Starting Line - The Best Of Me Chords & Tabs

Standard tuning (E A D G B E)

h= hammer on
p= pull off
*= palm muted

ACOUSTIC INTRO/CHORUS:  (strumming isn't hard to figure out)
E |-----------------------------------------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------2---------4-------44-----------22------4-----4--|
D |-2--------2---------4-------22-----------22------2-----4---|
A |-2--------0---------2-------44-----------00------4-----2---|
E |-0---------------------------------------------------------|

E |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------2---------4-------44-----------22------4-----4------2-----222--|
D |-2--------2---------4-------22-----------22------2-----4------2-----222---|
A |-2--------0---------2-------44-----------00------4-----2------0-----000---|
E |-0------------------------------------------------------------------------|

LEAD INTRO:
E |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
G |-1----4--------------------------------------|
D |------------4-----2-------2-------------2-2--|
A |--------------------------------h4-p2--------|
E |---------------------------------------------|

E |-------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------------|
D |--2-2--------------------2-2---1----1h2p1--|
A |---------4---2----2h4----------------------|
D |-------------------------------------------|

E |---------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------|
G |-1----4--------------------------------------|
D |------------4-----2-------2-------------2-2--|
A |--------------------------------h4-p2--------|
D |---------------------------------------------|

E |--------------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------------|
D |--2-2--------------------2-2---1--1--22222222222--|
A |---------4---2----2h4-----------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------|

E |-------------------|
B |-------------------|
G |--------------999--|
D |--------------999--|
A |------7------777---|
D |-------------------|

VERSE:
guitar in backround
E |------0-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0--|
B |----0-----0-----0----0----0----0----0----0----|
G |--9-----9-----8----8----6----6----4----4------|
D |----------------------------------------------|
A |----------------------------------------------|
D |----------------------------------------------|

Main Guitar
E |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----9*9*9*-------------------------------9*9*9*---------------------|
D |-----9*9*9*(X8)----7777777777----9*9*9*(x12)---7777777777------------|
A |-----7*7*7*----------7777777777----7*7*7*----------7777777777--------|
D |------------------------5555555555-----------------------5555555555--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/starting_line/the_best_of_me_tab_ver_8.html ]
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------|
G |----9*9*9*---------------------------------------------------|
D |----9*9*9*(X4)--4444444----7777777---4444444---7777777-------|
A |----7*7*7*--------4444444----7777777---4444444---7777777-----|
D |---------------------2222222----5555555---2222222---5555555--|

CHORUS:
(lead guitar is playing intro softly in the back)

Main Guitar   (strumming isn't hard to figure)
E |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |---9-----(...so alone..)--(.worst.)---------|
D |---9---7---9---11------------77---11---9----|       X2
A |---7---7---9---11------------77---11---9----|
D |-------5---7----9-------------55----9----7--|

E |----------------------------------|
B |----------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------999--|
D |---777777---------------999-------|
A |---777777-------7------777--------|
D |---555555-------------------------|

(VERSE2) same as V1, but slightly shorter.  its easy to figure out what to cut (CHORUS2) same as first
(LEAD INTRO)

BRIDGE:  (soft guitar)
E |------0------0-----0-----0------------------------------------------------|
B |----0--0---0-0--0-0--0--0-------------------------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| X3
D |--2------2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------0-----0--------------------------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

E |-----0------0-------0--------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------0------0--------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| X4
D |--2------2------2------------------------------------------------------------|
A |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

LAST CHORUS:

E |--------------------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------------------|
G |---9------("so alone")--("worst")-----------|
D |---9---7---9---11------------77---11---9----|
A |---7---7---9---11------------77---11---9----|
D |-------5---7----9-------------55----9----7--|

E |---------------------------------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------------------------------|
G |---9---------------------------("feeling that we wont")--|
D |---9---7---9---11------------77---11---9-----------------|
A |---7---7---9---11------------77---11---9-----------------|
D |-------5---7----9-------------55----9----7---------------|

E |-------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------|
G |("feeling that we can't")------------------------------|
D |-------7--------------9--------------------7777777777--|
A |-------7--------------9--------------------7777777777--|
D |-------5--------------7--------------------5555555555--|

OUTRO: (acoustic guitar)
("we got older, but we're still young...")
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------2----4----4-------22-----4-----4----2------------------|
D |-2---2----4----2-------22-----2-----4----2----(let it ring)--|
A |-2---0----2----4-------00-----4-----2----0-------------------|
D |-0-----------------------------------------------------------|

thats about it.
fun song.

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-Quicksteel-