INTRO:
| e | 0 0 |
| B | 0 0 |
| G | 5 5 7 9 0 0 5 5 7 9 |
| D | 7 7 3 3 5 5 7 9 7 7 3 3 5 5 2 2 7 7 3 3 5 5 7 9 |
| A | 7 7 3 3 3 3 5 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 2 2 7 7 3 3 3 3 5 7 |
| E | 5 5 1 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 5 5 1 1 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 |
| D | 2 |
| A | 0 3 2 0 |
| E | 1 2 3 |
VERSE (ska strumming):
| e | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 |
| B | 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 |
| G | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
| E | |
PRE-CHORUS ("critics cry of bloody days"):
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 |
| D | 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 5 5 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 |
| E | 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 |
CHORUS ("history's afforded us this opportune occasion"):
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2 |
| E | 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 |
SOLO:
| e | 5 8 10 11 12 10h12p10 10 10 12 15 12 |
| B | 5 5 8/10 13 13 |
| G | 7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | 10h12p10 10 12 10 10 10 15 |
| B | 13 10 13 10 13 13 15 15 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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