Rope Tab by Foo Fighters

Rope tab by Foo Fighters

Guitar Tab

Foo Fighters - "Rope'
From the Album 'Wasting Light'
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand

I believe I got the solo correct now, from what I can hear from Chris
Shifflet's guitar. I reworked a couple other riffs using youtube footage.
Thanks to other ug tabs of 'Rope' for a starting point. Please Rate/comment.



Intro - Guitar 1 W/ Delay 2x

   Dsus2       Asus2         Fsus2
e|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-5---------|-12----------|-8-----------|-8-----------|
G|-7---------|-14----------|-10----------|-10----------|
D|-7---------|-14----------|-10----------|-10----------|
A|-----------|-12----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

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Guitar 2 (0:07)                          ** Play this part 2x
e|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|
B|---5-5-5---5---|---12-12-12----12---||---8--8--8-----8----|
G|---7-7-7---7---|---14-14-14----14---||---10-10-10----10---|
D|---7-7-7-7-7---|---14-14-14-14-14---||---10-10-10-10-10---|
A|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|
E|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|


Guitar 1 plays

Wrap Around Lick (0:13)
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-----5-7--5----| Leads into Pre-Verse
E|-7-5--------5--|




Guitar 1 Pre-Verse Part (played once through before vocals):

e|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------7------|----------------------|
A|--------------5------|---9---9-9--9---9----|----------------------|
E|---7---7-7--7---7----|---------------------|--10--10-10--10-8-10--|

e|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|--------------7------|
A|---------------------0--|--------------5------|---9---9-9--9---9----|
E|--10--10-10--10-8-10----|---7---7-7--7---7----|---------------------|

e|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|--8---8--8---8--7-8---|--8---8--8-------5-7-5---|
E|--10--10-10--10-8-10--|--10--10-10--7-5-------5-|
   harmony is 3rd guitar overdub




Guitar 2 Pre-Verse/Verse (Guitar 1 is off during verse)

e|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---5-5-5----5---|---12-12-12-----12---|---8--8--8------8----|
G|---7-7-7----7---|---14-14-14-----14---|---10-10-10-----10---|
D|---7-7-7--7-7---|---14-14-14--14-14---|---10-10-10--10-10---|
A|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse: "This indecision got me climbing up the walls"
       "I've been cheating gravity and waiting on the falls"
       "How did this come over me, I thought I was above it all"
       "Our hopes gone up in smoke, swallow your crown"


Guitar 2 ending
------------------------|
---8--8--8------8-------|
---10-10-10-----10------|
---10-10-10--10-10------|
-------------------0----|
------------------------|





Prechorus - Play Guitar 1 Pre-Verse part

"Choke! On our kiss, thought I'd save my breath for you"








Chorus -

Guitar 1
e|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-----------------|
B|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-2--2-3--3-2-0---|
G|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2---|
D|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2---|
A|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0---|
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|---------------|-----------------|
 |
 | Guitar 2
e|-3-----3-------|-------0-------|-------0-------|-----------------|
B|-3---------3---|-----------3---|-----------3---|------2b3r2-0----|
G|-0-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-4-----------4-|-2-----------2p0-|
D|-0-------------|-2-------------|-4-------------|-2---------------|
A|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-0---------------|
E|-3-------------|-0-------------|---------------|-----------------|
  "Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm hanging on you"
  "Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm pulling for you now"
  "Give me some rope I'm coming out of my head, into the clear when"


Chorus Ending
   G              G#+              A               A#+
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-9--9-9--9-9-9--|
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-6--6-6--6-6-6--|
  "You           go               I             come          loose"





(1:37) Guitar 1 Pre-Verse 2 part
e|----------|----------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-----------|
B|----------|----------|---------|--------|---------|--------|------13-|-----------|
G|----------|--------9-|-10~---12|-14~----|---------|------9-|-10~-----|-14~-------|
D|-9~-----11|-12~------|---------|--------|-9~---11-|-12~----|------10-|-----------|
A|----------|--------7-|-8~----10|-12~----|---------|------7-|--8~-----|-12~-------|
E|-7~-----9-|-10~------|---------|--------|-7~---9--|-10~----|---------|-----------|






Play Verse Again

"These premonitions got me crying up a storm
Leave your condition, this position does no harm"


Play Chorus Again




Break (2:47)

  played  4x                     big slide, then repeat this:
e|-------------------|          |-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|          |-------------------|-------------------|
G|----------7-----9--|          |----------7-----9--|-------------9-----|
D|-9--7--9--7-----9--|          |-9--7--9--7-----9--|-5---5-7-----9-----|
A|-9--7--9--5-----7--|          |-9--7--9--5-----7--|-5---5-7-----7-----|
E|-7--5--7--5-----7--|          |-7--5--7--5-----7--|-3---3-5--0--------|



Let last part play 2x, then solo comes in:
e|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH---|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH-4NH--3NH-|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH-----|


                       * use wah
e|-------------------|---------------------------|-5h7p5h7p5----------------|
B|-------------------|-7---TP----7h10p7-10p7\5h7-|----------7p6h7p6p5-------|
G|-------------------|-9b11TP--------------------|-------------------7h9p7--|
D|---------------3NH-|---------------------------|------------------------9-|
A|-----3NH-2.3NH-----|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-4NH---------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|



e|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-pb12r10--10--10b12~~\-|
B|-------------------|-------------|pb12r10---10b12~~~-|--------12--12---------|
G|-9p7--7------------|-------7~~\--|--------9----------|-----------------------|
D|----9--------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------9-7-5--7-5-|-5TP---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|



e|-12TP_____/13TP____|_14TP--------------x\-----|---------------------|
B|-12TP_____/13TP____|_14TP--------------x\-----|---------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|





Play Chorus Again


(4:04)  Play Intro W/ delay echos


Play 'Wrap Around Lick', then last 4 bars of 'Guitar 1 Pre-Verse Part'



Key
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release
 TP  - tremelo picking
 NH  - Natural Harmonics (numbers are above metal fret, decimal is between frets)
 x   - muted/random note
 ~   - vibrato

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