Band: Hoobastank
Song: The Reason

This song is in standard tuning.... the intro actually starts out with a piano playin single notes, which carries through both verses

Piano - E,C#,E,C#,A,B

If you want you can play the instead of the piano before the Guitar 1 starts with this:

e|----------|
B|----------|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|--7(x16)--|    Play it 16 times before the Guitar 1 starts.
E|----------|

You can still substitute the piano while guitar 1 plays:
D|------------------------------------------|
A|-7-(x26)-4-(x16)-7-(x16)-4-(x16)-0-(x16)--|
E|------------------------------------------|


Guitar 1 (Electric)

Verse 1
e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|-------9--------9---|-------9--------9---|-------9--------9---|-------9--------9---|
G|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|-------9--------9---|-------9--------9---|
G|-----8-9------8-9---|-----8-9------8-9---|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|--9-11---8-9-11---8-|
D|--11-----9-11-----9-|--11-----9-11-----9-|--------------------|--------------------|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
G|-----8-9------8-9---|-----8-9------8-9---|-----8-9------8-9---|-----8-9------8-9---|
D|--11-----9-11-----9-|--11-----9-11-----9-|--11-----9-11-----9-|--11-----9-11-----9-|
A|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|

e|-----------------11h12-|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|