#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE----------------------------------# # This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # # song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ONE OF THESE THINGS FIRST (revised version - previously posted in EBEGBE, but although still the same notes, this version sounds more convincing. Also instrumental section reworked slightly) TUNING DADF#AD capo 2nd fret (EBEG#BE is same notes of course, but the strings sound a bit slacker to me) As usual the picking varies a little bit, but these are the main shapes. The picking indications (t-thumb, i-index, m-middle, r-ring, l-little) are just what I find easiest. Main riff: |------|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------| |--0---|--1---|--3---|--2--1| |--0---|--0---|--0---|--0--0| |-0-000|-2-222|-4-444|-3--2-| |0-----|0-----|0-----|0--0--| r timiti notes: 1. the last note of 000 or 222 etc is very often omitted throughout the song. 2. during verses, you play bar 2 again instead of bar 4 (which only reappears for the lines between verses, and the outro). also, in verses nick seems just to play the bottom 3 strings, though this can sound odd unaccompanied. 3. when leading into another section, the last bar becomes: |--0---| |--0---| |-0-000| or |-4-000| |0-----| |0-----| "Could have been a signpost...." |------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------|------| |------|--5---| (twice) |------|--3---| (twice) |--7---|--5---| |--5---|--3---| |-5-555|-5-555| |-3-333|-3-333| |5-----|5-----| |3-----|3-----| "Could be here and now" |------| |------| |------| |------| |--1---| (twice) |--1---| (twice) |--0---| |--0---| |-3-333| |-2-222| |3-----| |2-----| (contd...) "Could have been one of these things first" |------| |------| |------| |------| |--5---| (x4) |--1---| (x4) |--0---| |--0---| |-5-555| |-2-222| |5-----| |2-----| The intro, if you really want to be precise, goes: |------|------|------|------|--00--|------|------|------| |------|------|------|------|------|--0---|----0-|------| |--0---|--1---|--3---|--2--1|--0---|--1---|--3--3|--2--1| |--0--0|--0---|--0---|--0--0|--0---|--0---|---0--|0--0--| |-0-00-|-2-222|-4-444|-3--2-|-0--00|-2-222|-4----|-3--2-| |0-----|0-----|0-----|0--0--|0-----|0-----|0-----|0--0--| The more complicated instrumental bits; |------|0-----|------|0-----|---0--|---0--|---0--|------| |---0--|------|---0--|------|------|0-----|0-----|0-----| |--1-1-|-1---1|--1-1-|-1---1|--0---|--1---|--3---|-3----| |-0---0|--0-0-|-0---0|--0-0-|--0-0-|-0--0-|-0--0-|--0-0-| |------|3-----|------|2-----|-0----|2-----|4-----|4--0--| |3-----|---3--|2-----|---2--|0-----|------|------|------| r mr r mr timrmi tmitim tti t tti t and |------|------|---0--|0--0--|------|------|---0--|0--0--| |------|------|-0--0-|-0--0-|------|------|-0--0-|-0--0-| |--5--5|--5--5|--5--5|--5--5|--1--1|--1--1|--1--1|--1--1| |--0--0|--0--0|----0-|----0-|--0--0|--0--0|----0-|----0-| |-5-55-|-5-55-|-5----|-5----|-2-22-|-2-22-|-2----|-2----| |5-----|5-----|5-----|5-----|2-----|2-----|2-----|2-----| m m rmrrm ttitti ttitti