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Self Help by Good Charlotte

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Tuning: Drop D MajorD (D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Guitar 1 - Benji Madden
Guitar 2 & 3 - Billy Martin


Intro:

Guitar 1
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-4--x8-2--x8-0--x12-2-2-2-2-4--x8-2--x8-0--x12-(pause)-|

e|-----------------------------|----------------------------1.-|---------------------------2.-||
BB|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
G+G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
A augmentedA|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||

Guitar 2
e|-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------||
BB|-----------||-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-10~-9-10-9-10-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-|-10~-9-10-9---|-10~------||
G+G|-(silence)-||---------------------------------------------------------------|------------9-|----------||
D MajorD|-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------||
A augmentedA|-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|----------||
D MajorD|-----------||---------------------------------------------------------------|-----1./3./4.-|-------2.-||

Verse 1:

Guitar 1      V clean              V distortion
e|----------------------------------------------4x-|--------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------9~---------9~--------9~-------9~-----9~---|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---7----------9----------7~--------7------7------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---------|
A augmentedA|-9---9------7---7------5---------5------7--------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---2~----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---2~----|
                                             *
Guitar 2 (clean, enters at 00:33)                     V distortion
e|----------12--12--------------12------------12--12-------------------||------------|--------|--------||
BB|-----12~----10--10-9h10p9---9----9-----12~----10--10-9h10---12-9-12~-||-9-----1010-|-10-----|-10-----||
G+G|-9~-----------------------9--------9~---------------------9----------||-9--x6-9-9--|-9---x8-|-9---x5-||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|--------|--------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------||------------|--------|--------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------2x-||------------|-----1.-|-----2.-||

Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------2------------------|-------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-----2--x8-2-----/4-----|-0-----2--x8-2-----4-----|
A augmentedA|-0--x8-0-----2--x9-/4--x7-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4--x8-|
D MajorD|-0-----------2-----/4-----|-0-----------2-----4-----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2---------------------------------|-------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----2--x8-2-----4-----|
A augmentedA|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-x-x-0-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4--x8-|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0-----------------x-x---2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----------2-----4-----|

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10~-9h10p9-----------------------10~-9h10p9--------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------9~-9-----4-----/6----------------9~-9------9-9-9-111111-4-4-4-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|------------------x8----x9-----x7-------------------x8----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------7-----2-----/4-------------------7------7-7-7-9-9-9--2-2-2-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ===3===
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-9h10p9-----10p9---------9h10p9-----9h10p9~---9h10-----9h10p9-----10p9-------------------|
G+G|--------9~-------9~-------------9~-----------------9~---------9~-------9~---4-----/6-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------x9-----x7-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-----/4-----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   ===3===
Preverse:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|----------------------------1.-|---------------------------2.-||
BB|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
G+G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
A augmentedA|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-||

Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-10~-9-10-9-10-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-10~-9-10-9----|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------9~-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

Guitar 3
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-14~---13~---9-9-9-9-9---11~11111111---7~---6~---9~-/11111111~--9~---9~---11~11111111---7~---6~---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-12~---11~---7-7-7-7-7---9~-9-9-9-9----5~---4~---7~-/9-9-9-9~---7~---7~---9~-9-9-9-9----5~---4~---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2:

Guitar 1      V clean              V distortion
e|----------------------------------------------4x-|--------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------9~---------9~--------9~-------9~-----9~---|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---7----------9----------7~--------7------7------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---------|
A augmentedA|-9---9------7---7------5---------5------7--------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---2~----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------|-0-0----0-0----2-2-2-2-2-0-0----0-0---2~----|
                                             *
Guitar 2 (clean, enters at 1:33)                        V distortion
e|------12~----12----------12---12---12p0---12--12--12-----------------------||-----------|--------|--------||
BB|----12-----10--10-9h10p9----9----9------12--12--10--10-9h10p9h10p9-12-9-12~||9-----1010-|-10-----|-10-----||
G+G|-9~------------------------------------------------------------------------||9--x6-9-9--|-9---x8-|-9---x5-||
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------|--------|--------||
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------|--------|--------||
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------2x-||-----------|-----1.-|-----2.-||

Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------2------------------|-------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-----2--x8-2-----/4-----|-0-----2--x8-2-----4-----|
A augmentedA|-0--x8-0-----2--x9-/4--x7-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4--x8-|
D MajorD|-0-----------2-----/4-----|-0-----------2-----4-----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------------2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2---------------------------------|-------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----2--x8-2-----4-----|
A augmentedA|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-x-x-0-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4--x8-|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0-----------------x-x---2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----------2-----4-----|

Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-10~-9h10p9-----------------------10~-9h10p9--------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------9~-9-----4-----/6----------------9~-9------9-9-9-111111-4-4-4-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|------------------x8----x9-----x7-------------------x8----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------7-----2-----/4-------------------7------7-7-7-9-9-9--2-2-2-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    ===3===
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-9h10p9-----10p9---------9h10p9-----9h10p9~---9h10-----9h10p9-----10p9-------------------|
G+G|--------9~-------9~-------------9~-----------------9~---------9~-------9~---4-----/6-----|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------x9-----x7-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------------------2-----/4-----|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   ===3===
Bridge:

Guitar 1 (clean)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------2x-|--------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------7~------------7~------------6~----------4~------6~-----|--------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---4------4~-----7------7~-----2------2~-----0-------2--------|--------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-4---4---------7---7---------2---2---------0-------2----------|-4~--2~--0~----4~--2~--0~----2~--4~--2~--0~-|

Guitar 2 (clean)
e|-12~--------------12~-----------12~------14~----12~-----------12~-------------|
BB|-------9~--------------9~-------10~--9~--------------9~------------9~----10~--|
G+G|-9~---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown:

Guitar 1 (distortion)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-6---6----------------------6------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------7----------------------7-----------7--------7-------------7--------7-------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------2~-0-------------------------------------2-----|
D MajorD|---4---4~-0-4---4~--0~--0-4---4~-0-4---4~-2~-0-4---4~-0-4---4~--0~--0-4---4~-0-4---2--x8-|
                                           *
Guitar 2 (PLAY ALL AS NATURAL HARMONICS, enters at 2:43)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------(silence)------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------7----7-----7~-------7---7~--7-7-7---------7--|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------7-7---9~---9-9------------9-------------x-9-9----|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------9~-----------------------------|

Final Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|-------9-----4------------------------|-------2------------------|-------2-----------------|
D MajorD|-0-----7-----2--------4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-----2--x8-2-----/4-----|-0-----2--x8-2-----4-----|
A augmentedA|-0--x8-7--x8-2--x6----4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0--x8-0-----2--x9-/4--x7-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4--x8-|
D MajorD|-0-----7-----2--------4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-0-----------2-----/4-----|-0-----------2-----4-----|
  ^ lo-fi
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------|
G+G|-------------2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2---------------------------------|-------2----------------|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0---2-2---2-2---2-x-x-2-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----2--x8-2-----4----|
A augmentedA|-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-x-x-0-2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0--x8-0-----2--x8-4-x8-|
D MajorD|-0-0---0-0-----------------x-x---2-2---2-2---4-4---4-4---x-x-x-x-|-0-----------2-----4----|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------10~-9h10p9--------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------9~-9------9-9-9-111111-4-4-4-6-6-6-4-2-2-2-|
D MajorD|---7~---7---------------------------x8-----------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-9-------------------------------7------7-7-7-9-9-9--2-2-2-4-4-4-2-0-0-0-|
D MajorD|----------9~-------------------------------------------------------------|
 ^NATURAL HARMONICS^   ===3===
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-9h10p9-------------------9h10p9---------------9h10p9-------------9h10p9------------------|
G+G|--------9~--\6~---6h7p6~---------9~--4-4-6------------9~---\6~-----------9~-4-4-4-4/6-----|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------x8-----------------------------------------x7-|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------2-2-4----------------------------------2-2-2-2/4-----|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                         ===3===
Outro:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|----------------------------1.-|---------------------------------2.-||
BB|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
G+G|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-------||
A augmentedA|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-x-4~\-||
D MajorD|-4~-4-4---4-4---4~-4---4-4-4-|--0~-0-0---0-0---2~-2---2-2--x-|-x-7-7-7-7-7--x-2-2-2---2-2-2-x-4~\-||
                                                *
Guitar 2
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-10~-9-10-9-10-101010-9-10-9~-9-10-12~-10~-9-10-9----|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------9~-|
D MajorD|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------2x-|

Guitar 3
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-14~---13~---9-9-9-9-9---11~11111111---7~---6~---9~-/11111111~--9~---9~--11~11111111---7~---6~--|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-12~---11~---7-7-7-7-7---9~-9-9-9-9----5~---4~---7~-/9-9-9-9~---7~---7~--9~-9-9-9-9----5~---4~--|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
* - palm mute
/ or \ - slide
h - hammer on
p - pull off
~ - let note ring
==3== - triplet
x - mute note
t - tremolo pick

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