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Breakout

Foo Fighters
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Song

Transcribed by: Gavin

Email: freak_of_nature1579@yahoo.com

Artist: Foo Fighters

Song Title: Breakout

Released: October 1999

Album- There is Nothing Left to Lose

Tabbed: 26-11-99

Standard tuning

Verse 1 (riff 1)

Played clean (Strum each chord once for the first part)

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|----------------9---------------------------------------
   D|--9-------------9------------11------------10-----------
   A|--9-------------7------------11------------10-----------
   E|--7-------------7-------------9-------------8-----------

You make me dizzy running circles in my head

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|--------------------------9-----------------------------
   D|----------------9---------9--------11--------10---------
   A|----------------9---------7--------11--------10---------
   E|----------------7---------7---------9---------8---------

One of these days I'll chase you down________________

second part of verse

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9----------------------------
   D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10101010-1010
   A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10101010-1010
   E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8-8-8-8--8-8

Look whos going crazy now we're face to face my friend

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9----------------------------
   D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10-----------
   A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10-----------
   E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8--(Pause)--

Better get out___________Better get out_______!

Chorus 2X (riff 3) distortion on (these are just the chords as I am lazy)

   e|--------------------------3------------------------------
   B|--------------------------3------------------------------
   G|--------------------4-----0------------4-----1-----------
   D|--------------------4-----0------------4-----2-----------
   A|--------------------2-----2------------2-----2-----------
   E|--------------------------3------------------0-----------

You know you make me break out, make me break out________

   e|-----3------------------------------------3--------------
   B|-----3------------------------------------3--------------
   G|-----0-------------------------1----------0--------------
   D|-----0-------------------------2----------0--------------
   A|-----2-------------------------2----------2--------------
   E|-----3-------------------------0----------3--------------

Well I don't want to look like that, I dont want

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|-------------1-------------------------------------------
   D|-------------2-------------------------------------------
   A|-------------2-------------------------------------------
   E|-------------0-------------------------------------------

to look like that (you know you make me break out)

(Yeah Yeah)

Verse 2 (riff 4) guitar I plays this 2x

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|--------------------------------------------------------
   D|--99999-999-99999-999/12121212/11111111/999999----------
   A|--xxxxx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx/-x-x-x-x/-x-x-x-x/xxxxxx----------
   E|--77777-777-77777-777/10101010/-9-9-9-9/777777----------

Guitar 2 (riff 4A) plays this 2x

   e|---------------------------------0-----------------------
   B|-----------------------------3-----3----3----------------
   G|-------8---------8-------------0------0------------------
   D|-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9----2--------------------------------
   A|-9-9-9-----9-9-9------2---2------------------------------
   E|-7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------------------------------------

(You will have to listen to the CD to get the timing right)

Guitar 1(Dave) strums these chords while Guitar 2 plays Riff 4A

   e|----------------------------------------0----------------
   B|----------------------------------------3----------------
   G|------4---------------------------------0-----------------
   D|------4---------------------------------2-----------------
   A|------2---------------------------------2-----------------
   E|----------------------------------------0----------------

You can see this on my face it's all for you

The more and more I take I break right through

(riff 5)

   e|-3-------------------------------------------------------
   B|-3-------------------------------------------------------
   G|-0----------------------------------1---------------------
   D|-0----------------------------------2---------------------
   A|-2----------------------------------2---------------------
   E|-3----------------------------------0---------------------

Therapy still scares me putting me on my back again

-using riff 1 from first part of first verse-

I may be crazy, a little frayed around the ends

One of these days I'll phase you out_________

(riff 6) The timing is a bit tricky just keep working at it and you'll get it

   e|---------------------------------------------------------
   B|---------------------------------------------------------
   G|----------9xx9-9--------------------------------9xx9-9---
   D|--9xx9-9xx9xx9-9xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx9xx9-9---
   A|--9xx9-9xx7xx7-7xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx7xx7-7---
   E|--7xx7-7xx7xx7-7xx-9xx-9--9xx-8xx-8--8xx7xx7-7xx7xx7-7---
   e|---------------------------------------------------------
   B|---------------------------------------------------------
   G|---------------------------------------------------------
   D|-xx11--11-11xx10-----------------------------------------
   A|-xx11xx11-11xx-8-----------------------------------------
   E|-xx-9xx-9--9xx-8-----------------------------------------

(With riff 6)- Burn it in the blast off Burn it in the blast off

Watching me crawl away

Try to get out_____________

Try to get out__________!

Chorus 2x (riff 3)

then

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|---------------------------1--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---
   D|---------------------------2--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---
   A|---------------------------2--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
   E|---------------------------0----------------------------

I don't want to look like that

(riff 7) 4X

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|-4-4----2-2----6-6--------------------------------------
   D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2-2222--------------------------
   A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2-2222--------------------------
   E|----------------------0-0-0000--------------------------

BREAKOUT! (Go! Go! Go!)

Solo 4X (riff 8) At same time Guitar 2 plays riff 7

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|--------------------------------------------------------
   D|--16-16--14-14--18-18--14-14---------------------------
   A|--14-14--12-12--16-16--14-14--7b-7b--------------------
   E|--------------------------------------------------------

Chorus 2X (Riff 3) *with 2 more of 'I don't wanna look like that'

second time on the chorus

-with riff 7 3X

You know you make me breakout!

Make me breakout!

Make me breakout!

then finish with:

   e|--------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------------------------------------------------------
   G|-4-4----2-2----6-6--------------------------------------
   D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2-------------------------------
   A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2-------------------------------
   E|----------------------0-0-------------------------------

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