Intro/theme riff
---11----13----11----15p11------ play this cutesy little riff
------11----11----11-------11--- 4x solo, then 8x with band
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Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
Eb5 Bb C Ab
Eb5 Bb Ab
The lead part is as follows:
repeat six times then do: vib.
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------8-----8h9p8---- ------8-------8h9------8----
--8-8---8-8-------8-- --8-8---8-8-8------------8--
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Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest day I've ever known
Eb5 Bb Ab
Can't live for tomorrow, tomorrow's much too long
Eb5 Bb Ab
I'll burn my eyes out
Eb5 Bb C
Before I get out
F Ab Cm F Ab Cm
I wanted more than life could ever grant me
F Ab Cm F Ab G D5 A
Bored by the chore of saving face
The lead part over the above chords is really simple, play it on
the first and third times, over the C (8th fret) chord:
slow bend w/vib
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Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest day I've ever known
Eb5 Bb Ab
Can't wait for tomorrow, I might not have that long
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb C
I'll tear my heart out before I get out
Play this lead part above the second verse (clean guitar):
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---------------------12-13---12h13p12----|--------------------
---13----15----13---------------------13-|-13----15----13-----
------13----13----13---------------------|----13----13----13--
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---------------------11-------------------|--------------------
---12-13-------------------12h13p12-------|--------------------
---------13-------------13----------13p12-|-13----15----13-----
------------13----13----------------------|----13----13----13--
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--12-13-------12---------13p12----|-----------------------------
--------13------------------------|-13----15----13----17p13-----
-----------13----13------------13-|----13----13----13-------13--
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dist. vib
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F Ab Eb5 Bb
Pink ribbon scars that never forget
F Ab Eb5 Bb
I've tried so hard to cleanse these regrets
F Ab Eb5 Bb
My angel wings were bruised and restrained
F Ab G D5 A
My belly stings
Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab Eb5 Bb Eb5 Ab
Today is.. today is.. today is.. the greatest..
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C
Day hee-yay, oo oo ooo ooo ooo.... Day hee-yay-ay, hooo...
F Ab Cm F Ab Cm
I want to turn you on, I want to turn you on....
F Ab Cm F Ab
I want to turn you on, I want to turn you..
Eb5 Bb Ab Eb5 Bb Ab
Today is the greatest.... today is the greatest day
Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5 Bb C Ab Eb5
Today is the greatest.. day.. I have ever really known.
The lead parts in the outro are the clean cutesy riff, the
hammer-on 8th fret riff, and this:
vib sustain
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--12---------12h13p12----12----12h13------------------------
-----15-13------------13----13------------------------------
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Then end with the Eb chord and a trem bend down.