ONE OF THESE THINGS FIRST

TUNING DADF#AD capo 2nd fret (EBEG#BE is same notes of course, but
the strings sound a bit slacker to me)
     

As usual the picking varies a little bit, but these are the main 
shapes. The picking indications (t-thumb, i-index, m-middle, r-ring, 
l-little) are what I have found easiest - probably a good place to
start as it can be tricky, but adjust to taste. One big note - I think
Nick picks the first two notes of most bars with his thumb; i prefer
thumb/index in most parts of the song partly because it feels easier
and partly because the syncopation from the heavy thumbnail one/two is
a bit more jarring solo than in a track with drums laying down the
rhythm. See what sounds better to you.


Main riff:
     
|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|
|--0---|--1---|--3---|--2--1|
|--0---|--0---|--0---|--0--0|
|-0-000|-2-222|-4-444|-3--2-|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0--0--|
   r
 ttmiti
     
notes:

1. the last note of 000 or 222 etc is very often omitted 
throughout the song.

2. during verses, you play bar 2 again instead of bar 4 (which
only reappears for the lines between verses, and the outro).
also, in verses nick seems just to play the bottom 3 strings,
though this can sound odd unaccompanied.

3. when leading into another section, the last bar becomes:

     |--0---|       |--0---|
     |-0-000|   or  |-4-000|
     |0-----|       |0-----|


"Could have been a signpost...." (use a barre)
     
|------|------|         |------|------| 
|------|------|         |------|------| 
|-5----|--5---| (twice) |-3----|--3---| (twice) 
|--7---|--5---|         |--5---|--3---| 
|-5-555|-5-555|         |-3-333|-3-333| 
|5-----|5-----|         |3-----|3-----|
     
"Could be here and now"
     
|------|         |------|
|------|         |------|
|--1---| (twice) |--1---| (twice)
|--0---|         |--0---|
|-3-333|         |-2-222|
|3-----|         |2-----|
     
"Could have been one of these things first"
     
|------|      |------|
|------|      |------|
|--5---| (x4) |--1---| (x4)
|--0---|      |--0---|
|-5-555|      |-2-222|
|5-----|      |2-----|


The intro, if you want to be a bit more precise, goes:
                                                  *  *
|------|------|------|------|--00--|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|--0---|--0---|----0-|------|
|--0---|--1---|--3---|--2--1|--0---|--1---|--3--3|--2--1|
|--0--0|--0---|--0---|--0--0|--0---|--0---|---0--|0--0--|
|-0-00-|-2-222|-4-444|-3--2-|-0--00|-2-222|-4----|-3--2-|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0--0--|0-----|0-----|0-----|------|
                                           ttmirm itmitm
(sliding the chord shape down into the beats marked *)

(this intro is also the link between v1/v2, & also v2 into
the instrumental, although with last bar replaced by):

|---1--|  (lift off the 1
|--0--0|  as you lift the
|-2--0-|  2 off)
|0-----|

     
The more complicated instrumental bits;  
     
|------|0-----|------|0-----|---0--|---0--|---0--|------| 
|---0--|------|---0--|------|------|0-----|0-----|0-----| 
|--1-1-|-1---1|--1-1-|-1---1|--0---|-1----|-3----|-3----| 
|-0---0|--0-0-|-0---0|--0-0-|-0--00|--0-00|--0-00|--0-0-| 
|------|3-----|------|2-----|------|2-----|4-----|4--0--| 
|3-----|---3--|2-----|---2--|0-----|------|------|------|
        r                           r      r      r
 timrmi tmitim (rpt)         timrti tmirti tmirti tmiti
                                        *      *
(* - using thumb for these notes v imp - shd be much
louder than other open notes on that string)

(personally i would simplify the last bar - think nick 
might have got stuck - and just play the previous pattern
over 020100.)

which goes into:

|------|------|---0--|0--0--|------|------|---0--|0--0--| 
|------|------|-0--0-|-0--0-|------|------|-0--0-|-0--0-| 
|--5--5|--5--5|--5--5|--5--5|--1--1|--1--1|--1--1|--1--1| 
|--0--0|--0--0|----0-|----0-|--0--0|--0--0|----0-|----0-| 
|-5-55-|-5-55-|-5----|-5----|-2-22-|-2-22-|-2----|-2----| 
|5-----|5-----|5-----|5-----|2-----|2-----|2-----|2-----|
   r  r         m rm  rm rm
 timitm        tti ti tti ti
     
(I've taken a small liberty here, to make the part work
better solo; in the track the 4th bar above is really:

|0--0--|
|-0--0-|
|--5--5| (and same for bar 8 with 1 instead of 5 here)
|-0--0-|
|------|
|------|


which is easier to play but solo leaves you a bit short
of bass istm.)
     
tabbed by Chris Healey