High Water Mark

E|----------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------| 
D|-99-9--------9--11--12--------12-11--7--| 
A|-77-7--------7---9--10--------10--9--5--| 
E|----------------------------------------| 

E|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-11----9--------9--7--5--------5--9--7----------------| 
A|--9----7--------7--5--3--------3--7--5--------5--7--2-| 
E|----------------------------------------------3--5--0-| 

Rest of the time:
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-9--------9--11--12--------12-11--7--| 
A|-7--------7---9--10--------10--9--5--| 
E|-------------------------------------| 

E|------------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------------------| 
D|-11----9--------9--7--5--------5--9--7----------------| 
A|--9----7--------7--5--3--------3--7--5--------5--7--2-| 
E|----------------------------------------------3--5--0-| 

Riff 2 (12 string acoustic)              x4
E|---------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------| 
D|-----9----------7--------5----------4--| 
A|---7---7------7--------7---7------7----| 
E|-0----------0--------0----------0------| 

   "It was very close..."

E|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-9--x-7--x-5----x-5--x-7--x-9--| 
A|-7--x-5--x-3----x-3--x-5--x-7--| 
E|-------------------------------| 

   "Execute it well..."
E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------| 
D|-x-9--x-7--x-5----x-5--x-7--x-9--| 
A|-x-7--x-5--x-3----x-3--x-5--x-7--| 
E|---------------------------------| 

   "...thing, it's in God's..."



Riff 2a (12 string acoustic)
E|-----------------------------|       
B|-----------------------------|       
G|-----------------------------|       
D|-----9------9------7------7--| ----| 
A|---7---7--7------7---7--7----| |     
E|-0-------------0-------------| |     

   "General Lee I must tell you..."   |
E|-----------------------------| |--> Play 4x 
B|-----------------------------| |            
G|-----------------------------| |            
D|-----5------5------4------4--| ----|        
A|---7---7--7------7---7--7----|              
E|-0-------------0-------------|              

   "...that I believe..."

E|-------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------| 
D|-9--x-7--x-5----x-5--x-7--x-9--| 
A|-7--x-5--x-3----x-3--x-5--x-7--| 
E|-------------------------------| 

   "Execute it well..."
E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------| 
D|-x-9--x-7--x-5----x-5--x-7--x-9--| 
A|-x-7--x-5--x-3----x-3--x-5--x-7--| 
E|---------------------------------| 

   "...thing, it's in God's..."




Riff 3
Guitar 1 (Distortion)                      Final chord

E|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
B|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
G|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
D|-5--------5-4---4-----------4-5---7---4-|--5--| 
A|-7------------7----5--------5-7---9---5-|--7--| 
E|--------------------------------0---0---|-----| 
                                   *   *          

Guitar 2 (Distortion)                      Final chord
E|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
B|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
G|-0--------4-----------------------------|--0--| 
D|-5----------7-5-7--4--------4-5---7---4-|--5--| 
A|-7--------------------------5-7---9---5-|--7--| 
E|--------------------------------0---0---|-----| 
                                   *   *          

Guitar 3 (12 string acoustic)              Final chord
E|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
B|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
G|-0--------------------------------------|--0--| 
D|-5--------5-4---4-----------4-5---7---4-|--5--| 
A|-7------------7----5--------5-7---9---5-|--7--| 
E|--------------------------------0---0---|-----| 

Guitar 4 (Distortion, comes in later)
E|----------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------------| 
E|-000--000--000--000--000--000--000--000-| 
    ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  ***  

(Guitar 4 then plays this through to the next riff)
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 

Eb|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-...-|
    *** * * *** * * *** * * *** * *



Riff 4
Guitar 1

E|----------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------| 
D|------5----4-5----------5----4-5----4----4-2--| 
A|------7----5-7----------7----5-7----5----5-3--| 
E|-0-00---00-----000-0-00---00-----00---00------| 
    * **   **     *** * **   **     **   ** *     

       "The rebel cannon..."
E|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------5----4-5----------5----4-5----4----4-2------2----5--5---| 
A|------7----5-7----------7----5-7----5----5-3------0----3--3-5-| 
E|-0-00---00-----000-0-00---00-----00---00--------0----0------3-| 
    * **   **     *** * **   **     **   ** *      *    *         

       "150 Guns make up..."

