THE STARTING LINE - "Best Of Me" Tablature

intro - acoustic (copy strumming pattern)

e|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|---9--------------------------------------------------------
D|---9------7------9------11------7------11------9------------
A|---7------7------9------11------7------11------9------------
E|---7------5------7------9-------5------9-------7------------


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------------------------------------------------------------
---9--------------------------------------------------------
---9------7------9------11------7------11------9------7-----
---7------7------9------11------7------11------9------7-----
---7------5------7------9-------5------9-------7------5-----

"tell me what you thought about when you were gone
and so alone, the worst is over, you can have the best of me
we got older, but we're still young
we never grew out of this feeling that we wont give up"



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after the acoustic part, switch it to distortion, and play the same part again

with that part, other guitar play this

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-13--16--11---9----4--9--9-----9--6--4-----9--8---8/9\8-------------9-----|
D|--x---x---x---x----x--x--x-----x--x--x-----x--x---x/x\x---X2--------x-----|
A|-11--14---9---7----2--7--7-----7--4--2-----7--6---6/7\6-------------7-----|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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at 46 seconds approx into the song, start playing this with 2nd guitar
(just listen and u can hear when it comes in)
play 4 times Strum This

e|-----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----------------------------------|
B|-----00---00---00---00---00---00---00---00---------------------------------|
G|-----99---9----88---8----66---6----44----4---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

add this palm muted chord in with other guitar as riff plays

e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---999-------999------999--------999---------------------------------------|
D|---999-------999------999--------999---------------------------------------|
A|---777-------777------777--------777---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

"here we lay again on two separate beds riding phone lines " >

"...memory we reflect on miscommunications and misunderstandings" P


Played after the above riff is played 4 times

e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-----------------|
D|---9-------------|
A|---9-------------|
E|---7-------------|

> "you meet a familiar voice and pictures drawn from"

P "....and missing each other too much to vow to let go"



e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4---------7---------4---------7-------------------------------------------|
A|-4---------7---------4---------7-------------------------------------------|
E|-2---------5---------2---------5-------------------------------------------|

"turn our music down and we whisper, say what you're thinking right now"


pause - "tell me what you thought about when.."
- go back to the beginning of song, same chords



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1st guitar - play until the big pause
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4------4------4-------4-------------4-------4---------------4-------|
D|--2---2--2---2--2---2---2---2--X3-----2---2---2--2--X1----2---2--X8---|
A|--4------4------0-------0-------------4-------4---------------0-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|



2nd guitar
this part comes in when the above riff is startin its second round
e|-----0---------0---------0---------0----------0---------0--------|
B|------4---------4---------4---------4----------4---------4-------|
G|-------4---------4---------4---------4----------4---------4------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

"turn our music down
and we whisper
we're sitting on the ground
and we whisper
we turn our music down
we're sitting on the ground
the next time I'm in town"


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1st guitar continue its riff

2nd guitar changes to this riff with the lyrics below, and keep playing


e|-----0--0--------|
B|------4--4-------|
G|-------4--4------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|


"we will kiss girl, we will kiss girl"



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e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-11--------9---------11--------9--------11--------9--------7---------------|
A|-11--------9---------11--------9--------11--------9--------7---------------|
E|-9---------7---------9---------7--------9---------7--------5---------------|

"feeling that we won't, feeling that we can't, that were not ready to give up"



last part is pretty much the beginning over again, second guitar plays
one steady chord while the other guitar plays the acoustic intro