{Lots of distortion OR fire up the old Big Muff} This is {MAIN RIFF A}: Play 4x's solo, then drums come in. ||---------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| ||---------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| ||---7--------7--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| ||---------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| ||---5--------5--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| ||------0--0-----x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---| {VERY light palm mute} Play {MAIN RIFF 8x's under the band. On the fourth time with the band {GUITAR 2} plays this: ||-----| ||-15~-| ||-----| ||-----| ||-----| ||-----| Then comes a drum fill and BOOM: {GUITAR 1} and {GUITAR 2} play {MAIN RIFF 12x's in unison. on 5th and 9th time, play this fill: ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||11/12-1211-11/14--14/16--17~~-----| ||-----------------------------------| ||-9/10-10-9--9/12--12/14--15~~-----| ||-----------------------------------| Play this 4x's directly after the {MAIN RIFF} above: /---------------------------- {MAIN RIFF B}: ||----------------x-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------------| ||----------------x-x-x-x-x-x------------------------------------------| ||--7---7-7--7-7--x-x-x-x-x-x--to-end----7-----------------------------| ||----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------5------------------------| ||--5---5-5--5-5--x-x-x-x-x-x------------5----5-(sustain)--into singing| ||----------------x-x-x-x-x-x-----------------5------------------------| ^ ^ {light palm mute} ^ - emphasize these strokes Drums and base under singing: I hear your winter I hear you rain I've failed your summer ways And I feel no pain This gets play under the following: ||----------------| ||----------------| ||--7--7----------| ||--7--7----5-----| ||--5--5----5-----| ||----------5-----| I hear what you are And I feel no pain I hear what you are And I feel no pain Then another drum fill into: This part is tuff {MAIN RIFF} 15x's , throughout this whole part. Like before, these fills are placed according to the how many times the {MAIN RIFF} has been played. On the 5th time play this riff 3 time: ||---------------------------| ||---------------------------| ||11/12-1211-11/14--14~~----| ||---------------------------| ||-9/10-10-9--9/12--12~~----| ||---------------------------| then: ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||11/12-1211-11/14--14/16--17~~-----| ||-----------------------------------| ||-9/10-10-9--9/12--12/14--15~~-----| ||-----------------------------------| then starts some crazy stuff..somthing like ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-18~~---18---18-18---18-18--18-18-18-18--19----19-19---19-19--19-19-19-19| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-16~~---16---16-16---16-16--16-16-16-16--17----17-17---17-17--17-17-17-17| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-21----21-21---21-21--21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21-21----------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-19----19-19---19-19--19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19-19--into-some-other-stuff ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| THEN starts some soloing that i'm too lazy to figure out right now. Keep in mind that all this is being played under the {MAIN RIFF thats being played 15 times. Just listen to the CD and fake it :) {just base here}: quiet singing, a few pick scrape with some effects I hear you fade away And I hear you crawl I gave my life away And I feel no pain And I feel no pain And I feel no pain And I feel your pain And she was my lover so sweet And she was my angel And what I've recovered of me I put into a box underneath my bed When you lie in your bed And you lie to your self When you lie in your bed And you lie to your self Bang bang you're dead hole in your head Bang bang you're dead hole in your head Bang bang you're dead hole in your head Bang bang you're dead hole in your head ||----------------| ||----------------| ||--7--7----------| ||--7--7----5-----| ||--5--5----5-----| ||----------5-----| I hear what you are And I feel no pain I hear what you are And I feel no pain Then, to finish: This 2x's: ||------------------------------------------------------------------- ||------------------------------------------------------------------- ||-11--11--1111--111111111111--12---12---12-12---12-12-12-12-12-12--- ||------------------------------------------------------------------- ||--9---9---9-9---9-9-9-9-9-9--10---10---10-10---10-10-10-10-10-10--- ||------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------| -14---14---14-14--14-14-14-14-14-14----| ---------------------------------------| -12---12---12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12----| ---------------------------------------| Then this: The drums match the strums here ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-7---7---7--------7---7---7--------------------7-7--7---7----7------7----| ||-7---7---7--------7---7---7--7-7--7---7----7------7----| ||-5---5---5--------5---5---5--------------------5-5--5---5----5------5----| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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