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Everlong Tab

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Ok so this is the RIGHT way to play Everlong by the Foo Fighers. Not that hard of 
a song (on guitar) but it's REALLY fun to play. Especially with a band.

Tuning is drop D (D A D G B E)

Everlong
Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape
©1997 Roswell Records, Inc.

Two guitars in this song...
Guitar 1 (Dave Grohl), Rhythm
Guitar 2 (Chris Shiflett), Lead

Alright...
Guitar 1
INTRO: played twice very quietly on a clean channel
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----11---11-11---11-----11---11-11-11-11-|-----11---11-11---11-----11-|
|-----9----9--9----9------9----9--9--9--9--|-----9----9--9----9------9--|
|-0-0----0-------0----0-0----0-------------|-9-9----9-------9----9-9----|

|---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---11-11-11-11-|-----7-7-----7-7-|-----11-11-----11-11-|
|---9--9--9--9--|-----5-5-----5-5-|-----9--9------9--9--|
|-9-------------|-5-5-----5-5-----|-9-9-------9-9-------|

Guitar 2
Distortion/Overdrive
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-11-----11-11-----11-7------7-11-11---11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-9------9--9------9--5------5-9--9----9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-0------0--9------9--5------5-9--9----9--9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|

INTERLUDE:
Guitar 1, distortion/overdrive
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----11---11-11---11-----11---11-11-11-11-|-----11---11-11---11------11-|
|-----9----9--9----9------9----9--9--9--9--|-----9----9--9----9-------9--|
|-0-0----0-------0----0-0----0-------------|-9-9----9-------9----9-9-----|

|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-11-|-----7-7-----7-7-----11-11-----11-11-|
|---9--9--9--9--|-----5-5-----5-5-----9--9------9--9--|
|-9-------------|-5-5-----5-5-----9-9-------9-9-------|

Guitar 2, distortion/overdrive
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11-9--|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|     x2
|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|----------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6/9--9--9--9--9--9--9--11-9--|
|-7-7-7-7/11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-5-5-5-5/9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|------------------------------------|

VERSE:
Both guitars play same riff twice
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----11---11-11---11-----11---11-11-11-11-|-----11---11-11---11-----11-|
|-----9----9--9----9------9----9--9--9--9--|-----9----9--9----9------9--|
|-0-0----0-------0----0-0----0-------------|-9-9----9-------9----9-9----|

|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---------------|-------------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-11-|-----7-7-----7-7-----11-11-----11-11-|
|---9--9--9--9--|-----5-5-----5-5-----9--9------9--9--|
|-9-------------|-5-5-----5-5-----9-9-------9-9-------|

INTERLUDE x1
VEERSE x2

PRE-CHORUS
Both guitars play same riff
Riff part 1
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-7-7-7-9-9-9-11-11-11-11-12-11-|
|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x--x--|
|-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-7-7-9--9--9--9--10-9--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--|

Riff part 2
|------------------|
|------------------|
|------------------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

Play riff part 1 one time then play riff part 2 one time.

CHORUS:
Both guitars play the same thing
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|     x2
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

|---------------------------------|
|-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-----8-8-|
|-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-----7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

INTERLUDE x1
VERSE  x1
PRE-CHORUS
CHORUS

BRIDGE PT. 1
Guitar 1 plays intro
riff one time then.    Switch to distortion/overdrive
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|-11----11-11-----11-|-7-----7-11-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
|-9-----9--9------9--|-5-----5-9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|
|-0-----0--9------9--|-5-----5-9--9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|

Guitar 2 plays the INTERLUDE on a clean channel and lightly strums with soft palm mute

BRIDGE PT. 2
Guitar 1 repeats PRE-CHORUS riff part 1 three times
Guitar 2 plays this two times:
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-14-14-14-12-12-12-10-10-10--------------------|
|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--12-12-12-11-11-9-9-|
|-11-11-11-9--9--9--7--7--7--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--10-10-10-9--9--7-7-|
|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|

CHORUS
END

Thanks for using my tab! If you want to see how to play it go to 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQeE5ccSOZY. Please comment and rate!
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Cdyt7717 wrote on February 6 2010, 06:53 pm

okay well umm the pre-chorus is repeated 3times before ever chorus and that last piece of the verse and interlude (the 9-11) part is repeated every verse and interlude

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ChainLightning wrote on July 10 2011, 10:45 am

This is great. A lot easier to understand than the other Everlong tab with 5 stars. Thanks for submitting.

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