Typical Cocteau effects: Chorus, lots of delay, reverb Verse - 1st guitar, the main arpeggio ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||-------0------|-------0------|-------0-------|-------0------|| ||-----6---6----|-----1---1----|-----2---0-----|-----2---0----|| ||---7----------|---2----------|---0-----------|---0----------|| ||-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Chorus - 1st guitar arpeggio switch order of last two arpeggio from verse ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||-------0------|-------0------|-------0-------|-------0------|| ||-----6---6----|-----5---5----|-----2---0-----|-----1---1----|| ||---7----------|---7----------|---0-----------|---2----------|| ||-0------------|-0------------|-0-------------|-0------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Chorus - 2nd guitar (prominent in youtubes Live Soundboard Remaster version) ||-9--9--9--9---|-7---7---7---7|-5---5---5---5-|-4---4---4---4|| ||--10-10-10----|---9---9---9--|---7---7---7---|---5---5---5--|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Chorus, bass guitar line ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--4--4--5--5--|-7--7--10-----|--5----7----9--|2-----4-----5-|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Bridge, straight after Chorus, around 2:15 - main guitar arpeggio, faster tempo ||--------------|--------------|---------------|---5------5---|| ||----0-----0---|----0------0--|----0-------0--|----7------7--|| ||---7-7---7-7--|---6-6----6-6-|---5-5-----5-5-|--7------7----|| ||--7-----7-----|--7------7----|--7------7-----|-7------7-----|| ||-0-----0------|-0------0-----|-0------0------|5------5------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Bridge - 2nd guitar (these parts work well together, play both and you will hear it) ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--10--9--7-5--|--------5-5---|------8--7--5--|3-------------|| ||-9--9--9------|--2-2---5-5---|----9--7--7----|2-------------|| ||--------------|--2-2---------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| Then end with the Chorus part
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