The Sniper tab

The Sniper

Standard tuning and awesome song. Recognize that the lead guitar has the D-string 
dropped to C right before the slide part.

intro and verse

  B  Bb A  G  E
e-7--6--5--3--0--|
b-7--6--5--3--0--|
g-8--7--6--4--1--|
d-9--8--7--5--2--|
a-9--8--7--5--2--|
e-7--6--5--3-----|

lead guitar in the beginning of the verse
e----------------|
b----------------|
g----------------|
c----------------|
a----------------|
e-7--6--5--3--0--|

lead guitar part with slide (D-string dropped to C)
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-14/11-11-11-11-10-9-7/14-12-14-12---11--11--9-7--8/9/10/11/12/13/14--|
c-14/11-11-11-11-10-9-7/14-12-14-12-11--11--10--7--8/9/10/11/12/13/14--|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|

rhythm guitar (lead guitar strumming E every second time)
e------------------------------------------|
b-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
g-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
d-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|x12
a-----------7-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-7--|
e-7--6--0~~~0-0-0-0--7--6--3--0~~~0-0-0-0--|

rhythm guitar (lead guitar strumming A every second time)
e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
d-----------7-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-7--|x6
a-7--6--0~~~0-0-0-0--7--6--3--0~~~0-0-0-0--|
e------------------------------------------|

rhythm guitar
e----------------------------------------------------------|
b-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9------------------|
g-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9------------------|
d-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9------------------|
a-----------7-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-7------------------|
e-7--6--0~~~0-0-0-0--7--6--3--0~~~0-0-0-0--0-0-7-6--5-3-0~~|

Rhythm guitar while the solo is being played
e---------------------------|
b-7-7/9-9-9-9--7-7/9-9-9-9--|
g-7-7/9-9-9-9--7-7/9-9-9-9--|
d-7-7/9-9-9-9--7-7/9-9-9-9--|
a-5-5/7-7-7-7--5-5/7-7-7-7--|
e-----0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0--|

Solo
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--|
c-2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--|
a-----------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|

Solo
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14|
d12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo keeps on with a lot of improvisation and noise and is played over this:
e------------------------------------------|
b-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
g-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
d-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
a-----------7-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-7--|
e-7--6--0~~~0-0-0-0--7--6--3--0~~~0-0-0-0--|

and then...
e-------------------------|
b----9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9--|
g----9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9--|
d----9-9-9-9-----9-9-9-9--|
a----7-7-7-7-----7-7-7-7--|
e-0~~0-0-0-0--0~~0-0-0-0--|

this is played as a response to the chords above...
e-------------------|
b-------------------|
g-------------------|
d-------------------|
a-------------------|
e-7-6-3-0~~7-6-3-0~~|

e------------------------------------------|
b------------------------------------------|
g-----------9-9-9-9---------------9-9-9-9--|
d-----------7-7-7-7---------------7-7-7-7--|
a-7--6--0~~~0-0-0-0--7--6--3--0~~~0-0-0-0--|
e------------------------------------------|

response to the chords above..
e-------------------|
b-------------------|
g-------------------|
d-------------------|
a-7-6-3-0~~7-6-3-0~~|
e-------------------|

outro solo
  D   E        D   E        D   E        D   E
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--|
c-2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--2-2/4-4-4-4--|
a-----------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|

outro solo
 D     E            D     E            D     E            D     E
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
g12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14|
d12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14--12-12/14-14-14-14|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

outro solo
     B           Bb A G E           B       Bb A E
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b----------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-14/11-11-11-11-10-9-7/14-12-14-12---11--11--9-7--8/9/10/11/12/13/14--|
c-14/11-11-11-11-10-9-7/14-12-14-12-11--11--10--7--8/9/10/11/12/13/14--|
a----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e----------------------------------------------------------------------|

finishes off with..
e-----------|
b--9-9-9-9--|
g--9-9-9-9--|
d--9-9-9-9--|
a--7-7-7-7--|
e--0-0-0-0--|

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