BURN AWAY
tabbed by tom kelly(tuhu27@hotmail.com
dropped D tuning.
intro:
e|--------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------7--------------------------
D|-7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9---7--------------------------
A|-7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9---5--------------------------
D|-7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-7-7-7--5--7s9--7--5-7s9--2-0-0--7-7--7s12-9-7--5-7-9--2-0-0-
verse:
e|----------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------
D|-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-- palm mute this
A|-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12--
D|-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12--
e|------------------------------------------
B|-----------[3]---------------------------- notes in []
G|-6-----4---[4]-------6-----7--------[7]--- not played first
D|-7-----5---[5]-------7-----7--------[7]--- time thru
A|------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------
if your playing the verse by yourself you can actually play both guitars
without much trouble, just play it like this:
e|---------------------------------------------------
B|----------------[3]-------------------------------- notes in []
G|[6]-----[4]-----[4]------[6]-----[7]-7-7-[7]-7-7-7- are not palm muted
D|[7]-7-7-[5]-5-5-[5]-5-5--[7]-7-7-[7]-7-7-[7]-7-7-7- let them ring
A|-7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5---7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5-5-
D|-7--7-7--5--5-5--5--5-5---7--7-7-------------------
end of the verse play a bit of the riff out of the intro:
D|-7-7-7--7s12-9-7--5-7-9--2-0-0--
chorus:
e|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------------------------------------------
A|------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-5--9s4-4-4-4-4-4-7s2-2-2-2-2-2-7s0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4---
pray for me... two guitars. second guitar is basically the same, just
plays octaves of the same chord. this bit starts at 1:30secs into the song
G1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-7-7-7-----------------------------7-7-7-7---------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7----------5-5-5-5-
G2
e|------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-7-7-7---4-4-4------------------7-7-7-7---4-4-4-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------------------
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-0-2-2-2------------------5-5-5-5-0-2-2-2-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foo_fighters/burn_away_tab_ver_3.html ]
G1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
G2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
into second part of intro:
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-7-7-7--5--7s9--7--5-7s9--2-0-0--7-7--7s12-9-7--5-7-9--2-0-0-
then another verse and chorus
2nd time thru pray for me... two guitars here. second guitar is
different to first time earlier in the song.
starts at 3:13secs
Guitar1
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-7-7-7-----------------------------7-7-7-7---------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7---------5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5--7-7-7-7----------5-5-5-5-
Guitar2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-7-7-7---4-4-4-12-12-12-12-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7---4-4-4-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-0-2-2-2-10-10-10-10-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-0-2-2-2-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----------------------------------------------------
G1
e|-------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
A|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
D|-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5--2-2-2-5-5-5-
G2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------------
G|-12-12-12-12-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-12-12-12-12---------------
D|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-5-5-5---
A|-10-10-10-10-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-10-10-10-10---------------
D|-------------------------------------------------2-2-2-5-5-5---
burn on burn on... 3:47secs
e|----------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------
D|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--0-5-5-5-5----
A|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--0-5-5-5-5---- this x2
D|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--0-5-5-5-5----
e|----------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------
D|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9------ into second part
A|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9------ of intro
D|-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-----------------7-7--5--9--7--5-7-9------
second part of intro: for those who have forgotten-
D|-------------------------------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------------------
D|-7-7-7--5--7s9--7--5-7s9--2-0-0--7-7--7s12-9-7--5-7-9--2-0-0-
outro: you can hear a soft guitar in the background playing this
e|--------------- starts at 4:14secs
B|--------------- this repeats until
G|--------------- finish, and the last
D|--11s9---7s12-- time thru its joined
A|--------------- by first guitar with
D|--11s9---7s12-- the riff below
e|------------------
B|------------------
G|------------------
D|--11-9----7-12----
A|--11-9----7-12----
E|--11-9----7-12----
