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The Best of Me

The Starting Line
Tab
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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

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Best Of Me – The Starting Line

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Tabbed by:funky munky

Email:funkeymonkey10@hotmail.com

Tuning:Standard

Right I love this song so decided to tab it out and I’ve included two

intros I prefer to play the first one with the open strings but that’s

just my choice, you can play either, so enjoy and pelase rate if you think

it’s good so I know where I’m going right or wrong!

Intro 1 (acoustic)

e|-000-00000-000-000-00000-000-000--000-00000-000-000-00000-000-000-0-000-|
B|-000-00000-000-000-00000-000-000--000-00000-000-000-00000-000-000-0-000-|
G|-999-22222-444-444-22222-444-444--999-22222-444-444-22222-444-444-2-222-|
D|-999-22222-444-222-22222-222-444--999-22222-444-222-22222-222-444-2-222-|
A|-777-00000-222-444-00000-444-222--777-00000-222-444-00000-444-222-0-000-|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro 2 (Guitar 1)

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-999-------444-666-------666-444-999-------444-666-------666-444-------|
D|-999-77777-444-666-77777-666-444-999-77777-444-666-77777-666-444-7-777-|
A|-777-77777-222-444-77777-444-222-777-77777-222-444-77777-444-222-7-777-|
E|-----55555---------55555-------------55555---------55555---------5-555-|

Intro 2 (Guitar 2)

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13-16-11-999-4-999-99-6-44--9999-8-9---13-16-11-999-4-999-99-6-44----|
D|-x--x--x--xxx-x-xxx-xx-x-xx--xxxx-x-x---x--x--x--xxx-x-xxx-xx-x-xx----|
A|-11-14-9--777-2-777-77-4-22--7777-6-7---11-14-9--777-2-777-77-4-22----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Intro 2 cont (guitar 2, guitar one just plays A until the verse comes in)

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--999-888-99999999--9----99\----------|
D|--xxx-xxx-xxxxxxxx--9----99\----------|
A|--777-666-77777777--7----77\----------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Verse (guitar 1 Just keep playing this over, you can strum it but

I like it like this)

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

Verse (guitar 2 plays this over the above)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-999------999------999------999---------------|
D|-999------999------999------999---------------|
A|-777------777------777------777---------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

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

Verse 2 (when Kenny sings “missing each other to, much to have to let go”)

Guitar 1 still plays verse 1

e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|-7777777777777--------|
A|-7777777777777--------|
E|-5555555555555--------|

Verse 3 (“we’re sitting on the ground and we whisper)

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-44444444-77777777-44444444-77777777-----------|
A|-44444444-77777777-44444444-77777777-----------|
E|-22222222-55555555-22222222-55555555-----------|

Bridge 1 (guitar one plays this)

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

Bridge 2 (guitar 2 comes in with this over that when Kenny Kenny sings

“we will kiss girl”)

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

Right I know it looks a tad messy but I’ve included everything in there

both guitar parts all round, so you just need to piece it together and

understand how I’ve done it, the timings not right and havn’;t included

everynote like for the bridge but just keeps playing over and over but

listen to the song and you’ll agree this is a pretty accurate tab!! So

enjoy and rate please

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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