This tab is 100% accurate to the way Tim McIlrath plays it. I might be a little off on the number of strums but that is it. I spent several hours watching live videos to make sure everything was right. Please enjoy. This is the intro which I'm sure you've seen just about everywhere. |-------------------------------------| |-0-------------3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| |---0----2-0----0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| x3 |-----0------4--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| |---------------3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| |-0------3----------------------------| on the third time finish off with this chord |--------------------------| |-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--| |-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2--| |-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| now for the verse you'll play this |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| x3 |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-3-3--3-3--3-3--3--| |--0--0-0--0-3--3-3--3-------------------| on the third time you finish with this chord |---------------------------| |--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--| |--x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--| |--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--| |--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--| |---------------------------| You play that verse and finishing chord bit twice. On the second time the finishing chord is played a little longer than the first time. now for the chorus. |-----------------------------------------------| |-0---8-7-8--------------3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-| |-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-| |-x---x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2-| |-7---7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--2--2-2-2-2--0--0-0-0-0-| |------------8--8-8-8-8--3--3-3-3-3-------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-0---8-7-8--------------3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--| |-0---0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0--2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2--| |-x---x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--| |-7---7-7-7--7--7-7-7-7--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--| |------------8--8-8-8-8-------------------------| x2 (you hang on that last chord a little longer the second time through) you play the verse again the chorus the second time is a little bit different. You just hang on the final chord a bit longer than normal the second time through and it transitions right into the solo. Listen to the track and you'll get what I mean. and now the best part. The solo |-------------------------------------------| |--8--7-----3--3-3-3-3--5--3--X--3--3-3-3-3-| |--0--0--x--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--5--4--4-0-0-0-| |--X--X--9--0--0-0-0-0--X--X--X--0--0-0-0-0-| |--7--7--7--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3--X--X-X-X-X-| |--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-| |-------------------------------------------| |--5--3--X--3--3-3-3-3----------------------| |--0--0--5--4--4-4-4-4-----------7--7-7-7-7-| |--X--X--X--0--0-0-0-0--2--4--5--7--7-7-7-7-| |--3--3--3--X--X-X-X-X--0--0--0--5--5-5-5-5-| |-----------3--3-3-3-3----------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |--8--7-----3--3-3-3-3--5--3--X--3--3-3-3-3-| |--0--0--x--0--0-0-0-0--0--0--5--4--4-0-0-0-| |--X--X--9--0--0-0-0-0--X--X--X--0--0-0-0-0-| |--7--7--7--3--3-3-3-3--3--3--3--X--X-X-X-X-| |--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-| |----------------------| |--5--3--X--3--3-3-3-3-| |--0--0--5--4--4-4-4-4-| |--X--X--X--0--0-0-0-0-| |--3--3--3--X--X-X-X-X-| |-----------3--3-3-3-3-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--2--2-2-2-2-5--5-5-5-5-7--7-7-7-7-4--4-4-4-4-| |--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-| |----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------| |--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--| |--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--| |--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--| |--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--| |---------------------------| now for the bridge |-------------------| |-0-----3-----3-----| |-0-----0-----0-----| x2 |-2-----0-----2-----| |-2-----2-----3-----| |-0-----3-----------| after the second time play this |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-3-3--3-3--3-3--3--| |--0--0-0--0-3--3-3--3-------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-| |--x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-| |--4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-| |--5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-| |----------------------------------------------| then the chorus again finally the outro |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| x4 |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-5-5--5-5--5-5--5--| |--2--2-2--2-5--5-5--5-3-3--3-3--3-3--3--| |--0--0-0--0-3--3-3--3-------------------| the fourth time through you hang on the final chord a bit longer than normal. and this little outro bit finishes off the song |--------------| |--0--------0--| |-----0-----0--| |--------2--0--| |-----------X--| |-----------3--| Thanks for reading this. I hope this made sense to everyone.