big empty by s.t.p.
guitar 1 w/slide (if you don't have a slide you can fake it)
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guitar 2 intro and verse riff (play 6 times. let ring 5th and 6th)
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|---0-------------3---3---3-3-0-1---1-1-1-1---1---1---1-1-1--|
|---0---------0---3---3---3-3-0-0---0-0-0-3---3---3---3-3-0--|
|---2-----0h2---2-----2---2-2-0-2---2-2-2-2---2---2---2-2-2--|
|---2---2-----------------------3---3-3-3-3---3---3---3-3-3--|
|---0--------------------------------------------------------|
m m m m m m
"drivin' faster in my car..."
"fallin' farter... are..."
"smoke a cigarette & drive some more 'cause conversation's
hell.. fallin' faster in my... car"
chorus riff: (play 4 times) tailor rhythm to album sound.
---3-3--3-3-0--0-0--0-0---3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3---
---3-3--3-3-0--0-0--0-0-0-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-0-
---0-0--0-0-2--2-2--2-2-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-
---0-0--0-0-2--2-2--2-2-0-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-0-
---2-2--2-2-0--0-0--0-0-0-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-0-
---3-3--3-3----------------------------------------
"time 2 take it home big easy and the conscience-laden
at end of last time playing the C part play this sometimes too.
---3---
---0---
---3---
---2---
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home...
riff 3:
---3---3---3-3-0-0---0---0--
---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---3--
---0---0---0-0-2-2---2\1-1--
---0---0---0-0-2-2---0---0--hold, then verse 2
---3---2---2-2-0-0---0---0--
---3---3---3-3--------------
m m
pre-2nd verse with riff 1
---10\8-6---3/5\3-0-3-5-6---3/5\3-7-10---12\10-7--6--5--3\0--
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m m m
verse two:
chorus again
then: (play three times, then riff 3)
---3---3---3-3-0-0---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
---0---0---0-0-0-0---0---3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---
---0---0---0-0-2-2---2\1-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---
---0---0---0-0-2-2---0---0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
---3---2---2-2-0-0---0---0-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
---3---3---3-3-------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---
"conversation's
hell..."
bridge: start off with an e-minor, then it's pretty much whatever you
want until the next pre-chorus. Here are some of the important parts,
though.
rhy fill 1: (every once and a while...)
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---2-3-2---
---2-2-2---
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and then there's a cool base part:
A-----7-9-10-9-7-0-2-4/5-2-0-2-0-----
E---0----------------------------3---
and then the pre-chorus:
---3---2-3-2---2-3-5---3-5-7---5-7-9---7-9-10----10----10-play 10s
----------------------------------------------10----10----a bunch of
----------------------------------------------------------times, then
----------------------------------------------------------just start
----------------------------------------------------------going up the
----------------------------------------------------------neck
guitar 2
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-----------------------------------------------5/6/7/8/9/10/
-----------------------------------------------5/6/7/8/9/10/ and such
---------------------------------------------0-3/4/5/6/7/8-/
chorus again and then "converation's hell" again and if you've ever
heard the song before in your life you know how it goes. End with riff
3 and a long drawn-out last chord.