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Simple Man Guitar Tablature
The Intro and Verse are the same
          C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X8
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|

After the Ist verese it goes into a little part with no vocals
Guitar 1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-5/-3---5/-3-0---------0-0-------------------------------------------|
E|------------3--------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------------------|
tips: -at the start of the riff, use finger #1 on frets two and three, its easier
      -it also sound better when you sound all the notes, so hold them
      -the bends are also whole bends, that means you pull down then up to their
      original tones
The main riff is played in the background
          C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X2
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|
Verse 2 
         C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X4
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus
e|-------------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|X4
B|-------------2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5-4---4-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-5---5-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3-3---3---0-3-0-------------------------------------------------------|

3rd Verse
          C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X5
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|
There is a one measure intro to the verse, that's why its played five instead of four

Chorus
e|-------------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|X4
B|-------------2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5-4---4-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-5---5-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3-3---3---0-3-0-------------------------------------------------------|

Then its solo time
Then it goes back to the end of verse one
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|X2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0-2-3-5/-3---5/-3-0---------0-0-------------------------------------------|
E|------------3--------0-3-0-3-----------------------------------------------|

The main riff is played in the background
          C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X2
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|

4th Verse
          C                   G                      A
e|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------------|X4
B|-------------1-------------------------------1-------1-------1-------------|
G|-------0-------0---0---------0---------2-------2---2---2-------------------|
D|---------2-------2-----0-------0---0-----2-------2-------2-----------------|
A|-0-2-3-----3-------------2-------2---0-----0-------------------------------|
E|---------------------3-----3-----------------------------------------------|

Chorus, it marks the end where it fades out
e|-------------0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|X6
B|-------------2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5---5-4---4-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---5-5---5-2-------2-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---3-5---5-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3---3-3---3---0-3-0-------------------------------------------------------|
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