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The chords.

Reasonably simple:

Bb      (x13331)
C       (x32010)
F       (133211)
G       (355433)
D       (x57775)
Dmaj7   (x57675
G9      (xx3233)

A couple of caveats;

- substitute the C chord for C/F if you feel adventurous:
(xx3010), or (1x5553) for the elastic fingered;

- the G9 chord as given doesn't sound spot on. Try adding a low G note in 
the 
bass
(3x3233) or possibly substituting a G6/9 may resolve matters (322233). If 
in 
doubt, just use a
G5 power chord (3x0033)

The Riffs.

The introductory riff:
(4/4 time)
e|                      |                               |
b|                      |                               |
g|                      |                               |
d|   3 2   2   3 2   2  |   3 2   2   3 2   2 2 |
a|                      |                               |
e| 3     3   3     3    | 3     3   3     3     |

e|                      |                               |
b|                      |                               |
g|                      |                               |
d|   3 2   2   3 2   2  |   3 2   2   3 2   2 2 |
a|                      |                               |
e| 3     3   3     3    | 3     3   3     3     |

(3/4 time)
e|                                      |
b|                                      |
g|                      2               |
d|   3 2        5 3 0   3 0             |
a|                              3 2     |
e| 3     3                              |

(back to 4/4!)
e|                      |                       |
b|                      |                       |
g|                      |                       |
d|   3 2   2   3 2   2  |   3 2   2   3 2   2 2 |
a|                      |                       |
e| 3     3   3     3    | 3     3   3     3     |

The main riff is comprised of repeating bars 1 and 2 of the introductory 
riff.

There is a riff variation (call it riff 2 for reference purposes) as 
follows, 
which is entirely in 3/4
time:

(3/4 time)
e|                                      |                       |
b|                                      |                       |
g|                      2               |          2       5 4  |
d|   3 2        5 3 0   3 0             |  3 2     3 0   5 3 0  |
a|                              3 2     |                       |
e| 3     3                              |3     3                |

e|                                      |                       |
b|                                      |                       |
g|                      2               |          2       5 4  |
d|   3 2        5 3 0   3 0             |  3 2     3 0   5 3 0  |
a|                              3 2     |                       |
e| 3     3                              |3     3                |

...then back to 4/4

The outro riff is a polyrythmic device a five beat cycle. check the 
recording 
for the phrasing
(the 16th note pause counts as the fifth beat, the pause is denoted by an 
exclamation mark
as a guide to phrasing)

e|                                      |                       |
b|                                      |                       |
g| 5 4   5 4         5 4           5    | 4                     |
d|       5 3 !     5 3 !           5 3 !|   5 3 [3 Beat pause]  |
a|                                      |                       |
e|                                      |                       |

Song Structure:

Spoken Recording
Guitar intro.
Verse 1
Chorus
Little guitar diddly bit
Verse 2
Chorus
Screamingly difficult "I-wish-I-could-play-that" Solo
Verse 3
Outro Variation
Mad unison riffing
Outro riff.

That's it.

Verse structure:

Slashes indicate roughly how long the chord is to be used. an "x" denotes 
silence from the
rhythm guitar (i.e. playing chords, not the riff)
starts on the lyric (...eyes, what do you see?) the first words tag over 
the 
end of the intro. riff
section)

|--------|--------|--------|--------| - bar indicator
|G9 / x x|x x x x |Bb / C /|x x x x | - chords
|Main riff________|        |riff____| - riff

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|x x x x |x x x x |x x x x |x x x x |
|Main riff_________________|Bb / C /|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|x x x x |x x x x |        |Bb / C /|
|Main riff_________________|        |

|--------|--------|
|x x x x |Bb / C /|
|M Riff__|        |     |

...into the 4 bars of 3/4 of riff 2, as given earlier:

|------|------|------|------|
Riff 2______________________|

...and back to 4/4 for the chorus.

Chorus:

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|F / C / |

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|C / / / |

...then 4 bars of widdly-diddly

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main Riff__________________________|

Verse 2, as Verse 1,

Chorus 2. This is slightly different at the end, as a climactic build up 
to 
the solo:

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|F / C / |

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|C / / / |

|--------|----| Be careful: this last
|C / / / |C / | bar is 2/4!

...and back to 4/4.

The Solo:

Basically, it follows the verse and chorus structure.

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main riff__________________________|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main riff__________________________|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|F / C / |

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / F /|C / G / |D / DMaj|F / C / |

Then 4 bars of riffage:

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main riff__________________________

...into Verse 3,

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main Riff__________________________|

|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Main riff________|Bb / C /|Riff____|


|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|Bb / C /|Riff____|Bb / C /|Riff____|

|--------|--------|--------|------| - last bar
|Bb / C /|Riff_____________|x x x |     int 3/4

Riff 2:

(still in 3/4)

|------|------|------|------|
|riff 2_____________________|

Outro riff:

(back to 4/4)
|--------|--------|
|End Riff_________|

...and that's yer lot.

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