Assignment in space with Rip Foster
First, tune down a full step. Then, tune your low E ( which is now a D)
down to an F ( I think). The way I tell is to go to the fourteenth fret;
it should be the same as the next string which is now a G. Your next
step is to lower the high E sting(which is also now a D) down to a C. I
hope you're following me. It isn't that complicated if you actually sit
down and do it. It should look like this:
C|--------------------0------0-------------------|
A|--------------------0------0-------------------|
F|-----------------7--0------0-------------------|
C|-------------------------7-0-------------------| repeat
G|------5--------------------------5--5>7-5------|
F|------0----------------------------------------|
('>' means that it's a hammer-on)
The "chorus" goes a little like this:
C|-------------------------------------------|
A|--------5----------0-----------------------|
F|--------5----------0-----------------------|
C|--------5----------0-----------------------|
G|--------7----------2-----------------------|
F|--------5----------0-----------------------|
At the end of the chorus, you may want to throw in a slide on the
low F up to the 12th fret.
At the end, Hayden mellows out a little, and it goes like this:
C|-------------0------0---------------|
A|-------------0------0---------------|
F|----------7--0------0---------------|
C|-----------------7--0---------------|
G|-----5-------------------5--5>7--5--|
F|------------------------------------|
You may be thinking, "What a mess." But there are some good things here.
First off, i didn't screw up any lyrics. Second, Hayden himself said in
an interview that he doesn't remember how to play this, so he can't
correct me. Remember, the low 6 string should be equal to the 5 string at the 14th fret, and the high 1 string should be the same as the high 2 string on the 3rd fret. That's how I tune it. I hope that doesn't make things even more confusing. Anyway, have fun with it.
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