Hands Down

Tabbed By: Victor Van Dam

This version is played in the MTV instead of the original acoustic 
versions.

Intro:
E----------------------------------------    
B----------------------------------------    
G----------1------------1--2-------------    
D-------4-----2------4------------4/6----    
A----2-------------2-----------2---------    
E--0-------------0-----------0----------- X3 

Riff ends with:
E-----------------------------  
B-----------------------------  
G----------1------------------  
D-------4-----2-------4--1#---  
A----2-------------2--4--2#---  
E--0-------------0------------  

Verse: 
E--------------------------------------------------------------  
B--------------------------------------------------------------  
G--1-----------------------------------------------------------  
D--2(x8)------2(x8)-----1(x8)-----4(x8)------7--------6--------  
A--2(PM)------4(PM)-----0(PM)-----2(PM)------5(x3)----5(x1)----  
E--------------------------------------------5--------5--------  

  breathe...  luck...   deep...  blessed...  share with me...
-Chris does a few stops here and there but it's all the same chords 

Chorus:
     "My hopes are so high..."
      E      Abm    A/D     Abm           Repeat chorus:

E-----0-------4------0-------4------------------- 
B-----0-------4------2-------4------------------- 
G-----1-------4------1-------4------------------- 
D-----2-------4------2-------4--------6-7-6------ 
A-----2-------6------0-------6-------4-----4----- 
E---0-0-------4--------------4------5--------5--- 

The second time through the chorus he ends it differently:
      E      Abm    A/D     Abm           
E-----0-------4------0-------4------4-4----            
B-----0-------4------2-------4------4-4----            
G-----1-------4------1-------4------6-5----            
D-----2-------4------2-------4------6-8----  To Verse: 
A-----2-------6------0-------6------4-6----            
E---0-0-------4--------------4------4-4----            

The second verse is exactly the same, except the second guitar plays t
E------------------------------  
B------------------------------  
G------------------------------  
D-------4--6---------4--6--7---  
A----0--------7----0-----------  
E--0-------------0-------------  

After the second chorus he breaks into the bridge/outro section:

Bridge/outro: These are the chords being played, a second guitar is 
picking
through some other stuff which is at the bot
*Note:
When Chris hits "and the time on the clock..." there is a difference in
 the Dbm
chord playing style. Damn, I love that part!!!

   "Hands down this is the..."            End On:
   C#m         A        E        B           E
E---4----------5--------0--------0-----   E--0---    
B---5----------5--------0--------0-----   B--0---    
G---6----------6--------9--------8-----   G--1---    
D---6----------7--------9--------9-----   D--2---    
A---4----------7--------7--------9-----   A--2---    
E--------------5-----------------7-----   E--0---    

Guitar 2 is playing this during bridge:
E------------------------------------------------------------------  
B------------------------------------------------------------------  
G-9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9---9-8-9-8-9-8-9-11-  
D---------------6---------------7---------------9------------------  
A------------------------------------------------------------------  
E------------------------------------------------------------------  
-over and over and over with slight variation at the end.            

*

• A
• A/D

  5
• Abm

  4
• B
• C#m

  4
• E