Final time:
E|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| 
D|------5----4-5----------5----4-5----4----4-2------2----5--5-----| 
A|------7----5-7----------7----5-7----5----5-3------0----3--3-5---| 
E|-0-00---00-----000-0-00---00-----00---00--------0----0------3-0-| 
    * **   **     *** * **   **     **   ** *      *    *        *  

Guitar 2 (Plays through into next riff)
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 

Eb|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-...-|
    *** * * *** * * *** * * *** * *



Riff 3a
Guitar 1                                 Final chord

E|-0------------------------------------|--0--| 
B|-0------------------------------------|--0--| 
G|-0------------------------------------|--0--| 
D|-5--------5-4---4-----------4-5--7--4-|--5--| 
A|-7------------7----5--------5-7--9--5-|--7--| 
E|--------------------------------------|-----| 

        "What happens here..."

Guitar 2                                 Final chord
E|-0------------------------------------|--0--| 
B|-0------------------------------------|--0--| 
G|-0--------4---------------------------|--0--| 
D|-5----------7-5-7--4--------4-5--7--4-|--5--| 
A|-7--------------------------5-7--9--5-|--7--| 
E|--------------------------------------|-----| 

Guitar 3 (Plays through into next riff)
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------------| 
A|-------------------------------------| 

Eb|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-...-|
    *** * * *** * * *** * * *** * *


Play Riff 4    "The Virginians are the chosen..."
Play Riff 3a   "The slaughter now ensues..."

Guitar 3's final time in Riff 3a:
E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|----------------------------| 
A|----------------------------| 

Eb|-000-0-0-000-0-0-000-0-0-00-|
    *** * * *** * * *** * * **


Riff 5
E|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----------------------------------| 
D|----------------------------8--5--| 
A|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-8--5--| 
E|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-------| 
    *  * * * *  * * * *  * * *        

E|-----------------------------------| 
B|-----------------------------------| 
G|-----------------------------------| 
D|-7--------------------------10--5--| 
A|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-10--5--| 
E|----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--------| 
       * * * *  * * * *  * * *         

E|----------------------------------|        
B|----------------------------------|        
G|----------------------------------|        
D|-7--------------------------8--5--| ----|  
A|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-8--5--| |      
E|----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-------| |      
       * * * *  * * * *  * * *             | 

E|-----------------------------------| |--> Play 3x 
B|-----------------------------------| |            
G|-----------------------------------| |            
D|-7--------------------------10--5--| ---|         
A|-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-10--5--|              
E|----5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5--------|              
       * * * *  * * * *  * * *                      

Riff 6
Guitar 1

E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|----5----------4-5--4-----5----------4-5--4-| 
D|-7----7----5-7---------7----7----5-7--------| 
A|--------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

E|--------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------| 
G|----4--------4-5-7--5-----5----------4-5--4-| 
D|-5----5----------------7----7----5-7--------| 
A|-----------7--------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------| 

Guitar 2
E|--------------------------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------------------------| 
G|-----9------------7-9--7------9------------7-9--7-| 
D|-10----10----9-10---------10----10----9-10--------| 
A|--------------------------------------------------| 
E|--------------------------------------------------| 

E|------------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------------| 
G|----7--------7-9-10--9------9------------7-9--7-| 
D|-9----9-----------------10----10----9-10--------| 
A|----------10------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------------------| 

