Matchbox Twenty Disease This is an awesome song played by two great guitar players. It?s very challenging and takes lots of practice to do it right. I?m tabbing it the way my band plays it and I?ll tell you the difference between this and the way Matchbox Twenty plays it right now: the intro with the flanger effect is played by Matchbox 20?s second guitar, not first guitar as I have it written. I like it better my way and I think it sounds great. Enjoy! Chords used: E = 022100 F# = 244322 G#m = 466444 C#sus2 = 446644 Eb = 668886 E5 = 022xxx F#5 = 244xxx G#5 = 466xxx C#5 = 4466xx Eb5 = 6688xx Intro: Guitar 1; Flanger effect e------------------------------------------------ B------------------------------------------------ G------------------------------------------------ D-4-4-4--4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6-6--5-5-5--5-5-5-6--6-6 A------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------ Guitar 2; clean e--------------------------------------------------------- B--------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------6-4 D--------------------------------------------------4h6-6-4 A--------------------------------------------------4h6----- E---------------------------------------------------------- Next part: Guitar 1; flanger e-------------------------------------------- B-------------------------------------------- G-------------------------------------4-3---- D-4-4-4--4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6-6-5--5-5--5----4/6 A-------------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------------- Guitar 2; clean; last notes played should still be ringing here e------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-4 B------------4-4-----------4-8----------8-4 G------------4-6-----------6-8----------8-4 D------------4-6-----------6-8----------8-6 A------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-6 E------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-4 Verse 1; part 1: guitar 1; B and G strings: guitar 2; E and A strings e--------------------------------------------- B-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4 G-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4 D--------------------------------------------- A--------------------------------------------- E-4-2-4-----------------4-2-4----------------- e----------------------------------- B-----6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6----4-4--4-4 G-----6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6----4-4--4-4 D----------------------------------- A-4-2-4----------------------------- E-----------------------4-2-4------- Part 2: both guitars e------------------------------------------------------------------- B------------------------------------------------------------------- G------------------------------------------------------------------- D-6-6-6--6-6--------------------------6-6-6--6-6--6----6-6-6--6-6--- A-6-4-6--6-4--6-----7-6-7--7-7--6-----7-6-7--7-6--4----6-4-6--6-4--6 E-------------6-----7-7-7--7-7--6----------------------4-4-4--4-4--6 Pre-chorus: Guitar 1 (clean) strums these chords (listen to the song for a strumming pattern): E F# G#m C#sus2 E Eb Guitar 2 (distortion) plays these chords each once and lets it ring: E5 F#5 G#5 C#5 E5 Eb5 Chorus: Guitars 1 and 2 have the same effects and patterns as the pre-chorus. Here are the chords for each guitar Guitar 1: G#m C#sus2 Eb G#m Guitar 2: G#5 C#5 Eb5 G#5 Repeat Verse 2: guitar 2 plays the ?part 2? of verse 1 and Guitar 1 plays this: e-4-------------------4-------------------4---------------------4-------------- B--7p4-----------------7p4-----------------7p4-------------------7p4----------- G-----6p4-4h6-------------6p4-4h6-4-----------6p4-4h6--1/3----------6p4-4h6-4/6 D------------5----------------------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pre-chorus Chorus x2 Bridge: Guitar 1 has a little solo with distortion on the D string while Guitar 2 plays some distorted power chords. Here it is: Guitar 1 D-6(x13)-9-8-4-(that whole thing x3. Last time play 6 instead of 4)-8(x16) Guitar 2: keep playing each chord until solo moves on to the next ?section? C#5 G#m5 C#5 Eb5 Chorus x2 Ending: Guitar 1 plays solo distorted, Guitar 2 plays Chords Distorted Guitar 1: e-4---4---4---4-3---3---3---3-2---2---2---2-3---3---3---3 B---4---4---4-----4---4---4-----4---4---4-----4---4---4-- x2 Guitar 2: play each chord until note on the e string in the solo changes G#5 Eb5 C#5 Eb5 x2 End on: Guitar 1: e-4 B-4 Guitar 2: G#5