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"Candidate" by Joy Division (from the album "Unknown Pleasures")
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transcribed by Gilles Velay (gvelay@free.fr)

Notations 
  w : whole       e : 8th
  h : half        s : 16th
  q : quarter    +++ : tied notes

Intro
-----
    q   e q   e e e   w++++h+e       e e e   w++++w   
G-|-----------5-5-3-|-2--|-2---------5-5-3-|-2--|-2--|
D-|-2-----2---------|----|-----------------|----|----|
A-|-----3-----------|----|-----------------|----|----|
E-|-----------------|----|-----------------|----|----|


    q   e e e q+e+++++q   e q   e q     q   e e e q+e+++++q   e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-5-3-|
D-|---------2-2-----|-2-----2-----2---|---------2-2-----|-2-----2---------|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Verse
-----
    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e+++w   
G-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---5-5-3-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2--|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|


    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---3-2-3-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---3-2-3-|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-5-3-|
D-|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---3-2-3-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e+++w   
G-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2---5-5-3-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2--|
D-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
A-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|


    q   e e h+++++++++q   e q   e q     q   e e h+++++++++q   e q   e q     w   
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5--|
D-|---------2-------|-2-----2-----2---|---------2-------|-2-----2---------|----|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----3-2---|----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|


Bass stops while lyrics and drums continue....
then back again !

    q   e e h+++++++++q   e q   e q     q   e e h+++++++++q   e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D-|---------2-------|-2-----2---------|---------2-------|-2---------------|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----3-2---|-3---3-3---------|-----3-2---3-2-2-|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    h h   q   e q   e e e   h h   q   e q   e e e  
G-|-5-5-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|-5-5-|-5---5-5---5-5-5-|
D-|-----|-----------------|-----|-----------------|
A-|-----|-----------------|-----|-----------------|
E-|-----|-----------------|-----|-----------------|


    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e  
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-3-2-|
D-|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---3-2-3-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---------|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


    h h+++h+q         e e e   q h+q+++++w   
G-|-3---|-------------5-5-5-|-3-2-----|-2--|
D-|---0-|-0-----------------|---------|----|
A-|-----|-------------------|---------|----|
E-|-----|-------------------|---------|----|


    q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   q   e e q   e e   q   e q   e e e   w+++
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-5-3-|-2--|
D-|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|---------2---2-2-|-----------------|----|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---3-2-3-|-3---3-3---------|-3---3-2---------|----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|

++++h+e       e e e   w++++w   
G-|-2---------5-5-3-|-2--|-2--|
D-|-----------------|----|----|
A-|-----------------|----|----|
E-|-----------------|----|----|



    q   e e h+++++++++q   e q   e q     q   e e e q+e+++++h+e       e e e   w+++
G-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-5-3-|-2--|
D-|---------2-------|-2-----2-----2---|---------2-2-----|-2---------------|----|
A-|-3---3-3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3---3-3---------|-----------------|----|
E-|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----|

++++h+e       e e e   w++++w   
G-|-2---------5-5-3-|-2--|-2--|
D-|-----------------|----|----|
A-|-----------------|----|----|
E-|-----------------|----|----|

 repeat and fade....





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