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Chain Reaction Tab by Journey

Chain Reaction tab by Journey

Guitar Tab

PM       PM
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E
--------------------------|--------------|
--L--3--3-----3--3-----3--|--L--3--3-----|
--L--2--1-----1--1-----2--|--L--2--4-----|
--L--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|--L--0--0-----|
--------------------------|--------------|
--------------------------|--------------|




Repeat this pattern until the end - fade

       PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
  Q    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
--3----------------------------------------|
--3----------------------------------------|
--5----------------------------------------|
--5----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|


       PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM PM
  Q    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
--1----------------------------------------|
--1----------------------------------------|
--3----------------------------------------|
--3----------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--|





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Guitar 2  lead:



     W
E||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E||-------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|



Short solo near the beginning right after first chorus
             \1
                                             |---3---|
   Q      H         S  S  S  S     Q     E   S   S   S  Q    Q
----------------------20-19----|----------------------------------|-------|
--18b----18~--------L-------15-|----------------------------------|-------|
-------------------------------|--16~----L------------------------|-------|
-------------------------------|------------17p-15h-16-17----L----|-------|
-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------|
-------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------|







Overdub during interlude section:

                  H        E  E  E  E     E  E  Q    E  E  E  E
-------|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
-------|-------|-----------------5-----|----------------------5--|
-------|-------|--5--------L--7-----7--|--L-------------4--7-----|
-------|-------|-----------------------|-----5--L----L-----------|
-------|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|
-------|-------|-----------------------|-------------------------|


  H        E  E  E  E     W                   H        E  E  E  E
-----------------7-----|-------------------|-----------------------|
--L--------L--8-----5--|--L----------------|-----------------5-----|
-----------------------|-------------------|--5--------L--7-----7--|
-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
-----------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|


  E  E  Q    E  E  E  E     H        E  E  E  E     W
-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
----------------------5--|--L--------L--8--5--5--|--L----------------|
--L-------------4--7-----|--------------------4--|--L----------------|
-----5--5----5-----------|-----------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|
-------------------------|-----------------------|-------------------|


                                                  PM PM PM PM          PM
  H.           E   E     E  E  Q    E  Q    E     E  E  E  E  E  Q     E
----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
--6----------------8--|--L--8--8----L--8-------|--------------------------|
--5---------------10--|--L--7--7----L--7-------|--------------7-----------|
----------------------|------------------------|--------------7-----------|
----------------------|---------------------5--|--5--5--5--5-----5\----3--|
----------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|


  PM PM PM PM                PM PM PM PM          PM
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E     E  E  E  E  E  Q     E
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------------------|
--------------------------|--------------7-----------|
--------------------------|--------------7-----------|
--3--3--3--3--3--2--0--5--|--5--5--5--5-----5\----3--|
--------------------------|--------------------------|


  PM PM PM PM
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
--------------------------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
--------------------------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
--------------------------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
-----------------------7--|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
--3--3--3--3--3--2--0--5--|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
--------------------------|-----|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|







solo - which is actually the outro to fade:

                   Q      Q     E   E   E   E
-------|-------|-------------------------------|
-------|-------|--18b----18~----L----------15--|
-------|-------|-----------------------16------|
-------|-------|-------------------15----------|
-------|-------|-------------------------------|
-------|-------|-------------------------------|


   E   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  E   Q        Q      Q     E   E   E   E
----------------------15-17-15--15----|-------------------------------|
------15--------15--------------------|--18b----18~----L----------15--|
--16------16-16----16-----------------|-----------------------16------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------15----------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


   E   E   Q      H             Q      Q     E   E   E   E
----------------------------|-------------------------------|
------15--------------------|--18b----18~----L----------15--|
--16------16~---------------|-----------------------16------|
-----------------17~--------|-------------------15----------|
----------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------------------------|-------------------------------|


         |---3---|
   Q     E   E   E   E.   S  Q        Q      Q     E   E   E   E
----------------15--19---19-19----|-------------------------------|
------------15--------------------|--18b----18~----L----------15--|
--16----16------------------------|-----------------------16------|
----------------------------------|-------------------15----------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------------|


   E   S  S  Q     S   S  E  S  S  E
---------------------------------------|
------15-----------------------15-18b--|
--16-----16--L----17p-16---------------|
-------------------------17--L---------|
---------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------|


  |-6-|  |---6--|  |-6-|  |---6--|  |-6-|  |---6--|  |-6-|  |---6--|
  E   S  S   S  S  E   S  S   S  S  E   S  S   S  S  E   S  S   S  S
-----15---------------15---------------15---------------15------------|
--L-----18p-15-18b-L-----18p-15-18b-L-----18p-15-18b-L-----18p-15-18b-|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Q    E.  S  S  S  S  S S  S  E      E   E   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E.
----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
--L----L---L-15-18-15-------------|------------------------------------------|
----------------------17-L-15-17--|--17--15--17-17-17-15-17----15------------|
----------------------------------|-------------------------17----17-15-17---|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|


   S  S  S  S  S  E.  E   E  E   E
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|
--15----------15---------15-----15--|
-----17-15-17----17---L-------------|
------------------------------------|
------------------------------------|


            |---3--|
  E   S  S  S   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
---------------------------------------------------|
--------15-18p-15----15----------------------------|
-----17-----------17----17-17-15-17----15----------|
------------------------------------17----17-15----|
------------------------------------------------17-|
---------------------------------------------------|


                               |-----5-----|
   S  S  S  S  S  T   T  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  E.
--------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------|
---------------------------------------------------15---|
---------------------------------15-17-15----15-17------|
--15-17-15----15-17p-15----15-17----------17------------|
-----------18-----------18------------------------------|


  Q     Q    S E.   Q       Q    Q    S S S S E  E     E  E  Q     Q     Q
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------------------|------------------3-------|--------------------------|
--L----------------------|----------------3------3--|--L--5--5b----5b----5b----|
-------17----------------|------------3-5-----5-----|--------------------------|
-------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
-------------3-3b---L----|--L-----------------------|--------------------------|


  S  S   E  S   S   E  S   S   E  S   S   E     E  E  E  E  H
---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
--5b-5pb----5pb-5pb----5pb-5pb----5pb-5pb----|--5--5--5--5--5--------|
---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|
---------------------------------------------|-----------------------|


  H        Q.     E     Q    Q    S S S S S S  S S
---------------------|-----------------------------|-------||
---------------------|-----------------------------|-------||
--L--------L------5--|--L----5----5-4-------5p-4---|-------||
---------------------|------------------5-L------5-|-------||
---------------------|-----------------------------|-------||
---------------------|-----------------------------|-------||

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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