For the tone, try getting an old amplifier and just push everything at “10”, as
well as distortion.
Thom, main riff until bridge after chorus:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10h12 x 12 |
| A | 9 10 12 x 10h12 x x | x2 |
| D | 0 0 0 x 10h12 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10h12 x 12 |
| A | 9 10 15 x 10h12 x x |
| D | 0 0 0 x 10h12 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 10h12 x 12 |
| A | 9 10 14 x 10h12 x x |
| D | 0 0 0 x 10h12 |
Johnny and Ed play mutes on each snare hit:
| e | |
| B | x x |
| G | x x |
| D | x x |
| A | x x |
| D | x x |
Thoms variation before chorus:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 12 11v |
| D | |
| A | 9 10 12 x 10h12 |
| D | 0 0 0 x 10h12 |
Johnnys chorus riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11 12 17v 11 12 16v |
| D | x x x 10h12 10h12 |
| A | 9 10 15v 10h12 9 10 14v 10h12 |
| D | |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 11 12 14v 11 12 14v |
| D | x x x 10h12 10h12 |
| A | 9 10 12v 10h12 9 10 12v 10h12 |
| D | |
Eds chorus riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 10\ 10h12 4 5 9\ 10h12 |
| A | 10h12 10h12 |
| D | 10h12 10h12 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 7\ 10h12 4 5 7\ 10h12 |
| A | 10h12 10h12 |
| D | 10h12 10h12 |
Thoms new verse/chorus riff (live he just goes back to the main riff for the rest of the
part of the song)
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 x 7 7 x 7 7 |
| D | x x x x x x x etc |
| A | 5 x 5 5 x 5 5 |
| D | 0 x 0 0 x 0 0 |
Johnny/Ed bridge riff
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9 10 12 x x x x |
| D | x x x x |
| A | 7 8 10 x x x x |
| D | |
Here, ed plays an open D note with a phaser/wah/reverb. Let it ring until the chorus again
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| A | |
| D | |
Johnny’s new verse/chorus riff:
| e | |
| B | 15b17r15 12 |
| G | |
| D | x 0 |
| A | 9 10 12v x |
| D | |
Ed plays his Chorus riff again:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 10\ 10h12 4 5 9\ 10h12 |
| A | 10h12 10h12 |
| D | 10h12 10h12 |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 5 7\ 10h12 4 5 7\ 10h12 |
| A | 10h12 10h12 |
| D | 10h12 10h12 |
Then it goes back into the bridge and goes to...another bridge...
Thoms acoustic chords are:
Bb (x1333x)
Dm (xx0231)
C (x32010)
F/D (xx3230)
G (555xxx)
Bb Dm C F/D
Bb
Has the light gone out for you?
Dm
Because the light's gone for me
C
It is the 21st century
F/D
It is the 21st century
Bb
You can fight it like a dog
Dm
And they brought me to my knees
C
They got scared and they put me in
F/d
They got scared and they put me in
Bb
All the lies run around my face
Dm
All the lies run around my face
C
And for anybody else to see
F/d
And for anybody else to see
G
I'm alive...
Jonny with delay and reverb: listen to song for timing
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 14 10 12 14 15 10 x2 14 12 10v 12 14 17\12 x3 |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | |
Eds synced up notes: played with delay and an E Bow, so the notes fade in
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 14 12 /14 9 / 7 x2 14 12 10v 12 14 15\10 x3 |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | |
Jonny does some bends here...
| e | |
| B | 2 2 4 4 0 0 2 2 4 4 0 0 5 5 |
| G | 4b 4b 6b 6b 2b 2b 4b 4b 6b 6b 2b 2b 7b 7b |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | |
Then Ed and Jonny just hit on a G:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 |
Ed plays an open D again
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| A | |
| D | |
And jonnys plays this riff:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 2 0 2 0 |
| A | 0 2 3 0 2 3 |
| D | 0 0 0 0 |
After a few bars of this, and Thoms “No, no, no...”, Ed comes back in with a few chords
Then leads into the solo...
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| D | 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 |
| A | 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 |
| D | |
Thom plays this while Ed and Jonny do the synced up solo:
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 7 x 7 7 x 7 7 |
| D | x x x x x x x etc |
| A | 5 x 5 5 x 5 5 |
| D | 0 x 0 0 x 0 0 |
Jonny
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9p7 5h 7 12p10 9p7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Ed |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 gradual bend 4 gradual Bend |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 ~~ |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0~~~ 0 0 0 0 |
Jonny
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 9p7 5h 7 12p10 9p7 |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Ed |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5vvvvvvvvvvv 4vvvvvvvvvv |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | |
Jonny
| e | |
| B | 13h17 13h17 13h17 13h15 |
| G | |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Ed |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | |
| D | 4 gradual bend 4 gradual Bend |
| A | 5 5 5 5 5 ~~ |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0~~~ 0 0 0 0 |
Jonny
| e | 15p13 12p10 |
| B | 13h15 |
| G | 7 Grad bend |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |
Ed |
| e | |
| B | |
| G | 5vvvvvvvvvvv 4vvvvvvvvvv |
| D | |
| A | |
| D | |
Thom ends on A
Cheers =]