Foo Fighters - Everlong (acoustic + Lyrics) guitar tab
By James TH
Everlong:
For me this song signifies all that is the Foo Fighters. They
have all all been gifted (especially Dave Grohl) with superb
song writing.
In Drop D
e
B
G
D
A
D
The song is fairly simple if you play acoustic but the repetitiveness
of it all can make your arm really begin to hurt so take your time
and make sure that you know the strumming patterns. This is 250
% right and im sure of it. I included all the lyrics at the end they
may help you with the order of the song and the strumming patterns
and tempo :)
Intro (no singing here)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
-------11--11--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---9--9--------->
--0-0------0---0---------0--------0---------9-9--9--9-------9-------9------9--------->
Continue
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------x2
----------7-7-------7--------11-11-----11-----11-11----11------------
----------5-5-------5--------9---9------9-----9--9-----9-------------
-----5-5-------5-5------9-9--------9-9----9-9------9-9---------------
Then play the exact same thing but with the singing over top.
Play these two bars two times then play it again without singing
, then another two times with singing again. ( 5 times in total)
Verse
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
-------11--11--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---9--9--------->
--0-0------0---0---------0--------0---------9-9--9--9-------9-------9------9--------->
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------x2
----------7-7-------7--------11-11-----11-----11-11----11------------
----------5-5-------5--------9---9------9-----9--9-----9-------------
-----5-5-------5-5------9-9--------9-9----9-9------9-9---------------
Then the pre-chorus, listen carefully to see how long you have
to hold the last note chord there.
Pre-chorus
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-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------7---
----4-(x3)--5-(x3)----7-(x3)--9-(x3)---9s-10s-9--7---
----0--------0--------0-------0--------0s-0-s-0--7---
Last time
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----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----4-(x3)---5-(x3)---7-(x3)--9-(x3)---9s-10s-9-----
----0--------0--------0-------0--------0s-0-s-0-----
Then right after that don’t play the thing on 7 the last time and
jump right to the 9 thing in the chorus
chorus (listen for strumming pattern)
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------x2
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-------------------------
then play this one more time but change the last few chords:
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--x1
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--
By this point in the tab you could really just save yourself the
time because from here on in, all the parts are basically the
same as the ones above. But just in case here’s the rest of the
song for you ;):
Right after playing the chorus you go into another round of the
verse but only two times this time
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
-------11--11--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---9--9--------->
--0-0------0---0---------0--------0---------9-9--9--9-------9-------9------9--------->
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------x2
----------7-7-------7--------11-11-----11-----11-11----11------------
----------5-5-------5--------9---9------9-----9--9-----9-------------
-----5-5-------5-5------9-9--------9-9----9-9------9-9---------------
Then you play the pre-chorus the same way as before:
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------x2
-------------------------------------------------7---
----4-(x3)---5-(x3)---7-(x3)--9-(x3)---9s-10s-9--7---
----0--------0--------0-------0--------0s-0-s-0--7---
then the last time
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----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
----4-(x3)---5-(x3)---7-(x3)--9-(x3)---9s-10s-9-----
----0--------0--------0-------0--------0s--0s-0-----
Then bust right out of this and into the chorus:
chorus (listen for strumming pattern)
------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------
--------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------x2
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7-7-7---------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5---------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-----------x1
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-----------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-----------
Then right after play the verse but really quietly:
really quiet, strum lightly:
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------->
-------11--11--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---9--9--------->
--0-0------0---0---------0--------0---------9-9--9--9-------9-------9------9--------->
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------x1
----------7-7-------7--------11-11-----11-----11-11----11-------------------
----------5-5-------5--------9---9------9-----9--9------9-------------------
-----5-5-------5-5------9-9--------9-9----9-9------9-9----------------------
Then keep playing this part over and over again without the chords
involved
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----------------------------------------------------x3
----------------------------------------------------
----4-(x3)---5-(x3)---7-(x3)--9-(x3)---9s-10s-9-----
----0--------0--------0-------0--------0s-0-s-0-----
Then to get the greatest effect, burst out of this and just slam
the hell out of the chorus one last time:
----------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------
---------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------x2
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7-7-7-7------------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5-----------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--x1
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--
---9-9-9-9-9--5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5--
Then end on this last note:
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------11--------
------9---------
------0---------
Damn when i posted it came up all screwy i had to fix so much of it
Verse
Hello, i ve waited here for you......everlong
tonight i throw myself into......and out of the red
out of her head i sang
Come down, and waste away with m........down with me
slow how, you wanted it to be.............im over my head
out of her head i sang
Pre-chorus
And i wonder
when i sing along with you
Chorus
If anything could ever feel this real forever,
if anything could ever be this good again,
the only thing ill ever ask of you,
you gotta promise not to stop when i say when,
she sang.
Verse
Breathe out, so i can breathe you in.........hold you in
and now, i know you ve always been...........out of your head.
out of my head i sang
Pre-chorus
Chorus
