Foo Fighters - I am a river
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Intro-
I divided the intro into different sections, listen for 6--4--6--8-- to tell the beginning of each
section, I thought this would be a easier way of learning it instead of one huge line. (If it is too confusing
this way please let me know if you have a better suggestion!)
Section 1-
e|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-------
B|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----
G|--6-----4-----6-----8-----4-----6-----2-----1-----2-----4-----6-----8-----9-----8-----6-----8-----9-----11--
D|-----------------------------
A|-----------------------------
E|-----------------------------
--0-----0-----0---|
----0-----0-----0-|
------8-----9-----|
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Section 2-
e|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0--
B|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0-----0
G|--6-----4-----6-----8-----2-----1-----2-----4-----6-----8-----9-----8-----6-----8-----9-----11-----8-----9----
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
Section 3-
e|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0------0------0-----0-----0------
B|------0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0------0------0-----0-----0----
G|--6-----4-----6-----8-----4-----2-----1-----2-----4-----6-----8-----9-----11-----13-----11-----9-----8-----9--
D|-------------------------------
A|-------------------------------
E|-------------------------------
--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------
----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----
------6-----8-----4-----6-----8-----6-----8-----9-----8--
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Section 4- (Drifts off into the verse when it hits 13 repeatedly)
e|--0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0------0------0------0-------|
B|----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0------0-----0------0------0------0-----|
G|------6-----4-----6-----8-----9-----11-----9-----11-----13-----13-----13--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse-
Guitar 1- (This starts after guitar 2 comes in)
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|--4-8-6---/9-6---4-8-8---6-8-9--4--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------| x4
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-8-6---4-8-6---4-8-8---6-8-9------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/--|
D|---------------------------------6---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/--|
A|-------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--4----------------------------------| <--Only play this note the first time.
B|-------------------------------------|
G|--4-8-6---4-8-6---4-8-6--4-6-8-------|
D|-------------------------------6-----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------| x3
Guitar 2- Stops briefly at 2:04, but picks up again for the rest of the verse.
Chords:
Only play this once, then repeat the second section
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
Repeat this until the chorus
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-9--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
G|---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3- I am pretty sure this is played for almost the entire song.
e|--0---0---0---|
B|--4h5-4h5-4h5-|
G|--------------|
D|--------------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------|
"Is that what you want?" (2:44)
Guitar 1-
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-6-6-8-8-8-8-4--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-6-6-8-8-8-8-4--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-4-4-6-6-6-6-2--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
"A river, a river, a river running underground" Each chord played x8
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------4---------------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
Pre-Chorus-
"Is that what you want?"
Guitar 1-
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2-
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-9-9-11-11-11-11-11-------|
D|------6-4------6-4------6-4------6-4---------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-7-7-9--9--9--9--9--------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus-
Guitar 1-
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------|
D|--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
E|----------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| x4
Guitar 2-
e|--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------------
B|--12-12-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------
D|-------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6------
A|-------------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------
E|-------
--0--0--0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0---------------------------------------------------|
--12-12-7-7-9--9-9-9-9-9--12-12-7-7-9h10-9h10-9---------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
--------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----|
--------------------------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----|
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Bridge- (At the beginning and end it slides on 12th fret A string)
Guitar 1-
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------
G|--8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-4-6-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--
D|--8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-4-6-4--4--4-4-4-4-4--
A|--6-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-4-4-4-2-4-2--2--2-2-2-2-2--
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
--8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-4-6-8--9--9-9-9-9-9--|
--8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-9-6-6-6-4-6-8--9--9-9-9-9-9--|
--6-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-7-4-4-4-2-4-6--7--7-7-7-7-7--|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2-
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--7-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-9-7-7-7-5-7-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
A|--7-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-9-7-7-7-5-7-5--2--2-2-2-2-2--|
E|--5-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-7-5-5-5-3-5-3--0--0-0-0-0-0--| x2
Outro-(Played before and after final chorus
Guitar 1-
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-2--|
A|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-2--|
E|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-0--|
Guitar 2-
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|--8-9-8-6-----8-9-9-9--| (Play 8-9-8-6 x11, then 8-9-9-9 the final time)
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------| x12
Played only before final chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--16-16--11-11-13-13-13-13---16-16--11-11-13-13-13-13---8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--14-14--9--9--11-11-11-11---14-14--9--9--11-11-11-11---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Song Form:
Intro
Verse
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Bridge
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Outro (Before Final Chorus)
Final Chorus
Outro