OUT OF LIMITS
As recorded by The Ventures
(From the 1963 Album VENTURES IN SPACE)
Music by Michael Z. Gordon
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Don Wilson - Electric Guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Nokie Edwards - Electric Guitar'
Q=140
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W W W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3--|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5--------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-0----------------|
|-3---------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---3-5-3---3-5-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-5-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W H H H H H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-2---------------|-----------------|-0-------2-------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0-------3-------|-----------------|-0-------3-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H
|---3-4-3---3-5-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-5-3-|-7-----------|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|
| H H H H Q Q H W
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------|
|-0-------2-------|-----------------|-0---2---2-------|-------------|
|-----------------|-0-------3-------|-----------------|-------------|
Em G
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|---3-4-3---3-4-3-|---3-4-3---3-4-3-||----0-0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3-3-|
|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------||o---0-0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------||----0-0-0-0-0-------4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------||----2-2-2-2-2-------5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------||o---2-2-2-2-2-------5-5-5-5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------||----0-0-0-0-0-------3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| W W E E E E Q E E
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||----5---7---5-7b7.5-----7---5-|
|-----------------|-----------------||o-7---------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------------------|
A B G
E S S S S E E S S S S E 3x Q S S E Q E E
|-------5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--||-3-----3-3-3--3----3-3-|
|-------5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-o||-3-----3-3-3--3----3-3-|
|-------6-6-6-6-6---8-8-8-8-8--||-4-----4-4-4--4----4-4-|
|-------7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9--||-5-----5-5-5--5----5-5-|
|-------7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9-9-o||-5-----5-5-5--5----5-5-|
|-------5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7--||-3-----3-3-3--3----3-3-|
|
| Q E E E E E E 3x S E S e E +E E E E
|------------------------------||-2s3-3-3---3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-----------------------------o||-2s3-3-3---3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|------------------------------||-3s4-4-4---4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|-7b7.5-----7---5-7-5----------||-4s5-5-5---5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|-----------------------7---5-o||-----------------------|
|------------------------------||-----------------------|
B Em G
Q Q E E E E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-|---0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-|---0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-|
|-8-----8----8--8---8---8-|---0-0-0-0-0---4-4-4-4-4-|
|-9-----9----9--9---9---9-|---2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-|
|-9-----9----9--9---9---9-|---2-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5-|
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-|---0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| S E S E E +E S S S S E W
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------------------|
|-8s9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A B
E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-----5-5--5-5--5--------7-7-7-7--7--|
|-----5-5--5-5--5--------7-7-7-7--7--|
|-----6-6--6-6--6--------8-8-8-8--8--|
|-----7-7--7-7--7--------9-9-9-9--9--|
|-----7-7--7-7--7--------9-9-9-9--9--|
|-----5-5--5-5--5--------7-7-7-7--7--|
|
| E E E E S S E E E
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------9---12--|
|-----------------------12-----------|
|----10---12---10-12s14--------------|
|-12---------------------------------|
Em G
E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-----0--0--0--0-0--------3--3--3--3-3----|
|-----0--0--0--0-0--------3--3--3--3-3----|
|-----0--0--0--0-0--------4--4--4--4-4----|
|-----2--2--2--2-2--------5--5--5--5-5----|
|-----2--2--2--2-2--------5--5--5--5-5----|
|-----0--0--0--0-0--------3--3--3--3-3----|
|
| E. S E. S E. S E. S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-14----12h14------12h14----12h14------12h|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
A B Em G
E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-----5--5--5--5-5--------7-7--7-7--7-|---0-0--0-0--0------3-3--3--3-3---|
|-----5--5--5--5-5--------7-7--7-7--7-|---0-0--0-0--0------3-3--3--3-3---|
|-----6--6--6--6-6--------8-8--8-8--8-|---0-0--0-0--0------4-4--4--4-4---|
|-----7--7--7--7-7--------9-9--9-9--9-|---2-2--2-2--2------5-5--5--5-5---|
|-----7--7--7--7-7--------9-9--9-9--9-|---2-2--2-2--2------5-5--5--5-5---|
|-----5--5--5--5-5--------7-7--7-7--7-|---0-0--0-0--0------3-3--3--3-3---|
|
| E. S E. S E E E E E E E E S S S S +E E
|---------------------12-11-----------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------12---10-|---8---10---12-10p8---8-(8)-------|
