Counting The Days Guitar Tabs by Collective Soul

Song:   Counting the Days
Artist: Collective Soul
Album:  Youth (available November 16, 2004)

Transcribed by Dezoris

I wanted to get the first tabs online for this song.  Collective Soul RULES!
Welcome back guys!
I'd be surprised if this is the actual tuning Joel uses, but it sounds perfect and is
the fastest way to get your guitar up to speed.  Enjoy!

++++++++++++CAPO 1st fret+++++++++++++++
(frets relative to capo)

Riff 1 (Opening, Verses, and Solo Riff)
e-----------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------|
D----0--3p0----0--3p0----0--3p0--5/6--6--5\3----|
A----0--3p0----0--3p0----0--3p0--5/6--6--5\3----|
Db---0--3p0----0--3p0----0--3p0--5/6--6--5\3----|


These are just the base chords for the refrain...the beat is easy enough to get w/o
having to write each pattern

Refrain
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----8---8---8-8-8---3---3---3-3-3---10---10---10-10-10---5---5---5-5-5----|
A----8---8---8-8-8---3---3---3-3-3---10---10---10-10-10---5---5---5-5-5----|
Db---8---8---8-8-8---3---3---3-3-3---10---10---10-10-10---5---5---5-5-5----|


After second refrain before solo... (x1)

Bridge
e------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---|
A----0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---|
Db---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3---|
     Dig it, get it, dig it, what ya looking for?...

e--------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------|
D----5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---|
A----5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---|
Db---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---|
				...yeah I dig!


Solo (go Joel!)
e--------------------------------------------|
B----18----17----15----13--------------------|
G-------17----17----14----12-12b14b12-10-----|
D----------------------------------------12--|
A--------------------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------------|


e--------------------------------------------------|
B----18----17----15----13--------------------------|
G-------17----17----14----12-12b14b12-10-12--  <---| diff last note
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
Db-------------------------------------------------|


e---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------------------------17--19--|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--/17--15--17--17\----/17--15--17--17\----/17--15--17--15--17--17----------|
Db--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


So if you're totally lost, here's the rundown:

Riff 1 (Intro, Verse 1)
Refrain
Riff 1 (Verse 2)
Refrain
Bridge
Riff 1 (x1, then during solo)
Solo
Refrain (x2)
Riff 1 (Outro)

It's the best I could do with a few hours, but I hope its enough to get your
feet wet!  Long live CS!  Any corrections let me know...
chris@10forward.com

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