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I saw them play this on Saturday Night Live, so I know it's right.
Take a look

intro-Guitar 1 (Rivers Cuomo)
e-3-3-x-5-5-x-2-2-x-3-3
b-5-5-x-5-5-x-3-3-x-3-3
g-4-4-x-5-5-x-2-2-x-4-4
d----------------------
a----------------------
E----------------------

then guitar 2 comes in strumming on the same beat
Em Am D G
e-0-0-x-0-0-x-2-2-x-3-3
b-0-0-x-1-1-x-3-3-x-3-3
g-0-0-x-2-2-x-2-2-x-0-0
d-2-2-x-2-2-x-0-0-x-0-0
a-2-2-x-----x-----x-2-2
E-----x-----x-----x-3-3

they play that through the verse, until the pre-chorus, then Guitar 2 plays

D G Em Am
e-2-2-x-3-3-x-0-0-x-0-0
b-3-3-x-3-3-x-0-0-x-1-1
g-2-2-x-0-0-x-0-0-x-2-2
d-0-0-x-0-0-x-2-2-x-2-2
a-----x-2-2-x-2-2-x----
E-----x-3-3-x-----x----

and Guitar 1 plays this

e-------------------------
b--8--8--10-10-7--7--8--8-
g-9--9--9--9--7--7--7--7--
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
E-------------------------

chorus (dist. both guitars)

e----------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------
g-7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7-----------5-5-5-5-----------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
d-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7
a-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5--3-3-3-3--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5
E----------3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-3-----------5-5-5-5-----------------

solo (twice, Guitar 2 strumming intro)

e---------------------------------------------
b-8h10--8-------------------------------------
g----------10-9---10-9~~~~~7h9-7--5--4--5-5~~~
d---------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------

I know that the solo sounds like it should be a string lower on the CD,
but when they play it live (concerts, on SNL,on the Tonight Show) rivers wails on the G-string.

lyrics:

hip hip
hip hip

when you're on a holiday
you can't find the words to say
all the things that come to you
and I wanna feel it to

on an island in the sun,
we'll be playin' and havin' fun
and it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain

hip hip
hip hip

when you're on a golden sea
you don't need no memory
just a place to call your own
as we drift into the zone

on an island in the sun,
we'll be playin' and havin' fun
and it makes me feel so fine I can't control my brain

we'll run away together
we'll spend some time forever
we'll never feel bad anymore

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