------------------|-----------------------------| A|----------------------------|---------5---------------5-6-| E|-5-3-5-3-5-5-5-5-3-5-/7-5-3-|-7-5-7-5---7-5-7-5-7-5-7-----| - The "Chorus" switches between 4/4 and 7/4. Here's the first 4/4 part with the guitar power chords: G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| A|-7-7---7-7---9-|-7-7-7-7---5-5-|-7-7---7-7---9-|-7-7-7-7-5---| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| Switch to 7/4 part with the ostinato piano riff and muted guitar strumming: G|-----------------------------| D|---------3-------------------| A|-5-3-5-3---3-5-5-3-5-3-----3-| E|-----------------------3-5---| (x2) Back to the power chord 4/4 part: G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| A|-7-7---7-7---9-|-7-7-7-7---5-5-|-7-7---7-7---9-|-7-7-7-7-5---| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| Back again to 7/4: G|-----------------------------| D|---------3-------------------| A|-5-3-5-3---3-5-5-3-5-3-----3-| E|-----------------------3-5---| (x2) Ending 4/4 part of the chorus: G|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| D|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------| E|-5-5---5-5---3-|-5-5-5-5---7-7-|-5-5---5-5---3-|-5-5-5-5-7---| - In verse 2, the bass plays the same riff as in verse 1, but for only once (after resting 3 bars of 27/8). - Then it's just a single repeat of the chorus that I tabbed out above. If you would like to play along to the ostinato piano/guitar riff in the 27/8 part, it goes: G|-------14-------------16-14-------------|-------14-------------16-14----------------| D|-17-14----14-16-17-14-------17-16-14----|-17-14----14-16-17-14-------17-16-14----14-| A|-------------------------------------17-|-------------------------------------17----| E|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------| ^ I found that riff to be a great exercise for building pinky strength. Good luck and have fun! | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================