Safe Ride - Cute Is What We Aim For
Tabbed by - Michael Villalon
Tuning: Drop D
INTRO Guitar 1
|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-----1-----1----------|
|----6-----6---------6-----6-------4-----4-----4------|
|------6-----6---------5-----5---------4-----4--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-----2--------------------------------------|
|----2-----2------------------------------------------|
|------3-----3----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|x2
INTRO Guitar 2 (Comes in second part of intro)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--6---s---13---s---4---s---11------------------------|
|--x--------x---x---x---x----x------------------------|
|--4---s---11---s---2---s----9------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|x1
VERSE 1 Guitar 1
|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-----1-----1----------|
|----6-----6---------6-----6-------4-----4-----4------|
|------6-----6---------5-----5---------4-----4--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-----2--------------------------------------|
|----2-----2------------------------------------------|
|------3-----3----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|x4
VERSE 1 Guitar 2 (Comes in third part of verse)
|---9-9-9-9-11-11-11-9--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|x8
INTERLUDE Guitar 1
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----4~-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE Guitar
|----9~-----------------------------------------------|
|----x~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS Guitar 1 & 2 (Work out the strumming and timing, it’s not hard - The verse might
played at the same time, but its difficult to hear.)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----13----10----13----10----6----6----6----6---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----11----11----11----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|x1
VERSE 2 Guitar 1 (The first part isn’t played, there’s a violin playing)
|--4-----4-----4---4-----4-----4-----1-----1----------|
|----6-----6---------6-----6-------4-----4-----4------|
|------6-----6---------5-----5---------4-----4--------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----2-----2--------------------------------------|
|----2-----2------------------------------------------|
|------3-----3----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|x4
VERSE 2 Guitar 2
(This sounds more like a ‘triangle instrument’, but this is the note. It’s played on the off-beat)
|----21-----|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------|
|-----------| x32
INTERLUDE Guitar 1
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/c/cute_is_what_we_aim_for/safe_ride_tab.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|----4~-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
INTERLUDE Guitar
|----9~-----------------------------------------------|
|----x~-----------------------------------------------|
|----6~-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS Guitar 1 & 2 (Work out the strumming and timing, it’s not hard)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----13----10----13----10----6----6----6----6---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----11----11----11----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|x2
SOLO Guitar 1
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------9-11--9-------------------------9-11--9--------|
|--8-10---------10--8-6-6--8--6-6--8-10---------10s8-6-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-5h6p5-6666-8888-10101010-11111111-1414141414141414-|
|----------xxxx-xxxx--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
|----------4444-6666--8-8-8-8--9-9-9-9-1212121212121212-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
SOLO Guitar 2
Same As Chorus
INTERLUDE 2 Guitar 1
|-----------|
|-----------|
|----13~----|
|-----x~----|
|----11~----|
|-----------|
INTERLUDE 2 Guitar 1
|-----------|
|----6~-----|
|----6~-----|
|----6~-----|
|----4~-----|
|-----------|
BRIDGE Guitar 1
|----13--------14--------13--------11-------------------|
|------14--x4----14--x4----14--x4----14--x4-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------x2-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
BRIDGE Guitar 2 (Palm Mute)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|----3-----4-----3-----1-------------3------4~----------|
|----4-----4-----4-----1-------------3------4~----------|
|----3-x16-4-x16-3-x16-1-x16---x2----3-x16--4~----------|
INTERLUDE 3 Guitar 1 (This is different to the verse, Listen to get the timing)
|--4-----4-----4~---4-----4-----4~----1----1-------2~---|
|----6-----6----------6-----6-------4----4----4~--------|
|------6-----6----------5-----5--------4----4-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS Guitar 1 & 2 (Work out the strumming and timing, it’s not hard)
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----13----10----13----10----6----6----6----6---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----11----11----11----4----4----4----4---------|
|----11----10----11----10----4----4----4----4---------|x2
OUTRO Guitar 1
|----999999-8~---|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|x2
OUTRO Guitar 2
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|----13---13-13--10~-------|
|----11---11-11--10~-------|
|----11---11-11--11~-------|
|----11---11-11--10~-------|x2
NOTE*
There is an alternate way to play the chorus, it sounds better because the strings
so tight.
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|-----6----5----6----5----6---------------------------|
|-----6----4----6----4----4---------------------------|
|-----4----3----4----3----4---------------------------|
|-------------------------4--etc----------------------|
