You can take loads of liberties with this song, but here is the basic premise. Feel free put in whatever dischordant bits you want, but this is what I do. Also, we all know that Cursive tunes their guitars down a whole step, but you can easily this song without doing so. This is written in standard EADGBE Main Riff: |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----*^-----*^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----*^-----*^---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-888----888------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-888----888------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-666----666------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| The *'s mean play whatever ugly sounding thing you can and bend it. I normally play b|-6-- or b|-5--|- but you can really do whatever. g|-8^- g|-8^-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------| |-----*^-----*^-| |-----*^-----*^-| |-444----666----| |-444----666----| |-222----444----| That's the main bit. Repeat as necessary, then go to the palm muted part about the not agreeing: |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------| |-44444444--66666666--88888888/33333333--44444444--66666666| |-44444444--66666666--88888888/33333333--44444444--66666666| |-22222222--44444444--66666666/11111111--22222222--44444444| "...Eve, Orginal sin, Idyllic garden..." |------------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-| |------------------------------------------------------------------------x-x-x-| |-66666666--44444444--33333333-------------------------------------------x-x-x-| |-66666666--44444444--33333333--66666666--4444444444444444--666666666666-x-x-x-| |-44444444--22222222--11111111--66666666--4444444444444444--666666666666-x-x-x-| |-------------------------------44444444--2222222222222222--444444444444-x-x-x-| Solo (Yes, Tim plays this) |-------------------------------------------------------| |-4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4^4-------------------------------| |-9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9^9-9^---9^---9^---9^---9^---9^---| |----------------------------8----8----8----8----8----8-| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------*-*-*-| |------------------------------*-*-*-| |-/3/5/6/8/6/10/8/10/8-5h6p5---*-*-*-| |----------------------------6-*-*-*-| |------------------------------*-*-*-| |------------------------------*-*-*-| |-----------------------------| |-----*^-----*^-----*^-----*^-| |-----*^-----*^-----*^-----*^-| x2 |-444----666----888----888----| |-444----666----888----888----| |-222----444----666----666----| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-444-4---666-6---444-4---666-6-| |-444-4---666-6---444-4---666-6-| |-222-2---444-4---222-2---444-4-| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |-6--4--3-------------------------------| |-6--4--3--6--44444444-6666666666666666-| |-4--2--1--6--44444444-6666666666666666-| |----------4--22222222-4444444444444444-| Let each single powerchord ring until you get to the F#5 repeated. |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--6666666666666666-| |--6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-6666666666666666-| |------------------4444444444444444-| |--------------------------| |-----*^-------------------| |-----*^-------------------| |-888----888--10/11/13/15--| Repeat as necessary |-888----888---x/-x/-x/-x--| |-666----666---8/-9/11/13--| Those octaves at the end can really be replaced with any stepwise ascension. Just move the neck 2 frets on each slide. That's just how I play it. Now add horns, figure out what the hell Ted is playing as lead, and you've got yourself good song. Email me at collectallfive@yahoo.com for any revisions or suggestions.