Howd You Have Me Tab

Good, rocking song from their album, "Damage".
 
Dropped-D tuning:
 
1: e
2: B
3: G
4: D
5: A
6: D
 
Played with a moderately overdriven electric guitar in the bridge pick-up setting.  Scale the overdrive back
to a very slight breakup tone for the bridge riff.
 
[Intro]
 
A5 volume swell:
 
e|----|
B|----|
G|-2--|
D|-2--|
A|-0--|
D|----|
 
then a repeating octave:
 
e|-----      ------|
B|-----      --12--|
G|-16--  or  ------|
D|-----      --9---|
A|-14--      ------|
D|-----      ------|
 
[Verse]
 
   E5(high)   C#5   A5    F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
Play an E5(high), B5, A5 progression a few times, then end on E5(low) as shown (could play all chords
with open 1 & 2 strings)
 
   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
 
[Riff]
 
(If there are chords played during this riff, I couldn't discern them.) (b = bend)
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9-----9-9------9\------------9---9---10---10-10/12--9----9---9\-------------------5---5-4b-5--|
G|---9-9------9-9----9-9----------9---9----9-------------9----9----9-9-------------4---6---------|
D|-----------------------9-9-7-----------------------------------------9-9-7-7-6-7---------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
   E5(high)   C#5   A5    F#5
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-9-----------6-----2---------|
D|-9-----------6-----2-----4---|
A|-7-----------4-----0-----4---|
D|-------------------------4---|
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
C#5, B5, E5(low, mute 1-3 strings), A5, then C#5, B5, E5(low), B5, E5(low w/open 1 & 2 strings), then:
 
Bridge riff (x2)
 
e|--------------------------------------|
B|-9---9--------9---9---9------0---0----|
G|---9---9-8-9----9---9---9------9------|
D|---------------------------7----------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
 
*There's another instrument (keyboards?) playing a part during the Bridge riff.  This is not tabbed, but
sounds easy to figure out.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
   E5(high)    B5    A5    E5(low)
e|-------------------------0---|
B|-------------------------0---|
G|-9-----------4-----2-----X---|
D|-9-----------4-----2-----2---|
A|-7-----------2-----0-----2---|
D|-------------------------2---|
 
 
[Outro]
 
E chords.  Use the shapes below that sound right to you:
 
e|--0---4---x                            e|--0
B|--0---5---9                            B|--5
A|--4---4---9                            G|--4
D|--2---2---7    then end on this chord  D|--2
A|--2---2---7                            A|--2
D|--2---2---x                            D|--2
 
Some minor riffing on the outro over the E chords listed above.  Sounds like the guitar has some overdrive,
reverb, minimal delay, and maybe chorus going on).  There's some vibrato (~), then a slide (\) that fades
the note down the neck. Upstroke (V) on last notes.
 
                       (V)
e|-0------0-----0------12-|
B|-9~-----9~\---12~----0--|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
 
 
BONUS: Some lyrics found online are incorrect.  The right ones for the chorus are:
 
"Only one thing left I wished I knew: how did you have me and I only got you?
If it's all bad timing and there's no control, I'm gonna do anything, gonna do everything I want from now on!"
 
Hope you liked the tab!
 
 
 
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| b  Bend
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
 
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