Before The Handmans Noose

~ = Vibrato
\ = slide
^ = bend
P = pull off
H = hammer on
P.M = palm mute
* = staccato (play it really short by stopping the strings with your fretting hand)

Riff 1....Intro

c#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
e |--------------10\-----------------9\------------------8\-------------|
b |--------------12\----------------11\-----------------10\-------------|
f#|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b |-000-0--0-0-0-------000-0--0-0-0-------000-0--0-0-0-------000-0--0---|

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 --653565330----|

Riff two...Verse

       P.M          P.M      P.M        P.M |-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0-------------------------------0--------------------------|
|--0--------0---0--------0---------0--------0---0-------------|
|--0---0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0--0---0-0--0-0-0--653565330--|

Riff 3A...Prechorus

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--88888888-7777-3333-----------------------|
|--88888888-7777-3333-----------------------|
|--88888888-7777-3333---0--0-0-000-3^-00-0--|

Riff 3B...Prechorus

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--8888888888888888-77777777-33333333-------|
|--8888888888888888-77777777-33333333-------|
|--8888888888888888-77777777-33333333-------|

Riff 4...Chorus/Part of Intro

|---------------------------RIFF 3B--|
|---------------------------RIFF 3B--|
|---------------------------RIFF 3B--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------RIFF 3B--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------RIFF 3B--|
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------RIFF 3B--|
    * * * * * * * *

Riff 5A...Bridge/solo

(play 4 times)                      (pick slide)
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------9---10---|---------------------|
|--8-7-----7-6---6~~~7-6----------|-15\--0--------------|
|------8-7-----7---------7----8---|-15\--0--------------|
|---------------------------------|------0--------------|

Riff 5B
          P.M        P.M.        P.M   P.M
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|  Repeat...there will be
|------------------------------------------------|  the prechorus riff in
|------------------------------------------------|  there a couple times...
|--3P-3P-00000-3P-3P-00000-3P-3P-00-5P-00-6P-3P--|   then go to the chorus.