Dueling Banjos Chords & Tabs
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DUELING BANJOS (FROM DELIVERANCE)
As recorded by Movie Theme
Transcribed by James Godbold
Arranged by James Godbold
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (G D G B D) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=80
G G C/G
6/4 4/4
Gtr I
W. H H Q E S S E E H.
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-^0-------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|-^0-------------|------------------0-0-|-0--2-0----------|
|-^2-------------|------------------2-2-|-2--3-2----------|
|-^3-------------|------------------3-3-|-3--3-3----------|
|
| Gtr II
| W Q Q W H. E E
|----------------|----------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----0----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-^0-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-^0-------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|--------0-------------|--------------0--|
G GsGs4 G
H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|--------------0-1-|-3--------------|-----------------|
|------------------|---4-5-2-4-0-2--|-(2)-------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|
| E E H. W H. E S S
|-0--0-0-----------|----------------|-----------------|
|-0--1-0-----------|----------------|------------0-1--|
|-0--0-0-----------|----------------|-----------------|
|------------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-0--0-0-----------|----------------|-----------------|
G
W H. E S S E E E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------0-1-|-3-0-1---0------|
|----------------|----------------|-------2---0-2--|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| E E E E E E Q +W W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-3-0-1---0------|----------------|----------------|
|-------2---0-2--|-(2)------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G G G
+H H E E E E E E Q +W H. E S S
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-(2)---------|-0-0-2-4-0-4-2--|-(2)--------|-------------------|
|--------0----|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|---------------3-3-|
|
| W W W E E E E H
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-0--0-2-4-0--------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
|-------------|----------------|------------|-------------------|
G G
E E E E E E Q +W W H. E S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------0------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2--|-(2)------------|----------------|------------------|
|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------3-3---|
|
| W H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------3------|------------------|
|----------------|------------0-0-|-0-2-4-5---5-4--|-(4)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
G C
E E E E E E Q +W W H. E S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------0------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2--|-(2)------------|----------------|------------3-3---|
|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| W H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------3------|------------------|
|----------------|------------0-0-|-0-2-4-5---5-4--|-(4)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
C C G
E E E E E E Q +W W H. E S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------0------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---0-2-3---3-2--|-(2)------------|----------------|------------------|
|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3-3---|
|
| W H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|----------------|----------------|-----2-3-5-3-2--|-(2)--------------|
|----------------|------------1-1-|-1-3------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
G D
E E E E E E Q +W W H. E S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|---------0------|----------------|----------------|------------0-0---|
|---0-2-3---3-2--|-(2)------------|----------------|------------------|
|-3--------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|
| W H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|---------3------|------------------|
|----------------|------------0-0-|-0-2-4-5---5-4--|-(4)--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------|
D D G
E E E E E E Q +W W H. E S S
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-------0-2------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|-0-2-4-----5-4--|-(4)------------|----------------|------------0-0---||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------2-2---||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------3-3---||
|
| W H. E S S E E E E E E Q +W
|----------------|----------------|---2-4-5-7-5-4--|-(4)--------------||
|----------------|------------3-3-|-3--------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
Build Up
H=H
C/G C/G G
E E Q Q. S S E E Q Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-0--2-0------------0-0-|-0--2-0----------------|-0------------------|
|-2--3-2------------2-2-|-2--3-2------------2h3-|----2-3-0-2---0-----|
|-3--3-3------------3-3-|-3--3-3----------------|------------3-------|
|
| Q. S S E E Q Q. S S E E Q H. E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------0-0-0--1-0-----|--------0-0-0--1-0-----|----------------0h1-|
|--------0-0-0--0-0-----|--------0-0-0--0-0-----|--------------------|
|--------0-0-0--2-0-----|--------0-0-0--2-0-----|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
Q=120
G
W Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-0-------0-0-------|-0-------0-0------|
|-------------------|-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0----|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3-0-1---0-----0h1-|-3-0-1---0-----0h1-|-3-0-1---0--------|
|-------2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
H=H
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-0-----2---4-0---2---|-0-----2---4-0------||
|-------------------0-|----------------3---||
|---------------------|----------------0-2-||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|
| E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E H
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----0---------0-----|-----0--------------||
|-0-----2h3h4-0---2---|-0-----2h3h4-0------||
|-------------------0-|--------------------||
|---0-----------------|---0----------------||
Main Duel
Q=137
$
C G
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------0-------2---0-------|-----0-------3-------2h3p2p0-----|
|-----2-----------------------2p0-|---------2-------0---------------|
|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------------------0---|
|---------3-----------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----5-----5---------5-----5-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
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D G
E S S E E E S S E S S E E S S E S S E S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----2S3-----3-------2S3---------|-----0-------0-------0-----------|
|-----------------------------3S2-|-----0---2S3-----2S3---------0---|
|-0---------------0---------------|-------------------------0h2-----|
|---------0---------------0-------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
C G
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E S S S S E
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------0-------2---0-------|-----0-------3-------2h3p2p0-----|
|-----2-----------------------2p0-|---------2-------0---------------|
|-3---------------3---------------|-----------------------------0---|
|---------3-----------------------|-3-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----5-----5---------5-----5-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
To Coda
D G
E S S E E E E S S E E E S S E E Q S S
|-----------------3---------------|---------------------3-------||
|-----2S3-----3-------3-----------|---------------------0-------||
|-----------------------------0---|-----0-------0-------0-------||
|-0-----------------------0h2-----|---------0h2-----------------||
|---------0-----------------------|-----------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-3---------------3-------3-3-||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q.
