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PERFORMANCE NOTES

“MONSTERS”

Shinedown

recreating the rich sound of this song’s haunting, melodic riffs is to make sure the notes of each two-note chord shape ring together, as indicated by the directive above bar 1. During the song’s intro and verse sections, you can best accomplish the desired effect by keeping your index finger planted on the 5th string throughout, allowing all notes fretted on that string to ring as long as possible while adding your middle finger as needed for the notes on the 6th string. The one exception is for the G5 chord in bars 4 and 8, which does

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