1-intro.:
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E string staccato slide
(while picking mandolin style)
(i.e. up & down as fast as possible)
2: 8 bars of the E-A string plucking)
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|-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-------
1&2&3&4& (4 bars) (4 bars)
dudududu
3: Enter the rhythm guitar
Em Em Em Em
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|-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-0-3-------
1&2&3&4& (4 bars) (4 bars)
dudududu
(Play the chord once per bar, with a slow
upstroke)
4: Start of the Melody (lead line)
BARS 1-4
Em(1-4) Am(5-8)
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|--2-2-2-2------------0-3-0-3----------
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Repeat Repeat
1&2&3&4& (4 bars) (4 bars)
dudududu
(Play the chord once per bar, with a slow
upstroke)
5:
Chorus (I suppose we can call it that)
B B C BABAB B C BABA
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|7777-777888-75757777-777888-7575------
1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&1&2&3&4&
(8 picks per beat- i.e. dudududu)
(When I listen to the fast picking on
the E string
B AB ABAB AB ABAAm
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|7-57-5757-57-5755-18 11 10 9 etc.-----
E-string slide
repeat
6: The Bridge
During this part, the second lead guitar
plays a continuous staccato on the E-string
following the chord changes, which are played
in the barr position. It finishes with an
E-string slide into the first verse again.
Am G F G Am G F Em
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|-55--33---11---33---55----33--11---00-18
1&2&3&4& (4 bars) (4 bars)
dudududu
The actual picking pattern on this section
sound to me like:
1&2&3&4&5&6&7&8&
X XXX XXX XXXXXX
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MELODY PART
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Part 4: The lead breaks in
Lead Guitar:
Em
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|---02024024242020-----14--------------
|--2---------------2-------------------
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(Play the last part as an Em barr on the 12th fret)
Am
|-----------------------12----12-------
|---------------------13----13--13-----
|---020242024242020-14----14------14---
|--2---------------2-------------------
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(Play the last part as an Am barr on the 12th fret)
Part 5:
B C B ABA B C B Am
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|-44 5 4 242 44 5 4 2424242424242422
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6:BRIDGE:
Lead guitar:
Am G F G
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|-------55--------33--------110-------3
|------5--754----4--542----2---23----4-
|--77-7------55-5------33-3------55 5--
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Am G F Em
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|-------55--------33-------------------
|-5----5--754----4--542----020---------
|--77-7------55-5------33-3---32-------
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E slide
OR if you want to try and copy the piano part.
(play these parts as Am and A form barr chords starting
at the 12th fret)
Am G
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|--------13--13-12---12--------12--12-10--
|14-14-14---------14---12-12-12---------12
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F G
|------------8-8-7---------------10-10-----
|10--------10-----10-12--------12-----13-12
|--10-10-10------------12-12-12------------
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Am G
|------------12--------------------10-------
|13--------13--13-12---12--------12--12-10--
|--14-14-14---------14---12-12-12---------12
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F Em
|-----------------------7-12-7---------
|-10--------8-10-8-----8------8--------
|---10-10-10 -----10-9---------9-------
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