Sweet Child O' Mine

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Guns N' Roses
Appetite for Destruction

no qr
Words & Music by W. Axl Rose, Slash, Izzy Stradlin', Duff "Rose" McKagen and Steven Adler

p s
Tune down ½ step
= D# = C#
= A# = G#
= F# = D#

h = 128

B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B
Intro
Gibson Les Paul w/Neck Pickup

1
4
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B B B B B B B B B B B
let the first 12 slightly ring as before

5 B B B
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B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B
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B B B B
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B DB B DB B B B B B DB B B B B B B DB B
B B B B B B B B B B B
as before as before

13 B B B
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Copyright 1987
All Rights Reserved - International Copyright Secured Page 1/9
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1st Verse

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Interlude

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Where Do We Go Now (Outro)

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PO PO with wah: +=treble, o=bass

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