|-14----12h14------12-----------------|-9------------------9-------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A B G
E S S S S E E S S S S E Q E E Q E E
|----5-5-5-5-5----7-7---7--7-7-|-3-----3-3--3----3-3-|
|----5-5-5-5-5----7-7---7--7-7-|-3-----3-3--3----3-3-|
|----6-6-6-6-6----8-8---8--8-8-|-4-----4-4--4----4-4-|
|----7-7-7-7-7----9-9---9--9-9-|-5-----5-5--5----5-5-|
|----7-7-7-7-7----9-9---9--9-9-|-5-----5-5--5----5-5-|
|----5-5-5-5-5----7-7---7--7-7-|-3-----3-3--3----3-3-|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q E E E E +E E S E S e E +E E E E
|------------------------------|-2S3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|-10-----8-----8-10---(10)-----|-2s3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|
|------------9-----------------|-3s4-4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-|
|------------------------------|-4s5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
B D
Q Q E E E E W
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-||-10----|
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-||-10----|
|-8-----8----8--8---8---8-||-11----|
|-9-----9----9--9---9---9-||-12----|
|-9-----9----9--9---9---9-||-12----|
|-7-----7----7--7---7---7-||-10----|
|
| S E S E E +E S S S S E W
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-||--5----|
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-||--7----|
|-6s7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-7-7-||--7----|
|-8s9-9-9-9-(9)-9-9-9-9-9-||--7----|
|-------------------------||--5----|
|-------------------------||-------|
F#m G
Gtrs II, III
W W W W
|-5--------|-2--------|-2--------|-3----|
|-7--------|-2--------|-2--------|-3----|
|-7--------|-2--------|-2--------|-4----|
|-7--------|-4--------|-4--------|-5----|
|-5--------|-4--------|-4--------|-5----|
|----------|-2--------|-2--------|-3----|
A G A
W W W W
|-3--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5----|
|-3--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5----|
|-4--------|-6--------|-4--------|-6----|
|-5--------|-7--------|-5--------|-7----|
|-5--------|-7--------|-5--------|-7----|
|-3--------|-5--------|-3--------|-5----|
A Eb
Gtr II
E E E E S S S S S S S S W W
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
|-6---6---6---6---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-12--------|-12----|
|-7---7---7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-13--------|-13----|
|-7---7---7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-13--------|-13----|
|-5---5---5---5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S W W
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||-12--------|-12----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-13--------|-13----|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-13--------|-13----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||-11--------|-11----|
Gm Ab
Gtrs II, III
W W W W
|-3--------|-3--------|-4--------|-4----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-4--------|-4----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-5--------|-5----|
|-5--------|-5--------|-6--------|-6----|
|-5--------|-5--------|-6--------|-6----|
|-3--------|-3--------|-4--------|-4----|
Bb Ab C
Gtr II
W W W E E E E S S S S S S S S
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|-7--------|-5--------|--9--------|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--||
|-8--------|-6--------|-10--------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-8--------|-6--------|-10--------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--||
|
| Gtr III
| W W W Q Q Q Q
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--------------------------------------||
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--------------------------------------||
|-7--------|-5--------|--9--------|--------------------------------------||
|-8--------|-6--------|-10--------|--------------------------------------||
|-8--------|-6--------|-10--------|--3-----1-----------------------------||
|-6--------|-4--------|--8--------|--------------4-----------3-----------||
N.C.
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4-5-4---4-5-4-|-----4-5-4---4-5-4-|---4-5-4---4-5-4-|---4-5-4---4-5-4--|
|-6-------6-------|--6--------6-------|-6-------6-------|-6-------6--------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III Gtr III
| W +W W W
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-1---------------|-(1)---------------|-1---------------|-4----------------|
Fm Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---4-5-4---4-5-4-|---4-6-4---4-6-4-||----4----5---4----4----5----4---|
|-6-------6-------|-6-------6-------||--6-------------6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------------||----1-1--1-1-1----4-4--4-4--4---|
|-----------------|-----------------||----1-1--1-1-1----4-4--4-4--4---|
|-----------------|-----------------||----1-1--1-1-1----5-5--5-5--5---|
|-----------------|-----------------||----3-3--3-3-3----6-6--6-6--6---|
|-----------------|-----------------||----3-3--3-3-3----6-6--6-6--6---|
|-----------------|-----------------||----1-1--1-1-1----4-4--4-4--4---|
|
| Gtr III
| W W E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------||------------------8---11---13s==|
|-----------------|-----------------||----9---11---9-11---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||-10-----------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------||--------------------------------|
|-6---------------|-8---------------||--------------------------------|
Bb C
E E E E E E E E
|--------4------5-----4-------4-----6-----4-|
|--6----------------------6-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------6--6---6--6--6-------8--8--8--8--8-|
