Nonpoint: In The Air Tonight
Transcribed by: mysticguitar77 (disturbedfreak0520@yahoo.com)
YouTube Username: MysticGuitar77
Date last modified: February 25, 2011
Tuning: Drop C (C,G,C,F,A,D)
Riff 1 (clean)D|------------------------------------------------------|A|-12------------15------------------------------12-----|F|-----------12----------------12--11----------------12-|C|-------------------12----------------12---------------|G|------------------------------------------------------|C|------------------------------------------------------| h h h h h h h
Riff 2 (w/ modulation effect or wah) "I can feel it coming..."D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|F|-------------------------------------|C|-2--------0--------2--------0--------|G|-2--------0--------2--------0--------|C|-2--------0--------2--------0--------|
Note: Let those chords ring out.
w/ wahD|------------------------------|A|------5-------5-------5-------|F|------4-------4-------4-------|C|-2-------2-------2-------2----|G|-2-------2-------2-------2----|C|-2-------2-------2-------2----|
Riff 3 (clean) "You told me you were drowning..."D|----------------------------------------------------|A|-12---------------------------------------12--------|F|-----------11-----------12--11----------------------|C|--------------12----------------12------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------------------| h h h h h
Play Riff 3 twice
(insert famous drum fill, sounds good if you play the strings muted along with each tom
hit, although Nonpoint does not play anything during this part, I do in my cover :)
Riff 4 "I can feel it coming in the air tonight..."D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------3--------------------------------------------|F|------------------2--------------------------------------------|C|-0-2--------5-5-0-0--------2-5-5----5--5-5-5-4-7----7-7--4-7-9-|G|-0-2--------5-5-0-0--------2-5-3----3--3-3-3-2-5----5-5--2-5-7-|C|-0-2--------5-5-0-0--------2-5---------------------------------|
Play Riff 4 twice
Riff 5D|------5---------5------5-----------|A|------5-------5--------5-----------|F|-----------------------------------|C|-2-------2--------2-------2--------|G|-2-------2--------2-------2--------|C|-2-------2--------2-------2--------| h h h h
Riff 6 (clean) "I remember, I remember no worry..."D|----------------------------------------------------|A|-12---------------------------------------12--------|F|-----------11-----------12--11----------------12----|C|--------------12----------------12------------------|G|----------------------------------------------------|C|----------------------------------------------------| h h h h h h
Riff 7 "But I know the reason why..."D|-----------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------|F|-----------------------------------------|C|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|G|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|C|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|
D|-----------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------|F|-----------------------------------------|C|-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-|G|-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-|C|-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-5--x-x-5--x-x-5-x-x-|
D|-----------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------|F|-----------------------------------------|C|-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-|G|-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-|C|-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-0--x-x-0--x-x-0-x-x-|
D|---------------------|A|---------------------|F|---------------------|C|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|G|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|C|-2--x-x-2--x-x-2-x-x-|
(insert epic drum fill, again and again fun to play along with it on guitar)
Riff 4 "I can feel it coming in the air tonight..." x4
Riff 8 "I can feel it coming in the air tonight..."D|-------------------------------------|A|-------------------------------------|F|-------------------------------------|C|-2--------0--------5--------7--------|G|-2--------0--------5--------7--------|C|-2--------0--------5--------7--------|
Play Riff 8 twice
Riff 9D|---------------------------------------------------------|A|-12--------------------------------------------12--------|F|-----------12--11------------12--11----------------------|C|-------------------12----------------12------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------|C|---------------------------------------------------------|
h h h h h h
Play Riff 9 twice
That's it for the guitar. Drums and bass close out the final few seconds of the song.
Enjoy! And don't forget to check out my cover on YouTube!
