Tuning: E Standard Main riff Guitar 1 (Alex) : e|--------------------------------------------| B|------------------------8-8-8h10p8-7~-------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|----2--4--2---------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| Sometimes you can hear a variation : e|--------------------------------------------| B|------------------------8-8-8h10p8-7~-------| G|--------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------| A|----5--4--2---------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (Nick) : e|---7--7--7-------------x--------------------| B|---7--7--7--(7)--------x----------(9)-------| G|---7--7--7---9b10r~----x---11--x---11b12r~--| D|---9--9--9-------------x---11--x------------| A|---9--9--9-------------x---9---x------------| E|---7--7--7-------------x--------------------| Right after the first Chorus, Alex stops playing and Nick goes like this : Nick 'bis' : e|----x--7--7--x------------------x-----------| B|----x--7--7--x------------------x--(9)------| G|----x--7--7--x------------------x--11b12r~--| D|----x--9--9--x------------------x-----------| A|----x--9--9--x------------------x-----------| E|----x--7--7--x------------------x-----------| Chorus Guitar 1 (Alex) : e|-------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------4-------5---5-4--------------4-------5-----4------| A|---2---4-5---5-2------2-----5-4-2---4-5---5-2------2-----5-4-| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| Synth - transposed to guitar (Nick) : e|-----------/19------------------/19------------------------/19------| B|--12-----------------\12----------------------\12-------------------| G|--------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------| Break Guitar (Alex) : e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/5-5-5-5\4-4-4-4\2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/5-5-5-5\4-4-4-4--------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Song construction : Intro (Main riff) x2 (guitar 1&2) Pre-Chorus (Main riff) x4 (guitar 1&2) Chorus x2 (guitar 1 & Synth) Interlude (Main riff) x2 (guitar 1&2) Verse x4 (guitar 'Nick bis') Pre-Chorus (Main riff) x4 (guitar 1&2) Chorus x2 (guitar 1 & synth) Break x4 (guitar 1) Chorus x 4 (guitar 1 & synth)
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