Escape Tabs by Journey

Escape tab by Journey

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I was a high school freshman when Journey released ESCAPE
in 1981. The title song blew me away; it was about youthful rebellion.
I've always considered this song severely underrated. It's a Journey
song that kicks butt.
Anyway, this is a long song, and has a lot of changes, but its
a good cover tune to know.  

Notation: p.m. = palm mute ^ = 1 1/2 step bend
        > = accent     * = half step bend
       ~~~  = vibrato bar + = whole step bend
       = natural harmonic {4} = pinch harmonic
        v = whole step bend before picking, then release

  Intro.
E||----------------------|------------------------|
B||----------------------|------------------------|
G||-4-4---------4-4---4--|-4-4-----------4-4---4--|
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4--|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4--|
A||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E||----------------------|------------------------|
       p.m....        p.m......

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E|-----------------------|---------------0--||
B|-----------------------|---------------0--||
G|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4-----------4--||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
E|-----------------------|------------------||
    p.m......        p.m.....


 Rhy Fig. 1
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----5-5-5-4-----|-2-----4---------||
G||-----4-4-4-4-----|-2-----4---4---4-||
D||-4-4-------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-||
A||-2-2---------2-2-|---2-2-----2-0-2-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
         p.m.    p.m.

            ^           *
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|-----5-5-5-4-----|-----------------------|
G|-----4-4-4-4---4-|-2h4p2-4p2-------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0---|-----------4-2---------|
A|-2-2-------------|---------------5----\--|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
  p.m.
 
[Play Rhy Fig. 1] 4x
He's just a young boy out of school...


 Rhy Fig. 2
 They won't take me....
E||------|-----|-----|------||
B||---0--|--0--|--0--|------||
G||@--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--@||
D||@--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--@||
A||------|-----|-----|--0---||
E||------|-----|-----|------||


 Rhy Fig. 3
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
B||----------------------|-----------------------|
G||@-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|
D||@-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|
A||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
     p.m......     p.m......

             1_______________________
E|-----------------------|------------------------||
B|-----------------------|--------------2----4----||
G|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4----------2----4--@-||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-4-4-4-4-/4---/6----@-||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--------------||
E|-----------------------|------------------------||
    p.m......        p.m..
 2__________________
E|-------------------||
B|-------------------||
G|-4-4-----4-4-4-----||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-x\--||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-\-||
E|-------------------||
   p.m.

 Rhy Fig. 4
E||--3--|--2--|---------------|--3--|--2--|------------5--5----|
B||--3--|--3--|--2----x/8~~\--|--3--|--3--|-2----------5--5----|
G||--0--|--2--|--2----x/9~~\--|--0--|--2--|-2-------0--------0-|
D||--0--|-----|--2------------|--0--|-----|-2-------0--------0-|
A||--0--|-----|--0------------|--0--|-----|-0----0-------------|
E||--3--|-----|---------------|--3--|-----|--------------------|

  w/acoustic
E|--3--|--2--|------------------||
B|--3--|--3--|--2------------3--||
G|--0--|--2--|--2----0-4p2p0-0--||  
D|--0--|-----|--2------------0--||
A|--0--|-----|--0------------3--||
E|--3--|-----|------------------||


 Rhy Fig. 5
     w/acoustic      1,2,3___________   
E||------------5-------|----------------||
B||---3--3--3--3-------|------------3---||
G||@--0--2--0--2-------|----0-4p2p0-0--@||
D||@--0--0--0--0-------|------------0--@||
A||---3----------------|------------3---||
E||------------3-------|----------------||

 4__________   >          >    >       >
E|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|--------------2-|---------------2-|---3-----------4-|
G|--------------2-|---------------2-|-x-2-x---------4-|
D|--------------2-|---------------2-|-x-2-x---------4-|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------3-3-3-3---|
   p.m.        p.m..........

          >     >        >              >
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------------4-|---5-----------7-|---------------7-|
G|---------------4-|-x-4-x---------7-|---------------7-|
D|---------------4-|-x-4-x---------7-|---------------7-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-------5-5-5-5---|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
  p.m..........      p.m....   p.m....

    >   >    >   >   >         >     >        >
E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|---8---10---8---7-|-8-------------7-|---8------------9-|
G|-x-7-x-7--x-7-x-7-|-7-------------7-|-x-7-x----------9-|
D|-x-7-x-7--x-7-x-7-|-7-------------7-|-x-7-x----------9-|
A|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|---8-8-8-8-8-8---|-------8-8-8-8----|
p.m........    p.m....

             >    >  >     >
E|------------------------|----------------------|---|---|---|---|
B|----------------------9-|---10---12---10-------|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
G|----------------------9-|-x-9--x-9--x-9--x-----|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
D|----------------------9-|-x-9--x-9--x-9--x-----|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
A|------------------------|------------------7-6-|-5-|-5-|-5-|-5-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|----------------------|---|---|---|---|
  p.m.................            p.m.

E|------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5-|-2-----------------------------------------------|
G|-3--5-|-2--------------------------------------------x--|
D|-3--5-|-2--------------------------------------------x--|
A|-5--5-|-0--------------------------------------------x--|
E|------|-------------------------------------------------|


 Rhy Fig. 6
          ~~~                      ~~~
E||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
B||--2-----4-----5-----4-|----5--4--2---------2-|----4----5-----4-|
G||@-2-----4-----4-----4-|----4--4--2---------2-|----4----4-----4-|
D||@-2-----4-----6-----4-|----6--4--2---2-----2-|----4----6-----4-|
A||-----0-----0-----0----|-0--------0------0--0-|-0-----0----0----|
E||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
   p.m. p.m. p.m.  p.m.        p.m. p.m.  p.m. p.m.

