Matchbox Twenty
Disease
This is an awesome song played by two great guitar players. It’s very challenging 
and takes lots of practice to do it right. I’m tabbing it the way my band plays it 
and I’ll tell you the difference between this and the way Matchbox Twenty plays it 
right now: the intro with the flanger effect is played by Matchbox 20’s second 
guitar, not first guitar as I have it written. I like it better my way and I think 
it sounds great. Enjoy!

Chords used:
E = 022100
F# = 244322
G#m = 466444
C#sus2 = 446644
Eb = 668886
E5 = 022xxx
F#5 = 244xxx
G#5 = 466xxx
C#5 = 4466xx
Eb5 = 6688xx

Intro: Guitar 1; Flanger effect
e------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------
D-4-4-4--4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6-6--5-5-5--5-5-5-6--6-6
A------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------
Guitar 2; clean
e---------------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------6-4
D--------------------------------------------------4h6-6-4
A--------------------------------------------------4h6-----
E----------------------------------------------------------

Next part: Guitar 1; flanger
e--------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------4-3----
D-4-4-4--4-4-4-6--6-6--6-6-6-5--5-5--5----4/6
A--------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------
Guitar 2; clean; last notes played should still be ringing here
e------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-4
B------------4-4-----------4-8----------8-4
G------------4-6-----------6-8----------8-4
D------------4-6-----------6-8----------8-6
A------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-6
E------------4-4-----------4-6----------6-4

Verse 1; part 1: guitar 1; B and G strings: guitar 2; E and A strings
e---------------------------------------------
B-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4
G-----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4----4-4--4-4--4-4--4-4
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E-4-2-4-----------------4-2-4-----------------

e-----------------------------------
B-----6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6----4-4--4-4
G-----6-6--6-6--6-6--6-6----4-4--4-4
D-----------------------------------
A-4-2-4-----------------------------
E-----------------------4-2-4-------

Part 2: both guitars
e-------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------------
D-6-6-6--6-6--------------------------6-6-6--6-6--6----6-6-6--6-6---
A-6-4-6--6-4--6-----7-6-7--7-7--6-----7-6-7--7-6--4----6-4-6--6-4--6
E-------------6-----7-7-7--7-7--6----------------------4-4-4--4-4--6

Pre-chorus:
Guitar 1 (clean) strums these chords (listen to the song for a strumming pattern):
E  F#  G#m  C#sus2  E  Eb
Guitar 2 (distortion) plays these chords each once and lets it ring:
E5  F#5  G#5  C#5  E5  Eb5

Chorus:
Guitars 1 and 2 have the same effects and patterns as the pre-chorus. Here are the chords for each guitar
Guitar 1: G#m  C#sus2  Eb  G#m
Guitar 2: G#5  C#5  Eb5  G#5
Repeat

Verse 2: guitar 2 plays the “part 2” of verse 1 and Guitar 1 plays this:
e-4-------------------4-------------------4---------------------4--------------
B--7p4-----------------7p4-----------------7p4-------------------7p4-----------
G-----6p4-4h6-------------6p4-4h6-4-----------6p4-4h6--1/3----------6p4-4h6-4/6
D------------5-----------------------------------------------------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Pre-chorus

Chorus x2

Bridge: Guitar 1 has a little solo with distortion on the D string while Guitar 2 
plays some distorted power chords. Here it is:

Guitar 1
D-6(x13)-9-8-4-(that whole thing x3. Last time play 6 instead of 4)-8(x16)

Guitar 2: keep playing each chord until solo moves on to the next “section”
C#5  G#m5  C#5  Eb5

Chorus x2

Ending: Guitar 1 plays solo distorted, Guitar 2 plays Chords Distorted
 Guitar 1:
e-4---4---4---4-3---3---3---3-2---2---2---2-3---3---3---3
B---4---4---4-----4---4---4-----4---4---4-----4---4---4-- x2

Guitar 2: play each chord until note on the e string in the solo changes
G#5  Eb5  C#5  Eb5  x2

End on:
Guitar 1: 
e-4
B-4
Guitar 2:
G#5