Kevin is Gone - meticulously tabbed by Joe Maddock (Gravelview@aol.com).. please report any discrepancy

Tune guitar one whole step down (from low to high - D G C F A d)

opening riff - clean tone with very strict palm muting throughout
   E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                                   gradually let off the muting here
  E E E E E E E E   E E  E  E  E  E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-8-8-10-10-10-10-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-----------------|-----------------8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5--5--5--5--5-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|----------------|

verse - first held out riff - clean tone (w. opening riff very subtly fading in the background)
  Q H H H H   W           Q H H  H H H W
|-------------------------------------------|
|---7-8---7--10-------------7-8-10---7-8----|
|-0-----8-----------------0--------8---7----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|

verse - second held out riff - slightly overdriven tone played as verse builds up.. slide into the chorus
  Q  Q  Q  H H H H  H H Q Q Q Q H  H H Q Q Q Q Q
|---------------------------------------------------|
|----7-----8-7---7-10-------7---8-10---7-----8------|
|-0-----0------8------8---0---0------8-----7---7----|
|-----------------------9----------------9----------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|


Chorus - both guitars same.. lotsa warm punk rock overdrive    
      Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q. Q Q  E Q.  Q
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|----------6--7------6--4------6--7------5---4----|
|-----2--2------0--0------4--4------3--3----------|play twice then return to verse with both guitars playing held out riffs 1 and 2 (1 in clean tone, 2 with a reasonable amount of overdrive)
  

return to chourus, but play it this way (with power chords) when the bass line changes and all those harmonies come in
  Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q    Q  E Q.   Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|------8----9--|------8----6--|------8----9--|------7----8--|
|------6----7--|------6----4--|------6----7--|------5----4--|
|-2--2---------|-0--0---------|-4--4---------|-3--3---------|

odd time riff.. comes in off the last bar of the chorus
  Q  E Q.   Q  E E Q  E Q.  Q  E E Q  E Q.   Q   E E Q  E Q.   Q
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------5----4-----------5---4-----------5----4------------5-----4--|
|-3--3---------2-2-3--3--------2-2-3--3----------2-2-3--3----------|


|-|return to muted opening riff with similar fade in to the held out verse parts
|-|play verse with dramitic build-up dynamic and slight feedback trickling in after each phrase
|-|return to odd time riff then do a full chorus just as before, going back to the odd time riff off the last bar
|-|continue playing odd time riff for half-5/4-time feel outro with bright tone g(f) and b(a) string chiming in eccentricly (sometimes as 12th fret harmonics) on every 3rd beat
|-|hear epley's sweet echoing vocal line and you're done, my brotha (or sista)
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