Tuning: Tune all strings 4 halfsteps down to C, G, D#, A#, F, C.
Intro A:
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------13------13------13------13------13--------9-----9-----9-----5-----5-|
D ---11------11------11------11------11----11---7-----7-----7-----5-----5---|
A -9-------9-------9-------9-------9----------5-----5-----5-----3-----3-----|
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------13------13------13------13------13--------9-----9-----9-----11----11-|
D ---11------11------11------11------11----11---7-----7-----7-----9-----9----|
A -9-------9-------9-------9-------9----------5-----5-----5-----7-----7------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro B:
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------3p2---2---------|
H -----6-----4-----2-----4-----6-------2-----4---------4---4---4---|
D ---4-----4-----4-----4-----4---4---2-----2-----2-----------2---2-|
A -2-----2-----2-----2-----2-------0-----0-----0-------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
Intro C:
E ---------------------------------|
H ---------------------------------|
G -----9-----7-----6-----7-----9---|
D ---7-----7-----7-----7-----7---7-|
A -5-----5-----5-----5-----5-------|
E ---------------------------------|
Intro D:
E --------------------------------------------|
H --------------------------------------------|
G ------13------14------13------11------11----|
D ---11------11------11------11------11----11-|
A -9-------9-------9-------9-------9----------|
E --------------------------------------------|
Riff 1A:
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------5-----5-----5-----4---5---------5-----5-----5-----4---4-|
D -2-------2-----2-----2-----2---2-2-------2-----2-----2-----2---2-|
A -0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E -----------------------------------------------------------------|
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
E ---------------------------0---------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------0-------------------------------------|
G -4-------5-----5-----5---------0-4-------4-----4---4-4-4-4/5--5--4-|
D -5-------4-----4-----4-----------2-------2-----2---2-2-2-2/3--3--2-|
A ---------------------------------2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/3--3--2-|
E -3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------|
m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Riff 1B:
E ------------------------------------------------------------------|
H ------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --9-------9-----9-----9-----7---9-9-------9-----9-----9-----7---7-|
D --7-------7-----7-----7-----7---7-7-------7-----7-----7-----7---7-|
A --0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---0---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------|
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
E ----------------------------0-------------------------------------------|
H ------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
G --7-------7-----7-----7---------0-7-------7-----7-----7---7-7-7/9--9--7-|
D --9-------9-----9-----9-------------------------------------------------|
A -10--1010101010101010101010-------5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/7--7--5-|
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------|
m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
Riff 2:
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------------------------------1---------3---|
G ---------2-----------5-----5-------------2---------2---2-----4---4-|
D -----2-----2-------2---2-----2-------3-----3---3---------3/5-------|
A -0-----------0-3---------3-----3-5-----------5---------------------|
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff 3:
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
H ---------------------1---------3------------------------1---------3---|
G -------------------2---2-----4---4--------------------2---2-----4---4-|
D -2-------2-----3---------3/5--------2-------2-----3---------3/5-------|
A -0---0-0-0---0----------------------0---0-0-0---0---------------------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------------------|
m m m m m
Riff 4A:
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
H -------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------|
D --7-------3-------5-------2-------7-------3-------5-------2--|
A --7-------3-------5-------2-------7-------3-------5-------2--|
E --5-------1-------3-------0-------5-------1-------3-------0--|
Riff 4B:
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
H ---------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------------------------------------------------------------|
D --7--7--7-7-7-7-7-3--3--3-3-3-3-5--5--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
A --7--7--7-7-7-7-7-3--3--3-3-3-3-5--5--5-5-5-5-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
E --5--5--5-5-5-5-5-1--1--1-1-1-1-3--3--3-3-3-3-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--|
Riff 4C:
E --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H --------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ----------------------------------16--16--16-16-16-16-16-13--13--13-13-13-|
D --7--7--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------|
A ----------------------------------14--14--14-14-14-14-14-11--11--11-11-11-|
E --5--5--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5-5-5-5-5--0---0---0--0--0--0--0--0--0----0--0--0-|
Lead figure 1:
E ---------------------------------t17---------------------------|
H ---------t17----------------------------------t17--------------|
G ---------------------t17---------------------------------t17---|
