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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Intro

(it sounds like there's a cello in there too, you

can approximate that by playing the octave higher, as well):

Guitar 2 (distortion & reverb):

e|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
B|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
G|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
D|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
A|----------------|-----------|-------------------|------------------|
E|-0-1--8--7-9--5-|-0-1--8--7-|-5--9--12-13--8--7-|-9--5--0-1--8--7--|
e|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6~----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7~----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0~----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

High-pitched riff that starts playing during Intro

(This gets repeated in the verse as well):

e|-12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-9--12-10-9-10-|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|(x2)

Verse

Guitar 1 - rhythm guitar (pro co rat distortion, probably)

e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|
A|-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-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-6-|-9-7-6-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-|
A|-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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-6--6-6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-8--8-8-8--8-8--8-8----------|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7----------|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|/7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--2-4-2-4/|
A|-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-|
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|------------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5-5-5-5-|
G|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-9-7-6-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-6--6-6--6-6--6-6-6-6-|
D|-7--7-7-7--7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7--0-0-0-0-|
A|-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--0-0-0-0-|
E|-----------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|

Chorus

Guitar 1

e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
E|-----------------------------|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
e|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
B|-----------0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-----------2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
G|-1--1-1-1--1-1--1-1--1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|
A|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|
E|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

Intro

(tremolo guitar comes in here):

Tremolo part (REVERB & ECHO):

e|-5tr~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

B|---------------------------|
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-----------------------=---|

Verse

(tremolo guitar part continues)

e|-5tr~~4tr~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~|------|------------------|
B|-----------|-----------|------|-3tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------|-5tr~~4tr~~~~~~~~|-2tr~~4tr~~|-1tr~~~|
B|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-----------------|-----------|-------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-8tr~~7tr~~|-5tr~~|------------------|------------------|
B|-----------|------|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|-6tr~5tr~3tr~2tr~~|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|

Verse

With Tremolo lead-in. Solo guitar plays similar

melody to trem part, without trem & the addition of bends and

double-stops, etc (i.e. a guitar solo)....oh, & (no rhythm guitar)

Chorus

(rhythm guitar returns) (x2)

Then comes the 'BREAKDOWN/BREAKOUT' part. There is a

tremolo guitar part. however, it's mostly FX, just

improvise (and make it nice and epic while you're at it)

(Optional Rhythm Guitar Part):

e|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
B|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
G|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2--2-2--2-2-|
A|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0-|
E|------------------------|-------------------------|

*Bring in the intro riff at the end

*AND...finish with!:

e|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

B|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

G|-6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

D|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

A|-0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|

E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

************************************

| / Slide up

| ~ Vibrato

| tr tremolo

************************************

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