Transcribed by: Gavin
Email: freak_of_nature1579@yahoo.com
Artist: Foo Fighters
Song Title: Breakout
Released: October 1999
Album- There is Nothing Left to Lose
Tabbed: 26-11-99
Standard tuning
Verse 1 (riff 1)
Played clean (Strum each chord once for the first part)
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------9---------------------------------------
D|--9-------------9------------11------------10-----------
A|--9-------------7------------11------------10-----------
E|--7-------------7-------------9-------------8-----------
You make me dizzy running circles in my head
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------9-----------------------------
D|----------------9---------9--------11--------10---------
A|----------------9---------7--------11--------10---------
E|----------------7---------7---------9---------8---------
One of these days I'll chase you down________________
second part of verse
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9----------------------------
D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10101010-1010
A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10101010-1010
E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8-8-8-8--8-8
Look whos going crazy now we're face to face my friend
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9----------------------------
D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10-----------
A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10-----------
E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8--(Pause)--
Better get out___________Better get out_______!
Chorus 2X (riff 3) distortion on (these are just the chords as I am lazy)
e|--------------------------3------------------------------
B|--------------------------3------------------------------
G|--------------------4-----0------------4-----1-----------
D|--------------------4-----0------------4-----2-----------
A|--------------------2-----2------------2-----2-----------
E|--------------------------3------------------0-----------
You know you make me break out, make me break out________
e|-----3------------------------------------3--------------
B|-----3------------------------------------3--------------
G|-----0-------------------------1----------0--------------
D|-----0-------------------------2----------0--------------
A|-----2-------------------------2----------2--------------
E|-----3-------------------------0----------3--------------
Well I don't want to look like that, I dont want
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------1-------------------------------------------
D|-------------2-------------------------------------------
A|-------------2-------------------------------------------
E|-------------0-------------------------------------------
to look like that (you know you make me break out)
(Yeah Yeah)
Verse 2 (riff 4) guitar I plays this 2x
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------
D|--99999-999-99999-999/12121212/11111111/999999----------
A|--xxxxx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx/-x-x-x-x/-x-x-x-x/xxxxxx----------
E|--77777-777-77777-777/10101010/-9-9-9-9/777777----------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foo_fighters/breakout_tab_ver_3.html ]
Guitar 2 (riff 4A) plays this 2x
e|---------------------------------0-----------------------
B|-----------------------------3-----3----3----------------
G|-------8---------8-------------0------0------------------
D|-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9----2--------------------------------
A|-9-9-9-----9-9-9------2---2------------------------------
E|-7-7-7-----7-7-7-----------------------------------------
(You will have to listen to the CD to get the timing right)
Guitar 1(Dave) strums these chords while Guitar 2 plays Riff 4A
e|----------------------------------------0----------------
B|----------------------------------------3----------------
G|------4---------------------------------0-----------------
D|------4---------------------------------2-----------------
A|------2---------------------------------2-----------------
E|----------------------------------------0----------------
You can see this on my face it's all for you
The more and more I take I break right through
(riff 5)
e|-3-------------------------------------------------------
B|-3-------------------------------------------------------
G|-0----------------------------------1---------------------
D|-0----------------------------------2---------------------
A|-2----------------------------------2---------------------
E|-3----------------------------------0---------------------
Therapy still scares me putting me on my back again
-using riff 1 from first part of first verse-
I may be crazy, a little frayed around the ends
One of these days I'll phase you out_________
(riff 6) The timing is a bit tricky just keep working at it and you'll get it
e|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|----------9xx9-9--------------------------------9xx9-9---
D|--9xx9-9xx9xx9-9xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx9xx9-9---
A|--9xx9-9xx7xx7-7xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx7xx7-7---
E|--7xx7-7xx7xx7-7xx-9xx-9--9xx-8xx-8--8xx7xx7-7xx7xx7-7---
e|---------------------------------------------------------
B|---------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------------------------------------
D|-xx11--11-11xx10-----------------------------------------
A|-xx11xx11-11xx-8-----------------------------------------
E|-xx-9xx-9--9xx-8-----------------------------------------
(With riff 6)- Burn it in the blast off Burn it in the blast off
Watching me crawl away
Try to get out_____________
Try to get out__________!
Chorus 2x (riff 3)
then
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|---------------------------1--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---
D|---------------------------2--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x---
A|---------------------------2--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---
E|---------------------------0----------------------------
I don't want to look like that
(riff 7) 4X
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|-4-4----2-2----6-6--------------------------------------
D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2-2222--------------------------
A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2-2222--------------------------
E|----------------------0-0-0000--------------------------
BREAKOUT! (Go! Go! Go!)
Solo 4X (riff 8) At same time Guitar 2 plays riff 7
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------
D|--16-16--14-14--18-18--14-14---------------------------
A|--14-14--12-12--16-16--14-14--7b-7b--------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------
Chorus 2X (Riff 3) *with 2 more of 'I don't wanna look like that'
second time on the chorus
-with riff 7 3X
You know you make me breakout!
Make me breakout!
Make me breakout!
then finish with:
e|--------------------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------------------
G|-4-4----2-2----6-6--------------------------------------
D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2-------------------------------
A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2-------------------------------
E|----------------------0-0-------------------------------
