Standard (EADGBE)

Verse

The intro/verse uses just C and the "moveable C" that you use in "Man

on the Moon" by REM. For the last unit, you just change to a Cadd9.

Or you can call it a Csus2, or a Cadd2, or whatever, no none cares.

If anyone cares, that's probably because you're doing music theory

homework, in which case you'd call it a ninth chord.

Major

0 5 4 0 X X X 3 2 0 1 X 0 5 4 0 5 X X 3 2 0 3 0

The picking goes like this:

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Chorus

For the chorus ("Written down..."), it's this: and end with this:

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Then one guitar transitions with this figure (clean):

While the rhythm guitar (heavy) plays this to pick

it back up for the new section:

And then you go on to the B section, which starts with an awesome riff.

You can also play it this way:

I don't think the cops will catch you no matter which one you use.

I just like the brighter sound of the first one better myself.

For the "Keep on time" section (B section verse), play this with palm

muting on the A string and a nice open growl on the fifths:

I'm sorry that I can't give you the solo, but I can tell you that it

goes over the main B section riff. After the solo spirals upward and

everybody swings into that big, kick-ass crescendo, the rhythm guitar

plays these chords:

After that, it's back to the A section (verse-chorus) for a fade.

In real life, you have to find a way to end it, and I haven't quite.

Let me know if you get any good ideas!

Have fun with this song, it's one of my favorites.