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Halfway There

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

Song

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Halfway There - Rise Against

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Tabbed by: Fender_For_Life

Email: element_of_one_@hotmail.com

Tuning: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb

Hi all. Another great song by Rise Against. I'll skip the crap. Except for how people

their songs in standard, well they have their guitars down half a step. Here it is

Intro Part 1 Guitar 1

eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Gb|-14~~~~14\9~~~~9/12~~~~12\9~~~~9/14~~~~14/16~~17~~16\9~~~~9h12p9~~9|

Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Vibrato the notes slightly while they ring

Intro Part 1 Guitar 2

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------| Repeat however many times that
Gb|-777-777-777-777-559777-777-777-777-5557-| is necessary.
Db|-777-777-777-777-xxx777-777-777-777-xxxx-| Let the last note ring with
Ab|-555-555-555-555-337555-555-555-555-3335-| the last note of guitar 1
Eb|--..--..--..--..-----..--..--..--..------|

Intro Part 2 Guitar 1 & 2

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55------77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-55--8-8-7--33-10101010|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-----8-8---------------|

Then Repeat twice

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55---------------10991099109--|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-8-888888--xxx-xxx-xx--|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-8-888888--877-877-87--|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-6-666666--------------|

Verse Guitar 1

eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|

Gb|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| Play when verse starts and play halfway

Db|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| through the verse

Ab|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Eb|-------------------------|

Verse Guitar 2

eb|------------|                       eb|------------|
Bb|------------|                       Bb|------------|
Gb|-777-777-77-|                       Gb|------------|
Db|-777-777-77-| Repeat 6 times, then  Db|-555-555-55-| Repeat 3 times
Ab|-555-555-55-|                       Ab|-555-555-55-|
Eb|--..--..--.-|                       Eb|-333-333-33-|

.. .. .

Then repeat all that 4 times

Then

Chorus Guitar 1 & 2

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-1010-10-10-99-9-9-9999-1212-12-12-1010-10-10-10101010-|
Db|--x-x--x--x-xx-x-x-xxxx--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x-|
Ab|--8-8--8--8-77-7-7-7777-1010-10-10--8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

Then

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-1010-10-10-1414-14-14-14141414-1717-17-17-1717-17-17-17171717-|
Db|--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x-|
Ab|-1010-10-10-1212-12-12-12121212-1515-15-15-1515-15-15-15151515-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Repeat twice

Do a quick pickslide then

Intro Part 2 Guitar 1 & 2

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55------77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-55--8-8-7--33-10101010|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-----8-8---------------|

Then Repeat twice

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55---------------10991099109--|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-8-888888--xxx-xxx-xx--|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-8-888888--877-877-87--|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-6-666666--------------|

Then

Verse Guitar 1

eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|

Gb|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| Play when verse starts and play halfway

Db|-7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-| through the verse

Ab|-5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|

Eb|-------------------------|

Verse Guitar 2

eb|------------|                       eb|------------|
Bb|------------|                       Bb|------------|
Gb|-777-777-77-|                       Gb|------------|
Db|-777-777-77-| Repeat 6 times, then  Db|-555-555-55-| Repeat 3 times
Ab|-555-555-55-|                       Ab|-555-555-55-|
Eb|--..--..--.-|                       Eb|-333-333-33-|

.. .. .

Then repeat all that only twice this time

Then

Chorus Guitar 1 & 2

eb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-1010-10-10-99-9-9-9999-1212-12-12-1010-10-10-10101010-|
Db|--x-x--x--x-xx-x-x-xxxx--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x-|
Ab|--8-8--8--8-77-7-7-7777-1010-10-10--8-8--8--8--8-8-8-8-|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------------|

Then

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-1010-10-10-1414-14-14-14141414-1717-17-17-1717-17-17-17171717-|
Db|--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x-x-x-x-|
Ab|-1010-10-10-1212-12-12-12121212-1515-15-15-1515-15-15-15151515-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown Guitar 2

eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-14~~~~14\12/14~~~~10~9~~-12~10~~-14~~~~17~15~~-10~9~~-12~10~-| Played by
Db|--x-----x\-x/-x-----x-x----x--x----x-----x--x----x-x----x--x--| itself
Ab|-12~~~~12\10/12~~~~-8~7~~-10~-8~~-12~~~~15~13~~--8~7~~-10~-8~-|
Eb|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Then

Guitar 2

eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-14~~~~17~15~~-10~9~~-12~10~~-14~~~~14\12/14~~~~10~9~~-12~10~~-|
Db|--x-----x--x----x-x----x--x----------x\-x/-x-----x-x----x--x---|
Ab|-12~~~~15~13~~--8~7~~-10~-8~~-12~~~~12\10/12~~~~-8~7~~-10~-8~~-|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 (Listen to figure out when to play the notes)

eb|---------------131313-12------131313-12---------131313-12-------|
Bb|-------------------------13~~~----------------------------11~~~-|
Gb|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Quick pickslide

Then

Intro Part 2 Guitar 1 & 2

eb|------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55------77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-77-1010-9--55-12121212|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-55--8-8-7--33-10101010|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-----8-8---------------|

Then Repeat twice

eb|-----------------------------------------|
Bb|-----------------------------------------|
Gb|-77-1010-9--55---------------10991099109-|
Db|-77-1010-9--55-5555-8-888888--xxx-xxx-xx-|
Ab|-55--8-8-7--33-5555-8-888888--877-877-87-|
Eb|-----8-8-------3333-6-666666-------------|

End on this

eb|------------|
Bb|------------|

Gb|-12~~~~~~~~-|

Db|-12~~~~~~~~-|

Ab|-10~~~~~~~~-|

Eb|------------|

Phew!! That took a good 2 and a half hours! haha! well its prolly 98% correct i reckon.

still something about the intro part 2 that doesnt feel right, like theres something

or something. any suggestions, please email me! thanks and enjoy!

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ Let note(s) ring

| x Mute note

| . Palm Mute

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