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Step 1 / 53Position: 3
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
Standard EADGBe tuning
Capo on 4th fret (all tabs and chords relative to capo)
This is the way the acoustic iTunes session version is done, also shown in this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsVFmCoykZ4
There's another version of this song up here but it didn't have the intro and violin bit, so here it is:
[Guitar 1 intro 1]
-Played five times
e|------3------5------7-----5-----|------3---h5-5------3-3---------|
B|--3h5----3h5----3h5-----3-------|--3h5----3h5-5--3h5-----5-------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Guitar 1 intro 2]
-Played twice after intro 1
e|------3------3------3------3------3-|
B|--3h5----3h5----3h5----3h5----3h5---|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
[Guitar 2 (violin part)]
-Comes in at start of second intro 1, played four times
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|----------0---2h4----------0---2.2---0--------|
D|--2---2h4-----------0--0h2---2---------4-2----|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
When intro 2 starts Guitar 2 can strum an Em chord until the verse starts.
Rest of song:
[Verse 1]
EmI'm waking Gup to ash and Ddust
I wipe my Abrow and I sweat my rEmust
G   D*
I'm breathing in the chemicals
EmI'm breaking Gin, shaping Dup, then checking Aout on the prison bus
EmThis is iGt, the apocalDypse
A*
Whoa-oh
[Chorus]
I'm waking Emup, I feel it Gin my bones
DEnough to make my sAystem blow
EmWelcome to the new age, Gto the new age
DWelcome to the new age, Ato the new age
EmWhoa, Gwhoa, DI'm radioactive, Aradioactive
Em   G   D(one strum) A(one strum)
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
[Instrumental]
Em   G   D   A(x2)
[Verse 2]
Em* G* D*
I raise my flags, don my clothes
A* Em*
It's a revolution, I suppose
G* D*
painted red to fit right in
A*
Whoa
EmI'm breaking Gin, shaping Dup, then checking Aout on the prison bus
EmThis is Git, the apocalDypse
A(one strum)
Whoa-oh
[Chorus]
I'm waking Emup, I feel it Gin my bones
DEnough to make my sAystem blow
EmWelcome to the new age, Gto the new age
DWelcome to the new age, Ato the new age
EmWhoa, Gwhoa, DI'm radioactive, Aradioactive
EmWhoa, Gwhoa, DI'm radioactive, Aradioactive
[Bridge]
EmAll systems Ggo, Dsun hasn't Adied
EmDeep in my Gbones, Dstraight from Ainside
[Chorus]
I'm waking Emup, I feel it Gin my bones
DEnough to make my sAystem blow
EmWelcome to the new age, Gto the new age
DWelcome to the new age, Ato the new age
EmWhoa, Gwhoa, DI'm radioactive, Aradioactive
Em   G   D(one strum) A(one strum)
Whoa, whoa, I'm radioactive, radioactive
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| h hammer-on
| . staccato strum/pluck
| * strum the chord down twice then mute with palm.
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