In my opinion, this song is in drop D. I think Dave does play in standard, but half the
it's usually just Tim playing, and he is in drop D, so...whatever, this is how I play it.
Intro
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-----5---8-7---5-----5---8-7---5-| X2
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse/Chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5------------5p0h5------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------|
A|-----------2-3-5------------2-3-5------------2-3-5-------------2-3-5-|
D|-5-5--------------5-5--------------3-3--------------3-3--------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5------|
A|-----------2-3-5-------------2-3-5-------------2-3-5------------2-3-5-|
D|-2-2---------------2-2-------------5-5---------------5-5--------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5------------5p0h5------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------|
A|-----------2-3-5------------2-3-5------------2-3-5-------------2-3-5-|
D|-5-5--------------5-5--------------3-3--------------3-3--------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5--------|
A|-----------2-3-5-------------2-3-5--3-3--------2-3-5--3-3---------2-3-5-|
D|-2-2---------------2-2--------------------------------------------------|
All X2
Break
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4-5---------------------4/5\4-|
D|-----5p0h5p0----------------5p0h5p0-------------| X2
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5----------3-3------5-5------------3-3-------|
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e|----------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------6h8-|
G|------------------4-5-------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5p0----------------5p0h5p0-----------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5----------3-3------5-5------------3-3-----|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------4-5---------------------4/5\4-|
D|-----5p0h5p0----------------5p0h5p0-------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5----------3-3------5-5------------3-3-------|
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|------------------4-5-------------------|
D|-----5p0h5p0----------------5p0h5p0---3-|
A|--------------------------------------3-|
D|-5-5----------3-3------5-5------------3-|
Also, the 2nd time this is played:
e|---------------|
B|-6/8---------6-|
G|-x-x---------x-| Just play a few times
D|-3/5---------5-|
A|---------------|
D|---------------|
Solo
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-14-12----12------------------------------12-|
D|----------14---14-12-------------12-12-14-14----| X2
A|---------------------14-12-14-14----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|-12-12-9---9----------------------| X2
D|--------12--12-9------------------|
A|-----------------12-10-12-12b-12b-|
D|----------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-14-12----12------------------------------12-|
D|----------14---14-12-------------12-12-14-14----| X2
A|---------------------14-12-14-14----------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------10-12-13--13--13--13--|
G|-12-14-12----12------------------------------12-14-15b-15b-15b-15b-|
D|----------14---14-12-------------12-12-14-14-----------------------|
A|---------------------14-12-14-14-----------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Something like that. Just mess around that area.
Verse/Chorus "Woman!"
Break "Dark little place..."
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5-------------5p0h5--------|
A|-3-3-------2-3-5---3-3-------2-3-5--3-3--------2-3-5--3-3---------2-3-5-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse/Chorus
Mess around with this part, pretty much the jam, then one more break to the end.