What Is This? by King's X  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(D A D G B E) Dropped D Tuning  
 
 
 
Intro: 4X  
 
        PM--|  
|-------------------------------1--||  
|-------------------------------1-o||  
|----------------------------------||  
|-0--3--0--4-5-6--0--0-0--2--1-----||  
|-0--3--0--4-5-6--0--0-0--2--1----o||  
|-0--3--0--4-5-6--0--0-0--2--1-----||  
 
 
 
 
 
Verse 1  (Volume Swells w/vibrato)  
|----------------------------|  
|-6----4--6---8-4--6--4-6--4-|  
|-5----5--5-----5--5----5--5-|  
|----------------------------|  
|----------------------------|  
|----------------------------|  
 
 
 
Chorus (Let Ring)  
|---------------------------------------------------|  
|----3------1-----1--------------3-----1------------|  
|-2-------0-----0-------0------2-----0--------------|  
|-0-------------------3------0--------------0-------|  
|-0-----3-----3-----1-----3--------3--------0-------|  
|-------------------------------------------0-------|  
                                       (Held out)  
 
 
 
 
 
|-------------------------------------------|  
|-----------3-----------1-------------------|  
|-5--3----2-------0---0---------------------|  
|-5--3----------3---------5---0--3--0--4--5-|  
|-3--1--------1-----3-----5---0--3--0--4--5-|  
|-------0-----------------5---0--3--0--4--5-|  
 
 
 
 
|------------------1-----------------------1-|  
|------------------1-----------------------1-|  
|--------------------------------------------|  
|-6--0--0-0--2--1----0-3-0-4-5-6-0-0-0-2-1---|  
|-6--0--0-0--2--1----0-3-0-4-5-6-0-0-0-2-1---|  
|-6--0--0-0--2--1----0-3-0-4-5-6-0-0-0-2-1---|  
 
 
 
 
 
Verse 2  (Volume Swells w/vibrato)  
|------------8---------------------|  
|-6----4--6----8--6--4--6--4-------|  
|-5----5--5-------5--5--5--5-------|  
|----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|  
 
 
 
Chorus  
|----------------------------------------------------|  
|---3-----1-------1---------------3-----1------------|  
|-2-----0---0---0---0-----0-----2-----0--------------|  
|-0---------------------3-----0--------------0-------|  
|-0---3-------3-------1-----3-------3--------0-------|  
|--------------------------------------------0-------|  
                                         (Held out)  
 
 
 
|-------------------------|  
|---------3-----------1---|  
|-5--3--2-------0---0-----|  
|-5--3--------3---------5-|  
|-3--1------1-----3-----5-|  
|-------0---------------5-|  
 
 
 
Bridge 4X  
|----------------------------------------||  
|-6---6---6--8--6---6-----5-----4-4-4---o||  
|-5---5---5--5--5---5-----5-----3-3-3----||  
|----------------------------------------||  
|---------------------------------------o||  
|---0---0---------0---0-0---0-0-------0--||  
 
 
 
 
 
Chorus  
|-------------------------------------------------------|  
|---3------1-------1---------------3-------1------------|  
|-2------0---0---0---0-----0-----2---2---0--------------|  
|-0----------------------3-----0----------------0-------|  
|-0----3-------3-------1-----3---------3--------0-------|  
|-----------------------------------------------0-------|  
                                           (Held out)  
 
 
 
                         Repeat Chorus 2nd time no slide  
|---------------------------------------------------------|  
|----------3-------------1--------------------------------|  
|-5-3----2---2-----0---0----------------------------------|  
|-5-3------------3---------5----0-------------------------|  
|-3-1----------1-----3-----5----0-----x-------------------|  
|------0-------------------5----0-----x-------------------|  
                                 (Slide X's)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Solo:   (Questionalbe Transcription)  
 
(Rythum gtr. under solo-same as intro)  
 
 
 ~~~~~  
|------------------------------------------------------|  
|-13b15----13pb15--10---------10---------10--13--------|  
|----------------------12b14------12b14----------12b14r|  
|------------------------------------------------------|  
|------------------------------------------------------|  
|------------------------------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
         ~~~~~~                   ~~  
|--------------------------------------|  
|----------------------12b13r==10------|  
|-10------12b14r==10\--12b13r==10--12--|  
|-----12-------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
         PM-|  
|--------------------------------------------------------|  
|-----------------------10------10-----------------------|  
|-10--------------------10------10--12b14--10--12b14--10-|  
|-----12-------------------------------------------------|  
|---------12--12---/12------12---------------------------|  
|--------------------------------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
|-13b15--13--12--13p=12p=10--------|  
|----------------------------13b15-|  
|----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
|-10-----------------------------------------|  
|-----13p=10---------------------------------|  
|-------------13p=12p=10---------------------|  
|-------------------------12p=10-------------|  
|---------------------------------12p=11p=10-|  
|--------------------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
                                       ~~~~~  
|-----------------------------------10--12b13--|  
|---------------------------10--13-------------|  
|-------------------10--12---------------------|  
|------10------/12-----------------------------|  
|-/12------12----------------------------------|  
|----------------------------------------------|  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Outro: 4X  
 
  \0.5/   \0.5/   \0.5/  \0.5/  \0.5/   \0.5/     \0.5/     \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/  
||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------||  
||o-6-------6-------6------8------6-------6---------5---------4------------------o||  
||--5-------5-------5------5------5-------5---------5---------3-------------------||  
||------------------------------------------------------------1-------------------||  
||o-----------------------------------------------------------1------------------o||  
||--------0-------0---------------------0-------0-0-------0-0-1-------------------||  
 
 
 
|--------------|  
|--------------|  
|--------------|  
|------0-------|  
|------0-------|  
|------0-------|  
 
 
 
 
 
Tablature Legend  
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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  
<n>  - 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  
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|  - bar  
||  - double bar  
||o - repeat start  
o|| - repeat end  
*|  - double bar (ending)  
:  - bar (freetime)  
$  - Segno  
&  - Coda  
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths  
 
 
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