Garth Brooks:
The Dance - Fingerstyle
The Dance
Fingerstyle
By Tony Arata
Gtr I Acoustic
Tuning - E G D G B e
Moderately Q=115
G C/G G C/G G D C
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E Q Q
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-------0-----1--|-------0-----1--|-------0-3--1---|
|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0--|-----0---0--0---|
|---0-------2----|---0-------2----|---0-----4--2---|
|-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-0--------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
H H H H H Q Q
G C
H E Q E +Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E
|------3-5--7-||--(7)--------------|-----------0----|------------------|
|-0-----------||o------------0-----|---------3----6-|-(6)--5-5---------|
|-0-----------||---------0-------0-|-------0--------|------------5---5-|
|-0-----------||---0---0-------0---|----0-----------|------5-------5---|
|-------------||o----------0-------|-0--------------|--5-------5-------|
|-------------||-------------------|----------------|------------------|
W Q Q Q Q Q H. Q Q Q Q
D
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q.
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------8-8-----|-8--7-7---------|----------1-----|
|------5-------5-|----------7---7-|----2-2------2--|
|----5-------5---|----7-------7---|-0------0-------|
|-5------5-------|-7------7-------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
G
Q E E +H E E E E E Q E +Q E E +H
|-----------------|----------3-5--8-|-(8)--7-7-(7)-------|
|-1--0-0-(0)------|---0-----------8-|-(8)----------8-----|
|----0-0-(0)----0-|--------0-4-5--7-|-(7)--------------7-|
|----0--------0---|-----0-----------|------0---------0---|
|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|--0--------0--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------|
Q Q Q E E Q H. Q Q E E E E
C
Q E E +E Q. Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------0-----|----------------|----------------|
|------------------|-6--5-5---------|--------5-8-----|
|------7-(7)-------|----------5---5-|------5-------5-|
|----0-------------|----5-------5---|----5-------5---|
|-0-------0-----0--|-5------5-------|-5------5-------|
|------------------|----------------|----------------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
D Em
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|-----------------|-------------7-----|
|-8--7-7---------|----------10-----|-10--8-8-(8)-------|
|----------7---7-|------7--------7-|-----9-----------9-|
|----7-------7---|----7--------7---|-----9---------9---|
|-7------7-------|-7------7--------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------|--0-------0--------|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
D C
H +E Q. Q E E E E E E E Q E +E Q.
|--------------7------|-8--------------|-12-10--8-(8)-7----|
|-10------(10)--------|----------5-----|-------------------|
|-------7-----------7-|------5-------5-|-12-11--9-(9)-7----|
|-----7-----------7---|----5-------5---|-------------------|
|--7--------7---------|-5------5-------|-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------|-------------------|
Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q
D Bm7
H +E Q. E Q E +E Q. W
|----------------------|---------7-(7)-8------|-7--------------|
|-10------(10)-10------|-10-10----------------|----------7-----|
|-------7------------7-|--------------------7-|------7-------7-|
|-----7------------7---|-------7----------7---|----7-------7---|
|--7--------7----------|--7---------7---------|----------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|-7------7-------|
Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E
C D
Q E E +E Q. H +E E Q Q. E +E Q.
|-7------------------|-----------------|---------------7------|
|----10-8-(8)-7------|-5------(5)-7p5--|-------10-(10)--------|
|------------------7-|------5----------|-7------------------7-|
|-----7----------7---|----5------------|-----7------------7---|
|--------------------|-5-------5----5--|-7----------7---------|
|-7--------7---------|-----------------|----------------------|
Q Q Q E E Q E E Q Q Q Q Q E E
C D
W E Q E +E Q. H +E Q.
|-8--------------|-12-10--8-(8)-7----|----------------------|
|----------5-----|-------------------|-10------(10)-10------|
|------5-------5-|-12-11--9-(9)-7----|-------7------------7-|
|----5-------5---|-------------------|-----7------------7---|
|-5------5-------|-------------------|--7--------7----------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------------|
Q E E E E E E Q E E Q E E
Bm7
E Q E +E Q. W Q E E +E Q.
|---------7-(7)-8------|-7--------------|-7----------------|
|-10-10----------------|----------7-----|-7--10-8-(8)-7----|
|--------------------7-|------7-------7-|-7----------------|
|-------7----------7---|----7-------7---|------------------|
|--7---------7---------|----------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-7------7-------|-7----------------|
Q Q Q E E Q E E E E E E W
C D G C/G
H +E Q. Q. S S E Q. W
|-------------------|-----------------|-3--------------|
|-5------(5)-5------|-7----8p7---7----|-------0-----1--|
|------5----------5-|-7--------9------|-----0-------0--|
|----5----------5---|-7---------------|---0-------2----|
|-5-------5---------|-7---------------|-0-------0------|
|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
Q E E Q E E W E E E E E E Q
1. 2.
G C/G G D C G G
W E E E E Q Q H E Q E W
|-3--------------|---------------|------3-5--7--||------||
|-------0-----1--|-------0-3--1--|-0-----------o||-0----||
|-----0-------0--|-----0---0--0--|-0------------||-0----||
|---0-------2----|---0-----4--2--|-0------------||-0----||
|-0-------0------|-0-------------|-0-----------o||-0----||
|----------------|---------------|--------------||------||
E E E E E E Q H Q Q W
Em Cmaj7
E E E E +E Q E E Q. +H E E E E +E Q E
||------2-3-(3)-0--5-|-5-7----(7)----|-------3-(3)-5--0-|
||o---0------------3-|-3-5----(5)----|-----0------------|
||-------------------|---------------|---0--------------|
||-------------------|---------------|------------------|
||o------------------|---------------|-5----------------|
||--0----------------|-0-------------|------------------|
W W W
Dsus2 D D
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------0-------0-|-3-----2-------0-|---------0-2-0---|
|-----0-------0---|-----3-------3---|-----3---------3-|
|---0-------0-----|---2-------2-----|---2---2---------|
|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0---------------|
|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
H H H H W
Em Emadd9
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E W
|-0-----3-----2---|-0---------------||-^0----*|
|-----------------|--------0-----0-o||-^0----*|
|-----0---0-----0-|------0-----0----||-^0----*|
|---2-------2-----|----2-----2------||-^4----*|
|-----------------|----------------o||-^4----*|
|-0---------------|-0------0--------||-^0----*|
W H H
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