Riff 7
E|-------------------------------------| 
B|-------------------------------------| 
G|-------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------8--8--| 
A|-------------------------------8--8--| 
E|-3-555-5--3-555-5--3-555-5-335-------| 
    * *** *  * *** *  * *** * ***        

E|---------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------| 
D|-------------------------------10--10--| 
A|-------------------------------10--10--| 
E|-3-555-5--3-555-5--3-555-5-335---------| 
    * *** *  * *** *  * *** * ***          

Play Riff 6
Play Riff 7


Riff 8 (Play 2x)
E|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------| 
D|-7----9-10-----10\5----5-2----5-| 
A|-7----9-10-----10\5----5-2----5-| 
E|-5----7--8------8\3----3-0----3-| 

   "We're almost there..."
E|---------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------| 
G|----------------9--7-----5-------| 
D|-7----9-10------9--7-----5----5--| 
A|-7----9-10------7--5-----3----5--| 
E|-5----7--8----0---------------3--| 
                 *                   

   "We must push..."

Riff 9 (Play 2x)
E|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------| 
A|-10-12121212----1010-13131313-| 
E|------------------------------| 
     *  * * * *     * *  * * * *  

E|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------| 
A|-10-12121212----1010-15151515-| 
E|------------------------------| 
     *  * * * *     * *  * * * *  

E|------------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------------------| 
D|------------------------------------------| 
A|-10-12121212----1010-13131313-10-12121212-| 
E|------------------------------------------| 
     *  * * * *     * *  * * * *  *  * * * *  

Riff 10
E|------------------| 
B|------------------| 
G|------------------| 
D|------------------| 
A|------------------| 

Eb|-3-5-3-55-6-5-3-5-|
    * * * ** * * * *


Riff 11                           x2
E|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------| 
D|-7--------12--10-------10\9-9\7-| 
A|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 
E|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 

   "It's over now..."
E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|-5--------10--9--------10-9-| 
A|-3---------8--7---------8-7-| 
E|-3---------8--7---------8-7-| 

   "I am responsible..."          x2
E|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------| 
D|-7--------12--10-------10\9-9\7-| 
A|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 
E|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 

   "I thought us..."
E|----------------------------| 
B|----------------------------| 
G|----------------------------| 
D|-5--------10--9--------10-9-| 
A|-3---------8--7---------8-7-| 
E|-3---------8--7---------8-7-| 

   "God forgive me..."
E|--------------------------------| 
B|--------------------------------| 
G|--------------------------------| 
D|-7--------12--10-------10\9-9\7-| 
A|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 
E|-5--------10---8--------8\7-7\5-| 

   "It's all my fault..."


Riff 12
E|------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------| 
G|------------------------------| 
D|-77777-77777-77777-7777-8--8--| 
A|-55555-55555-55555-5555-6--6--| 
E|-55555-55555-55555-5555-6--6--| 
    ***** ***** ***** ****        

   "...hands!"

Song fades out, ending arranged for guitar:

E|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----14----12-10-12--14--/10--9-7--| 
D|-12-------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------| 

E|------------------------------------| 
B|------------------------------------| 
G|----14----12-10-12--14--/17--15-14--| 
D|-12---------------------------------| 
A|------------------------------------| 
E|------------------------------------| 

E|----------------------------------| 
B|----------------------------------| 
G|----14----12-10-12--14--/10--9-7--| 
D|-12-------------------------------| 
A|----------------------------------| 
E|----------------------------------| 

Notation:

10^        = bend a quarter step.
10b11      = bend a half step.
10b12      = bend a full step.
10b12r10   = bend and release.
[10]12     = pre-bend.
[10]12r10  = pre-bend and release.
{14}       = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
             previous bend.
<17>       = touch the string above the 17th fret while
             previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.

10b13*     = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4*       = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~*       = tremolo bar vibrato.

x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  palm mute
X\\ =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  finger tap

/   =  slide up
\   =  slide down
h.  =  natural harmonics
a   =  artificial harmonics
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill

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