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                                     BETRAY
                           As recorded by Minor Threat
                        (From the 1984 Album OUT OF STEP)

Words and Music by MacKaye/Minor Threat
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'

 Intro
  Q=65  Q=161
  D  A    E5                                                B5        E5
 2/4     4/4
  Gtr I
  Q  Q    W              +W                +W                +W
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7-----|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--6--|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-7--7--|-2------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)------------|--(2)-----------|
|-5--7--|-2------------|-(2)-------------|-(2)------------|--(2)-----------|
|----5--|-0------------|-(0)-------------|-(0)------------|--(0)-----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W       H    E E E E    E  Q  E E E Q     E  H     Q.       H.      Q
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------|--------9-9-9-|--9--9--9-9-9-9--|--9--9----(9)s==|=(16)------9---|
|-------|--------9-9-9-|--9--9--9-9-9-9--|--9--9----(9)s==|=(16)------9---|
|-------|--------7-7-7-|--7--7--7-7-7-7--|--7--7----(7)s==|=(14)------7---|
|-------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|


 Verse
  E5       E5  D5  E5 G5                     A5 B5
  H    +E  E E E   Q   E  Q   E  E  E    +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E  H.      E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14-14---------|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|


 Chorus
  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5                        E5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E   W          +W
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|--------|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|


 Verse
  E5       E5  D5  E5   G5
  W                +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H    +E  E E E    Q    E  Q   E  E  E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|


       A5 B5
   +W                     +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
|  +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E   H.      E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|


 Chorus
  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5                        E5         D5   A/D
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E   W          H     H
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|-7----(6)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-7-----7-----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-5-----5-----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-------------|


   Break
    E         C5        E     D5        E         C5        E     D5
    PM------|                           PM------|
    S S S S E Q  E q    E E E Q  E q    S S S S E Q  E q    E E E Q  E q
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------o||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||o-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5--|-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5---o||
||--0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5---------|-0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5-----------||


 Verse
  E5       E5  D5  E5   G5
  W                +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H    +E  E E E    Q    E  Q   E  E  E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|


       A5 B5  B5
   +W                     +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
|  +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E   H.      E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|


  E5       E5  D5  E5 G5                     A5 B5
  H    +E  E E E   Q   E  Q   E  E  E    +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E  H.      E
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16-16---------|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14-14---------|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------|


 Chorus
  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5                        E5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E   W          +W
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|--------|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|


 Verse
  E5           D5  E5   G5
  W                +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H    +E  E E E    Q    E  Q   E  E  E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|


       A5 B5
   +W                     +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
|  +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E   H.      E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|


 Chorus
  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|


  E5                 B5                        E5         D5   A/D
  E Q  E E E +E  E    S  S  S  S  q  E  Q  E   W          H     H
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|----------|-------------|
|------------------|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|----------|-7----(6)----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-16-16-16-16-16----16----|-2--------|-7-----7-----|
|-2-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-|-14-14-14-14-14----14----|-2--------|-5-----5-----|
|-0-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-|-------------------------|-0--------|-------------|


   Break
    E         C5              D5        E         C5        E     D5
    PM------|                           PM------|
    S S S S E Q  E q    E E E Q  E q    S S S S E Q  E q    E E E Q  E q
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|-----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------o||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||------------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7--|-----------5--5-5--|-------7--7-7----||
||o-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5--|-----------3--3-3--|-------5--5-5---o||
||--0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5---------|-0-0-3-3-5---------|-0-3-5-----------||


 Verse
  E5           D5  E5   G5
  W                +W
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-2--------------|-(2)------------------|
|-0--------------|-(0)------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| H    +E  E E E    Q    E  Q   E  E  E
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------------|----------------------|
|----------9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|==9---12-12--12-12-12-|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|==7---10-10--10-10-10-|
|-0----(0)-------|----------------------|


