Independence Day

Capo 1st fret

Intro/verse riff (see notes)
   Bmadd9/F#                             C#7/F
E||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||o--------0--------0--------0--------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
G||----7--------7--------7--------7------|---6-------6-------6-------6-----|
D||------11-------11-------11-------11---|-----9-------9-------9-------9---|
A||o-9--------9--------9--------9--------|-8-------8-------8-------8-------|
E||--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|

 Cmaj7/E                             B/Eb
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------0-------0-------0-------0---|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
G|---5-------5-------5-------5-------|---4-------4-------4-------4-----|
D|-----5-------5-------5-------5-----|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
A|-7-------7-------7-------7---------|-6-------6-------6-------6-------|
E|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Asus2/C#                         B5
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|---4-------4-------4-------4-----|
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----4-------4-------4-------4---|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

  Asus2/C#                         B5 (alternative: B5/Eb - see notes)
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
B|-------0-------0-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-------0-------0-o||
G|---2-------2-------2-------2-----|---4-------4-------4-------4------||
D|-----2-------2-------2-------2---|-----4-------4-------4-------4----||
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------|-2-------2-------2-------2-------o||
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||

Intro (riff x1)

Verse 1 (riff x2)
As it was in the beginning
So it will be in the end
You have to keep on guessing
The world will never change

I’m sending you a message
From a million miles away
Are you aware you are controlled
By forces still unknown

Chorus (strummed chords)
F#       A  E (x2)
F#
There will be no sunset
A                E
When the rain is falling
F#
It’s hard to hear thunder
A                    E
When the river keeps roaring
F#
Then one day it’s over
A             E
Like it never happened
D              C#m       F#
Disappear without a trace
D      C#m         (straight into verse 2)
On Independence Day

Verse 2 (riff x2)
We are use to thinking
Our plans were set in stone
You're giving me an update
You think every one has to know

I guess I am an accomplice
To the true original sin
So let me take your suffering
Let me take you in

Chorus
F#       A  E (x2)
F#
There will be no sunset
A                E
When the rain is falling
F#
It’s hard to hear thunder
A                    E
When the river keeps roaring
F#
Then one day it’s over
A             E
Like it never happened
D              C#m       F#
Disappear without a trace
D      C#m      B
On Independence Day
D              C#m       F#
Disappear without a trace
D              C#m       F#  (end cold)
On Independence Day

Notes:
The first chord is tricky to finger, but otherwise the riff is fairly straightforward and I think is accurate
to how it was played (from the infinity sessions video and the recording).  It was doubled on the recording.
There are some variations I have not included - mainly places where the 1st or 3rd string is played in place
of the second as the 4th or 8th note in the phrase.