Copyright 2009 Ian Marquis, all rights reserved.
Tuning: Standard - E A D G B E
Tone: Heavy Distortion
The intro to this song is made up of three layered samples
of harmonics, modulated by a wah pedal. Then, a reverse riff
comes in (a piece of a riff from the song, only clipped and
played backwards). The cymbals start in, and then we get this:
|--XX----|
|--XX----| This E chord holds throughout the verse, while
|--XX----| the other chords change. It helps give the verse
|--XX-2--| a bit of a darker feel, with more energy.
|--XX-2--|
|--XX-0--|
When the rhythm guitar comes in, it plays something like this:
|-----------------|
|-----------------| Play 4x
|--9--------------|
|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|
m m m m m m
|---------------------|
|---------------------| Play 2x,
|--9\7----------------| sliding only
|--9\7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| the first time.
|--7\5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------|
m m m m m m m
|-------------------|--XX--|
|-------------------|--XX--| Play 2x,
|-------------------|--XX--| with the scrapes
|--7----------------|--XX--| only on the
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|--XX--| last time.
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|--XX--|
m m m m m m m
Then, we get a little break riff, right before the chorus:
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|--4-4-4X-4-4X--4--4-4-4X--4-4X--X--|
|--4-4-4X-4-4X--4--4-4-4X--4-4X--X--|
|--2-2-2X-2-2X--2--2-2-2X--2-2X--X--|
For the first chorus, one of our guitars lays down
some basic chords for the foundation:
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--2--------5---------|
|--2-(play)-5-(play)--|
|--0--------3---------|
On top of that, we've got a guitar playing a high E octave
with a wah pedal. The first part of the riff is just straight
fast strumming:
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|-9-------------------|
|-X-(strum with wah)--|
|-7-------------------|
|---------------------|
Then, the first guitar plays the break riff from immediately
before the chorus. The octave guitar follows the rhythm on the
high E like this:
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-9-9-9X-9-9X--9--9-9-9X--9-9X--9--|
|-X-X-XX-X-XX--X--X-X-XX--X-XX--X--|
|-7-7-7X-7-7X--7--7-7-7X--7-7X--7--|
|----------------------------------|
At the beginning of the second verse, a clean guitar plays
the following chord (E minor):
|-0--|
|-0--|
|-0--|
|-2--|
|-2--|
|-0--|
The second verse is the same as the first, only with the
addition of a new guitar, playing this:
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-9-/12--12--11--12--|
|--7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-----10--10--10----|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|----12--11--12----12--11--12--X-14-14--\\--| Repeat
|--10--10--10----10--10--10----X-12-12--\\--| twice,
|-------------------------------------------| then...
|-------------------------------------------|
The break riff enters again, playing once.
For the second chorus, we have one guitar playing chords:
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------| Play
|--2--------5--------4---------| twice
|--2-(play)-5-(play)-4-(play)--|
|--0--------3--------2---------|
On top of that, there's a guitar playing octaves with
wah, only simpler than the guitar in the first chorus:
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|--9-------------X-7--------------| Repeat
|--X-(sweep wah)-X-X-(sweep wah)--| twice...
|--7-------------X-5--------------|
|---------------------------------|
Now, we get to the mid-section of the song - I'm not even
sure what to call it, but it's there.
The first guitar plays the following:
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------7---X5---------------2----5--7--|
|--2----5----7---X5--5--2----5----2----5--7--|
|--2----5----5---X3--5--2----5----0----3--5--|
|--0----3------------3--0----3---------------|
Halfway through the above progression, a second guitar
enters, playing this:
|---------------------------X--|
|---------------------------X--|
|--------------2----5----7--X--|
|----2----5---2----5----7---X--|
|---2----5---0----3---/5----X--|
|--0----3-------------------X--|
The lead guitar in this section plays:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--7/9v--7v----7/9v--7v----7/9v--7v--9--9/12v--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--11v--9X-7/9v--7v--7/9v--9/12v--11--9v--\7v--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|--/9-9/12v----12/14v--|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
Then, we get the verse arrangement again, like the second
verse. At the first chord change (E to D), the rhythm
guitar changes, and plays the following:
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--9\7-7----7-7----7/9--9/12--12/14--|
|--9\7-7----7-7----7/9--9/12--12/14--|
|--7\5-5----5-5----5/7--7/10--10/12--|
|------------------------------------|
The other guitar is playing the riff from the second verse,
only holding on the first chord.
Next is the final chorus. The structure is mostly identical
to the other choruses, except for the break riff, which occurs
at the end of each bit (listen to find the breaks). Then, we
get to the solo, which plays over the chorus arrangement:
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--<9>-7-<9>-----9-7-9-7-9-----9-7-9-----9-7-9-7-9-----|
|------------7v------------7v--------7v------------7v--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|------9-7-9--------9-7-9--------------------------------|
|--9v--------9v--7v-------9v--7v-9-7-9-7v--9-7-9h7-9--7--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--8-7---------7-8-7-------8-7---------7-8-7-------|
|------9-7v--9-------9-7v------9-7v--9-------9-7v--|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------7-8-7v---------------------7/8-7v---------|
|--9-7-9-7v--9--------9v--7-9-7-9/10\9-7v--------9v--7v--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--<9b10r9>-<7v>--9-7-<9b10r9>-7v--<9b10r9>-<7v>--<9>-X--|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--<9b10r9>-<7v>--<9>-7-9b10r9-7v--7-9-7-9v--9-7-9vv--|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|--9-9-9/<12v>--|
|---------------|
|---------------|
|---------------|
The solo and an E chord fade out together, and that's that.
