The Enemy - Dont Break The Red Tape Chords & Tabs

Band: The enemy
Song: Dont break the red tape
album: music for the people

Anyone got any suggestions on the chord thats played twice during the verse? 
as I cant quite put my finger on it, for now ive left it was an open bottom
E string.

intro riff

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|-------7-9---------7~---|
D|---7-9---------7-9------|  x3
A|-10--------7------------|
E|------------------------|

verse

Here just play an open bottom E string and let ring
or you can palm mute the same rythme as the chorus

pre-chorus

dont break the red tape.........dont break the red tape!
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-10--5--7------7-9-10--5--7--9---------------------|
A|-x---x--x------x-x-x---x--x--x---------------------|
E|-8---3--5------5-7-8---3--5--7---------------------|

chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_enemy/dont_break_the_red_tape_tab.html ]
Try and stop us, try and stop us
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9--10101010--5-5-5-5--7-7-9-9----------|
A|-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x----------|
E|-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8---3-3-3-3--5-5-7-7----------|

Solo

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-9-11-9-11-9-------------------------11-9----9----11-9----9-----|
D|-------------------12-12-12-12-11-12-11-9-------12---12------12---12--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------|
B|-12-12-10----12-12----------|
G|-----------12---------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|