Intro chords (02xxxx, etc.): E5 G5 A5 G5 C5 D5
Verse riff: (the E5(VII) is a grad. slide the first time, E5 first position
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|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------------|
|------9\---|-------|-----------|-----------------|
|------7\---|-------|------5----|-------3~~-------|
|-0000------|-------|-3333-3----|-5-3-5-----5-3-2-|
ssss q ssss q e e e q e e e
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|-----------|-------|-----------|-----------------|
|------2----|-------|------5----|---------3-3-----|
|-0000-0----|-------|-3333-3----|-5-3-5-5-----5-3-|
sim. e e ...
Pre-chorus: (2 gtrs, one doing chords & then harmony):
E5 G5
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|-----------------|-------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-------|-----------------|-------4~~-------|
|-------5~~-------|---%---|-------5~~-------|-5-4-5-5~~-5-4---|
|-7-5-7-----7-5---|-------|-7-5-7-----7-5---|-7-5-7-----7-5-5-|
|---------------0-|-------|---------------3-|---------------3-|
e e e q e e e sim.
The second time, the ending measure ("your life of dreams")
is A5 C5 D5, into the chorus:
(everybody sing along... "keep on rotting, keep on hoping...")
|---------------------------|-------------------------| (gtr 1)
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----7------------7--------|-----7-----------7-------|
|-------9--7---------9--7---|-------9-7---------9-7---|
|-2------------2------------|-5-----------5-----------|
|-0------------0------------|-3-----------3-----------|
"whilst in the real world you..."
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|----------------------------|
|-------7---7-9-7---7--------|
|-----9---9-------9---9-7-5--|
|-7--------------------------|
|-5--------------------------|
The other guitar plays the same root chords, and a harmony in thirds
for the most part: the ending bit of the chorus:
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|-----11---------| |--------11----11-12-11----11-----------|
|--------12--11--| |-----12----12----------12----14-12-11--|
|-2--------------| |-7-------------------------------------|
|-0--------------| |-5-------------------------------------|
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