from the unauthorized biography of rienhold messner
tabbed by tim swan

verse 1 - bend the high notes
g---------------------------------------------
d-6/10/8-13\11-15-13-11-10-8-6----------------
a--------------------------------------6------
e-------------------------------6-6-4----6-4--

verse 2 - "grew a ..."
g---------------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------
e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--

g--------------------------------------------------------------------
d-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------
a-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------
e---------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1--

"no...i been thinking a lot today"
g--------------------------------------
d----------------------------56--------
a-6------6-------------3-464-----------
e---6-4----6-4---44-6------------6-4---

"oh, think i'll write..." 
on that big slide down play triplets down the scale      
g------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------3-5-6-----------------18\--------
a---------4-4-4-4-----3-4-6---------------4-4-4-4----\-------
e-2-2-2-2---------4-6-------------2-2-2-2-------------\16----

g----------------------------
d----------------------------
a---------4-4-4-4------------
e-2-2-2-2---------4-4-6-7-8--


solo
g--------------------------------------------------------------
d--------------------------------------------------------------
a-8---6-8-----3---1-3----6-8----6-8----1-3-----1-3-----1-----1-
e---8-----1-3---3------8-----88------3------33-----1-4---1-4---

g----------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------3---1-3--
a---2-4-6-88-11-----4-4---2-4-4-----3---------3------
e-4-------------4-6-----4-------4-6---6-4-2----------

then play the beginging high part again
play twice
g-------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------
e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--

slightly different verse
g---------------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------
a------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------
e-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--

g--------------------------------------------------------------------
d-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------------------------------------------------
a-----------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------
e---------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8--

"my redneck past is nipping..." - same as before


"i thought about the army"
g-------
d-------
a-6-----
e---6-4-

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