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I'm almost positive that this is completely accurate. Standard tuning (EADGBe), and I 
there are two guitars used (only necessary in the Chorus and Bridge, however), so I'll 
them thusly. Guitar 1 is distorted, and Guitar 2 is clean.
Key:
/ = Slide up
\ = Slide down
h = Hammer on
p = Pull off

Intro (Guitar 2)
[0:03]
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8/10\8----|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|---10---10---10---10---9---9---9--------10-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (Guitar 2)
[0:09]
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8---8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8--|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[0:21]                                     [0:27]
e|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|10----10----10----10----8---8---8---8---|9----9----9----9----8---8---8---8--|
G|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|---10----10----10----10---9---9---9---9-|--10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9|
A|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

Chorus (Guitar 1)
[0:33]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-| x2
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|
E|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|

Chorus (Guitar 2)
[0:33]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-55555555555555559999999999999999---------------------------------|
D|-5555555555555555999999999999999977777777777777776666666688888888-| x2
A|-3333333333333333777777777777777777777777777777776666666688888888-|
E|---------------------------------55555555555555554444444466666666-|

Verse 2 (Guitar 2)
[0:56]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8/10\8----8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10---10---10---10---9---9---9--------10---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9-|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[0:21]                                     [0:27]
e|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|10----10----10----10----8---8---8---8---|9----9----9----9----8---8---8---8---|
G|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|---10----10----10----10---9---9---9---9-|--10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9-|
A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus (Guitar 1 and 2)
[1:20]

Bridge (Guitar 1)
[1:44]
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-| x2
A|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
E|-------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Bridge (Guitar 2)
[1:44]                       [1:53]
e|-----------------------|--|--------------------------------|
B|-8881010108886665h6p55-|--|-888101010888101010101010101010-|
G|-----------------------|--|--------------------------------|
D|-----------------------|x3|--------------------------------|
A|-----------------------|--|--------------------------------|
E|-----------------------|--|--------------------------------|

[1:56]                         [2:04]
e|-------------------------|--|---------------------------------|
B|-8----8----8----8/10\8---|--|-8/10\8-----8/10\8-------8/10\8~-|
G|-------------------------|--|---------------------------------|
D|---10---10---10--------10|x3|--------1010-------101010--------|
A|-------------------------|--|---------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|--|---------------------------------|

Post-Bridge (Guitar 2)
[2:08]
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-8----8----8----8----8---8---8---8---9----9----9----9-------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---10---10---10---10---9---9---9---9---10---10---10---10\9~-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|

Post-Bridge (BASS)
[2:08]
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat Chorus x4 [2:19] (Guitar 1 and 2), then
[3:07] (Guitar 1)
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-| x2
A|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|
E|-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-|

[3:07]  (Guitar 2)
e|------------------|
B|------------------|
G|------------------|
D|-6666666688888888-| x2
A|-6666666688888888-|
E|-4444444466666666-|

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