       A5 B5
   +W                     +W
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(2)------------------|-(2)------------|
|--(0)------------------|-(0)------------|
|
|  +E   E  Q   E  E  Q     E   H.      E
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-----------------------|----------------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-16--16---------|
|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-14--14---------|
|-----------------------|----------------|


  E5         E5D5  E5 G5                     A5 B5              D5   A/D
  H    +E  E E E   Q   E  Q   E  E  E    +E   E  Q   E  E  Q    H     H
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|----------9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-7----(6)----|
|-2----(2)-9-9s7s|=9--12-12--12-12-12-|-(12)-14-16--16-16-16--|-7-----7-----|
|-2----(2)-7-7s5s|=7--10-10--10-10-10-|-(10)-12-14--14-14-14--|-5-----5-----|
|-0----(0)-------|--------------------|-----------------------|-------------|


   Slower
    Q=116
    E         D5         E   F5       E5
                              PM------|
    E E S S S S +H       E E  S  S  S q  E. E
||---------------------|----------------------|
||o--------------------|----------------------|
||------------7-(7)----|----------------------|
||------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
||o-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
||--0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|


  E         D5         E   F5       E5
                            PM------|
  E E S S S S +H       E E  S  S  S q  E. E
|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------o||
|-----------7-(7)----|-------------------------||
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9----------||
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7---------o||
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0---------------------||


 Guitar Solo
               D5             F5       E5
  Q     H.                Q    S  S  S  S H
|-----<12>--------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|                              PM------|
| E E   S  S S S +H       E E  S  S  S  q   E. E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10--9---------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------8--8--8--7---------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0-0---------------------|


               D5                   F5       E5
  Q     H.                S S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S  Q
|-----<12>--------------|-x-x-12-15--x--x-12-15-x-x-12-15------|
|-----------------------|-x-x-12-15--x--x-12-15-x-x-12-15------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|
|                                    PM------|
| E E   S  S S S +H       E    E     S  S  S  q         E.   E
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|--------------------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----------10-10-10--9----------------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------------8--8--8--7----------------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0----0-------------------------------|


               D5             F5       E5
  Q     H.                Q    S  S  S  S H
|-----<12>--------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-----15-15-15-12---------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|
|                              PM------|
| E E   S  S S S +H       E E  S  S  S  q   E. E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-------------------------|
|--------------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10--9---------|
|--------------5-(5)----|------8--8--8--7---------|
|-0-0---3--3-5----------|-0-0---------------------|


                                       F5        E5
  S E.   S E.      S  E. S E.   S E.    S  E.      S E.    S E.
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-7h9----7h9-------7h=9--7h9--|-7h9-----7h=9-------7h9-----7h9----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|                                       PM-------|
| E    E S S  S S +H            E    E  S  S   S q      E.      E
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------7-(7)---------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------7-(7)---------|--------10-10--10-9----------------|
|---------------5-(5)---------|---------8--8---8-7----------------|
|-0----0-3-3--5---------------|-0----0----------------------------|


 A Tempo/Outro
  Q=161
            D5             F5       E5
                            PM------|
  E E S S S S +H       E E  S  S  S q  E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|


            D5             F5       E5
                            PM------|
  E E S S S S +H       E E  S  S  S q  E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|


            D5             F5       E5
                            PM------|
  E E S S S S +H       E E  S  S  S q  E. E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|----------------------|
|-----------7-(7)----|-----10-10-10-9-------|
|-----------5-(5)----|------8--8--8-7-------|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|-0-0------------------|


                  Q=65
            D5         E5       D5
                        PM------|
                        |--3--|
  E E S S S S +H        E  E  E q  H
|--------------------|------------------*|
|--------------------|------------------*|
|-----------7-(7)----|------------------*|
|-----------7-(7)----|-10-10-10-9-------*|
|-----------5-(5)----|--8--8--8-5-------*|
|-0-0-3-3-5----------|------------------*|


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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