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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.

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h=hammer

/=slide up

\=slide down

INTRO 4x (distortion effect on bass)

G||||-------9--------9-|----------13----||||
D||||-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-------||||
A||||------------------|----12-------14-||||
E||||---9-------9------|----------------||||

VERSE 1 2x

G||-------9--------9-|----------13----||--rest some---|
D||-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-------||--------------|
A||------------------|----12-------14-||--------------|
E||---9-------9------|----------------||--------------|

2x

G||-------9--------9-|----------13----||--rest some---|
D||-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-------||--------------|
A||------------------|----12-------14-||--------------|
E||---9-------9------|----------------||--------------|

CHORUS 1 2x

G||-----|------|------|-----|------|--------|-----|------|------|-----|------|
D||-----|------|------|-----|------|--------|-----|------|------|-----|------|
A||-----|-2----|-0----|-----|-2----|-0---0h2|-----|-2----|-0----|-----|-2----|
E||-0---|------|------|-0---|------|--------|-0---|------|------|-0---|------|

INTRO TO VERSE 2

G||-------9--------9-|----------13----||
D||-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-------||
A||------------------|----12-------14-||
E||---9-------9------|----------------||

VERSE 2

G|-------9--------9-|----------13--------|-------9--------9--|----------13----|
D|-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-----------|-11-11---11--11----|-11----11-------|
A|------------------|----12-------14-----|-------------------|----12-------14-|
E|---9-------9------|--------------------|---9-------9-------|----------------|

This line is play at the same time as above. On the record it's an added

bass track mixed in. Listen carefully to the CD - you'll hear the tracks

overlap. Same distortion effect is used.

G|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
D|------------------|--------------------|-------------------|----------------|
A|------------------|-----------------7h9|-----------------11|-12-------------|
E|------------------|--------------------|-9-----------------|----------------|

CHORUS 2 (not just plain whole notes anymore) 3x

G|||--------|----------------|-------14--------------|||
D|||--------|-/9-11-/14------|---/11---11\-----------|||
A|||--------|-----------14\--|-0------------0--12h14-|||
E|||-0------|----------------|-----------------------|||
G|-----|------|--BRIDGE - rest quite a bit-|
D|-----|------|--for vocals and strings----|
A|-----|-2----|----------------------------|
E|-0---|------|----------------------------|

BRIDGE 2x

G||--------|----------------|-------14-------------||
D||--------|-/9-11-/14------|---/11---11\----------||
A||--------|-----------14\--|-0------------0--0h2--||
E||-0------|----------------|----------------------||

CHORUS 3 3x

G|||--------|----------------|-------14-------------|||
D|||--------|-/9-11-/14------|---/11---11\----------|||
A|||--------|-----------14\--|-0------------0---0h2-|||
E|||-0------|----------------|----------------------|||
G|-----|------|------|------|
D|-----|------|------|------|
A|-----|-2----|-0----|-2----|
E|-0---|------|------|------|

OUTRO (keeps repeating in CD - fades out)

G|-------9--------9-|----------13----|
D|-11-11---11--11---|-11----11-------|
A|------------------|----12-------14-|
E|---9-------9------|----------------|

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