The other tab for this song was pretty much right it was only the chorus that was wrong.
i saw a video of Chris playing it live and this is how he played it.
Intro
e------------------------------|
b-11-11--11-11---11-11--11-11--|
g-12-12--12-12---12-12--12-12--|
d-12-12--12-12---12-12--12-12--|
a-10-10--10-10---10-10--10-10--|
E------------------------------|
Riff
e----------3-|
b----------3-|
g------------|
d------------|
a-----1------|
E-1h3----3---|
Pre Chorus
Play the whole part twice
e------------------------|-------------------|
b-11-11--11---10-10--10--|-------------------|
g-12-12--12---10-10--10-o|-5--7--8-----------|
d-12-12--12---10-10--10--|- ---------3--4--5-|
a-10-10--10---8--8---8--o|-3--5--6-----------|
e------------------------|-----------1--2--3-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_living_end/united_tab_ver_2.html ]
Chorus
e--------------------------------------|-------------------|
b--------------------------------------|-------------------|
g----------33333333-33333333-55555555-o|-77777777-77777777-|
d-55555555-55555555-55555555-55555555--|-77777777-77777777-|
a-55555555-00000000-11111111-33333333-o|-55555555-77777777-|
e-33333333-----------------------------|-55555555-55555555-|
Bridge
e-----------------|------------------|
b-----------------|-6-8-8-11-8-8-8---|
g---------------o-|-----------------o|
d-----------------|-3-5-5-8--5-5-5---|
a-------1-------o-|-----------------o|
e-1-3-3---3-3-3---|------------------|
Final Chorus
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-33333333-22222222-33333333-22222222-5--7--6---------|
d-55555555-33333333-55555555-33333333-----------3--4--|
a-55555555-33333333-55555555-33333333-3--5--6---------|
e-33333333-11111111-33333333-11111111-----------1--2--|