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Headwires

Foo Fighters
Tab
★4.7(12)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Song

Foo Fighters - Headwires

Tunings:

(Gtr. 1) - dAGDAD

(Gtr. 2) - eBGDAE

Intro and Verse riff

(Gtr. 1) - w/Chorus

Main riff

d||--------------------------||
A||--------------------------||
G||--------------------------||
D||--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0---0--||
A||--5-4-2-0--5-4-0-2-0------||
D||---------------------0----||

Other riff, about twice per verse

d||-------------------------||
A||----------------------0--||
G||------0---4-0------------||
D||--------0---------2------||
A||----5-----------2---2----||
D||--5-----------2----------||

(Gtr. 2)

e||-------|--------|------|-----------||
B||-------|-----*7-|---*7-|-----*7----||
G||----*7-|---*7---|------|---*7--*7--|| Uses these's harmonic riff's in
D||--*7---|-*7-----|-*7---|-*7--------|| the background at regular intervals.
A||-------|--------|------|-----------||
E||-------|--------|------|-----------||

* = Harmonics

First Chorus (with distortion)

(Gtr. 1)

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
D||--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
D||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

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|(Gtr. 2)

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
E||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||

(Gtr. 1)

d||-----------------------------------------||
A||-----------------------------------------||
G||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------||
D||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------||
A||--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2--------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------||

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|(Gtr. 2)

d||----------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
A||----------------------5-4-2-0-5-4-0-2-0--||
G||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------||
D||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------||
A||--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2--------------------||
D||-----------------------------------------||

(Gtr. 1)

d||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||
D||--9--9--9--9--9--9-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
D||--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||

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|(Gtr. 2)

e||---------------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------------||
D||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
A||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
E||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||

Both Guitars

d||-------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------||
G||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
D||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
A||--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0--||
D||-------------------------------------------||

(Gtr. 1)

d||-------------------------||
A||----------------------0--||
G||------0---4-0------------||
D||--------0---------2------||
A||----5-----------2---2----||
D||--5-----------2----------||

Second Chorus Addition/Bridge

(Gtr. 1)

d||-------5-----5-------5-----5-------3-----3-------3-----3--||
A||---------5-------------5-------------3-------------3------||
G||-----------5-------------5-------------3-------------3----||
D||---5-------------5-------------3-------------3------------||
A||-3---3---------2---2---------1---1---------0---0----------||
D||----------------------------------------------------------||

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|(Gtr. 1)

d||-------------------------------------------||
A||-------------------------------------------||
G||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
D||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
A||--3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0--||
D||-------------------------------------------||

Outro, extra riff

(Gtr. 1)

d||----------------------||
A||----------------------||
G||----------------------||
D||--0---0-0--0---0-0-0--||
A||--4h5-2-0--4h5-0-2-0--||
D||----------------------||

(Gtr. 2) harmonic positions (mess with these at outro)

e||--------*7--||
B||------*7----||
G||----*7------||
D||--*7--------||
A||------------||
E||------------||

That's about the size of it enjoy.

Kurt_Cobain.

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