                   ~~~
E|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|----2------------------|------4-----5-------|----5--4--2------2-|
G|----2------------------|-x----4-----4-----4-|----4--4--2------2-|
D|----2--0------------|-x----4-----6-----4-|----6--4--2------2-|
A|-0--0------------|---0-----0-----0--4-|-0--------0---0--0-|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
 p.m.                p.m.  p.m.  p.m.   p.m.    p.m.

            1________________________    2____________
E|------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------||
B|----4-----5-----4-|----2----------------------|| |----2--------||
G|----4-----4-----4-|----2---------------------@|| |----2--------||
D|----4-----6-----4-|----2--0---------------@|| |----2--------||
A|-0-----0-----0----|-0--0-------------|| |-0--0------2-||
E|------------------|---------------------------|| |---------0---||

(on Rhy Fig. 6 repeat)
I'm fin'lly out in the clear and I'm free...


 Rhy Fig. 7                      1________
E||-----|-------|---|---|-------------|---|---|---|-----------||
B||-----|-------|---|---|-2--------5--|---|---|---|--2--------||
G||@--5-|-4--5--|-4-|-5-|-2--2-----4--|-4-|-5-|-4-|--2-------@||
D||@--4-|-4--4--|-4-|-4-|-2--------2--|-4-|-4-|-4-|--2-------@||
A||---2-|-2--2--|-2-|-2-|-0------2----|-2-|-2-|-2-|--0-----2--||
E||-----|-------|---|---|------0------|---|---|---|------0----||

 2__________
E|-------------||
B|-2-----------||
G|-2-----------||
D|-2-----------||
A|-0---9\------||
E|-------------||


[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 1 at end of verse)
Just when you think you had...

 Fill 1
E|-------------------------|
B|----2--------------------|
G|----2--------------------|
D|----2--0--------------|
A|-0--0-----------|
E|-------------------------|
 p.m.


[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 2 at end of verse)
I never knew I had so much to give...

 Fill 2
E|-----------------------------|
B|----2---------------------|
G|----2------------------------|
D|----2--0------------|
A|-0--0---------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
 p.m.


[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 3 at end of verse)
Oh, I'm OK, I'm alright....

 Fill 3
   +      +, then grad release
E|----------------|
B|-----2----------|
G|-----2----------|
D|-----2--4--{4}--|
A|--0--0----------|
E|----------------|


[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 4 at end of verse)
Yeah, I'll break away.....

 Fill 4
E|--------|-----|
B|--2-----|-----|
G|--2-----|-----|
D|--2-----|-----|
A|--0-----|--0--|
E|--------|--0--|


[Play Rhy Fig. 7]
I'll break away....


 Rhy Fig. 8
 This is my escape...
E||----|---|-----|---|---|-----|-----|-----|-------|----|---|---|-----|
B||--8-|-7-|--9--|-7-|-8-|--5--|-x-x-|--8--|-8--7--|-8--|-x-|-7-|--5--|
G||--7-|-7-|--7--|-7-|-7-|--5--|-x-x-|--7--|-7--7--|-7--|-x-|-7-|--5--|
D||--5-|-5-|--5--|-5-|-5-|--5--|-x-x-|--5--|-5--5--|-5--|-x-|-5-|--5--|
A||----|---|-----|---|---|--3--|-x-x-|-----|-------|----|---|---|--3--|
E||----|---|-----|---|---|-----|-----|-----|-------|----|---|---|-----|


E|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|-----||
B|--8-|-7-|--8--|-x-x-|-x-7-|-8-|-5-|--8--|-8-|-7-|-8-|-x-x-|-7-|--5--||
G|--7-|-7-|--7--|-x-x-|-x-7-|-7-|-5-|--7--|-7-|-7-|-7-|-x-x-|-7-|--5--||
D|--5-|-5-|--5--|-x-x-|-x-5-|-5-|-5-|--5--|-5-|-5-|-5-|-x-x-|-5-|--5--||
A|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|--3--||
E|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|-----||


 Neil Schon Solo                +  +, then grad release
E||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
B||-------------|-/5--4--------|-------------|-----------|
G||----/6--4~~~-|--------4--2--|-4p2p1-------|---4--4~~~-|
D||-2-----------|--------------|-------/4~~~-|-2---------|
A||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
E||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|

*
E|-----------------|----------------------7-9-11-12-|-11------------|
B|-/5--4-----/7~~~-|-5/9--7h9h10--7h9h10------------|-----12--14~~~-|
G|--------4--------|--------------------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|

E|-12-11~~~-|-------14-11~~-|----------|-12-11~~~-|--------|
B|----------|-12-14---------|-12-14~~~-|----------|-12-14--|
G|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
D|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
A|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
E|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|

          + + v      +  
E|-12-11-9----9---------------|----------|
B|---------12---12--14--14~~~-|-12-------|
G|----------------------------|----14~~~-|
D|----------------------------|----------|
A|----------------------------|----------|
E|----------------------------|----------|

E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----12-14-12----12-----------------------------------|
G|-14----------14----14-11-14-11-14-11-----------------|
D|------------------------------------14-11~~-11/13~~~-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
         *       +    +  +  +       *
E|--------------|---------14----12-|-21-21-21--19--------|
B|----12-14/16--|-16---14----------|---------------21~~~-|
G|-14-----------|------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|------------------|---------------------|

   +   +, release
E|--------------||
B|-19-----------||
G|----21--21~~~-||
D|--------------||
A|--------------||
E|--------------||


[Play Rhy Fig. 7] (listen for variation)
I broke away.....


[Play Rhy Fig. 8] (listen for variation)
This is my escape.....

Outro:
[Play Rhy Fig. 5] 3x

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