D -----h14---------h14---------h14----------h14--------h14-------|
A -h12---------h12---------h12----------h12--------h12-----------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
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E ----------------------------------------------------------|
H --------t15-------------------t18--------t17--------------|
G -------------------t14------------------------------t17---|
D ----h10--------h10--------h10--------h10--------h10-------|
A -h8---------h8---------h8---------h8---------h8-----------|
E ----------------------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
H ---------------------------------------------------------------|
G ---------t16---------t14---------t16---------t17---------t16---|
D -----h12---------h12---------h12---------h12---------h12-------|
A -h10---------h10---------h10---------h10---------h10-----------|
E ---------------------------------------------------------------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------------------------------|
G -------t14-------t16-------t17-------t16-------t14---|
D ----h9--------h9--------h9--------h9--------h9-------|
A -h7--------h7--------h7--------h7--------h7----------|
E -----------------------------------------------------|
Riff 5A:
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D --7-----7-9-10---5-7-----7-9-10---12-5-----7-9-10---9-5-----7-9-10---7-|
A -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E --5---0-5-7--8-0-3-5---0-5-7--8-0-10-3---0-5-7--8-0-7-3---0-5-7--8-0-5-|
m m m m m m m m
E -------------------------------------------------------------------|
H -------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -------------------------------------------------------------------|
D --3-----7-9-10---3--3----7-9-10---5-2-----7-9-10---12--10--9--7--5-|
A ------------------------------------2------------------------------|
E --1---0-5-7--8-0-1--1--0-5-7--8-0-3-0---0-5-7--8-0-10---8--7--5--3-|
m m m m m m
Riff 5B:
E -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
H -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D -----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------7----------------7---8------------7-----------------7-----|
E --8---0-8-10---0-7-8---0-8-10---0---7---0-8-10---0-10-7---0-8-10---0-8-|
m m m m m m m m
E ------------------------------------------------------------------|
H ------------------------------------------------------------------|
G ------------------------------------------------------------------|
D ------------------------------------------------------------------|
A -------------7----------------7--------------------8--7-----------|
E --5---0-8-10---0-5--5--0-8-10---0-7-3---0-8-10-7-0-------10--8--7-|
m m m m m m
Riff 6A:
E -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
H -------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G --5-------5-----5-----5-----5-------55-----5-----5-----5-----5-----5---5-|
D --3-------3-----3-----3-----3-------33-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3---3-|
A --3-------3-----3-----3-----3-------33-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3---3-|
E --1-1-1-1-1-11111-11111-11111-1-1-1-11-1-1-1-11111-11111-11111-11111-111-|
m m m mmmm mmmm mmmm
E -------0-------------------0------------|
H -------0-------------------0------------|
G -4-------4-4---------4-------4-4--------|
D ----------------------------------------|
A -2-------2-2---------2-------2-2--------|
E -0-------0-0---------0-------0-0--------|
Riff 6B
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
H -------------------------------------------------------------|
G -10--10--1010--10101010--101010--10--1010--101010-14\10-10\9-|
D -------------------------------------------------------------|
A --8---8---8-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-8---8---8-8---8-8-8-12\8---8\7-|
E -------------------------------------------------------------|
E -------------------------------------|
H -------------------------------------|
G -9----------------9------------------|
D -------------------------------------|
A -7----------------7------------------|
E -------------------------------------|
RIff 6C
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
H --------------------------------------------------------------|
G --9---9---910--10101010--1010-12---12---12-14-----14---14-14--|
D --------------------------------------------------------------|
A --7---7---7-8---8-8-8-8---8-8-10---10---10-12-----12---12-12--|
E --------------------------------------------------------------|
E ----------------------------------|
H ----------------------------------|
G --17-16------16---16-16-17\16-----|
D ----------------------------------|
A --15-14------14---14-14-15\14-----|
E ----------------------------------|
Song Structure
Guitar 1: Guitar 2: Guitar 3*: Guitar 4*: Guitar 5
- - Intro A (x2) Intro A (x2) -
- - Intro B Intro B -
- - Intro C Intro C -
- - Intro D (x12) Intro D (x2) -
- - Intro C -
- - Intro D (x3) -
- - Intro C -
- - Intro D (x5) -
Riff 1A (x2) Riff 1B (x2) - - -
Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) -
Riff 3 (x2) Riff 3 (x2) - - -|
Riff 1A (x2) Riff 1B - - -|
Riff 2 (x4) Riff 2 (x4) Riff 2 (x4) Riff 2 (x4) -
Riff 3 (x2) Riff 3 (x2) - - -
Riff 4A (x2) Riff 4A (x2) - - Lead Figure 1 (x4)
Riff 4B (x2) Riff 4C (x2) - - --|
Riff 5A (x2) Riff 5A (x2) - - --|
Riff 6A (x2) Riff 6B (x2) - - ---|
Riff 6A Riff 6C - - -
Riff 1A (x3) Riff 1B (x3) - - -
Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) Riff 2 (x2) -
Riff 3 (x2) Riff 3 (x2) - - -
Riff 4A (x2) Riff 4A (x2) - - Lead Figure 1 (x4)
Riff 4B (x2) Riff 4C (x2) - - -|
Riff 5A (x2) Riff 5A (x2) - - -|
Riff 5A Riff 5B - - -
*Steel-stringed westernguitars.