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Forest Whitaker Tabs

(ver. 3)
Bad Books
First Single off of Bad Books II, being released Oct. 9th 2012. The chords can be played 
in many different places on the guitar, I have it arranged in just one way - feel free 
to mix it up with whatever works best for you.

Intro:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------11---9-11-12--11-9----9-------|
G|-11-8-11--------------------11---8-6---|
D|---------------------------------------| x2
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------9999999944444444-| x2
A|-999999999999999977777777---------|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Verse 1:
Guitar 1 (Lead) (Comes in for second half of verse):
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|------------2---------| x2
A|--2----1--------------|
E|-----------------2----|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm) (Palm Muted):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------99999999---------| x4
A|-99999999999999997777777744444444-|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Chorus:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------22-22--44-44--|
A|-2-----4-----9---9---6---4-----------------|
E|-0-----2-----7---6---4---2-----------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm) (Palm Muted):
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-22-22--44-44--99-999-966-644-422-22--44-44--|
E|-00-00--22-22--77-766-644-422-200-00--22-22--|

Guitar 3 (Texture):
e|------------7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2----------------|
B|-------------7-7-7-7-4-4-2-2---------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----------------------------------|
A|-2-----4-----------------------------------|
E|-0-----2-----------------------------------|

Post-Chorus:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------11---9-11-12--11-9----9-------|
G|----11-8-11--------------------11---8-6---|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------9999999944444444-|
A|-999999999999999977777777---------|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Guitar 3 (Texture):
e|-9-9-9-9---|
B|--9-9-9-9--|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Verse 2:
Guitar 1 (Lead) (Comes in for second half of verse):
e|----------------------|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|------------2---------| x2
A|--2----1--------------|
E|-----------------2----|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm) (Palm Muted):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------99999999---------| x4
A|-99999999999999997777777744444444-|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Guitar 3 (Texture) (Comes in for second half of verse):
e|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2---|
B|--7-7-7-7-5-5-2-2--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------| x2
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|


Chorus 2:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|------------2------------------------------|
B|-5----2-------4--2-----0--0-2--4-2--0------|
G|-------------------3-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm) (Palm Muted):
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-22-22--44-44--99-999-966-644-422-22--44-44--|
E|-00-00--22-22--77-766-644-422-200-00--22-22--|

Guitar 3 (Texture):
e|------------7-7-6-6-4----------------------|
B|-------------7-7-7-7-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----------------------------------|
A|-2-----4-----------------------------------|
E|-0-----2-----------------------------------|

Solo:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|------------------------------------11------------9s11--11---|
B|-----7--11-7-------7--12-7-------9--12-9-------9--7s12--12---|
G|-s11-8--11-8---s11-8--11-8---s13-9-----9---s13-9-------------|
D|-s9------------s8------------s11-----------s11---------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------9999999944444444-| x2
A|-999999999999999977777777---------|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Verse 3:
Guitar 1 (Lead)(Comes in for second half of verse):
e|---------6--6--------------------------------|
B|--------------7---9-9-9----------------------|
G|-8-----------------------8---11-11-11-8-6-8--|
D|---9--8--------------------------------------| x2
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm)(Comes in for second half of verse):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------99999999---------| x2
A|-99999999999999997777777744444444-|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Guitar 3 (Texture) (Comes in for second half of verse):
e|-7-7-6-6-4-4-2-2---|
B|--7-7-7-7-5-5-2-2--|
G|-------------------|
D|-------------------| x2
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|

Guitar 4 (Texture 2):
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|-4---(4)---1---------|
D|-4---(4)---2----4----| x4
A|-2----1----2----4----|
E|----------------2----|

Last Chorus (2x as long):
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|------------2------------------------------|
B|-5----2-------4--2-----0--0-2--4-2--0------|
G|-------------------3-----------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------| x2
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm) (Palm Muted):
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------| x2
A|-22-22--44-44--99-999-966-644-422-22--44-44--|
E|-00-00--22-22--77-766-644-422-200-00--22-22--|

Guitar 3 (Texture):
e|------------7-7-6-6-4----------------------|
B|-------------7-7-7-7-----------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-2-----4-----------------------------------|
A|-2-----4-----------------------------------| x2
E|-0-----2-----------------------------------|

Outro:
Guitar 1 (Lead):
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------11---9-11-12--11-9----9-------|
G|-11-8-11--------------------11---8-6---|
D|---------------------------------------| x2
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 (Rhythm):
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|
D|-----------------9999999944444444-| x2
A|-999999999999999977777777---------|
E|-7777777766666666--------22222222-|

Guitar 3 (Texture):
e|-9-9-9-9---|
B|--9-9-9-9--|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------| x2
E|-----------|
            
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