Kevin Is Gone

[Opening Riff]
   E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
F|------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                  (gradually let off the muting here)
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E  E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-8-8-10-10-10-10-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
F|-----------------|-----------------8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
C|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5--5--5--5-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
G|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|

(First held out riff - clean tone, w. opening riff very subtly fading in the background)

[Verse]
  Q H H H H   W           Q H H  H H H W
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|---7-8---7--10-------------7-8-10---7-8----|
F|-0-----8-----------------0--------8---7----|
C|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|

(Second held out riff - slightly overdriven tone played as verse builds up. slide into the chorus)

[Verse]
  Q  Q  Q  H H H H  H H Q Q Q Q H  H H Q Q Q Q Q
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|----7-----8-7---7-10-------7---8-10---7-----8------|
F|-0-----0------8------8---0---0------8-----7---7----|
C|-----------------------9----------------9----------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|


(Both guitars same.. lotsa warm punk rock overdrive)

[Chorus]
      Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q.  Q
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
F|-------------------------------------------------|
C|-------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6--7------6--4------6--7------5---4----|
D|-----2--2------0--0------4--4------3--3----------| 

(Play twice then return to verse with both guitars playing
held out riffs 1 and 2. 1 in clean tone, 2 with a reasonable amount of overdrive)


(Return to chorus, but play it this way (with power chords) when the bass line changes
and all those harmonies come in)

  Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q
D|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
A|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
F|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
C|------8----9--|------8----6--|------8----9--|------7----8--|
G|------6----7--|------6----4--|------6----7--|------5----4--|
D|-2--2---------|-0--0---------|-4--4---------|-3--3---------|

(Odd time riff.. comes in off the last bar of the chorus)
  Q  E Q.   Q  E E Q  E Q.  Q  E E Q  E Q.   Q   E E Q  E Q.   Q
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------5----4-----------5---4-----------5----4------------5-----4--|
D|-3--3---------2-2-3--3--------2-2-3--3----------2-2-3--3----------|


|-|return to muted opening riff with similar fade in to the held out verse parts
|-|play verse with dramitic build-up dynamic and slight feedback trickling in after each phrase
|-|return to odd time riff then do a full chorus just as before, going back to the odd time riff 
   off the last bar
|-|continue playing odd time riff for half-5/4-time feel outro with bright tone g(f) and b(a) 
   string chiming in eccentricly (sometimes as 12th fret harmonics) on every 3rd beat
|-|hear epley's sweet echoing vocal line and you're done, my brotha (or sista)


 

| /  Slide up
| ar
| continue playing odd time riff for half
| in eccentricly (sometimes as
| play verse with dramitic build
| rd beat
| th fret harmonics) on every