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ChristopherSchlegel
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ChristopherSchlegel
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11/06/2022 7:10 pm

Double vertical line means the beginning or end of a section of the song.


Single vertical line means the end of a measure of music & the beginning of the next measure (or count of 4 beats in this case because the song is in 4/4 time).


Double vertical lines with 2 dots ( ||:  [chords] :|| ) indicates to repeat the material in between the dots, essentially a repeat sign as in standard musical notation.


Hope that helps!


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