Ready To Fall Chords & Tabs
Rise Against
Ready to Fall
The Sufferer & the Witness
I took some of this from ver 1, but i modified quite a bit of it and
made it how i think it is played.
UPDATE 9/2/06: i noticed something in the bridge. Its some sort of picking pattern thats
quiet. I tabbed it out. If you can't understand how i explained the end please tell me
i'll just tab it out- i got lazy after typing for 5 hours. =)
UPDATE 10/20/06: I was listening and noticed some octaves in the verse. If you don't
em, don't play till last 3. Also is pre-chorus, I changed G# to F#, thanks to a suggestion
NASA. Kudos.=)
tunning: standard
INTRO
guitar 1
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|-4-4-4-4--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7---|
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PM*********************************************** |
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|-6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|
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|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-xxxx-xxxx-x-x-x-x--xxxx-x\|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-6666-7777-9-9-9-9--7777-7\|
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VERSE
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hold on, slow down, again from the top now,|
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H H H
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and tell me everything. I know I've been gone, for what|
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seems like forever, but here I'm now waiting. |
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To covince you that i'm not a ghost or a stranger,|
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but closer than you think. She Said, "Just go on with what|
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you pretend is your life but please don't die on me!" |
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PRE-CHORUS
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Wings won't take me!Heights don't phase me!|
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|-99999999-8888-6666--99999999-8888-6666-----|
|-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx--xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-----|
|-77777777-6666-4444--77777777-6666-4444-----|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/r/rise_against/ready_to_fall_tab_ver_3.html ]
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|-99999999--8888--6666--9999999999--111111111111111|
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So take a step! But don't look down, take a step!|
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Chorus
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|--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
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Now I'm standing on the roof top Ready To Fall!|
(ready to fall)|
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|--6-6-6-6-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
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|--6-6-6-6-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------------|
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I think I'm on the edge now but I could be wrong|
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|--6-6-6-6-----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|--6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
|--4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------|
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I'm standing on the roof top Ready To Fall!|
(ready to fall)|
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|-6-6-6-6---------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-8888-9999-11111111-9999-9\|
|-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|-xxxx-xxxx-x-x-x-x--xxxx-x\|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-6666-7777-9-9-9-9--7777-7\|
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|-666-4/6-666-4/6-444-4/6-666-4/6|-xxxx-xxxx-x-x-x-x--xxxx-x.|
|-444-2/4-444-2/4-444-2/4-444-2/4|-6666-7777-9-9-9-9--7777-7.|
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Verse:
Perpetual motion, the image won't focus,
a blur is all that's seen.
But, here in this moment,like the eye of the storm,
it all came clear to me.
I found a shoulder to lean on,
an infallible reason to live all by itself.
I took one last look from the heights that i once loved,
and then i ran like Hell!
PLAY PRE-CHORUS
PLAY CHORUS
Bridge
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I count the times that I've beens sorry|
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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
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( I know, I know) |
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while my compassion slowly guides me |
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( I know, I know) |
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If there's a time this walls could gaurd you|
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|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7|
|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
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( I know, I know) |
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then let that time be right now |
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|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5|
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Interlude
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PM**********************************|
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PM* * *
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PM**********************************
now im standn on the roof top now im standn on the roof top READY TO FALL!
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PM* * *
Play Chorus
PLay last 2 meassures of chorus 4 times with gang singing ready to fall
Key:
H= harmonic
.= let ring
x= muted
pm***=palm mute
x/= pick slide
/= slide up
\= slide down
