Begin by lightly strumming, no particular rhythm:
e|-----|B|-(8)-|
G|--7--| [Stop strumming]
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
e|-----|
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ah, ah... Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ah, ah... Hey!
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7----------------7-7-7-8---7-7---------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5--------7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5---7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--|
E|-----------------------3--3-------------------------3--3--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~P.M.~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------3--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
[Verse]
E|----------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------|
Well the kids are burning, now they got nowhere to go...
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5----------------|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-3---3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3--|
In a spinning world of people... Such a bright green globe!
E|----------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------|
Where all the wise men have something wise to say...
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5---------------5---5-5-5----------------|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-3---3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3-----------3---3---3-3-3--|
It's a fishbowl world of trouble... So wade in today!
[Chorus]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
A|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|
Nobody knows at all...
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Nobody knows it all!
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
A|-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
E|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
And I think I tried it all...
[During these lines, strum once for each syllable. Lines made to match words, not rhythm. Check song.]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
E|-7-7--7----7---7------7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-7--7----7---7------7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
Ex-cept the things I won't try Ex-cept the things I won't try
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|-9-----9-----9-----9---9---9---9----|
A|-9-----9-----9-----9---9---9---9----|
E|-7-----7-----7-----7---7---7---7----|
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahyeahyeahyeah!
[Re-Intro]
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7----------------7-7-7-8---7-7---------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5--------7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5---7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--|
E|-----------------------3--3-------------------------3--3--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~P.M.~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------3--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
[Verse]
E|----------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------|
Staring at a sitcom, now your brain just melts away...
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5----------------|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-3---3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3--|
Walk into a bookstore and see... See Rush Limbaugh's face!
E|----------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8--|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5--|
E|----------------------------------|
Well maybe I'm stupid, I believe in heaven too
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7---7-7---7-7-7-8---8-8---8-8-8------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5---------------5---5-5-5----------------|
D|-7---7-7---7-7-7-7---7-7---7-7-7-5---5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5---5-5-5--|
A|-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-3---3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5-3---3-3-3-5---5---5-5-5--|
E|-----------------------------------------------3---3---3-3-3-----------3---3---3-3-3--|
But who's paying the full ticket prices? It sure as fuck ain't you!
[Chorus]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
A|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
E|-3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\-|
Nobody knows at all...
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5\3/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Nobody knows it all!
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|D|-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
A|-7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\7/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9\-|
E|-5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\5/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7\-|
And I think I tried it all...
[During these lines, strum once for each syllable. Lines made to match words, not rhythm. Check song.]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-9-9--9----9---9------9-9-----9---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
E|-7-7--7----7---7------7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-7-7--7----7---7------7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
Ex-cept the things I won't try Ex-cept the things I won't try
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---9---9---9----|
A|-9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---9---9---9----|
E|-7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7---7---7---7----|
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeahyeahyeahyeah!
[Bridge]
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------2~~~~~----------------------------------------------2~~~~~-|
D|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x----------2~~~~~~2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x----------2~~~~~~-|
A|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x---------0~~~~~~~2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x---------0~~~~~~~-|
E|-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---------------0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0----------------|[When you sing these next two lines, strum the arpeggiated chord after "mind".]
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------2~~~~~-|
D|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x----------2~~~~~~-|
A|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x---------0~~~~~~~-|
E|-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0----------------|
There's a roadmap in my head, there's a highway in my mind
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------2~~~~~-|
D|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x----------2~~~~~~-|
A|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x---------0~~~~~~~-|
E|-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0----------------|
There's a highway in my head, there's a roadmap in my mind
[Arpeggiated chord coincides with "follow".]
E|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------7~~~~~-|
D|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x----------7~~~~~~-|
A|-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x-2---2-x-x-x---------5~~~~~~~-|
E|-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0---0-x-x-x-0----------------|
But do you have a roadmap, that everyone can follow?
[Solo]
[Rhythm guitars play [Chorus] (without the "yeah, yeah, yeah" part)]
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7-------------------------------9---------------------------9---|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------8-7-------------------------------------------|
G|-7---------------------9---7-----9-------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7--10-7--10-7--10-7--10-7---7---7-10-10-7--10--12---12---12-12-12-12-|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12---12---12-12-12-12-----------12---12---12-12-12-14----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
^ to match this 14, the rhythm guitars should play
a C#5 (E power chord on 9-11-11) as the last chord
of the [Chorus] section
[Outro]
Begin again by lightly strumming once more, still no rhythm, just sustain:
e|-----|B|-(8)-|
G|--7--| [Stop strumming]
D|--7--|
A|--5--|
e|-----|
Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ah, ah... Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah ah, ah... Hey!
E|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7----------------7-7-7-8---7-7---------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5--------7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5---7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5---5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--|
E|-----------------------3--3-------------------------3--3--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~P.M.~~~~~~~~~~~~
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-7-7-7-8---7-7---------------------------------------------|
G|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-7-7---7-7---5-5-5-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A|-5-5-5-5---5-5---3-3-3-5--5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-----------------------3--3--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Nobody knows it all!
[End with one strum of A5,
coinciding with "...all!"]
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| (n) Ghost note
| ~ Let ring
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| x Dead note