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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

e|--------------------------|  e|------------------------|
B|--------------------------|  B|------------------------|
G|-3--2--5--7----3--2--5--7-|  G|------3-2-------3-2-5---|x4
D|-0--3--5--8----0--3--5--7-|  D|---3h5-0-0---3h5-0-0-0--|
A|--------------------------|  A|------------------------|
D|--------------------------|  D|------------------------|

PM-------------------PM

(listen to song to know when to play notes)

e|----------------3----------5-------------------|
B|---3--------------3----------3-----------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------|x1
D|-----0-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x4
A|-------0-0-------0-0-0--|
D|------------------------|

PM-------------------PM

Interlude 1

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--------10-9---------10-9-12--|x4
A|---10h12--0-0—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|------------------------------|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x8
A|-------0-0---------0-0--|
D|------------------------|

PM-------------------PM

Interlude 2

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--------10-9---------10-9-12--|x4
A|---10h12--0-0—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5------|
A|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5----5-|
D|-0-x-x-3-x-x-5-3-x-x-3-5-5—3h5--|x4
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------5-4-------5-4-7---|
D|---5h7-------5h7--------|x8
A|-------0-0-------0-0-0--|
D|------------------------|

PM-------------------PM

Interlude 3

**do same as first interlude 4x then do this

end part whole lots of times until

interlude 4

e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-----------10-9-12--|
A|---—--10h12--0-0--0-|
D|--------------------|

Interlude 4

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-14----17---14---19---12---14---10---12--10--12--|
A|---0-0---0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0-0--0---0---0-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|        (PM all notes on A sting)

At end of interlude #4 play this while slowly going from

e|----------------------------------|PM to open strings
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-14----17-----14----17----14--14--|
A|---0-0----0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-|
D|----------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------9-----12-----9-----12-----9---9---|
D|-10---5----7---7---x------x-----x------x-----x---x---|x3
A|---8---3--5----7---7-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-7-0-|
D|---------------7-------------------------------------|
e|--------------------|
B|--------------------|
G|--------------------|
D|-10--5----7--5------|x1
A|---8--3--5---5------|
D|-------------5------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|-7/8\7-7/8\7--10-8-10--5-3-5--5-5-----0-|x1
A|-7/8\7-7/8\7---8-8-8---3-3-3--3-3-------|
D|-7/8\7-7/8\7---8-8-8---3-3-3------0-0---|
e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|--------------------7---|
D|---0----------------7---|x3
A|--0-----0----3------5---|
D|-----0-5--0-3--0-0------|
e|------------|
B|------------|
G|------------|
D|---0--------|x1
A|--0-----0---|
D|-----0-5-0--|
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------|
D|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|x4
A|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|
D|-3-0-2-0-0-3-0-2-0-5-0-0-----------|

PM-----------------------PM

e|----------------------------------------------|x4
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|
A|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|
D|x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-x-x-3-x-x-2-x-x-5-x-x-x-x-|

**hold last chord on the last time through this part

e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|repeat this till end of song.
G|------------------------------|
D|------------------------------|*lots of distortion here
A|----------5---------6-------3-|
D|--0-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---0h3h5---|

PM-----------------------------PM

**(lightly PMed)

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| / Slide up

| \ Slide down

| h Hammer-on

|PM Palm mute

| x Dead note

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