Never By Your Side Chords & Tabs
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Never By Your Side - The Blackout
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Favourite song off this album, pretty simple really. I can't hear the lead well
enough to work out so it's not in here. It's only a minor part anyway. This
should be right (it sounds right to me).
Tuning: Drop C
Intro pt 1
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|---------------------------------------------| |----|
|---------------------------------------------| |-9~-| little lead part
|-2--2-2--2~----2--2-2--2---------------------| x4 |----| tremelo picked
|-2--2-2--2~----2--2-2--2--*mute strumming*---| |----| and bent slightly
|-2--2-2--2~----2--2-2--2---------------------| |----|
Intro pt 2
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|------------7-7-7-------------------7-7-7-------|
|-2--2-2--2--7-7-7--5h7---2--2-2--2--7-7-7--5-5--|
|-2--2-2--2--5-5-5--5h7---2--2-2--2--5-5-5--5-5--|
|-2--2-2--2 --------5h7---2--2-2--2---------5-5--|
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|--------------------------------------|
|------------7-7-7---------------------|
|-2--2-2--2--7-7-7--5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
|-2--2-2--2--5-5-5--5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
|-2--2-2--2---------5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
Verse
"I hope to hell that you've thought about what you've done..."
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|-----------*mute strumming*-----------*mute strumming*-|
|-2-0-2-5-2------------------2-0-2-5-2------------------|
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|-------5---*mute strumming*-------5----5-5-5h7-|
|-7-5-7---7------------------7-5-7---7--5-5-5h7-|
Pre-chorus
"It seems too far for us to go..."
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|-5-----2-----5-----7-|
|-5-----2-----5-----7-|
|-3-----0-----3-----5-|
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The rhythm isn't hard to work out yourself
Chorus
"What if I told you to read between the lines..."
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|---------------------|
|-9-----------7-----6-|
|-9-----5-----7-----7-|
|-7-----5-----5-----4-|
|-------5-------------|
Pre-Verse
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|------------7-7-7---------------------|
|-2--2-2--2--7-7-7--5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
|-2--2-2--2--5-5-5--5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
|-2--2-2--2---------5h7--2--2-2--2--0--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_blackout/never_by_your_side_tab.html ]
Verse
"Forgive me god for everything I've become"
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|-----------*mute strumming*-----------*mute strumming*-|
|-2-0-2-5-2------------------2-0-2-5-2------------------|
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|-------5---*mute strumming*-------5----5-5-5h7-|
|-7-5-7---7------------------7-5-7---7--5-5-5h7-|
There's a cool harminic fill on the mute stums as well this time but I
can't pin them down right now. I'll update if I get them.
Pre-chorus
"It seems too far for us to go..."
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|---------------------|
|-5-----2-----5-----7-|
|-5-----2-----5-----7-|
|-3-----0-----3-----5-|
|---------------------|
The rhythm isn't hard to work out yourself
Chorus
"What if I told you to read between the lines..."
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|---------------------|
|-9-----------7-----6-|
|-9-----5-----7-----7-|
|-7-----5-----5-----4-|
|-------5-------------|
Breakdown
"You were never real..."
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|-------------| |-------------|
|-----7-------| |-----5-------|
|-2-0-5-5-7-5-| x3 |-2-0-5-3-5-3-|
|-2-0-5-5-7-5-| |-2-0-3-3-5-3-|
|-2-0---5-7-5-| | 2-0---3-5-3-|
Second time round one guitar chucks some pinches up instead of the C and Ab
chords. Mess around and find some that work for you. I think they're on the
5th string.
Leading back to the Chorus
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|--------------7------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------|
|-2-----5------7------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
|-2-----5------5------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------------------|
|-2-----5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
. . . . \-3-/
Chorus
"What if I told you to read between the lines..."
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|---------------------|
|-9-----------7-----6-|
|-9-----5-----7-----7-|
|-7-----5-----5-----4-|
|-------5-------------|
Outro
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|--------------| |----|-----------------------| |-------|
|--------------| |----|---------------7-------| |-------|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-| x4 |----|-2-2-2--0-0-0--7-5h7-7-| x4 |-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-| |-<2>|-2-2-2--0-0-0--5-5h7-7-| |-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2--0-0-0-| |----|-2-2-2--0-0-0----5h7-7-| |-2-2-2-|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| . palm mute
| <2> pinch harmonic
| \-3-/ triplet
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