HAMMER AWAY
                             As recorded by Racer X
                        (From the 1987 Album SECOND HEAT)

Words and Music by J. Martin & P. Gilbert
Arranged by Racer X
Transcribed by Peter Lidstr?m

 Intro solo (Gilbert)
  Q.=140
  A                 E                 G#m               B
 12/8
  Gtr I
|----------------------------------------------12-14-16S17-16-14----------|
|-------------------------------------12-14-16-------------------17-16-14-|
|----------------------------11-13-14-------------------------------------|
|-------------------11-13-14----------------------------------------------|
|----------11-12-14-------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-12-14----------------------------------------------------------------|


  C#m                                        E   G#m           B
                      ~~~~~~
|--------------------------------|-11b12--11--9--11h12p11p9----9----------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------12---12-10----|
|-16b18--16pb18--16--16pb18------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  C#m    B      A                           E     G#m  B
                         ~~~
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-9---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---11-9-8-9-11-9b11--9-(9)---|-x-8h9p8p6---6---------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------9---9-6-9s11------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|


  C#m                                       E      G#m     B
                                        ~~                  ~~
|-16-12------------------------------|-------------23b24---23----|
|-------16-14------------------------|------17p16----------------|
|-------------13---------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------14-13---------------|-14------------------------|
|----------------------16-11---------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------12-11-9-|---------------------------|


  C#m            B        A
                                                  /          \2
|-17h19p17-16----16-17-19S21--21pb23--21pb24--|---------------------------|
|-------------19------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------()------(x)-|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                                                 /          \2
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|-------()------(x)-|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------------|


 Main solo (Gilbert)
  B
  Gtr I
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------16-17-19-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------16-17-19----------|
|----------------------------11-13-14-|----------14-16-18-------------------|
|-------------------11-13-14----------|-14-16-18----------------------------|
|----------11-12-14-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-11-12-14----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------12-14-16-|
|-------------------------------------|-------------------12-14-16----------|
|-----------------------------8--9-11-|----------11-13-14-------------------|
|--------------------7--9-11----------|-11-13-14----------------------------|
|-----------7--9-11-------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--7--9-11----------------------------|-------------------------------------|


  C#m
                              ~~~~~~
|-19b21---(19)-19pb21-19pb21-19pb21---(19)---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
|                             ~~~~~~
|-14b16---(14)-14pb16-14pb16-14pb16---(14)---|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|


  (C#m)       E           G#m       B             C#m        B           A            E
  Gtr I
|-14-16-17-16-14-----------12-14-12-11----------|---------------------11-12s==23b24---|
|----------------17-16-14--------------14-12-10-|------------10-12-14-----------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-13-9-11-13--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|


     GBm          C#m                                  E       G#m  B
   ~~                                 ~~~~~~            ~~
|-23------------|-19b21--19pb21--19--19pb21----16h19p|=16------16---------|
|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------x\----|
|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------------|--------------------|


  C#m     B    A                         E              G#m  B
                                                          ~~~~
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-12p10p9-[12]b14--12b14-(12)------|
|----------8-9-8h9p8----8-9-11-|----------------------------------|
|-9----11------------11--------|----------------------------------|
|---11-------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|


  C#m
         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---/10h12p10h12h14p12p10S14p12h14h16p14p12S16p14h16h17p16p14-17p16----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


  (C#m)                E                    G#m               B
      T        T        T           T        T           T        T
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h19p17-16h19p17h19h21p19p17s14h19p14h19h21p19p17p14h19p14h19h21p19p17p16h17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  C#m           B             A
|-11h12-14p9----9-------------------------------------|
|------------12---12-10p9s8h9h11p9p8----9-------------|
|------------------------------------11---11-9p8------|
|------------------------------------------------11---|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  (A)       E   G#m B          C#m
                ~              ~
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-11b13--11--9--8------------|-9-----------------------9------|
|--------------------9-10-11-|--------------9b10-11-11---11-9-|
|----------------------------|------9-10-11-------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|


            E  G#m         B
          ~~
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-11b13--11----9h11p9p8----8-------------|
|-----------------------11---11-9-7-9-11-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|


  C#m             B   A
                  ~
|---------------------17h19p17p16----16-17-19-|
|---------------------------------19----------|
|-9---------------9---------------------------|
|---13-11-9-11-13-----------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


                        ~~~~~
|-21-----21-----21-----21------------*|
|-19b21--19b21--19b21--19b21---------*|
|------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------x--*|
|------------------------------------*|


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
\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
-----------
 |  - 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