BEATLES - "The End" Tablature

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=Song: The End (Lennon, McCartney) =
=Band: The Beatles =
=Album: Abbey Road =
=Drummer: Ringo Starr =
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KEY:

C - Crash Cymbal
Rd - Ride Cymbal
HH - Hit-Hat
T1 - Tom 1
T2 - Tom 2
S - Snare
FT - Floor Tom
Bd - Bass Drum

Note:
x - Strike Cymbal, closed HH
X - Accent Cymbal, open HH
* - Choke Cymbal, loose HH
o - Strike drum
O - Accent drum

The Measures (4/4, 2/4), each "-" is equal to a 16th note:

Normal

4/4 2/4
C |x-------x-x-----| C |--x---x-|
S |----oo-o----oooo| S |o---o---|
Bd |o-------o-o-----| Bd |--oo-oo-|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | |1 + 2 + |


Ringo Starr's kit (By 68's Ringo used a second tom):

Drum: Ludwig Cymbals: Zildjian

Snare 14"x5" Hit-Hat 14"
Tom 13"x9" Crash 18"
Floor Tom 16"x16" Crash Ride 20"
Bass Drum 22"x16"

The Song:

Note: We have a simple, but cool drum-solo in the middle of the song. By the end, we have
a time change, but I wrote in the normal time. Just hear the song to understand!
|----repeat 1x---|
C |------------X---|X-----------X---|X-------------X-|--------------X-|
Rd |----------------|----------------|----------------|--X-X-X-X-X-X---|
S |----------------|----------------|----------------|----o-------o---|
FT |----------------|--o-o-o-o-o-----|--o-o-o-o-o-o---|----------------|
Bd |------------o---|o-----------o---|o-------------o-|--------o-o---o-|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |


C |----------------|------------X---|X-----------X---|X-------------X-|
T1 |--OO-OO---------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
T2 |--------OO-O----|----------------|----------------|----------------|
FT |------------O-O-|O-O-O-O-O-O-----|--o-o-o-o-o-----|--o-o-o-o-o-o---|
Bd |----------------|------------o---|o-----------o---|o-------------o-|
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |

|----repeat 1x---|
C |--------------X-|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Rd |

end.

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