Thanks to several people from the Official Michael Wilton Website .. and the Whip himself . . .for clues on figuring out the opening riff and rhythm parts.
"Make your hand like a spider . . .."
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-0--14-----0--14-----0--14------0--14-----0--14----0--0--14-----0--14
intro riff
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-14-----0--14----0--12-----0--12------0--0--14-----0--12-------0--10--
-12--------10--------9--------7-------5--------4v------------
-----0--9------0--7-----0--5----0--4-----0--2----------------
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main riff/verse riff. Palm mute it, duh these are the verse fills:
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religion is to blame ...with a gun then, the chorus
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3----5---3----5----5---5-|--5---5----7--------5---5--5---7---9--2-*|-
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SPEAK TO ME Speak the world . . . the word is all of us
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-2-----2----2----4-------2----2-----2---2------2-----2-----4---5---7--
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Bridge "Seven years of power"
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-2----2-----5----5--5--------4----------------
-0----0-----3----3--3--------2----------------
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Yey!! Another Guitar Solo
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-------------------------^9\------/-------0--9------0--9------0--9---
---------10------10--12--10--12------\----/--------------------------
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I'll have a natural harmonic with whammy.
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-20-----------20----20-17-20----17----17-20-17----17----------------
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----------------------17*18*17*18*-15-17-15----15-------------------
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-17------17-b19v----------------------------------------------------
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h - hammer on
p - pull off
* - trill
b - bend (use tremolo bar for downbend)
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
t - tap (with strumming hand)
x - fret-hand muting
^ - natural harmonics
ph- artificial (pinch) harmonics
PM palm mute
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Lines going diagonally up and down --\--------/-----
These mean whammy bar --\------/-------
- --\----/---------
\ - bar down
/- bar up
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