Mest - Rooftops guitar tab
Artist: Mest
Song: Rooftops
Album: Mest (2003)
Tuning: Standard
Intro (0:00 – 0:21) Play 2x
E|---------------------------------------
B|---12-----10-9-------------------------
G|----------------------8-9-11---6-8-9---
D|---------------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------
Verse 1 (0:21 – 0:32)
E|------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------
G|--9-xxx-9-xxx---6-6-6-6-6-6---------------
D|--9-xxx-9-xxx---6-6-6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9-9---
A|--7-xxx-7-xxx---4-4-4-4-4-4---9-9-9-9-9---
E|------------------------------7-7-7-7-7---
"Staring at the broke streetlight..”
Verse 1 (0:32 – 0:42)
E|------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------
G|--9-xxx-9-xxx-9-9-9---6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------
D|--9-xxx-9-xxx-9-9-9---6-6-6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---
A|--7-xxx-7-xxx-7-7-7---4-4-4-4-4-4---7-7-7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---
E|------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---
“Stayin’ up to 5 a.m…”
Pre-Chorus (0:42 – 0:52)
E|------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------
D|--4-4-4-4---6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---
A|--4-4-4-4---6-6-6-6---7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---
E|--2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7---
“So if I call, will you be…”
Chorus (0:52 – 1:03)
E|--------------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------
D|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--7-6-6--6-6-6--6-7-7--7-7-7--7-9---
A|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--7-6-6--6-6-6--6-7-7--7-7-7--7-9---
E|--0-0--0-0-0--0-5-5--5-5-5--5-4-4--4-4-4--4-5-5--5-5-5--5-7---
“Up on the rooftop, listenin’…”
Chorus (1:03 – 1:18)
E|----------------------------|------------------------------
B|----------------------------|------------------------------
G|----------------------------|--6-6-6-6---------------------
D|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7---
A|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--|--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7---
E|--0-0--0-0-0--0-5-5--5-5-5--|-----------4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5---Repeat last 3 chords
“The nights that we wasted…”
Verse 2
Play nothing until..(1:25 – 1:30)
E|----------------------
B|----------------------
G|--6-6-6-6-------------
D|--6-6-6-6---9-9-9-9---
A|--4-4-4-4---9-9-9-9---
E|------------7-7-7-7---
“..wondering if this was all we had?”
Verse 2 (1:30 – 1:40)
E|-------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------------------
G|--9-xxx-9-xxx-9-9-9---6-6-6-6--------------------
D|--9-xxx-9-xxx-9-9-9---6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--
A|--7-xxx-7-xxx-7-7-7---4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7--9-9-9-9--
E|-------------------------------5-5-5-5--7-7-7-7--
“40 o.z. intoxicated…”
Pre-Chorus (1:40 – 1:51)
Chorus (1:51 – 2:02)
(2:02 – 2:17)
E|----------------------------|------------------------------
B|----------------------------|------------------------------
G|----------------------------|--6-6-6-6---------------------
D|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--|--6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7---
A|--2-2--2-2-2--2-7-7--7-7-7--|--4-4-4-4--6-6-6-6--7-7-7-7---
E|--0-0--0-0-0--0-5-5--5-5-5--|-----------4-4-4-4--5-5-5-5---Repeat last 3 chords
“The nights that we wasted…”
Bridge (2:17 – 2:28)
E|----------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------
G|--9-9-9-9-----------------------------------------9>------
D|--9-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7---9>ring--
A|--7-7-7-7---9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---9-9-9-7-9-9-9-7---7>------
E|------------7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---7-7-7-5-7-7-7-5-----------
Stop until (3:02), then..
E|--------------------------------
B|--------------------------------
G|--------------------------------
D|--2xxx--4xxx--6xxx---7-7-7---7--
A|--2xxx--4xxx--6xxx---7-7-7---7--
E|--0xxx--2xxx--4xxx---5-5-5---5--
“Up on the rooftop…”
Repeat Chorus
Notes: Mest is awesome.
