Tabs
Here are the main chords (for rhythm guitar) and that cool riff where Jesse says
"nothings absolutely definite, till its absolutely definitely gone..."
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Tuning: Drop 
D MajorD tuning with the whole guitar tuned down a half step, so "Drop C#" tuning
Verse 1: (palm muted, no distortion)
e|------------------------|
BB|---repeat this 8 times--|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|--7----4----0-----------|
A augmentedA|--7-x8-4-x8-0-x16-------|
E MajorE|--7----4----0-----------|
Chorus: (open chords with distortion)
e|---repeat this 2 times------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------7-----------|
D MajorD|--7-----x--9----7-x8--------|
A augmentedA|--7-x3--x--9-x4-5-----------|
E MajorE|--7-----x--9----------------|
^
Quick pause
Verse 2:
e|------------------------|
BB|---repeat this 6 times--|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|--7----4----0-----------|
A augmentedA|--7-x8-4-x8-0-x16-------|
E MajorE|--7----4----0-----------|
Chorus 2:
e|---repeat this 2 times------|
BB|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------7-----------|
D MajorD|--7-----x--9----7-x8--------|
A augmentedA|--7-x3--x--9-x4-5-----------|
E MajorE|--7-----x--9----------------|
^
Quick pause
Pre-Interlude chords: (“you’re a blue eyed lightning bolt, I’m a national phenomenon…”)
e|-------play this once-----------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------7-------------------7-------|
D MajorD|--7-----x--9----7-x8--7-----x--9----7-x16---|
A augmentedA|--7-x3--x--9-x4-5-----7-x3--x--9-x4-5-------|
E MajorE|--7-----x--9----------7-----x--9------------|
^ ^
quick pause quick pause
Interlude chords:
e|------play this once-------------|
BB|---------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4-----x--7-----4-----x--7------|
A augmentedA|--4-x7--x--7-x8--4-x7--x--7-x8---|
E MajorE|--4-----x--7-----4-----x—-7-----|
^ ^
pause pause
And the best part, the interlude riff:
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------2--1---2-1-|
D MajorD|---2---4-2-2----2--4-2-2----2---4-2------2-----|
A augmentedA|-4---4--------4----------0----0----------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------2h3--2---------------|
G+G|---------------------------------2-------------|
D MajorD|----2---4-2-2----2--4-2-2----------------------|
A augmentedA|--4---4--------4-------------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------|
Play these chords on rhythm guitar with the interlude riff:
e|--play this twice---|--let this---|
BB|--------------------|--chord ring-|
G+G|--------------------|-------------|
D MajorD|--4-----x--7--------|--7----------|
A augmentedA|--4-x8--x--7-x8-----|--7----------|
E MajorE|--4-----x--7--------|--7----------|
Ending: (play nothing until right after “I never thought tonight
could ever be this close to me”)
(palm muted, no distortion)
e|------------------------|
BB|---repeat this 2 times--|
G+G|------------------------|
D MajorD|--7----4----0-----------|
A augmentedA|--7-x4-4-x4-0-x8--------|
E MajorE|--7----4----0-----------|
(open chords with distortion)
e|------------------------|
BB|---repeat this 2 times--|
G+G|--------------7---------|
D MajorD|--7----x-9----7-x8------|
A augmentedA|--7-x3-x-9-x4-5---------|
E MajorE|--7----x-9--------------|
^
quick pause
Then…(“you’re a blue eyed lightning bolt…”)
e|------------------|------------------|
BB|------------------|------------------|
G+G|-------------7----|-----------7------|
D MajorD|--7-----9----7-x8-|-7----9----7-x1---|
A augmentedA|--7-x4--9-x4-5----|-7-x4-9-x4-5------|
E MajorE|--7-----9---------|-7----9-----------|
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