'The Best Of Me' by Darkness - Guitar Tutorial

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            This is a great song by the darkness!Anyone in the right mind should learn to play it!
I'm posistive that this is 100% correct.The tuning is standard.For the best effect turn
the bass up on your amp a bit more than normal!

Artist:The Darkness
Album:Track 2 from the get your hands of my women single
Guitarist:Justin and dan hawkins

INTRO
E|--------------------|
b|-3-3-3----3-3-3-3---|
g|-2-2-4-2--2-2-2-4-2-|x4 then do a pick scrape on strings a&d
d|-0-0-0----0-0-0-0---|
a|--------------------|
e|--------------------|

INTRO LEAD
e|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
b|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
g|------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10--10-----10-10----10-10----10-10--10--10----|
b|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-13b----13b-------13b------13b-------13b----13b|
g|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
d|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|10-10-----10-10-----10-10--10--10--10----------------------------|
b|------13b-------13b----13b-----13b----13b------------------------|
g|------------------------------------------12-10------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------12-10-12/--------|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

VERSE
e|---------------|---------------|-----------|--------------|
b|---------------|---------------|-----------|--------------|
g|---------------|---------------|-----------|--------------| x2
d|-------------5-|--5------------|-----------|--------2-----|
a|-5--7--5-5-7-5-|--5-7--5-5-7-5-|-7-9-7-9-2-|--2-2-2-2--5-5|
e|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|--5-5--5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-2-|--2-2-2-2--4-5|

e|-----------|-----------------|-----------------------------|
b|10----8----|-10---10--8---10-|-----------------------------|
g|11----9----|-11---11--9---11-|-----------------------------|
d|12----10---|-12---12-10---12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
a|-----------|-----------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|
e|-----------|-----------------|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12|

e|-------------------------------------------------|------------------|
b|----------------------------------10---10-9----8-|-10--10--------10-|
g|----------------------------------11---11-9----9-|-11--11--------11-|
d|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10--12---12-10---10|-12--12-----10-12-|
a|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-----------------|--------10--------|
e|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-10-----------------|------------------|

e|--------------------------|---------|------------|
b|--------------------------|---------|------------|
g|--------------------------|---------|------------|
d|12-12-12-12-12-12--12-----|---------|4-2-0-------|
a|12-12-12-12-12-12--14-----|-0-4-5-0-|------4-2-0-|
e|12-12-12-12-12-12--12-12/-|---------|------------|

CHORUS
e|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
b|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
g|------------------|-----------------|--------------|---------------|
d|----------------5-|--5------------7-|-7-7-7-7---7/-|-0---0---7---7-|
a|-5---7---5---7--5-|--5-7---5---7--7-|-7-7-7-7---7/-|-0---0---7---7-|
e|-5---5---5---5--5-|--5-5---5---5--7-|-7-7-7-7---7/-|-0---0---7---7-|

e|------------------------------------|10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14|
b|-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14|-----------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|x2
a|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

TWIN SOLO
e|------------------------------------|10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14|
b|-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14-10-12-14|-----------------------------------|
g|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|x2
a|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

e|---------|-----10---14-|15---17---19---21---21b|21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-|
b|10---12--|14---12---15-|17---19---20---22---22b|------------------------|
g|11---12--|14-----------|-----------------------|------------------------|
d|---------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
a|---------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
e|---------|-------------|-----------------------|------------------------|

e|21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b-21b/-|
b|---------------------------------------------------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|

SOLO
e|--------------------|--------------------------|---------10---10------|
b|-8--8---8-7---------|--------------------------|---------10---10---10-|
g|------------9-7---7-|9b-9b---9-7---7-------9-7-|-9b-9-7-------------9-|
d|----------------9---|------------9-------------|----------------------|
a|--------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|
e|--------------------|--------------------------|----------------------|

e|-----------------------|--------10-12---12b--------|10-------------------|
b|---------------------10|----/11------------12--12b-|---12-10-------------|
g|9b--9b--9-7---7----7---|---------------------------|---------12-9--12-9-8|
d|------------9----------|---------------------------|---------------------|
a|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|
e|-----------------------|---------------------------|---------------------|

e|----------------------0-3-0|12/-0-0-12/-0-0-12/-0-0-12/|12/-0-0-12/-0-0--
b|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------
g|11-8---7-9-11-9-11-9/------|---------------------------|-----------------
d|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------
a|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------
e|---------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------

e|12/-0-0-12/-0-0-|12b----------12b-12b14-15-14-----------------|------------
b|----------------|-----------------------------15--------------|------------
g|----------------|--------------------------------14-----------|------------
d|----------------|-----------------------------------16---14-16|12-10-10-10-
a|----------------|---------------------------------------------|------------
e|----------------|---------------------------------------------|------------

e|------------------|--------------------|----------------|
b|------------------|--------------------|--------3-------|
g|------------------|--------------------|-2------2---2---|
d|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-5-5|-4-5-7-4-5-7-4-5-7/-|-2------0---2---|
a|------------------|--------------------|-0----------0---|
e|------------------|--------------------|----------------|

OUTRO
e|------15---|----15--15-----15----15-|----17----17-----17-------|
b|-----------|------15----------15----|-------17-----------17---7|
g|-14--------|-14--------14-----------|14-----------16-----------|
d|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|
a|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-----------|------------------------|--------------------------|

e|-----------------|---------------------|7-------------------7--|
b|7---7-7--10--7---|-7-----10----7------7|----7---10--7----10----|
g|---------------9-|----------------9----|-----------------------|
d|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
a|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|
e|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------------|

e|------12------------|------------------|-3-----------|---------|
b|12b--------14-12--10|------------------|-3-----------|---------|
g|--------------------|--------2----2----|-4-----------|---------|
d|--------------------|-0--0---2----2----|-5-----------|-5/------|
a|--------------------|--------0----0----|-5-----------|-5/------|
e|--------------------|------------------|-------------|-5/------|


b=bend string
/=slide

SONG ORDER

INTRO+LEAD
VERSE
CHORUS
VERSE
CHORUS
TWIN SOLO
SOLO
CHORUS OUTRO

Thats it!Hope you enjoy it!!!

Brad-Larry
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Tags: glam metal, hard rock, rock
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