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25 or 6 to 4 Full Guitar Tablature
this song can get difficult at times but it's not a hard song.....I'm not too sure
if the intro is guitar or bass 'cause the guitar's clean during the verse while you still hear this but anyways.... it took a while to listen to and write because there is no real tab for it so please give me a good rate. I tried my best on this and I'm only 14 so it might not be perfect but hey I tried lol....enjoy it


(intro) 
E  -----------------------------------------------------------------
B  -----------------------------------------------------------------
G  -----------------------------------------------------------------
D  -----------------------------------------------------------------
A  ----7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5----4-4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-------
E  ----5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2----1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-------

the way Keith Howland plays it is like
(fair amount of distortion)
E  ----------------------------------------------------------------
B  ----------------------------------------------------------------
G  ----------------------------------------------------------------
D  --7-7-7-7-7----5-5-5-5-5--- 4-4-4-4-4----3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-------
A  --x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x-x----x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-------
E  --5-5-5-5-5----3-3-3-3-3----2-2-2-2-2--- 1-1-1-1--0-0-0-0-------

but back to the original.....

(verse)      "waitin' for the break of day...." 
E  ---5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5----1---1-1----0---0-0----------
B  ---5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5----1---1-1----0---0-0----------
G  ---5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5-----5-5--5-5----2---2-2----1---1-1----------
D  -----------------------------------------3---3-3----2---2-2----------
A  -----------------------------------------3---3-3----2---2-2----------
E  -----------------------------------------1---1-1----0---0-0----------

(chorus) (light distortion)
    (     F           )(             C            )(        G     )(        F       )
E  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------12------10-----8/---3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
B  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
G  --2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--14--14/12---12/10---10/9-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--
D  --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
A  --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3-3-3-3--
E  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--
(just tried to squeeze those  chords in there...listen for the rhythm.

After the chorus you can either play the intro part again or do what Terry's doing here
(fill)
E  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G  ----------------------------------------------------7b9--7b9~~7-7-7-7--9~9~9~9~--
D  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
A  --------3----------7-----------10----10--12~~------------------------------------
E  -5--5-5--5----8-8---8----12-12---12----------------------------------------------

E  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B  ----5-8-5----5-8-5---------------------------------------------------------------
G  ------------7---------7---5-7-5--------------------------------------------------
D  -----------------------------------7---5-7-5-------------------------------------
A  -----------------------------------------------7---5-7-5---3-5-3-----------------
E  -----------------------------------------------------------------------5-3-5/----

Play the verse and chorus again the same and then theres the solo....
It's in the A minor pentatonic and I'll show you the first part here. 
(solo)

E  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B  --------------------------------5--6---10--9--10/5--6-------5-----------------
G  ----------------------4--5--7-----------------------------4/5----4--5---------
D  ----------------5--7-----------------------------------------------------6----
A  ----------5--7----------------------------------------------------------------
E  --5-7--8----------------------------------------------------------------------

after the solo  he does this

E  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
D  ----10------10------10p7--10p7--10p7--10p7---10-------10-------10-------10-------10------10------10/--------------------
A  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

He plays around a lot in the A minor scale during the next verse so you can do whatever...
The last chorus is just a bit different than the rest so play this.

    (       F         )(           C           )(      G      )(         F         )
E  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------12---10---8-8/--3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
B  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-
G  --2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--14--14/--12---10---9-9---4-4-4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-
D  --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
A  --3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-
E  --1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-

(Outro) For the outro part of the song he plays around again in the a minor pent. but I'll just put down what I know

E  ------------------------------------------------------8h5-----8h5-----8h5------
B  --------------------------8b10--8--8b10---(the fill)------8h5-----8h5-----8h5--
G  --7b9-7-5-----7b9-7-5----------------------------------------------------------
D  -----------7----------7--------------------------------------------------------
A  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    
E  ----8h5-------8h5-------8h5---------------------------------
B  ---------8h5-------8h5-------8h5--5--8----------------------
G  ---------------------------------------------7h5------------
D  ----------------------------------------------------7-------
A  ------------------------------------------------------------
E  ------------------------------------------------------------

Then you just play the intro again and just slow down as the music slows
Enjoy!
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