First off, there's the intro riff which is also the chorus part: repeat 4x E- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | B- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | G- | -2-2--2-4-2-----2---5-4-----5---7-5-----7---5--4h5-7- | | D- | -2-2--3-3-3-----3---3-3-----3---5-5-----5---5------5- | | A- | -0-0--------0-0---0-----0-0---0-----0-0---0---------- | | E- | ----------------------------------------------------- | | After you go through that twice, however, there is this little bit of lead that kinda copies the vocal line of the chorus: E- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | B- | -9b10r(b9)-------------------------- | -10--10----10-12--12-10-12-13--13-12-13- | G- | --------(b9)10---10-b12r10--9h10---- | --------12------------------------------ | D- | -------------------------------12- | ---------------------------------------- | A- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | E- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------- | E- | ------------------------ | B- | -12b15r12-12h13-10~~~~~~ | G- | ------------------------ | D- | ------------------------ | A- | ------------------------ | (rhythm guitar ends on A5 ) E- | ------------------------ | The A5 is sustained throughout the verses with a few changes like so: A5 Last night the word came down ( A5 ) G5 C5 A5 Ten dead in Chinatown ( A5 ) Innocent, their only crime B5 slide to C5 A5 Was bein' in the wrong place at the wrong time ( A5 ) "Too bad", people say, ( A5 ) G5 C5 A5 "What's wrong with the kids today?" ( A5 ) I'll tell you right now they got nothin' to lose G5 F5 A5 They're building EMPIRE. Then this little lead bit: B- | --8b10-(10)-(10)-- | (sustained indefinitely) While the rhythm (once again) stays on A5. Do the whole verse bit over again for the second verse. Here's the pre-chorus with some lyrics below to help you keep up (repeat the first section twice, then do the last bit right before the chorus): E- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | ------- | B- | -6---6-6-3--3-3--8--8-8-6--6-6--6--6-6-3--3-3----------------- | | ------- | G- | -5---5-5-2--2-2--7--7-7-5--5-5--5--5-5-2--2-2---5--5-5-5--5-5- | | ------- | D- | -0---0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0--0-0---5--5-5-5--5-5- | | -3/5-5- | A- | ------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3--3-3- | | -3/5-5- | E- | -------------------------------------------------------------- | | -1/3-3- | East side_________ Meets West side___ downtown_____. No time_________ the walls_fall____ down_____. After the second chorus, play this right before the bridge (the "bridge" is what I call the part where that guy does the commentary on law enforcement): E- | ----------------------- | | B- | ----------------------- | | G- | -5-----5-----5-/7~~~~~- | | D- | -5--5--5--5--5-/7~~~~~- | | A- | -3--5--3--5--3-/5~~~~~- | | E- | ----3-----3------------ | | Then play this part clean (actually with chorus and slight delay... but what the hell) during the commentary: E- | -0---------------------------3------------------- | | B- | -3----3--3h5--3----5-6-5-3---3---5----5-6--5h6p5- | | G- | -2----3-------2----5-5-5-2---0---5----5-5--5----- | | D- | -0----------------------------------------------- | | (repeat 4x) A- | ------------------------------------------------- | | E- | ------------------------------------------------- | | (When the commentary gets to "By way of comparison..." a second guitar should start chunging out an open D string with distortion and palm muting.)