Firstly I?d just like to say that everybody else who tried to tab this song must be tone deaf because all bollocks. First of all the tuning is drop-d one tone down, so tune to (low to high) C-G-C-F-A-D this is much quicker tune to and is a lot kinder to your guitar and allows the chord voicings on the chorus. As for effects use a thick fuzz on the intro and main riff, for the chorus, if you have a decent you?ll need it now, for those of you who own a boss GT3 use the ?fantasy? setting on bank 71, for the rest of you a mild overdrive and a wah pedal with the polarity down and some chorus (unless of course you have a keyboard player you can play with, in which case don?t bother. INTRO: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------0^1------------------------------------------------0^1-------------------------| --0^1-------1-1--0---------------------------------0^1-------1-1--0--------------------| One bar hi-hat only and again MAIN RIFF: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------3----3--------------------------3----3----------------------| ----------------------------------5/7--5/7-----------------------5/7--5/7---------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------0^1------------------------------------0^1------------------------------------------| --0^1------------1-1--0-------------------0^1------1-1--0-------------------------------------| VERSE: guitar drops out, bass plays the same riff BRIDGE: guitar comes back and plays this ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------5--5---3-------0^1--1--1--------------------------------------------------------| -------0^1----5--5---3-------0^1--1--1----------------------------------------------------------| -0^1----------5--5---3-------0^1--1--1----------------------------------------------------------| Then ------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------| ------------------5--5--------------------------| -------0^1------5--5----------------------------| -0^1------------5--5----------------------------| Instead of the next chord in the riff the chorus begins, this is when you?ll need those effects. CHORUS: (the rhythm here isn?t accurate, this is an attempt to illustrate how many bars the chords are because barlines and rhythm notation are impossible to type) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -6---6---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-------------------------------------------| -5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3----------------------5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------------------------------|x2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -1---1---1---1--6---6---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------| -3---3---3---3--3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-------| -1---1---1---1--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0-------| -------------------3---3---3---3---------------------5---5---5---5---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0--|x2 Go back to fuzz here --------------------------------------------------------------------------------| -1---1---1---1--6---6---6---6---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------3-----3----| -3---3---3---3--5---5---5---6---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------5/7---5/7--| -3---3---3---3--3---3---3---3---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-------------------| -1---1---1---1--3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-------------------| -------------------3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5----------------| Play the main riff again Next is verse 2 Then another bridge And another chorus Then there?s the a cappella part Then the band comes back and plays the bridge On the last time through the riff it goes, ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------| ----------------5---5---3-----------------------------------------| -------0^1----5---5---3-------------------------------------------| -0^1----------5---5---3---hold------------------------------------| And then, OUTRO: ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------| --0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0--0--0--| --0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0--0--0--| --0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0------0--0--0--0--|play this a few times And then ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| --------------5-------------------------------------------5----------------------------------| -------------------3^5---3^5^3---1^0---------------------3^5?3^5^3----6^5--------------------| -0--0---0-----------------------------------0--0---0-----------------------------------------|x4

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