Intro- Drop tuning- Fade in- E----------------------------- B----------------------------- G--7-------------------------- D--x-------------------------- A--5-------------------------- D----------------------------- 1st Guitar Plays power chord- E-------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------- G-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------- D-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7------------- A-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5------------- D-------------------------------------------- 2nd guitar plays this in the background with tremolo- E----------------------------------- B----------------------------------- G----------------------------------- D-----6---7--------------------------- A------------------------------------ D------------------------------------ (Let each note ring) This is what?s played during the bass part- (He uses a whammy pedal I think for the high part) E----0----------------------------------------------- B----0---------------15-15-15-15-15-15--------------- G----0--------19-19--19-19-19-19-19-19--------------- D----2----------------------------------------------- A-0--3--0-------------------------------------------- D-0-----0-------------------------------------------- Chorus- It?s also played after intro- E----------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------- D----------------------------------------- A----------3----2-3----3-5-0-3-2---------- D-0--0-0-- --0------0--3-5-0-3-2---------- Play that 3 times than- E----------------------------------------- B----------------------------------------- G----------------------------------------- D----------------2---2-3-2-3-5------------ A---------3-3-5---5----------------------- D-0--0-0---------------------------------- This is the note that leads into the verse- E---------------------------------------------------------- B--15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15----------------- G---------------------------------------------------------- D--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12----------------- A---------------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------------- Verse- has a lot of tricked-out wah in the background But this is the main verse that you hear- E------------------------------------- B------------------------------------- G------------------------------------- D------3---5-------------------------- A--3-5--5---3--3-4-------------------- D------------------------------------- This is a little bit played in the verses- E------------------------------ B------------------------------ G-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------- D-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--------- A--8--8--8---8--8---8---------- D------------------------------ In the 2nd verse he plays this every once in a while- E---------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------- D--------3-5-5-6-7-6-5-3----------------- A-3-5-5---------------------------------- D----------------------------------------- 1st guitar solo- (Uses some weird pedal) E-------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------- G-7--9--10-12--10--9--5--9--10--7------------ D-x--x--x---x---x--x---x--x--x--x------------ A-5--7--8--10-- 8--7--3--7---8--5------------- D-------------------------------------------- (You can figure out the beat pretty easily) Repeat 2x E---------------------------------------------------- B---------------------------------------------------- G---------------------------------------------------- D---------------------------------------------------- A-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0-- D-6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-3--6-6-3-5-0-3-5-0-- E---------------------------------- B---------------------------------- G---------------------------------- D---------------------------------- A-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5-------------- D-6-5-3-5-0-3-5-5-------------- Repeat a lot of times- Palm mute these notes and than stop after a while to get it louder- E------------------------------ B------------------------------ G------------------------------ D----------7-7-7-7-7----------- A-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5----------- D------------------------------ Hit them a lot more times than that- You can hear how many if you listen to the song ?I think I heard a shot!? E---------------------------------- B---------------------------------- G-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----- D-7-7-7-7---7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----- A-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5----- D---------------------------------- This is played in the background using lots Of tremolo- (It?s just like the intro) E--------------------------------- B--------------------------------- G--------------------------------- D--6--7-------------------------- A--------------------------------- D--------------------------------- (I think he uses a whammy pedal here) E----------------------------------- B----15-15-15-15-15-15-------------- G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-------------- D----------------------------------- A----------------------------------- D----------------------------------- Now is the part while the bass is playing and zack Is saying stuff like ?counter intelligence? and ?Black nationalism? E----0--------------------------- B----0--------------------------- G----0--------------------------- D----2--------------------------- A-0--3--------------------------- D-0------------------------------ Repeat many times- (This leads into the ?Wake up!? part) E----------------------------------- B-----15-15-15-15-15-15------- G-19-19-19-19-19-19-19------- D----------------------------------- A----------------------------------- D-----------------------------------

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