Shane and Shane - Answer, The

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The Answer
By Shane and Shane
Tabbed by Ian (theone2088)

e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-----6---7---6-7------6---7---6----6~6-6-6-6-6-6----2-------------------------
d--------------------------------7--7~7-7-7-7-7-6----0--0----------------------
a-----------------------------------7~7-7-7-7-7-7------------------------------
e--/7---7---7------/5----5---5------4~4-4-4-4-4-4--3------3~-------------------

e------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------------0h2-2h4-----6-6---7---6-7-----6-----7---6----6~6-6-6-6-6-6--------
d---0h2-2h4----------------------------------7---------7--7~7-7-7-7-7-7--------
a---------------------------------------------------------7~7-7-7-7-7-7--------
e---------------------/7----7----7------/5-----5---5------4~4-4-4-4-4-4--------

e--------------------------------------------------------------
b--------------------------------------------------------------
g------2------------------0h2-2h4------------------------------
d------0--0------0h2-2h4---------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------------
e----3-------3-------------------------------------------------

(that last fancy fill may be better played by the second guitarist so that it's
easier for the lead guitarist to play his part.
After playing that part alone twice, get a second guitarist to play these chords
with the lead guitarist (strum patterns aren't shown):

e------4--------7-----x-----5--------------------------------------------------
b------4--------7-----x-----5---------------------------------------------------
g------5--------8-----8-----6--------------------------------------------------
d------6--------9-----9-----7---------------------------------------------------
a------6--------9-----9-----7---------------------------------------------------
e---/4-4-----/7-7-----6-----5---------------------------------------------------

After playing together twice, play only the chord while singing the lyrics. The
chorus goes like this(strum patterns not shown):


e----------------------------|---|----Second time:---|----------|---------------
b----------------------------|---|-------------------|----------|---------------
g---9--11--989---8---6--6--6-|-8-|-------------------|--8--6~---|---------------
d---9--9---999---9---7--9--7-|-9-|-------------------|--9--7~---|---------------
a---7--6---xxx---9---7--7--7-|-9-|-------------------|--9--7~---|---------------
e----------999---7---5--4--5-|-7-|-------------------|--7--5~---|---------------

The first time you play the chorus, you play it as written above, the second
time, however, you replace the B bar chord with a double strum B chord 
then quickly switching to the A chord. (Just like shane)

So, know you have the verse chord and the chorus chords. Easy as that. The bridge
is even easier its just:

E    A

over and over again until you go back into the chorus.

This is by no means a perfect copy of what Shane and Shane play. However, 
praise is not about copying the styles of other musicians. It's about praising
God...so, play with you're own style, originality is always good. Play around
with the chords and with scales to make you're own version of this song. Who knows
you may end up with something that sounds even more awesome then Shane and Shane's 
recording.

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