Placebo Too Many Friends D standard tuning (DGCFAD) For this song, I use a Les Paul with both pickups on Listen to the song for timings Intro/verse 1: (no guitar, just piano and vocals) First chorus: No guitar is played, but I like to play this (w/ cleanish tone): D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------| C|-10-----5-----7-----3----------------------| G|-10-x16-5-x16-7-x16-3-x16------------------| D|-8------3-----5-----1----------------------| P.M P.M P.M P.M Verse 2: There are two guitar parts, one played by Brian (guitar 1) and the one played by Nick (guitar 2) Guitar 1: w/distortion D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| F|--------------------------------------| C|-7-----5-----3------------------------| x2 G|-7-x16-5-x16-3-x16--------------------| D|-5-----3-----1------------------------| Guitar 2: w/distortion D|-------------------| A|-------------------| F|-------5-----------| C|----5-7--x3--------| x2 G|-5-7---------------| D|-------------------| Chorus: Guitar 1: D|-------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------| F|-------------------------------------------| C|-10-----5-----7-----3----------------------| G|-10-x16-5-x16-7-x16-3-x16------------------| D|-8------3-----5-----1----------------------| Guitar 2: D|-------------------------------------------------------| A|-*------------------------*----------------------------| F|----7-9r--9-7---------7--------------------------------| C|--9-----------9r----9---7r--7-9-10r--9-10--------------| G|-*------------------------*----------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2: repeat the part above marked between the *'s Then play this at the end D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---10-10---12-12---10-10---12-12---10-10------10-10----12-12--10-10--12-12-----| F|-9-------9-------9-------9-------9-------9-10-------10------10-----10----------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Bridge part Guitar 2: D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-13-12--4-5--13-12--4-5--9-10--13-12--4-5--13-12--4-5--13-12r------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1: D|----- A|----- F|----- C|--2-- Repeat until the 3rd verse G|--2-- D|--0-- Verse 3: Guitar 1: Clean with phaser/flanger D|--------------------| A|--------------------| F|--------------------| C|-7-----5-----3------| At the end, repeat the last chord until the chorus comes in G|-7-x16-5-x16-3-x16--| D|-5-----3-----1------| P.M P.M P.M Chorus: Both guitars repeat twice Final part: I presume guitar 1 plays the same chords as the chorus. Not too sure about that. Guitar 2: D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-12/17x16-15\12x16-13-15-10x16-12-13--12-13-[12]r------------------| F|-------------------------------------------------------------------| C|-------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| Key: P.M = Palm Mute / = slide up \ = slide down r = ring out [] = harmonic That's pretty much it. Hope this helps. This is my cover of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15DD3K6bH1s
