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What a Day Guitar Tablature
FAITH NO MORE
WHAT A DAY

/ slide up
 slide down
x instead of a note: mute w/ left hand
x under a note: mute w/ right palm
< stop note from ringing
DTF double time feel

The guitar is tuned EADGBE low to high and heavily distorted.
In spite of what some people may think, the song is played on just ONE guitar, which makes it
pretty difficult, the chorus part, that is. 

Intro riff: (DTF)
B-|---------------------------/12-|
G-|---------------------------/12-|
D-|---------------------------/12-|
A-|4---x-5-4---x-5-4---x-5-4--/10-|
E-|2---x-3-2---x-3-2---x-3-2-0----|
                             x
Verse riff 1: (DTF)
D-|----2---------------2-----------|
A-|----2---------------2-----------|
E-|0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----|
   x x     x x     x x     x x

Verse riff 2: (DTF)
B-|---------------------------/12-|
G-|---------------------------/12-|
D-|---------------------------/12-|
A-|4-----5-4-----5-4-----5-4--/10-|
E-|2---0-3-2---0-3-2---0-3-2-0----|
       x       x       x     x

Pre-chorus riff (let ring throughout):
G-|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|
D-|--6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4---4-|
A-|4-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
E-|------0-----3-----2-----2-------|------0-----3-----2-----2-------|
How to play: bridge the 6th on D- and G-string w/ little finger and fret notes on E- and A-string
with index and middle finger.

Chorus riff: (DTF)
G-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D-|6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A-|4-4-4-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|2-2-2-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E-|------0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------0-0-0-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
         
Interlude riff: (DTF)
D-|----2-<-------------2-<---------|----2-<-------------2-----------|
A-|----2-<-------------2-<---------|----2-<-------------2-----------|
E-|0-0-------------0-0-------------|0-0-------------0-0-----000-000-|
   x x             x x              x x             x x     xxx xxx

Pre-chorus riff 2 (palm mute throughout):
G-|----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---|----4-----4-----4-----4-----4---|
D-|--6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|--4-----4-----4-----4-----4---4-|
A-|4-------------------------------|2-------------------------------|
E-|------0-----3-----2-----2-------|------0-----3-----2-----2-------|

Outro riff
G-|4------------------------------||
D-|4------------------------------||
A-|2------------------------------||

Okay then here's the correct order

Intro riff        x1

Verse riff 1      x4
Verse riff 2      x1
Verse riff 1      x4
Verse riff 2      x4
Pre-chorus riff 1 x2
Chorus riff       x2
Interlude riff    x1
Verse riff 1      x4
Pre-chorus riff 1 x2
Pre-chorus riff 2 x2
Chorus riff       x6
Outro riff        x1

Enjoy
--Tjrd
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