The Ballad Of Hollis Brown tab by Rise Against

Tuning: Half-step down

Song: The Ballad of Hollis Brown
Artist: Rise Against (Original version by Bob Dylan)
Album: Long Forgotten Songs; B-Sides & Covers

(Intro and played throughout)

the "230" bit is strummed througout this bit, but you should have been able to hear that in the song anyway

(A) G1 (G2 optional)
d#|---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---3-----------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---2--------3-0------------------------------------------------|
C#|-0-------0-----------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------3-------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------|

This part is played every two or three repetitions of (A). You should be able to hear it in the song.
(B) G1 (G2 optional/playing G2 specific)
d#|-----0--------0-----0-----------|
A#|-----3--------3-----3-----------|
F#|-----2--------0-----2-----------|
C#|--------------------0-----------|
G#|---3-------2--------------------|
D#|--------------------------------|


"His cabin broken down"

(C) G2
d#|--/10-13-----------------------------|
A#|----------10\7-----------------------|
F#|----------10\7-----------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|

"Smile" (the really elongated one, as thought it wouldn't be obvious enough).
Play this a good bit louder, but don't break your strings!

(D) G1 + G2
d#|---0----------------------------------|
A#|---3-----Let Ring Each Time-----------|
F#|---2---x8-----------------------------|
C#|---0----------------------------------|
G#|---0----------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------|


"Every Breath you Breathe"

Play this bit really softly

(E) G1
d#|--2-2-2-3-2-----------0-------0----------|
A#|--3-3-3-3-3-------------3--------3-------|
F#|--2---------2----------------------------|
C#|--0----------0------0--------0-----------| x2
G#|-----------------3---------2-------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------|

 G2
d#|--------15\14--12\10-----------------|
A#|-/12/15------------------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|


After the soft bit:

(F) G1
d#|--0----------------------------------|
A#|--3----------------------------------|
F#|--2---Strum!-------------------------|
C#|--0----------------------------------|
G#|--0----------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|

G2 (Bend so that it's like a quarter-step off key)
d#|-------------------------------------|
A#|--7----------------------------------|
F#|--7--Strum!--------------------------|
C#|--7----------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|

There's an extra guitar that comes in at the first "mare" and it goes something like this:
G3
d#|------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----12-10---12-10----12-10---------------------|
F#|----------10-------10-------10----12--12--------|
C#|---12--------------------------14---14--12~-----|
G#|------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------|
But I'm not sure. It sounds weird and off-key.

After "Cares"
G3
d#|---/10/13--/10/12---10~---------------------------------------15~-14~-|
A#|-------------------------15------15-----15-----15-----15--------------|
F#|---------------------------14-14---14-14--14-14--14-14--14-14---------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------^Very Wide Vibratos Here^----------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

After "Friend"
G3
d#|------1---1---1---1-1/2--------------|
A#|--2/3---3---3---3--------------------|
F#|-------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|



(G)
G1
d#|------------------------------------|
A#|--3---------------------------------|
F#|--2-x12-------------Repeat x3-------|
C#|--0--------0---0--------------------|
G#|--.------3---2----------------------|
D#|------------------------------------|


G1
d#|-------------------------------------|
A#|-3-----------------------------------|
F#|-2--Keep strumming until normal------|
C#|-0--pattern returns------------------|
G#|-.-----------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|

"Your wife's screams are stabbin'"
G2
d#|--0-----------------------------------|
A#|--0-----------------------------------|
F#|--0-----Let Ring!---------------------|
C#|--0-----------------------------------|
G#|--0-----------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------|

G2
d#|-------------------------------------|
A#|------3------------------------------|
F#|----2---3----------------------------|
C#|--0-------0--------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|

G4 (Acoustic)
d#|-------------------------------------|
A#|------3-1-3-0-3----------------------|
F#|----2-----------2---(then mimic G2---|
C#|--0---------------0--and change back-|
G#|---------------------when needed)----|
D#|-------------------------------------|

At the second "well"
G3
d#|--8/10~----------------------------------|
A#|--------10p8-----------------------------|
F#|--------------10-9-----------------------|
C#|-------------------12--10-9-10-9/12~-----|
G#|-----------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------|


Go Back to (F) but without the third guitar until:

(H)

Arpeggiate (play the individual notes) of these guys at random (improvising the pattern generally sounds fine)
G1
d#|--0-----0-----0---------------------|
A#|--3-----3-----3---------------------|
F#|--2-----2-----0---------------------|
C#|--0-----0-----0---------------------|
G#|--------3-----2---------------------|
D#|------------------------------------|


ENDING:
G1




All Guitars:
d#|--0----------------------------------|
A#|--3----------------------------------|
F#|--2---Strum until you hear otherwise-|
C#|--0----------------------------------|
G#|--0----------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------|


G1
d#|-----0------0--------0------0-----0----|
A#|-------3------3--------3----3-----3----|
F#|----2------2-------2--------2-----0----|
C#|--0------0-------0----------0-----0----|
G#|-------------------------3-----2-------|
D#|---------------------------------------|

G1
d#|--0-----0-----0-----------------------|
A#|--3-----3-----3------Slowly strum-----|
F#|--2-----2-----0------each chord once--|
C#|--0-----0-----0-----------------------|
G#|--------3-----2-----------------------|
D#|--------------------------------------|

Tabber's Notes:

Even though I've tabbed this in D# Standard (D#,G#,C#,F#,A#,D#) it can be played in Drop C# (Drop D and a
half-step down) by just adding in the low C# where applicable, such as the whole of (D), but I don't think it
needs the extra low-end, personally.

On the recording, the guitar sounds pretty bright, but I prefer to play this on a warm tone, but do
as you please, and use whatever tone.

All of this picking and stuff is fairly loose, so you don't have to be SUPER strict on yourself.