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Date last modified: January 20, 2003
Intro
ah ah
This rhythm and lead are used throughout the entire song,
except for the harmony parts.
Rhythm (clean)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 |
| D | 9 9 9 9 9 |
| A | 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| E | |
Lead over the above rhythm (distortion)
Harmony part (distortion)
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 10 13 11 12~~ 12~~~ |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | 8 11 9 10~~ 10~~ |
| E | |
Guitar 3 (clean, inbetween the last notes of the above)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 7 |
| D | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 |
| E | |
This is played right before the solo (distortion):
Guitar 1
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 10 13 11 12 15 13 14 |
| D | |
| A | |
| E | |
Guitar 2
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 8 6 7 |
| A | 8 11 9 10 |
| E | |
Solo (distortion)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10 |
| A | 10 12 |
| E | 10 12 13 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 11 12~ |
| D | 9~ 9 10 9 9 |
| A | 12~ 12 10~ 10 12 10 7^r~~ 7 9 10 |
| E | |
| e | 19 |
| B | 17 17 |
| G | 12~ 12^r 14~~ 14 16^ 16 16 16 |
| D | 14 17 |
| A | |
| E | |
| e | |
| B | 19^r^r 17 15 |
| G | 16 14 |
| D | 17 16 14 |
| A | 14~~\\ |
| E | |
Ending (clean, with flange or something)
notation:
^ = bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r = bend and release
x = mute with fret-hand
* = mute with palm-hand
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = tap-on
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = harmonics
ah = artificial harmonic
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill