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How Far We've Come Tabs

(ver. 3)
Matchbox Twenty
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this is an awesome song.
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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note

Acoustic Guitar intro:
e|--00-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-----x-----x-----x-----x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x|
B|--11-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-000-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x|
G|--00-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x|
D|--22-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x|
A|--33-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-----x-----x-----x-----x|
    C                      ?(forgot)               Am

e|-111-x-111-x-111-x-111--------------------------------------------------|
B|-111-x-111-x-111-x-111--------------------------------------------------|
G|-222-x-222-x-222-x-222--------------------------------------------------|
D|-333-x-333-x-333-x-333--------------------------------------------------|
A|-333-x-333-x-333-x-333--------------------------------------------------|
E|-111-x-111-x-111-x-333--------------------------------------------------|
    F

Electric Guitar intro

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-55-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-666-666-666-666-|
G|-55-555-555-555-555-555-444-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse One;
Acoustic carries on playing the intro part and electric guitar stops

Chorus:
electric guitar
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|---------------555555--------|
D|-777777-333333-555555-555555-|
A|-777777-333333-333333-555555-|
E|-555555-111111--------333333-|

Acoustic
e|-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-00-x-000-x-000-x-000|
B|-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x-11-x-111-x-111-x-111|
G|-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-00-x-000-x-000-x-000|
D|-222-x-222-x-222-x-222-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-22-x-222-x-222-x-222|
A|-000-x-000-x-000-x-000-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-333-x-33-x-333-x-333-x-333|
E|-----x-----x-----x-----x-111-x-111-x-111-x-111-x----x-----x-----x----|
  Am                       F                       C

e|-----x----x----x----|
B|-000-x-00-x-00-x-00-|
G|-000-x-00-x-00-x-00-|
D|-222-x-22-x-22-x-22-|
A|-222-x-22-x-22-x-22-|
E|-000-x-00-x-00-x-00-|
  Em

Second Electric guitar (slightly distorted)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---8---8---8-----5----8---8---8--------8---8---8-8-6-5---8---8---8-8-6-5---|
G|-5---5---5---5h7----5---5---5---5h7--5---5---5---------5---5---5-----------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

play twice for each


Verse 2
this time it is exactly he same as the intro, with the electric guitar playing the intro 
as well

the riff is played twice

second time through the second electric guitar comes in playing this

e|-8---12\7--10\5----8-|
B|-----------------8---|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|

Solo:
this is meant to be played on a banjo looking thing but here it is transposed for guitar

Electric Guitar
e|---5-3---3-5-------3-5---5-3-------5-3---3-5-----------------|
B|-5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------5---3-5-6-5-3-5-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

At the last part of this half of the solo the acoustic guitarist plays Am strumming
(slowly getting louder) until the start of the next half. also at the very end of the solo.

e|---5-3---3-5-------3-5---5-3-------5-3---3-5-----------------|
B|-5-----------5---5-----------5---5-----------5-5-3-5-6-5-3-1-|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

For the rest of the bridge the electric plays
e|---------------------------|
B|--8-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/8-5-8-5|
G|---------------------------| x3
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|

Acoustic guitar plays Am like in the Solo, building up at the end of each riff

and the build up at the end all guitars play Em and end on E
(the melodic part is on piano)

Ending:
the chorus is repeated with the second electric guitar playing this

e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-8---12\7--10\5----8-|
D|-----------------8---|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|


and then this riff is played at the very end
(electric)               acoustic (last note)
e|--------------------|  |-0-|
B|--------------------|  |-1-|
G|--------------------|  |-0-|
D|-333/555/777/999-10-|  |-2-|
A|-333/555/777/999-10-|  |-3-|
E|-111/333/555/777-8--|  |---|


CHEERS!
Sun Woo Kim
            
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