ROADSIDE
Written and recorded by Rise Against
Transcribed by ssjEasterBunny
[SOURCES]
- Tim McIlrath live (very close up):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FACGh3a8PFU&list=PLECA4750D40976C25&index=39&feature=plpp_video
- Instrumental tracks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGx_ss29MIA&list=PLECA4750D40976C25&index=45&feature=plpp_video
[NOTES]
- See the SEQUENCE list at the bottom of the page!
- Constructive criticism is welcome; just check the live video first (linked below).
Tuning: half-step down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)
[Intro]
(Yeah we all know this part...)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---5---3---------|---5---3---------|---3---1---------|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|----2------------| x2
C#|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|-3---3-----------|-1---1---1---1---|1/3--------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|10---------------|-8---------------|-5---------------|-6---------------|
F#|10---------------|-9---------------|-5---------------|-7---------------|
C#|12---------------|10---------------|-7---------------|-8---------------| ________________
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| \
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| \
(Live, Tim played the D string open instead of the 12th fret.) \
x2
D#|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------| /
A#|---10-------10----------|----------13-----------|---------3-------|---5---6-----5---| /
F#|------10-------10/12----|-----12--------12------|-----2-----2-----|-----5---5-----5-| ___/
C#|-0--------0----------10-|(10)----10--------10\--|-2-----2-----2-3-|(3)--------5-----|
G#|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|------------------------|-----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Such a gorgeous riff...)
[Chorus]
(Much different than previous tabs. Watch the linked video and try it yourself, and you'll see.)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|--------10-------|-8------10-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|---------8-------|-6-------5-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|--------10-------|-8-------8-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| Skip these 4 measures
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---| for the second chorus.
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5/|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
[Verse 2]
(Also different than previous tabs, although dharmamonster72 was pretty close in Ver 2.)
D#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A#|------------10--8--------|-------------------------|
F#|-7--7--7--7--7--7-10--9--|(9)-9--9--9--9--9-10-10--|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--|(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|_____
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------| \
D#|-------------------------|-------------------------| \
PM* * * * * * * * * * * \
x4
|-------------------------|--------------------------| /
|------------10--8--------|--------------------------| /
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--|(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| ___/
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10--|(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
PM* * * * * * * *
REPEAT the CHORUS (Skip measures 9 though 12, as noted above.)
(Much different than previous tabs. Watch the linked video and try it yourself, and you'll see.)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|--------10-------|-8------10-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|---------8-------|-6-------5-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------7-------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|--------10-------|-8-------8-------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-----7---7-|---7---7---7---7-| Skip these 4 measures
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-------0---| for the second chorus.
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---6p5-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#|-------5-----5---|---9p7-9---10----|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5/|
C#|---------------5-|-----------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-6---------6-----|-8-------------8-|-----------------|-----------------|
REPEAT the [INTRO]
(Yeah we all know this part...)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|---5---3---------|---5---3---------|---3---1---------|-----------------|
F#|-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|----2------------| x2
C#|-0---0-----------|-----------------|-----------3-----|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|-3---3-----------|-1---1---1---1---|1/3--------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[EXTRA RIFF] (leading out of the bridge)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5/|
C#|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
PM* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
[REPEAT VERSE 2]
(Also different than previous tabs, although dharmamonster72 was pretty close in Ver 2.)
D#|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A#|------------10--8--------|-------------------------|
F#|-7--7--7--7--7--7-10--9--|(9)-9--9--9--9--9-10-10--|
C#|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--7--|(7)-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|_____
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------| \
D#|-------------------------|-------------------------| \
PM* * * * * * * * * * * \
x2
|-------------------------|--------------------------| /
|------------10--8--------|--------------------------| /
|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-12--|(12)-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| ___/
|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8-10--|(10)-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
PM* * * * * * * *
[Verse 3]
(Basically just chords an octave lower than Verse 2)
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
F#|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-| x2
C#|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-|
G#|-----------------|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|-1---1-1-1---1-1-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[OUT-CHORUS]
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-----------------|-1---1---1---1-1-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-3---3-3-3---3-3-|
F#|-3---3---3---3-3-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-2---2-2-2---2-2-| x3
C#|-3---3---3---3-3-|-2---2---2---2-2-|-0---0---0---0-0-|-0---0-0-0---0-0-|
G#|-1---1---1---1-1-|-3---3---3---3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A#|-6---6---6---6-6-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-3---------------|-----------------|
F#|-7---7---7---7-7-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-2---------------|-----------------|
C#|-8---8---8---8-8-|-5---5---5---5-5-|-0---------------|-----------------|
G#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D#|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
(Live, Tim just finished with the previous chords.)
SEQUENCE
----------
[INTRO] (x2)
[VERSE 1] (x2)
[Chorus]
[VERSE 2] (x4)
[CHORUS] (without the third hypermeasure, as noted above)
[INTRO] (x2)
[EXTRA RIFF] (those two measures that lead out of the bridge)
[VERSE 2] (x2)
[VERSE 3] (x2)
[OUT-CHORUS] (x3, followed by that closing riff)
