The Freshman
The Verve Pipe
Takamine

The following riff opens the song and is used throughout the whole song.

MAIN RIFF:
-----------------------2--------------------------
----------5------------------5-------5------------
-----4----------------------------4---------------
-2-----------2------------------------------------
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--------------------------5----------------------
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------------2------------------------------------
-------2-----------------------------------------
-0----------------0------------------------------
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------------------------------5------------------
---------------6---------------------------------
---------6---------------------------------------
---4-----------------4-----------------2---------
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-------------------------2-----------------------
-------------2-----------------------------------
-------2-----------------------------------------
-0---------------0-------------------------------
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-OR- you could play it like:

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------7-------------5--------2-----------------------------------
----9--------6----6--------2-------------------------------------
---9-------7-----6--------2--------------------------------------
--7--7----7-----4--4--2--0--0------------------------------------
---------5--5----------------------------------------------------

This comes in before the second verse:
Guitar2
1---------------------------------------------------------------
2-------------5--7--5------------------5-/sl.-4-----------------
3-----4--6-----------------------4--6---------------------------
4---------------------------------------------------------------
5---------------------------------------------------------------
6---------------------------------------------------------------

The chords during this entire intro/verse/chorus part are E- A- C#m- A



PRE-CHORUS:

   ("Can't be held responsible. . ") part:
	4x:

           C#	  B	          A
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|
B|--------------|--------------|--------------2--|
G|--------6-----|-------4------|--------2--------|
D|-----6----6---|----4-----4---|-----2----2------|
A|--4-----------|--2-----------|--0--------------|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|

In verse two and three, for that part, play the following riff 4 times.  Bend the first note of each phrase
up a bit, and keep the string bent until the next little phrase.

Riff:

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


Chorus:

Emaj                  Amaj
    For the life of me    I can not remember
C#5                         B5      Amaj
    What made us think that we were wise
Amaj                     Emaj
    And we'd never compromise
Emaj                  Amaj
    For the life of me    I can not believe we'd

e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6--------------4-------------------------------|
D|-------6-----------4-------------------7------7-let-ring-|
A|-----4---------2------------------7--------7-------------|
E|-------------------------------5-------------------------|
       ever die  for these sins  we were merely freshmen


This next part comes in near the end of the song.It's sort of a spin off of
the main riff heard throught the whole song.
Guitar 1 or 2
1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
2-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
3------(9)----------(9)---(7)--------(7)--------------------6-----------------
4-------9-------9----------7------7----------6-----4-------7-------------7----
5-------7---7--------------7---7-------------4-----2-------7---------7--------
6---------------------------5----------------------------------5-----5--------

Outro:

            E2	      C#m	            E	      C#m      E
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--7--|
B|-----------7--|---------5/4--|-----------10/9--|--------5/4--|--9--|
G|--------9-----|--------------|--------9--------|-------------|--9--|
D|-----9--------|-----6--------|-----9-----------|-----6-------|--9--|
A|--7-----------|--4-----------|--7--------------|--4----------|--7--|
E|--------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------|--x--|