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-|---0-----0-----0---0---------||
|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|-0-----0-----0---0-----------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|-----0-----0---------0-------||
Middle
G
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3---------------|
|-----------------------------0-0-|-0---2---4---5-------5---4-------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0---2---3-------3---2-------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|-----------------------------3-3-|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|
|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3------------------|
|-----------------------------0-0-|-0---2---4---5-------5---4----------|
|-----------------0---------------|------------------------------------|
|-----0---2---3-------3---2-------|-----------------------------3-3----|
|-3-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----|
|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0--------|
C
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------|---------0---1---3---1---0-------|
|-----------------------------1-1-|-1---3---------------------------|
|-----------------0---------------|---------------------------------|
|-----0---2---3-------3---2-------|---------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------3-3-|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5-|
|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|-5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5---|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----5-----5---------5-----5-----|-----5-----5---------5-----5-----|
G
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------3------------------|
|-----------------------------0-0-|-0---2---4---5-------5---4----------|
|-----------------0---------------|-----------------------------0-0----|
|-----0---2---3-------3---2-------|------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----|
|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---|-0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----0-----0---------0-----0-----|-----0-----0---------0-----0--------|
D G
E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S
|---------------------------------|-----0---2---3---5---3---2-------||
|-----------------------------3-3-|-3-------------------------------||
|-------------0---2---0-----------|---------------------------------||
|-0---2---4---------------4-------|-----------------------------0-0-||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------2-2-||
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------3-3-||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-|---7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-||
|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7---||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----|-----7-----7---------7-----7-----||
Bridge
C/G C/G G
E E Q Q. S S E E Q Q. S S E E E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|-0--2-0------------0-0-|-0--2-0----------------|-0------------------|
|-2--3-2------------2-2-|-2--3-2------------2h3-|----2-3-0-2---0-----|
|-3--3-3------------3-3-|-3--3-3----------------|------------3-------|
|
| Q. S S E E Q Q. S S E E Q H. E S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
|--------0-0-0--1-0-----|--------0-0-0--1-0-----|----------------0h1-|
|--------0-0-0--0-0-----|--------0-0-0--0-0-----|--------------------|
|--------0-0-0--2-0-----|--------0-0-0--2-0-----|--------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|--------------------|
G
W Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-0-------0-0-------|-0-------0-0------|
|-------------------|-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0----|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-3-0-1---0-----0h1-|-3-0-1---0-----0h1-|-3-0-1---0--------|
|-------2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2-----|-------2---0-2----|
|-------------------|-------------------|---------------0--|
|-------------------|-------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-0-----2---4-0---2---|-0-----2---4-0------||
|-------------------0-|----------------3---||
|---------------------|----------------0-2-||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|
| E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E H
|---------------------|--------------------||
|-----0---------0-----|-----0--------------||
|-0-----2h3h4-0---2---|-0-----2h3h4-0------||
|-------------------0-|--------------------||
|---0-----------------|---0----------------||
Outro
&
G N.C.
E E S S E E Q. W
|---------------------3-----|----------------------------|
|---------------------0-----|----------------------------|
|-----0-------0-------0-----|----------------------------|
|---------0h2---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-3---------------3---------|----------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S Q E S S S S E S S +S S E E. S
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---0-----0-----0---0-0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
|-0-----0-----0---0---0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0-3S4-(4)-3S4------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------5--5-|
|-----0-----0---------0---0-|-0-0-0-0-0------------------|
Gtr II
a S S S a S S S a S S S a S S S a S S S a S S S a S S S a S S S E E E E
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----|---0-------0-------0-------0---|
|-3S4-----3S4-----3S4-----3S4-----3S4-----3S4-|-----3S4-----3S4-------0-2-----|
|---------------------------------------------|---------------------2---------|
|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------|-0-------0-------0-------------|
Gtr II
E S S E E E S S E S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------5-----------5---|-----5---------7-----*|
|-5-------5---5-------5-----|-2h5---------7---0---*|
|-------------------------6-|---------5-7-----0---*|
|---------------------------|---------------------*|
|-3b4-0-0-----3b4-0-0-------|-------4---------0---*|
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
\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
-----------
| - 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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