The Heart Of Life

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btw John downtunes his guitar one step when he plays this song.

[Intro]

part 1
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part 2
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then...

Acoustic guitar (part 1)
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E|--10---X---10---X---10---X---10---X---7---X---7---X---7---X---7---X--| | 
                                                                          |(played together)
Lead Guitar - clean (fingerpicked, no plec)                               |
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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 
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Acoustic guitar (part 2)
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Lead Guitar - clean                                                       | (played together)
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D|--11~~~~-----------------------------------12-14-----------------| | 
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ok well thats the intro as john recorded it for the album, however, if you
donthave any friends who are willing to play the lead along with your picking,
the tab below works just as well for an acoustic version of the 2nd half of
the intro :-)

part 3
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E|--10---X---10---X---10---X---10---X---7---X---7---X---7---X---7---X--|  

part 2
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A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
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[Verse]

ok well you all know the words but i stuck em in anyway for timing's sake.

Part 3
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[Verse]

    I                Hate  to  see you cry              lying there in

[Verse]

   you               know its  nothing new              bad news never

part 2
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   that            po--------------si----------------tion
   had             good            ti----------------ming

Part 3
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E|--10---X---10---X---10---X---10---X---7---X---7---X---7---X---7---X--|  

    there's         things you need to hear            so turn off your
    then          the circle   of  your friends        will de-fend the

part 2
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E|--2---X---2---X---3---X---3---X---2---X---2---X---5---X---5---X--| 

   tears           and             lis----------------ten
   sil-------------ver             ni-----------------ing


[Chorus]

part 4
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  pain   throws your heart  to   the  ground,

lead - clean

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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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part 4
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E|--5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---3---X---3---X---3---X---3---X--| 

   love   turns the whole  thing  a-round

lead - clean
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B|--10~~~---------------------12b(14)--------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

part 5
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E|--5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---3---X---3---X---2---X---2---X--| 
   though  it wont  all      go  the way...      it   should,     i

lead - clean
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G|----------------------------------------------------------------11-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

part 6
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------------X----| 
E|--3---X---3---X---2---X---2---x---5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---10-----| 
   know        the heart        of life         is  good.

lead - clean
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on the second chorus john adds a hammer-on in the lead as so...
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[Intro]

part 1
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D|-------------(12)------------------------------(9)-------------------| 
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E|--10---X---10---X---10---X---10---X---7---X---7---X---7---X---7---X--| 

part 2
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Acoustic guitar (part 1)
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A|---------------------------------------------------------------------| | 
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                                                                          |-played together
Lead Guitar - clean (fingerpicked, no plec)                               |
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E|----------------------------------10----------------------------------| | 
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D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | 

Acoustic guitar (part 2)
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A|-----------------------------------------------------------------| |      
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Lead Guitar - clean                                                       |-played together
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D|--11~~~~-----------------------------------12-14-----------------| | 
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Play second verse, then the chorus again then on to the guitar solo.

Guitar solo.

acoustic guitar carries on playing the verse riff
lead guitar - still clean and im pretty sure he's still using his fingers
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G|-------------------------------------16b(17)r16-14---14~~~-------17b(18)-|   
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G|-----------------------------------16b(18)---16b(18)r16-14--16--16b(18)--| 
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[Chorus]

the last chorus is played exactly as the others with the lead guitar over the
top of the acoustic,
but there is a second lead over the top of them both.

part 4
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E|--5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---3---X---3---X---3---X---3---X--| 
  pain   throws your heart  to   the  ground,

lead 1 - clean
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G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

lead 2 - clean
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

part 4
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E|--5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---3---X---3---X---3---X---3---X--| 
   love   turns the whole  thing  a-round

lead 1 - clean
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B|--10~~~---------------------12b(14)--------------------------------| 
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D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

lead 2 - clean
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G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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part 5
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   fear     is  a  friend    whos misun----der----stood        but i

(lead 1 - clean)
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G|----------------------------------------------------------------11-| 
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
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E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(lead 2 - clean)
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G|-------------------------------------------------------9b(11)-9-7--| 
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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(Part 6)
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A|----------------------------------------------------------------------X----| 
E|--3---X---3---X---2---X---2---x---5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X---10-----| 

   know        the heart        of life         is  good.

(lead 1 - clean)
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B|-------------12b(14)-10~~~-------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------11---9~~~-------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(lead 2 - clean)
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G|-----------------------9b(11)-9-7------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(Part 7)
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E|--3---X---3---X---2---X---2---X---5---X---5---X---10---X---10---X--| 

         i know           its  good......

(lead 2 - clean)
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A|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 

(fade out while john fiddles around.)

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| x    Dead note
| (n)  Ghost note
| h    Hammer-on
| /    Slide up
| ~    Vibrato