Artist: Frightened Rabbit
Song: Escape Route
Album: Pedestrian Verse [deluxe edition]
tabbed by: recebedou
email: recebedou@yahoo.com
Tuning: half step down [EbAbDbGbBbeb]
Chords used:
EADGBe
A5: 7556--
Ab5:4665--
B5: 7998--
Db5:4466--
E: 022100
List of tab licks:
Intro tabs:
(line 1)
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------| x3, then
Db|------6/2---------------------2-1-2-|
Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|
(line 2)
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------7/6---------------------2-1-2-|
Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|
Verse tab:
E
eb|----------------------------|
Bb|----------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------| x4
Db|------2-----2-----2-----1h2-|
Ab|----2-----2-----2-----------|
Eb|--0-----0-----0-----0-------|
Chorus tabs:
E A5 B5
eb|--0----------------------------|
Bb|--0----0-0---0-0---------------|
Gb|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--|
Db|--2------------------7-7--9-9--| x3, then
Ab|--2------------------7-7--9-9--|
Eb|--0------------------5-5--7-7--|
E A5 B5 A5 B5
eb|--0--------------------------------------|
Bb|--0----0-0---0-0-------------------------|
Gb|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--6-6--8-8--|
Db|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|
Ab|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|
Eb|--0------------------5-5--7-7--5-5--7-7--|
Verse 3/4 tabs:
(line 1)
eb|------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------|
Gb|------------------------------------|
Db|------7/9---------------------2-1-2-|
Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|
(line 2)
eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|------7/9-------7--------------2-1-2-|
Ab|----7---------7------0-4/2-2---------|
Eb|--0-------0--------0---------0-------|
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Song Structure:
Intro: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x3, then
[play Intro tab (line 2)]x1
Verse 1: [play verse tab 4x over this]
His first kicking came on January 1st
They said, "Welcome to the club,
we'll take your shoes and your shirt."
He wore his nosebleed like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win again and again and again
Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
He had to find an escape route
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/frightened_rabbit/escape_route_tab.html ]
Verse 2: [play verse tab 4x over this]
It was a rumour, but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
with a boy from a different school.
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge
Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Chorus 1: [use chorus tabs]
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and bruises
He chose Ohio to run to
Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x4
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Verse 3: [play Intro tabs (line 1)x1, then (line 2)x1, then (line 1)x1, then verse
3/4 tab (line 1)x1]
The name came to him just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge, his whole face pursed
It had a ring to it in American songs
Like a glittering release from a crippling curse
Verse 4: [play verse 3/4 tab (line 2)x4]
He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space
And all the pointing fingers they just melted away
Who knows, maybe he'll never take flight
But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night
Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Chorus 2: [use chorus tabs]
It became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
Midwestern chest to fall into
Break 2: [E - Ab5 - A5 - Db5] then,
[E - Ab5 - A5 - Ab5]
Bridge:
E Ab5
Some are saved by the good arms
A5 Db5
Some are saved by the church
E Ab5
Some get saved by the skin of their teeth
A5 Ab5
By the thought that it couldn't get much worse
E Ab5
Some are saved by professors
A5 Db5
Some are saved by police
E Ab5
Some get saved by a distant place
A5 Ab5
By an impossible American dream
Chorus 3: [use chorus tabs]
We all need an escape route
We all need an escape route
Outro chords:
E
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh,
A5
From the punches and kicks
E
The fingernails and the pricks
Ab5
All the sharp little knives
B5
In the dark pockets of life
A5
From the bitches and bruises
E
From the burden of youth
B5
The public hangings and stonings
Ab5
Save us from fellow humans
E
Just give us an escape route
