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War On Drugs by centurionofprix

(based on London 2000; Adam would improvise different figures around the central idea)

The lyrics to this song are available here.

TAB

Lead guitar before the verse (improvise around the Am chord):

E |-0-------------|---------------|
B |-1-------------|---------------|
G |-2--1-1h2-1----|-5--4-5s7-5-4--|
D |-2---------2---|---------------|
A |-0-------------|---------------|
E |---------------|---------------|


Lead guitar during the verse, again freely improvising:

E |----------------------------------0-
B |-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-0h1-1h3p1-0h1-0--1-
G |----------------------------------2-
D |----------------------------------2-
A |----------------------------------0-
E |-------------------------------------


Rhythm during the verse:

Am------Am---C--Bm-- (played as power chords):

E |-------|-------|-------|-------|
B |-------|-------|-------|-------|
G |-2-----|-(2)---|-2-----|-5--4--|
D |-2-----|-(2)---|-2-----|-5--4--|
A |-0-----|-(2)---|-0-----|-3--2--|
E |-------|-------|-------|-------|

(silent for the first two bars of the verse, starts with Am-C-Bm)


Chorus:

D---C--Bm-Am----- (played as power chords)

E |-------|--------|-------|-------|
B |-------|--------|-------|-------|
G |-7-----|-5----4-|-2-----|-2-----|
D |-7-----|-5----4-|-2-----|-2-----|
A |-5-----|-3----2-|-0-----|-2-----|
E |-------|--------|-------|-------|


To add to the above, the chorus of War On Drugs has the lead guitar 
play the full chords D, C, Bm and Am, ending on a barre Am chord:

E |-2--0--2--5---
B |-3--1--3--5---
G |-2--0--4--5---
D |-0--2--4--7---
A |----3--2--7---
E |----------5---

Sometimes Adam would also play arpeggios around the chords or get funky on the whammy bar.