Iris guitar tab

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Iris

Standard Tuning (EADGBe)

(Listen to the song for the strumming pattern; I'm just listing the fingerings. 

Intro (repeat x2):

[e]-x---x-x---x---x-----
[B]-x---x-x---x---x-----
[G]-7---6h7---4---2-----
[D]-0---0-0---0---0-----
[A]-0---0-0---0---0-----
[E]-7---7-7---3---2-----

Verse:

[e]-------x-------------x------------x---------x--
[B]-------x-------------x------------x---------x--
[G]-------4-------------6------------7---------7--
[D]-------0-------------0------------0---------0--
[A]-------0-------------0------------0---------0--
[E]-------3-------------5------------7---------7--

And I'd  give   up   forever  to  touch you...
'Cos  I  know that you feel me some how...           
Et cetera.

Just play these as it flows with the lyrics -- I tabbed it with the chord direct

Chorus is the same chord progression as the verse, with the chords hitting on "a

After the chorus, you play the intro riff again, and then go into the second ver

After the chorus, you play the intro riff again, a little heavier, and then for 

[e]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx-x-x-x--x--x-----------------
[B]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx-x-x-x--x--x-----------------
[G]--2-\--7777-x-6666-x-6-7--4--2-----------------   (play twice)
[D]--0-\--0000-x-0000-x-0-0--0--0-----------------
[A]--0-\--0000-x-0000-x-0-0--0--0-----------------
[E]--2-\--7777-x-7777-x-7-7--3--2-----------------

                             ^  ^ each of these a few times, matching           
                                  the strumming pattern of the intro.

[e]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx-x-x-x--x--x-----------------
[B]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx-x-x-x--x--x-----------------
[G]--2-\--7777-x-9999-x-6-7--4--2-----------------   
[D]--0-\--0000-x-0000-x-0-0--0--0-----------------
[A]--0-\--0000-x-0000-x-0-0--0--0-----------------
[E]--2-\--7777-x-7777-x-7-7--3--2-----------------

[e]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx---
[B]--x-\--xxxx-x-xxxx---
[G]--2-\--7777-x-9999---
[D]--0-\--0000-x-0000---
[A]--0-\--0000-x-0000---
[E]--2-\--7777-x-7777---  And leads into the...



~SOLO~ (this is where it gets fun)

For the solo, it's best to have at least some light distortion and a little reve


[e]-----------------------------------------------
[B]-----------------------------------------------
[G]--2-/-7-6~~----2-/-7-9-11---2-/-7--11-\-6------
[D]-----------------------------------------------
[A]-----------------------------------------------
[E]-----------------------------------------------

[e]-----------------------------------------------
[B]-----------------------------------------------
[G]--6-\-2-4-/-16~~~~--2-/-7--9-11---14--18-19-18-
[D]-----------------------------------------------
[A]-----------------------------------------------
[E]-----------------------------------------------

[e]-----------------------------------------------
[B]-----------------------------------------------
[G]--14-11-/-18~~~~~~~----------------------------
[D]-----------------------------------------------
[A]-----------------------------------------------
[E]-----------------------------------------------

Resume with a soft, clean strumming of the verse/chorus chord progression, and f

Then, bust into the chorus again, twice.  Between the two, play:

[e]-----------------------------------------------
[B]-----------------------------------------------
[G]---7-7777-7-7777-9-9999-9-11-11-11-11----------
[D]---0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0--0--0--0-----------
[A]---0-0000-0-0000-0-0000-0-0--0--0--0-----------
[E]---7-7777-7-7777-9-9999-9-11-11-11-11----------


Play and sing the last line three more times (four in total) at the end, and the

All in all, I think it's a fun song to play, and it really impresses people for 

You can also have a second guitar, maybe an acoustic, behind the electric playin

The solo almost needs a back-up guitarist playing the chord progression, though,

Have fun.

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