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Transcription by:  Matthew M. Holladay (holladay@engin.umich.edu)

WHISPER A PRAYER FOR THE DYING
Coverdale Page
"Coverdale/Page"

    -  Note the dropped D tuning

Fig. 1
E-|-------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-------------0-----0-----------|
A-|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0---0---0-----0-------------|
D-|-0-----2-----3-----5-----3---2---3-----2-----0---------|

Fig. 2

E-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G-|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|
A-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|
D-|-3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5---------3-5-5-5-5---3-5-5-5-5s0-----------|

Fig. 3

E-|--------------------------------------------------|
B-|--------------------------------------------------|
G-|--------------------------------------------------|
D-|--------------------------------------------------|
A-|-0----2-3-0-2-3-0----2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-3-0--------|
D-|-0----2-3-0-2-3-0----2-3-0-2-3-0-2-3-2-3-0--------|

Fig. 4

E-|-2--0--0--3---|----2--0--0-------|
B-|-3--2--1--0---|----3--2--1-------|
G-|-2--2--0--0---|----2--2--0-------|
D-|-0--2--2--0---|----0--2--2-------|
A-|-0--0--3--2---|----0--0--3-------|
D-|--------------|------------------|

The entire song is pretty much structured around these four
figures.  I don't remember exactly how everything goes together,
It seems to me that Fig. 1 is repeated about a million times
at the beginning, followed by Fig. 2.


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Updated: July 9, 1999