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