How to play Sweet Child O' Mine

Guns N' Roses

This tab has 48 notes, across the Db, Gb, Bb and high eb strings, frets 12 to 15, at 125 BPM. The record is in Eb standard, so tune every string down a half step to play along. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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125BPM at full speed
48notes
12 to 15fret range
Intermediatelevel

The tab

Eb standard

Each line is a string: high eb on top, low Eb at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes. Tune every string down a half step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Sweet Child O' Mine tab, 48 notes, eb standard. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. Db4 Db string, fret 12
  2. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  3. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  4. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  5. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  6. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  7. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  8. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  9. Db4 Db string, fret 12
  10. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  11. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  12. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  13. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  14. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  15. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  16. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  17. Eb4 Db string, fret 14
  18. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  19. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  20. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  21. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  22. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  23. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  24. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  25. Eb4 Db string, fret 14
  26. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  27. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  28. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  29. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  30. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  31. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  32. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  33. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  34. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  35. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  36. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  37. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  38. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  39. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  40. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  41. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  42. Db5 Bb string, fret 15
  43. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  44. Gb4 Gb string, fret 12
  45. Gb5 high eb string, fret 15
  46. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
  47. F5 high eb string, fret 14
  48. Ab4 Gb string, fret 14
Plain text tab
Eb standard

eb|-----------------15------14----------------------15------14------|
Bb|-----15------------------------------15--------------------------|
Gb|---------14--12------14------14----------14--12------14------14--|
Db|-12------------------------------12------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------15------14----------------------15------14------|
Bb|-----15------------------------------15--------------------------|
Gb|---------14--12------14------14----------14--12------14------14--|
Db|-14------------------------------14------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

eb|-----------------15------14----------------------15------14------|
Bb|-----15------------------------------15--------------------------|
Gb|-12------14--12------14------14--12------14--12------14------14--|
Db|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: Ab4, Gb string, fret 14, 18 times.

Tuning
Eb standardTune every string down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
Strings
Db, Gb, Bb and high ebfour strings
Frets
12 to 15
Lowest note
Db4Db string, fret 12
Highest note
Gb5high eb string, fret 15
Open strings
Noneevery note is fretted
Tempo
125 BPM63 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (63 BPM), 0.75x (94 BPM) or 1x (125 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 4 to 7, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 12, 15, 14, 14 across the Gb and high eb strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to Eb standard

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