Writing The Ways Down


Great song great band, pity there aren't more tabs up! I play it drop D becasue it makes the chorus sound better, more bassey, but you don't have to Verse 1 The fist two chords are strummed and the last one picked, I can't tell if its the 11 on D or 9 on the A for the last note of the run down, but either sounds fine Asus2 Esus2 C#m/F# --0-------7----------------------------------------| --0-------7------9----9----------------------------| --2-------9-------9-----9-------------<5>- <------| this harmonic just before --2-------9--------11-----11-----------------------| the chorus --0-------7----9---(9)----(9)-etc.-----------------| ---------------------------------------------------| Chorus all palm muted. Another guitar does some distorted stuf based around this "Oh father make me....." -------------------------------------| -------------------------------------| -------------------------------------| -4-4-4-4--2-2----7-7-7-7--2-4--------| -4-4-4-4--2-2----7-7-7-7--2-4--------| -4-4-4-4--2-2----7-7-7-7--2-4--------| Verse 2 Same chords as before for guitar 1, the second guitar does some picking around the then there is a riff that goes something like this over the C#m/F# --12-------9--------| -----12-9-----------| --------------11----| X2 --------------------| --------------------| --------------------| Chorus 2 Same again Breakdown Part 1 "There is no profit in this isolation...." -----------------------------------7---| -----------------------------------7---| -----------------------------------8---| Plenty of times ----------9---9-9-9-9-9---------9--9---| ---/4--7----------------/4----7--------| ---------------------------------------| Part 2 Guitar 1 --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| -9/11--11/14--14/16-------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| Guitar 2 ------------------| ------------------|After the last chord there is often just noise, which you ------------------|can get by struming the open strings --4---2----7---9--| --4---2----7---9--| --4---2----7---9--| Both guitars end the breakdown with --------------------| --------------------| --11-11-11-11-11-9--| --------------------| --9--9--9--9--9--7--| --------------------| Final chorus Goes like this -----------------------------------------------------------------------| ---------------------------------------14--13--12-11----14--13--12-11--| --11-11-11-11--9-9---6-6-6-6--9-11--11---11--11-------11--11--11-------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| --9--9--9--9---7-7---4-4-4-4--7-9--------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------14--13--12-11----14--13--12-11-| --11-11-11-11--13-13---6-6-6-6--9-11--11---11--11-------11--11--11------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| --9--9--9--9---11-11---4-4-4-4--7-9-------------------------------------| ------------------------------------------------------------------------| The last couple of times there is something else on guitar 2 over the kast 2 octaves might be, but its pretty quite so I can't tell 100% B----14p13p12p11----| G-11----------------| and that is the end. Cheers James