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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.

Song

Words by John Cooper

Music by John Cooper

Transcribed by Chris Flippo

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean'

Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'

Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted'

Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted 2 '

Intro

Q=105

N.C. Bb5 F/Bb

4/4

Gtr I

E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S

|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------2---|--------------------------2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-1----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1---1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q

|-5----------3---------1---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----1---(1)------1----3---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

N.C. F5/CF/C C5 Am7/C

E. S S E S E E E E Q S E S Q S E S

|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------2---|-----2-2---2----2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3---3-3---3-5--5-5-5-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-3---3-3---3-3--3-3-3-|
|--------------------------|----------------------|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E Q. E Q Q

|-5----------3---------1---|-1-------0---1--------|
|--------------------------|----------------1-----|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------|

N.C. Bb5 F/Bb

E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S

|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------2---|--------------------------2-2-2-|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3---3-3-3-3-|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-1----1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1---1-1-1-1-|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q

|-5----------3---------1---|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|----1---(1)------1----3---------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------3-----|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------------|

N.C. F5

E. S S E S E E E E W

|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|----------------------2---|------|
|-0------2h3p==2-----------|-3----|
|------0---------3-(3)---0-|-3----|
|--------------------------|-1----|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E W

|-5----------3---------1---|-1----|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|
|--------------------------|------|

Riff

$

D5 Bb5 D5 Bb5

Gtr III

S S E S E E E S S S S S S S E S E E E S S S S S

||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||

Verse

D5

Gtr I

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. S E.

|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------2---|-------2-(2)-----2----2--|
|-0----2h3----3-----|-----3---------3---------|
|----0-----3------0-|--1----------1------1----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| >

| W +W

|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|
|-0-----------------|-(0)---------------------|

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E E. S

|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------2---|-------2-(2)---------2--2-|
|--0----2h3----3-----|--0--3-------------3------|
|-----0-----3------0-|-------------3-(3)--------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|

|

| +W +W

|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|
|-(0)----------------|-(0)----------------------|

N.C.

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. E S S

|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|---------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2------2-|
|-0----2h3----3-----|---3---------3------3---|
|----0-----3------0-|-1---------1------1-----|
|-------------------|------------------------|

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E Q

|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------2---|-----2-(2)---------0---|
|-0----2h3----3-----|-0-3-------------2-----|
|----0-----3------0-|-----------3-(3)---3---|
|-------------------|-----------------------|

N.C.

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. S E.

|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2------2--|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|---3---------3-----------|
|------0-----3-------0-|-1---------1--------1----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

|

| Gtr II

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q

|-5----------3-----1---|-------------------------|
|----------------------|---1---(1)---1----3------|
|----------------------|--------------------3----|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E +E E E. S

|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------2---|------2-(2)---------2--2---|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|-0--3-------------3--------|
|------0-----3-------0-|------------3-(3)----------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E Q. E Q Q

|-5----------3-----1---|-1----------0--1-----------|
|----------------------|--------------------1------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|

N.C.

E. S S S Q E E E E S S +E E S E. E S S

|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------2---|-----2-(2)-----2--------2-|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|---3---------3--------3---|
|------0-----3-------0-|-1---------1--------1-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E E E +Q E E Q

|-5----------3-----1---|--------------------------|
|----------------------|---1---(1)---1----3-------|
|----------------------|--------------------3-----|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

D5

Gtr III

E. S S S Q E E E S S S S E E S S S S E E

|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------2---|--------------------------|
|-0------2h3-----3-----|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|
|------0-----3-------0-|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|
|----------------------|-x-x-x-x-0-0-x-x-x-x-0-0--|

|

| < < <

| E E E E Q E E W

|-5----------3-----1---|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|

Chorus

D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|

D.S.

D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|

Solo

D5 C5 Bb5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||---------------------------|---------------|
||--0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|
||o-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|
||--0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-10--10--8--8--|

|

| Gtr IV

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. H +E Q Q Q Q

||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||--9--------10---------(10)S|==2---2--3--3--|
||---------------------------|---------------|
||o--------------------------|---------------|
||---------------------------|---------------|

D5 F5 E5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2----||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2---o||
|-0--0-0----0-0-0---0---0--|-3--3--2--2----||

|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. H +E Q Q Q Q

|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|-9--------10---------(10)S|=5--5--5--5----||
|--------------------------|---------------||
|--------------------------|--------------o||
|--------------------------|---------------||

Bridge

D5 Bb5

W W S S E S E E E S S S S S

|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||o-------------------------o||
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
|----------|----------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||

