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Song
Forty Foot Echo - Save Me (drop D)
tabbed by Tangalicious
izaac_tang@yahoo.com
More accurate and easier to play. Thanks to a sharp ear by Matt Kernen
for the heads up on making the chorus more accurate. Thanks again to
Forty Foot Echo for making such a good song!
Drop D Tuning DADGBA
Intro:
Guitar 1 Clean:
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7--
Guitar 2 Distorted: (0:05)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7--
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9----- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7----- D -----------------9---9--9-----7-----
Verse 1:
Guitar 1 Clean: (0:15)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7-- X2
Sit around and lose myself, again
Never thought I'd wait, to realize
(0:25)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----11-11- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----9--9-- D -----------------9---9--9-----9--9--
I can't hold on, to what you see
(0:30)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------
D --9-99--9--9-----7--7--------------- A --7-77--7--7-----5--5--------------- D --7-77--7--7-----5--5---------------
And I can't move on, when you're down on your seat
(0:35)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7-- X2
A mistake, is all I can remember
Trying to hold on, to all of my ways
Guitar 2 Distorted (P.M.): (0:35)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------- D --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5--- A --5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5--- D ------------------9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5--- X2 |-------------- P.M. ----------------|
Chorus:
Guitar 2 Heavy Distorted: (0:45)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4----------- D --5-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---7-xx-7-7 A --5-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---7-xx-7-7 D --5-xx-5-5---7--------------7-xx-7-7
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, how could you realize
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4----------- D --5-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---5-xx-5-5 A --5-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---5-xx-5-5 D --5-xx-5-5---7--------------5-xx-5-5
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, got to realize
Interlude:
Guitar 1 Distorted: (1:04)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7--
Goodbye ...
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9----- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7----- D -----------------9---9--9-----7-----
Guitar 2 (some sort of synth): (1:09)
E --10--10-12----(12)----10--10--12-(hold) B ----10------(10)--(10)---10--10-----
G ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
Verse 2:
Guitar 1 Clean (1:14)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----9--9-- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----7--7-- D -----------------9---9--9-----7--7-- X2
Sit around and find myself, again
Never thought I'd wait, to justify
(1:24)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-77--9--9------------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----11--11-11----11-11- A --5-55--5--5-----9---9--9-----9--9-- D -----------------9---9--9-----9--9--
I can't hold on, to what you see
(1:29)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------
D --9-99--9--9-----7------------------ A --7-77--7--7-----5------------------ D --7-77--7--7-----5------------------
And I can't move, when you're down on your seat
Chorus:
Guitar 2 Heavy Distorted: (0:45)
E --------------------------------------
B --------------------------------------
G --777-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4----------- D --555-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---7-xx-7-7 A --555-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---7-xx-7-7 D --555-xx-5-5---7--------------7-xx-7-7
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, how could you realize
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4----------- D --5-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---5-xx-5-5 A --5-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---5-xx-5-5 D --5-xx-5-5---7--------------5-xx-5-5
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, got to realize
Bridge:
Guitar 1 Clean: (1:53)
E ----5---------5--------------------- B ------5---------7------------------- G --7---------7-----------------------
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------ X3
Goodbye ...
Goodbye ...
Goodbye ...
Guitar 2 Clean: (1:53)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-------9-------7-------9--------- D --7-------7-------7-------7--------- A --5-------5-------5-------5---------
D ------------------------------------ X3
Guitar 2 Heavy Distorted: (2:08)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------
D --5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
A --5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D --5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
|----------- P.M. ------------|E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --6/7--7---6---------7/9--9/11------
D ------------------------------------
A --4/5--5---4--7------5/7--7/9------- D --------------7---------------------
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --11/12----12-11--9--7--6-----------
D ------------------------------------
A ---9/10----10--9--7--5--4--9--7--9-- D ---------------------------9--7--9--
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --6/7--7---6---------7/9--9/11------
D ------------------------------------
A --4/5--5---4--7------5/7--7/9------- D --------------7---------------------
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G ------------------------------------
D --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--- A --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--- D --7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--- |------------ P.M. -------------|
Guitar 1 Distorted: (2:28)
E ------------------------------------
B --10-10-10-10/12-12-12-12/14-14-14--
G ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------
B --14-14-14-14-14-15-(hold)----------
G ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
A ------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------
So save me ....
Chorus:*
Guitar 2 Heavy Distorted: (2:35)
E ------------------------------------
B ------------------------------------
G --7-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4----------- D --5-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---7-xx-7-7 A --5-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---7-xx-7-7 D --5-xx-5-5---7--------------7-xx-7-7
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, how could you realize
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, how could you realize
So save me, in my life
Just hold on, how could you realize
E -------------------------------
B -------------------------------
G --7-xx-7-7---7---4-xx-4-4---7-- D --5-xx-5-5---7---4-xx-4-4---5-- A --5-xx-5-5---7---2-xx-2-2---5-- D --5-xx-5-5---7--------------5-- (let ring)
So save me, in my life
Just hold on ... mmm
* The last chorus gradually gets more messy, so as long
as it's loud and follows a beat it all sounds the same
End
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