Tabs
Come Back By The Foo fighters
Off the album: One By One
Tabbed By Kelly Kristek
ALL MY OWN WORK!!
[email protected]
Wed nov 26 2003 12:13am-2:10am
I got tired of not finding this one so I got out the
old acoustic and
did it myself :D
Regular Tuning 
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE
I think its in regular Key but i'm not positive, thats
what i played it
in.. and it wont be perfect but probably enough to
cover the song...
x's mean you let up on the string to get that
chka-chka nirvana-ey
string change sound (I.e. Palm mute)..
This is the main riff for the verse.. just repeat
indefinately..
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-xx-9-9-9-9-9-9/11p9\7---------------------------------
-9--9--9--0--0--0-0-xx-7-7-7-0-0---------9\7------------------------------
^^^^^
You can just bend the 9
up to an 11 if you
want. (sounds like it on
the album)
I just use a slide and
pull of cuz its
easier on me fingers!
PRE chorus
just strum an A augmentedA chord for like.... ever.. You can
figure out the
strumming pattern but listening to the song...
I been gone soo long soo...
----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------
---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------
---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------
Here comes the chorus kiddies!!
(again figure out the strum pattern from the song)
These chorus are a loose guide line..
X's are optional on this part, if you can move your
fingers fast enough
it sounds better withOUT them..
These lyrics dont line up with the chord changes..
I will come back.. I will come back!! (repeat as
neccessary)
--------------------------------0-0x------------------------
--------------------------------0-0x------------------------
--6--6-66x----------------------1-1x------------------------
--6--6-66x-7-7x--4--4-44x-6-6x--2-2x--4-4-44x-7-7-77x-9-9---
--4--4-44x-7-7x--4--4-44x-6-6x--2-2x--4-4-44x-7-7-77x-9-9---
-----------5-5x--2--2-22x-4-4x--0-0x--2-2-22x-5-5-55x-7-7---
After the second chorus he does a little "FOOOOOOORR
YOUUUU!!"
where he plays some octaves here's what he's
doin!(that sneaky bastage!)
IS it a bridge? is that what this is?
Just keep playing this chord , then switch to the open
E MajorE
Again listen to the album for the way to strum it..
---------------------------------0--0---0-0--0-------
---------------------------------0--0---0-0--0-------
---6-6-6-6-6---------------------1--1---1-1--1-------
---6-6-6-6-6---------------------2--2---2-2--2-------
---4-4-4-4-4---------------------2--2---2-2--2-------
---------------------------------0--0---0-0--0-------
After that he does a little chord hop as i like to
call
it before he repeats the above that chord hop is
Play these octaves under it
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-13-13-13-13\11\10-10-10-10\8\6-6-6-6------------------
--------------------------------------8\6--------------
-11-11-11-11\9-\8--8--8--8-\6\4-4-4-4------------------
--------------------------------------6\4--------------
then these octaves for the second half of his (fooor
you!!)
-------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------
-13-13-13-13\11\7-7-7-7/11-----------------------------
---------------------------9---------------------------
-11-11-11-11\9-\9-9-9-9/9------------------------------
---------------------------7---------------------------
And ultaimately repeat the above octaves TWO hole
times
to form to little bridges
----------------
----------------
--4---4---------
--4-4-4---------
--2-4-2---------
----2-----------
then play that bridge part again, then again play this
chord
hop but this time.. ohh SNEAKY.. ADD AND A augmentedA TO THE
END!! MUHAHA
----------------
----------------
--4---4--2-------
--4-4-4--2-------
--2-4-2--0-------
----2-----------
then quick snag an ebow or something and slide your
finger like this
(while holding that A augmentedA chord mind you!)
YEa its not as fast as i wrote here, its slow, listen
to the SONG!
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-----------------------------------
-7\6\4\2/7\6\4\2-------------------
-----------------------------------
Here's the acoustic part in the middle, took me a
little while to
figure this out, its so easy but i was stupid.. Duhh
here it is
correct now.
Repeat as many times as Dave tells you too, cuz he is
the MOFO BOSS!
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-11---11---9---4-----
-9----0----7---2-----
acoustic soloey part
Not positive about
these higher notes..
----------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------11--7-------------7h9p7---11--7-
-----9h11------9h11-------9h11--13--9-------9h11----------13--9-
-/11-------/11-------/11----------------/11---------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------
he might be bending the 11 note after he hammers on,
just slightly..
then the band comes in..
and a bit more solo action
Play 2x
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
------8---9--9/11---------------------
--8-9-------------9--11---------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
then a quick
------------
-----12-----
-/11--------
------------
------------
------------
then another
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
------8---9--9/11---------------------
--8-9-------------9--11---------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
then
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
-8h9--8h9-9/11-9----------------------
------------------9h11--9h11-9\8-h9---
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
then this
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------9---12-11---------------------------
------8---9--9/11-------------------11--9--8h9/11p9-8h9------
--8-9-------------9--11---------------------------------9----
-------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------
and again
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
------8---9--9/11---------------------
--8-9-------------9--11---------------
--------------------------------------
--------------------------------------
Then there is a slight lull and then repeat above
again
then right before the distorted guitars come in play
this
last solo bit
----------------------9------------------
-----------/9--12--9---------------------
--8--9--11-------------------------------
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-----------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------
Then back to distorted.. and play this a bunch
----------------------------------
----------------------------------
--6--4--4-------------------------
--6--4--4--4----------------------
--4--2--2--4----------------------
-----------2----------------------
and this harmonic strum it rapidly like he does
in the song, wich an occasional quick slide
down the strings (not holding it, just slide
your fingers on the strings for a divebomb)
then back up to this octave again..
------------
------------
---13-------
------------
---11-------
------------
Right when the LAST choruses start, there is
two quick bars where dave plays a single string
with what sounds to be a wah pedal notching the
distortion a bit..
this is what he plays over those two bars of
the chorus
again listen to the song for correct strumming,
something like this
I could be way off here, its a best guess thing, I
dont know Dave
cuz if i did he'd take me to a motel room and spank me
and whip me
and teach me how to play it right :)
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-4-4-444-0-0-0--0-4-4-44-4-3-3-333-4-4-44-4-1-1-111-1-4-4-44--6-6-66
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Then play the chorus a few times again
and end with a
---
---
-6-
-6-
-4-
---
over and over again, (i think the bass gives the
pulsing effect)..
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