Tuning: Eb The song begins with some light keyboards, before going into the intro riff (this riff is very similar to the main riff used in the verses, but is just a little bit different.) Intro Riff (0:23) ================ Part I Intro (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10
|----------------8-8-8-5-5-5-5/8||----------------8-----5-----5/8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part I Intro (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------8-----5-----5h8||7---------------8-----5-----5h8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----------------||----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Intro (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10
|----------------8-----5-----5-8||----------------8-----5-----5/8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0 0---0 0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part II Intro (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||----------------10----7-----7/10
|7-7-------------8-----5-----5h8||----------------8-----5-----5/8|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0 0----------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse I (0:33) ============== Riff 1a (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------| x8
|----------------10----7-----7/10
|----------------8-----5-----5/8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1a (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------| x8
|9---------------10----7-----7/10
|7---------------8-----5-----5/8|
|----0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . Pre-Chorus I (0:54) =================== Riff 2a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| On the 4th note in the second
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 measure, only one guitar plays
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| the note as a pinch harmonic
|------5-----4---2-----------2--||------5-----4--{3]-------------|
|2---------------------3-------3||2---------------------3-----3p0|
Riff 2b 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||----------------5-----7-----5--|
|------5-----4---2-----------2--||------5-----4---3-----5-----3--|
|2---------------------3-------3||2------------------------------|
Main Riff (1:05) ================ Riff 1b (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------10----7-----7/10|----------------10----7-----7/10
|----------------8-----5-----5/8||----------------8-----5-----5/8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1b (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------10----5-----7/10|9-9-------------10----7-----7/10
|----------------8-----5-----5/8||7-7-------------8-----5-----5/8|
|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0----||----0-0-0-0-0-0----------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse II (1:10) =============== Riff 1a x 8 Pre-Chorus II (1:30) ==================== Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Chorus I (1:51) =============== Riff 3 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| During this section, only one guitar
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|-------------------------------||----------------5-----5-----4--| harmonics.
|--------2--[1]-------------[1]-||--------2---1---3-----3-----2--|
|0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-3------||0-0-0-0------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . . Solo I (2:13) ============= Riff 4 (Rhythm) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||2-------2---5---4-------4------|
|2-------2---5---4-------4------||0-------0---3---2-------2------|
|0-------0---3---2-------2------||-------------------------------|
Solo II (2:38) ============== Riff 5 (Rhythm) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|4-------4-------5-------5------||8-------5-------9-------5------|
|2---222-2---222-3---333-3---333||6---666-3---333-7---777-3---333|
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... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Bridge I (3:03) =============== Riff 6 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|4-----------4-----------4------||7-----------7-----------7------||6-----------6-----------6\-----| x1
|2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2||5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5||4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-4\-----|
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 7 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 5 e + a
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|--------------------------------7------| x1
|----------------5-------4-------5------|
|2-------5-------3-------2--------------|
|0-------3------------------------------|
Riff 6 x 1 Bridge II (3:15) ================ Riff 8a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|----------------6-----5--------||-------------------------------|
|2---------------4-----3-----7--||8------------------------------|
|0---------------------------5--||6------------------------------|
Riff 8b 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|6---------------10----9--------||-------------------------------|
|4---------------8-----7-----11-||7------------------------------|
|----------------------------9--||5------------------------------|
Riff 8c 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|5------------------------------||8------------------------------|
|3------------------------------||6------------------------------|
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Riff 8d 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| One guitar plays the last note of
|-------------------------------||-------------------------------| x1 this measure as a pinch harmonic
|2---------------3--------------||8---------------7--------------| on the 5th fret.
|0---------------1--------------||6--------------[5]-------------|
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Riff 8a x 1 Riff 8b x 1 Riff 8c x 1 Riff 8d x 1 Verse III (3:41) ================ Riff 1b x 1 Riff 1a x 8 Pre-Chorus III (4:07) ===================== Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2b x 1 Chorus II (4:27) ================ Riff 3 x 4 Outro (4:50) ============ Riff 9a (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a
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|2-----------4---5--------------||2-----------4---5-----4-----5--||4-------4------|
|0-----------2---3--------------||0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------|
Riff 9a (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a
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|2------------------------------||2------------------------------||---------------|
|0-----------2---3--------------||0-----------2---3-----2-----3--||2-------2------|
Riff 9b (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|2-----------4---5-------5---5--||9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------|
|0-----------2---3-------3---3--||7-----------3---2-------2---2--||6tr7---------------------------|
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Riff 9b (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||8tr9---------------------------| x1
|2-----------4---5-------5---5--||9-----------5---4-------4---4--||-------------------------------|
|0-----------2---3-------3---3--||7-----------3---2-------2---2--||-------------------------------|
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Riff 9a x 1 Riff 9b x 1 Riff 9a x 1 Riff 9b x 1 Riff 9c (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------| x1
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|2-----------4---5--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||5\-----------------------------|
|0-----------2---3--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||3\-----------------------------|
Riff 9c (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
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|-------------------------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||12\----------------------------| x1
|-------------------------------||-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||-Solo--||12\----------------------------|
|2-----------4---5--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||10\----------------------------|
|0-----------2---3--------------||-------||-------||-------||-------||-------------------------------|
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