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Riff 1 (Solo) 
---Play flowingly. 
---Not 2 hard;not 2 soft.      
---" is used in place of bar line.          
                                                           play for 2 beats 
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            play as 1 note                       play as 1 note   ||  
                 |---|                                |---|      \/\/ 
                 |tie|                                |tie|       \/  
|E|-7--7--7-8-7-10|--10--10-10--10\8-8\7|-7--7--7-8-7-5|--5-3-3-5-3| 
|B|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------| 
|G|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------| 
|D|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------| 
|A|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------| 
|E|---------------|---------------------|--------------|-----------| 
 
                                play on upbeat of beat 1 
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          play as 1 note     play as 1 note|| 
               |---|            |---|---| \/\/ 
               |tie|            |tie|tie|  \/ 
|E|-3-2-2-3-2--0|--0-----0------|"--|"--|---------------| 
|B|-------------|----3-3---3--3-2"--2"--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2| 
|G|-------------|----------------"---"------------------| 
|D|-------------|----------------"---"------------------| 
|A|-------------|----------------"---"------------------| 
|E|-------------|----------------"---"------------------| 
 
 
 
Riff 2 (Bridge(1)) 
---Pause between the 5-5-3 chord & 10-10-8 chord. 
---Strum X's very fast; strum using chord next to X's. 
---Every tie in the song is played as 1 note, except 4 this 1 and a couple  
   others, slide up to the note, then strum it again. 
|E|--------------|---------------------| 
|B|--------------|---------------------| 
|G|--------------|---------------------| 
|D|-2--2--5-5--10|-10-10-10xxxx-12-12xx| 
|A|-2--2--5-5--10|-10-10-10xxxx-12-12xx| 
|E|-0--0--3-3---8|--8--8--8xxxx-10-10xx| 
                |tie| 
                |---| 
 
 
 
Riff 3 (Verse) 
---Play EVERY chord, even if slid 2, with the exception of the 9-9-7 chord,  
   which is just slid 2. 
---Play all chords on downbeat, except 9-9-7 chord, which is on upbeat of  
   beat 4. 
---Seperate each chord with pause, except chords that are slid 2. 
---Every tie in the song is played as 1 note, except 4 this 1 and a couple  
   others, slide up to the note, then strum it again. 
---Play X's on last time ONLY, but NOT the last time the verse is played, 
   then just skip them. 
|E|---------|------------------| 
|B|---------|------------------| 
|G|---------|------------------| 
|D|-2-2-5-5/|-10-10-10-10\9xxxx| 
|A|-2-2-5-5/|-10-10-10-10\9xxxx| 
|E|-0-0-3-3/|--8--8--8--8\7xxxx| 
           |tie|            /\ 
           |---|           /\/\ 
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                    play last time only 
 
 
 
Riff 4 (Chorus(1)) 
---Play both sets of X's using chord 9-9-7. 
---Palm-mute both sets of X's. 
|E|---------------|-------------| 
|B|---------------|-------------| 
|G|---------------|-------------| 
|D|-7--8-9xx-xxx-7|--7-8-9xx-xxx| 
|A|-7--8-9xx-xxx-7|--7-8-9xx-xxx| 
|E|-5--6-7xx-xxx-5|--5-6-7xx-xxx| 
                 |tie| 
                 |---| 
            play as 1 note 
 
 
 
Riff 5 (Bridge(2)) 
---Play with same sound as Verse 1. 
---1st 2 chords are played the same, then the rhythm after that changes. 
|E|-------------|------------------------|---------------| 
|B|-------------|------------------------|---------------| 
|G|-------------|------------------------|---------------| 
|D|-2--2--5-5-10|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-9|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9| 
|A|-2--2--5-5-10|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-9|-9--9-9-9-9-9-9| 
|E|-0--0--3-3--8|--8---8--8--8--8--8--8-7|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7| 
               |---|                    |---| 
               |tie|                    |tie| 
          play as 1 note           play as 1 note 
 
 
 
Riff 6 (Chorus(2)) 
---Play both sets of X's using chord 9-9-7, on the D-A-E strings. 
---Palm-mute both sets of X's. 
---Make the slide @ the end of this riff long. 
---At the end of this riff, slow it down just a little bit, the 2nd to last  
   measure, the last couple beats. 
|E|----------------|------------------|---------------|--| 
|B|----------------|--------9~--------|---------------|--| 
|G|----------------|--------9~--------|---------------|--| 
|D|-7--78-9xx-xxx-7|--7--78-7~xx-xxx-7|--7--78-12/////|14| 
|A|-7--78-9xx-xxx-7|--7--78---xx-xxx-7|--7--78-12/////|14| 
|E|-5--56-7xx-xxx-5|--5--56---xx-xxx-5|--5--56-10/////|12| 
                  |---|              |---|          |---| 
                  |tie|              |tie|          |tie| 
             play as 1 note     play as 1 note play as 1 note 
 
 
 
 
Order of Song: 
 
 
Solo-------1x                                 Solo-------1x 
 
Bridge(1)--2x          Bridge(1)--2x          Verse------1x         
Verse------4x          Verse------4x          Bridge(2)--1x                  
Chorus(1)--1x          Chorus(1)--1x          Bridge(1)--3x 
                                              Chorus(1)--1x  
Bridge(1)--3x          Bridge(1)--3x           
Chorus(1)--1x          Chorus(1)--1x          Bridge(1)--3x 
                                              Chorus(1)--1x 
 
 

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