Foo Fighters - 'Dear Rosemary'
From 'Wasting Light' LP
Standard Tuning
tabbed by jjhand
This song las some nice guitar part layering & a great chorus.
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Intro -
Guitar 1 - played 2x quietly, then creschendo & next parts joine----------------------------------|B------3---------3-----3---------3-|G----4---4-----4-----4---4-----4---|D--4-------4p2-----0-------0h2-----|A----------------------------------|E----------------------------------|
Intro/Chorus Part:
Lead Guitar - played 2xe|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|B|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|G|-11\9--9\7--7\6--6/7-|-7\6--6\4--4\2--2/4-|-4~---6-6~---7-|D|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|A|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|E|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|
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| Guitar 3e|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|B|---------------------|--------------------|---------------|G|-4----4----4----2--2-|--------------------|--same chords--|D|-4----4----4----2--2-|-5----5----5----2-2-|---------------|A|-2----2----2----0--0-|-5----5----5----2-2-|---------------|E|---------------------|-3----3----3----0-0-|---------------|
ending 1 ending 2|----------------| |-----------------||----------------| |--------------10-| continue below|-7-----9-9------| |-7-----9-9-------||----------------| |-----------------||----------------| |-----------------||----------------| |-----------------|
PreVerse
Lead Guitare|---------------|-------------7-|----------------|----------------|B|-7~~~~---------|-(7~~)---------|-7~-------------|----------------|G|---------------|---------------|-------pb11r9-7-|-9--------------|D|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|A|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|E|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
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| Guitar 3 - alternate mutes & accentse|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|B|---------------|----------5----|----------------|----------------|G|----4----------|----4-----4----|----4-----------|----4-----------|D|----------2----|---------------|----------2-----|----------------|A|-2----2-0-0--0-|-------------0-|-2----2-0-0---0-|--------2-2-2-2-|E|---------------|-3----3-0------|----------------|-3----3-0-0-0-0-|
Verse - Guitar 3 PreVerse part continues
Guitar 1 - Play off-beat & mute notes
play 3x 4th timee-------------|--------------| |-------------|----------------|B-------------|--------------| |-------------|----------------|G-7---7-6---6-|-4---4-9---9--| |-7---7-6---6-|-4---4-9-9-9-9--|D-9---9-7---7-|-5---5-9---9--| |-9---9-7---7-|-5---5-9-9-9-9--|A-9---9-7---7-|-5---5-7---7--| |-9---9-7---7-|-5---5-7-7-7-7--|E-------------|--------------| |-------------|----------------|
"You got away got away got away from me
Now get away get away get away from me
I couldn't grow just living in the shadow
Where do you go when no one's following you?
You ran away, ran away, it was right on cue"
Verse Ending part:
2 guitars, play 3x 4th bar e|-------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|B|-------------------------| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|G|-7---------7-6---------6-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7-------|D|-9---------9-7---------7-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|A|-9---------9-7---------7-| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-------|E|-7-7NH-7NH-7-5-5NH-5NH-5-| |-7-7-7-7-7-7--12\--|
"Shall I go on and on..." "again?"
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Pre-Chorus - Strum chords shown
G A Bm AD|-3-------------|-5-------------|-7--------------|-5-------------|A|-3-------------|-5-------------|-7--------------|-5-------------|E|-4-------------|-6-------------|-7--------------|-6-------------|D|-5-------------|-7-------------|-9--------------|-7-------------|A|-5-------------|-7-------------|-9--------------|-7-------------|E|-3-------------|-5-------------|-7--------------|-5-------------|
"Rosemary you're part of me, you know... you are, you are, you are"
D|-3-------------|-0-------------|A|-3-------------|-0-------------|E|-4-------------|-1-------------|D|-5-------------|-2-------------|A|-5-------------|-2-------------|E|-3-------------|-0-------------|
"Rosemary, please pardon me"
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Chorus
Play Intro/Chorus Part from before, Lyrics are:
"Truth aint gonna change the way you lie
Youth aint gonna change the way you die"
Preverse Riff - "Dear Rosemary"
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Verse 2 Lyrics - same guitar parts
"You got away got away got away with things
You got away got away got away with things"
"False starts young hearts get shattered
Pick up the pieces coming down around you
You ran away ran away it was right on cue"
Lead Guitar in Verse 2 - e|------------------------------------|B|------------------------------------|G|------------------------------------|D|--------4-2-------------5-----------|A|--2---5-----4---0-----5---7-4-------|E|------------------3-----------5-7\--|
Play Verse Ending & PreChorus again
Play Chorus
Bridge - Rhythm strums chords below
play 3xe|-3----------|-0----------|-2-----------|-0----------|B|-0----------|-2----------|-3-----------|-2----------|G|-0----------|-2----------|-4-----------|-2----------|D|-0----------|-2----------|-4-----------|-2----------|A|-x----------|-0----------|-2-----------|-0----------|E|-3----------|------------|-------------|------------|
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|Leade|---3--2--0--|----------0-|---2-0-------|----------0-|B|------------|-1--1--3----|-------3-0---|-1--1--3----|G|------------|------------|-----------0-|------------|D|------------|------------|-------------|------------|A|------------|------------|-------------|------------|E|------------|------------|-------------|------------| "This was no ordinary life (This was no ordinary life)" "This was no ordinary life (This was no ordinary life)" "I'm here from now on But once I'm gone"
End Bridgee|-3----------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|B|-0----------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|G|-0----------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|D|-0----------|-2---------------|-2-----------------|A|-x----------|-2---------------|-2-----------------|E|-3----------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|
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|Leade|---3--2--0--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|B|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-------|G|------------|-----------------|-------------------|D|------------|-----------------|-------------------|A|------------|-----------------|-------------------|E|------------|-----------------|-------------------|
"I'm Gone"
Play Chorus with repeats
Play Verse riff until only bass plays final part