D5 Bb5

W W S S E S E E E S S S S S

|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||o-------------------------o||
|----------|----------||---------------------------||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||
|----------|----------||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||
|----------|----------||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||

C5 Bb5 C5 Bb5

Q. H +E Q. H +E

||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||--10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)--||-|
||o-10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)-o||-|
||--10----8----(8)-|-10----8-----------(8)--||-|

|

| Gtr IV

| W H S S S S Q

||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-------------3---3-----o||-|
||-----------------|-----------3---3--------||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|
||o----------------|-----------------------o||-|
||-----------------|------------------------||-|

C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 C5 D5 F5

S E S E S E S E S S S S 4x

||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||------------------------------10--10-10-10---||
||--10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12-10--10-10-10---||
||o-10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12--8---8--8--8--o||
||--10--12-10--12-10--12-10--12----------------||

|

| E. E. E. E. +Q 4x

||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---0------2------3------5-----(5)------------||

Intro Riff

N.C. Bb5 F/Bb

Gtr I

E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S

|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------2---|----------------------2-2-2-|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

N.C. F5/F/C C5 Am7/C

E. S S E S E E E E Q S E S Q S E S

|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|------------------2---|----2-2-2----2-2-2---|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-3-3-5--5-5-5---|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-3--3-3-3-3--3-3-3---|
|----------------------|---------------------|

N.C. Bb5 F/Bb

E. S S E S E E E E E. S +S S E +S E S S E S

|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------2---|----------------------2-2-2-|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3--3-(3)-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-1--1-(1)-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

|

| Gtr III

| W W

|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------|

N.C. F5

E. S S E S E E E E W

|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|------------------2---|--------------------|
|-0----2h3p2-----------|-3------------------|
|----0-------3-(3)---0-|-3------------------|
|----------------------|-1------------------|

|

| |-3-| |-3-|

| W H E E E E E E

|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|
|----------------------|------x-x-x-x-x-x---|

Chorus x2 (with strirngs)

D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5

Gtr III

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|

|

| Gtr IV

| W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q

|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------5--5--|
|---------------------|---------6--6--|---------------------|-6--6--------|
|---------------------|--5---5--------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|
|---------------------|---------------|---------------------|-------------|

D5 C5 Bb5 D5 F5 E5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-3--3--2--2--|

|

| W Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q

|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------5--5--|
|-----------------------|---------6--6--|-----------------------|-6--6--------|
|-----------------------|--5---5--------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|

|

| Gtr II

| Q E Q E Q W Q E Q E Q W

|-------13-------13-----|---------------|-------13-------13-----|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------|

D5 C5 Bb5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|
||o-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|
||--0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|-10--10--8--8--|

|

| W Q Q Q Q

||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------6--6--|
||------------------------|--5---5--------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|

|

| Q E Q E Q W

||--------13-------13-----|---------------|
||o-----------------------|-13------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|
||o-----------------------|---------------|
||------------------------|---------------|

D5 F5 E5

S S E E S S E E E E Q Q Q Q

|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2----||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2---o||
|-0-0-0----0-0-0----0-0-|--3--3--2--2----||

|

| W Q Q Q Q

|-----------------------|--------5--5----||
|-----------------------|--6--6---------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||

|

| Q E Q E Q W

|-------13-------13-----|----------------||
|-----------------------|-13------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|----------------||
|-----------------------|---------------o||
|-----------------------|----------------||

Outro

D5 Bb5 D5

S S E S E E E S S S S S 3x S S S S E S S S S E S S S S

||---------------------------||------------------------------*|
||o-------------------------o||------------------------------*|
||---------------------------||------------------------------*|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8-o||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-8-8-8-8--||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0--*|

Duration Legend

---------------

W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura

+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted

Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)

Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line

Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the

duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-

bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low

melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend

----------------

h - hammer-on

p - pull-off

b - bend

pb - pre-bend

r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)

/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")

s - legato slide

S - shift slide

<n> - natural harmonic

[n] - artificial harmonic

n(n) - tapped harmonic

~ - vibrato

tr - trill

T - tap

TP - trem. picking

PM - palm muting

\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip

\n - tremolo bar down

n/ - tremolo bar up

/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip

= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls

<> - volume swell (louder/softer)

x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash

o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend

-----------

| - bar

|| - double bar

||o - repeat start

o|| - repeat end

*| - double bar (ending)

: - bar (freetime)

$ - Segno

& - Coda

Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16th

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