The song is written in Drop D tuning (Lowest/Thickest to Highest/Thinest) D - A - D - G - B - E Intro/Chorus e|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|-----14-14-----11-11-| D|-----x--x------x--x--| A|-5 5-12-12-5 5-9--9--| D|-0 0-------0 0-------| (Rhythm hint: he hits the open notes twice then he hits the other note once for about a little over a normal note and hits an upstroke on the way back to the open if you can understand) Verse e|-0-------0---------| B|-0-------0---------| G|-0-------0---------| D|-4-------4---------| A|-5-------5---------| D|-0-------5---^^^---| Pre-Chorus e|-0------0------| B|-0------0------| G|-0------0------| D|-0------0------| A|-2------5------| D|-2------5------| now the chorus is the exact same as the intro except he adds: e|----------| B|----------| G|----------| D|-5------7-| A|-5------7-| D|-5------7-| at the end. the second time he moves down to 7 and 9