|--------6--6---6--6--6-------8--8--8--8--8-|
|--------7--7---7--7--7-------9--9--9--9--9-|
|--------8--8---8--8--8------10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------8--8---8--8--8------10-10-10-10-10-|
|--------6--6---6--6--6-------8--8--8--8--8-|
|
| S S S S +E E +E E E E
|-16----------------------------------------|
|----18p16h18-(18)--------------------------|
|--------------------15-(15)----------------|
|----------------------------18----15-------|
|----------------------------------------18-|
|-------------------------------------------|
Fm Ab Bb C
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----4----5----4-----4----5----4-|-----4----5----4-----4-----6-----4--|
|--6---------------6--------------|--6---------------6-----------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E
|-----1-1--1-1--1-----4-4--4-4--4-|-----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8--8--8--8--|
|-----1-1--1-1--1-----4-4--4-4--4-|-----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8--8--8--8--|
|-----1-1--1-1--1-----5-5--5-5--5-|-----7-7--7-7--7-----9--9--9--9--9--|
|-----3-3--3-3--3-----6-6--6-6--6-|-----8-8--8-8--8----10-10-10-10-10--|
|-----3-3--3-3--3-----6-6--6-6--6-|-----8-8--8-8--8----10-10-10-10-10--|
|-----1-1--1-1--1-----4-4--4-4--4-|-----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8--8--8--8--|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----18---18---18----18---18---18-|----18--------18----18----------18--|
|-15s17---17---17-15s17---17---17-|-15s17---15---17-15s17----15s===17--|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Fm Ab
E E E E E E E E
|--------4------5-----4-------4----5----4-|
|--6----------------------6---------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E E S S S S E
|--------1--1---1--1--1-------4-4--4-4--4-|
|--------1--1---1--1--1-------4-4--4-4--4-|
|--------1--1---1--1--1-------5-5--5-5--5-|
|--------3--3---3--3--3-------6-6--6-6--6-|
|--------3--3---3--3--3-------6-6--6-6--6-|
|--------1--1---1--1--1-------4-4--4-4--4-|
|
| S S S S +E E +E E E E
|-16--------------------------------------|
|----18p16h18-(18)------------------------|
|--------------------15-(15)--------------|
|----------------------------18---15------|
|--------------------------------------18-|
|-----------------------------------------|
Bb C Ab
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----4----5----4-----4------6------4-|-----4---5-4-----4-5-4--|
|--6--------------6------------------|-6------------6---------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E E S S S S E Q E E Q E E
|----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8---8---8--8-|-4-------4-4--4----4-4--|
|----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8---8---8--8-|-4-------4-4--4----4-4--|
|----7-7--7-7--7-----9--9---9---9--9-|-5-------5-5--5----5-5--|
|----8-8--8-8--8----10-10--10--10-10-|-6-------6-6--6----6-6--|
|----8-8--8-8--8----10-10--10--10-10-|-6-------6-6--6----6-6--|
|----6-6--6-6--6-----8--8---8---8--8-|-4-------4-4--4----4-4--|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~
| Q E E E E +E E S E S e E +E E E E
|------------------------------------|-3s4---4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|------------------------------------|-3s4---4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4--|
|----------------15------------------|-4s5---5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5--|
|-15-----18---15----18----(18)-------|-5s6---6-6-6-(6)-6-6-6--|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------|
C Fm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------4-----5--4-------4-----6-----4-|---4-5-4---4-5-4-|
|--6-----------------6-----------------|-6-------6-------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Q Q E E E E W
|--8----------8------8---8-----8-----8-|-1---------------|
|--8----------8------8---8-----8-----8-|-1---------------|
|--9----------9------9---9-----9-----9-|-1---------------|
|-10---------10-----10--10----10----10-|-3---------------|
|-10---------10-----10--10----10----10-|-3---------------|
|--8----------8------8---8-----8-----8-|-1---------------|
|
| S E S E E +E S S S S E W
|--7s=8----8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8-|-----------------|
|--7s=8----8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8-|-6---------------|
|--7s=8----8--8--8--(8)--8--8--8--8--8-|-5---------------|
|--9s10---10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-10-10-|-6---------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------|
N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 5x
|-----4-5-4---4-5-4-||----4-5-4---4-5-4---||
|--6--------6-------||o-6-------6--------o||
|-------------------||--------------------||
|-------------------||--------------------||
|-------------------||o------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------||
|
| +W W 5x
|-(1)---------------||--------------------||
|-(1)---------------||o------------------o||
|-(1)---------------||--------------------||
|-(3)---------------||--------------------||
|-(3)---------------||o------------------o||
|-(1)---------------||--------------------||
|
| +W W 5x
|-------------------||--------------------||
|-(6)---------------||o------------------o||
|-(5)---------------||--------------------||
|-(6)---------------||--------------------||
|-------------------||o------------------o||
|-------------------||--------------------||
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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
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| - 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
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