Evanescence

The Only One

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Added: Aug 26, 2008

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Description:

Artist: Evanescence
Song: The Only One
Album The Open Door (2006)


Notes:

Tuning: gtr 1: Standard (EADGBe), clean
gtr 2: Dropped C (CGCFAD), heavy distort


Artist: Evanescence
Song: The Only One
Album The Open Door (2006)





/  slide
*  palm mute
~  let ring

Intro (Piano) 0:04, Gtr 1

|-----------1--4----3----|-------------------|--------------4----3----|
|--------1---------------|-------------------|--------1--3------------|
|-----1------------------|-------------------|-----1------------------|
|--3---------------------|-------------------|--3---------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|------------------------|

|-------------------|-----------1--4----3----|-------------------1-----|
|-------------------|--------1---------------|----------4-----4-----1--|
|-------------------|-----1------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|--3---------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

-----------1--4----3----|-------------------|
--------1---------------|-------------------|
-----1------------------|-------------------|
--3---------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|
------------------------|-------------------|


Verse (0:30)

Gtr 1 plays intro twice. the second time through, Gtr 2 plays this:

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
  * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *

|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
  * * * * *  * *  *           * * * * *  * *  *      * * * * *  * *  *

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
  * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *


Pre Chorus, Gtr 1 (1:22)

|--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--1--------1--1-----3-----|
|-----1--------------4-----|--------2-----------------|
|-----------------3--------|-----1-----------1-----1--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--4-----1-----6-----9----|
-----1--------------4-----|-----2-----2-----2-------|
-----------------3--------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|


Chorus, Gtr 2 (1:35)  x2
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5----------|-5-5--5-----------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5|-5-5--5-/5-3-1-0--|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5----------|-5-5--5-----------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
  * *                 * *                 * *                 * *

|----|\
|----| \
|----| Second time
|-5~-|  only
|-5~-| /
|-5~-|/


Verse, Gtr. 1 (2:08)  x2 (Gtr 1 Plays intro along with this)

|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
  * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *

|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/-3-3|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1--|-1-1-1-1-1--1-1--1-1/-3-3--|
  * * * * *  * *  *           * * * * *  * *  *      * * * * *  * *  *

|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5/--|
  * * * * *  * *  *       * * * * *  * *  *


Prechorus, Gtr 1 (2:59)

|--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--1--------1--1-----3-----|
|-----1--------------4-----|--------2-----------------|
|-----------------3--------|-----1-----------1-----1--|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|

--4-----1--4--3--------3--|--4-----1-----6-----9----|
-----1--------------4-----|-----2-----2-----2-------|
-----------------3--------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|
--------------------------|-------------------------|


Chorus, Gtr 2 (3:12) x2

|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5---------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5--|-5-5--5/5-3-1-0-|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5---------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
  * *                 * *                 * *                 * *

|----|\
|----| \
|----| Second time
|----|  only
|----| /
|-5~-|/


Bridge (3:38), No guitar until 3:52

|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7------5------------------------------------------------|
|-7--x8--5--x8--1------3------5------3------1------0------|
|-5------3------1--x8--3--x8--5--x8--3--x8--1--x8--0--x8--|
|---------------1------3------5------3------1------0------|


Chorus (4:04), Gtr 2  x2

|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5---------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
|-5-5--5--/5-3-6-5--|-5-5--5/5-3-1-0-|-1-1--1--/5-3-6-5--|-1-1--1--/5-3-1-0--|
|-5-5--5------------|-5-5--5---------|-1-1--1------------|-1-1--1------------|
  * *                 * *                 * *                 * *


Outro (4:30) Gtr 2  x4

|------------------------|\
|------------------------|\ \
|------------------------|\ Last 2 times,
|-5-5---5---5-5-5--------|\ remove palm mutes, 4th time,
|-5-5-5-5-6-5-5-5--------|\ Strum harder
|-5-5---5---5-5-5--------|\
  * *   *   * * *

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