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I Don't Wanna Miss a Thing Guitar Tablature
This song is recorded using standard chords, but I'm translating it to power chords for all you metal heads out there, like me. Only problem with this song
Is there's no guitar solo.

I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
As performed on the "Armageddon" soundtrack
Written by Diane Warren
Performed by Aerosmith

Standard tuning
h          hammer on
~          vibrating
/          slide up
()         ghost note
Guitar 1   Lead  
Guitar 2   Backing

Notes: All strings and keyboards are arranged for guitar, and both guitars are electric all the way through 

Intro 
Guitar 1 (w/ clean tone)
e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [----------------2~~~~~---------------2~~~~~--
A [-2~~~~~-4~~~~~---------2~~~~~-4~~~~~---------
E [---------------------------------------------

e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [-4---2--0-----2~~~----------------2~~~~~-----
A [----------4/5-------2~~~~~-4~~~~~------------
E [---------------------------------------------

e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [----4---2--0-----2~~~----------------2~~~~~--
A [-2-----------4/5-------2~~~~~-4~~~~~---------
E [---------------------------------------------

e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [---------------------------------------------
A [-5~~~-4--2--0--------------------------------
E [---------------------------------------------

Guitar 2 (Clean electric)
e [----------------------------------------------
B [----------------------------------------------
G [-4-------------4-------------4-------------4--
D [-4-------------4-------------4-------------4--
A [-2-------------2-------------2-------------2--
E [----------------------------------------------


Verse
Guitar 1 (Clean, repeat throughout verse and prechorus)
e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---2-4----2-4----2-4----2-4----2-4----2-4----
D [-4------4------4------4------4------4--------
A [---------------------------------------------
E [---------------------------------------------

Guitar 2 (Clean, x2)
e [----------------------------------------------------
B [----------------------------------------------------
G [-7-----------------4-------------------7------------
D [-7--------7--------4----------5--------7--------2---
A [-5--------7--------2----------5--------5--------2---
E [-5--------5--------2----------3--------5--------0---


Pre-chorus
Guitar 2 (Clean)
e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [-6------4------2-----------------------------
D [-6------4------2-----------------------------
A [-4------2------0-----------------------------
E [-4------2------------------------------------


Chorus
Guitar 1 (w/ distortion, x2)
e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [-7-------------------------------------------
A [-5-------7-------2------------5-------7------
E [---------5-------0----0h2h3---3-------5------

Guitar 2 (w/ distortion, x2)
e [-----0-------0-------0-----------3-----------
B [---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-5---3----5~~~---
G [-2-------2-------0-------0-------------------
D [---------------------------------------------
A [---------------------------------------------
E [---------------------------------------------

End 1st Chorus
Guitar 1 (w/ distortion)
e [---------------------------------------------
B [---------------------------------------------
G [---------------------------------------------
D [-7-------------------------------------------
A [-5-------7-------2---------------------------
E [---------5-------0---------------------------

Guitar 2 (w/ distortion)
e [-----0-------0------------0------------------
B [---3---3---3---3-------3-(3) -----------------
G [-2-------2-------0---------------------------
D [---------------------------------------------
A [---------------------------------------------
E [---------------------------------------------


Verse

Pre-chorus

Chorus

Bridge
e [------------------------------------------------------------ 
B [-----------------------------------------------------------e
G [------------------------------------------------------------
D [-5---------------3---------------5---------------7----------
A [-3-------5-------1-------3-------3-------5-------5-------7--
E [---------3---------------1---------------3---------------5--


After this, repeat the chorus riff 8 more times and that’s it.  However, during
5th and 6th times, Guitar 2 play's Guitar 1's Intro part, only with distortion
this time.

Song Structure
Intro
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
End Chorus
Verse
Pre-chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
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