Paradise City by Guns and roses please only answer if you can play it

Just a few questions about Paradise City by Guns and roses please only answer if you can play it as I had a go today and stuck on a couple of things

1 is it standard tuning just that when I played it I sound out of tune

2. I have included a picture (example 1) so you can help. Is this possible to play with a pick or was slash using his fingers and pick

Example 1




Same as the above question was it picked or did he use his fingers




Many thanks for your time and help as always. I thought I it a bash today but got stuck on two examples I have enclosed.

Thanks
Simon

hummmm, haven't played this one in years, but if I remember correctly the guitar should be tuned half step down for this song.
as for the picking part...I'd say he used a pick. At least on the first part anyways(which is an intro, right?).

You can play it with a pick, or use Hybrid Picking (pick and fingers) either way works.
As for tuning it is down 1/2 step

Yes the song is tuned half a step down. I was in a guitar class where we played a Guns n' Roses song. I remember making a beautifully dissonant Sweet Child o' Mine by get my friends to play the main riff a few frets up or below what as written. Pretty much that's what your hearing when you play in standard while the song is recorded half a step down. I think my teach was laughing... on the inside.

I would say use a pick unless the playing sounds "dull" where he might be using his fingers and a pick. If two notes strings apart are played, it's Hybrid picking (using a pick and fingers to pick). The song seems to be picked though, so stick with the pick unless you wish to work out finger picking.

Enjoy the song!

Definitely use a pick. There is no hybrid picking: just work on your alternate picking. It is really important to be able to do that kind of picking because it makes your playing sound much more enjoyable: it's not as dull ^.^