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T H E X - F I L E S D I T T Y --------------------------------- transcribed by Andrew Thwing BACKGROUND RIFF: (synthesizer arranged for guitar) (A5) let ring-------------> e|---------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------| G|---------9-----9-----9-----9-----------------| D|-------7-----7-----7-----7-------------------| A|-----7-----7-----7-----7---------------------| E|---5-----------------------------------------| THE WHISTLING MELODY: (0:03) e|-----------------------------------| B|------5-----5--8--5----------------| G|---7-----7-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (0:09) e|---------------5-------------------| B|------5-----5-----5----------------| G|---7-----7-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (0:15) e|---8--7--5-----5-------------------| B|------------8-----5----------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (0:21) e|---8--7--5-----7-------------------| B|------------8-----5----------------| G|-----------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (0:27) e|-----------------------------------| B|------5-----5--8--5----------------| G|---7-----7-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| (0:33) ...(0:39) e|---------------5------------5------| B|------5-----5-----5------------5---| G|---7-----7-------------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------| Recorded with lots of reverb on both patterns, but for guitar I'd recommed flanging as well to add to the ringing. Interesting time signature stuff here-- It seems that the whistling riff is in 12-8, over the background arpeggio which is 8-8, so in other words they don't exactly stay together.