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12xu Guitar Tablature
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                                      12XU
                           As recorded by Minor Threat
                      (From the 1982 Album FLEX YOUR HEAD)

Words and Music by Wire
Arranged by James Stewart
Transcribed by James Stewart

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=160
  F5    C5    G5        F5    C5    G5
  Gtr I
  E S S E S S E E E E   E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-6-x-x---------------|-6-x-x---------------|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x---------|-5-x-x-5-x-x---------|
|-3-x-x-5-x-x---------|-3-x-x-5-x-x---------|
|-------3-x-x-5-5-5-5-|-------3-x-x-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-3-|


  F5    C5    G5        F5    C5    G5
  E S S E S S E E E E   E S S E S S E E E E
|---------------------|----------------------|
|-6-x-x---------------|-6-x-x----------------|
|-5-x-x-5-x-x---------|-5-x-x-5-x-x----------|
|-3-x-x-5-x-x---------|-3-x-x-5-x-x----------|
|-------3-x-x-5-5-5-5-|-------3-x-x-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------3-3-3-3-|-------------3-3-3-3--|


   Verse
    E5
    W          +W           +W           +W
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||


 Chorus
  F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5
  E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|
|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|
|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|
|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|
|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|


   Verse
    E5
    W          +W           +W           +W
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||o----------|------------|------------|--------o||
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||-----------|------------|------------|---------||
||o-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----o||
||--0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)-----||


 Chorus
  F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5
  E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|
|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|
|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|
|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|
|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|


 Bridge
  D5
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                          Em             E5
                          Gtrs I, II, III
                           PM            PM
  W          W             Q   H.        Q  H.     3x
|----------|----------||---------------|-----------||
|----------|----------||o--------------|----------o||
|----------|----------||--(0)----------|-----------||
|----------|----------||---2-----------|-2---------||
|----------|----------||o--2-----------|-2--------o||
|----------|----------||---0-----------|-0---------||


 Bridge 2
  E5
  Gtrs I, II
                                                        <
  PM------------------------------------------------|
  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|


 Outro
  F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5        F5  C5   G5
  E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   E S Q  S E E E E   W
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------|
|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|-6-x--------------|------|
|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|-5-x-5--x---------|------|
|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|-3-x-5--x---------|------|
|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|-----3--x-5-5-5-5-|------|
|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|----------3-3-3-3-|------|


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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