Foo Fighters - "Rope'
From the Album 'Wasting Light'
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand
I believe I got the solo correct now, from what I can hear from Chris
Shifflet's guitar. I reworked a couple other riffs using youtube footage.
Thanks to other ug tabs of 'Rope' for a starting point. Please Rate/comment.
Intro - Guitar 1 W/ Delay 2x
Dsus2 Asus2 Fsus2
e|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-5---------|-12----------|-8-----------|-8-----------|
G|-7---------|-14----------|-10----------|-10----------|
D|-7---------|-14----------|-10----------|-10----------|
A|-----------|-12----------|-------------|-------------|
E|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
Guitar 2 (0:07) ** Play this part 2x
e|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|
B|---5-5-5---5---|---12-12-12----12---||---8--8--8-----8----|
G|---7-7-7---7---|---14-14-14----14---||---10-10-10----10---|
D|---7-7-7-7-7---|---14-14-14-14-14---||---10-10-10-10-10---|
A|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|
E|---------------|--------------------||--------------------|
Guitar 1 plays
Wrap Around Lick (0:13)
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|-----5-7--5----| Leads into Pre-Verse
E|-7-5--------5--|
Guitar 1 Pre-Verse Part (played once through before vocals):
e|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|--------------7------|----------------------|
A|--------------5------|---9---9-9--9---9----|----------------------|
E|---7---7-7--7---7----|---------------------|--10--10-10--10-8-10--|
e|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
G|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
D|------------------------|---------------------|--------------7------|
A|---------------------0--|--------------5------|---9---9-9--9---9----|
E|--10--10-10--10-8-10----|---7---7-7--7---7----|---------------------|
e|----------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------------|-------------------------|
D|----------------------|-------------------------|
A|--8---8--8---8--7-8---|--8---8--8-------5-7-5---|
E|--10--10-10--10-8-10--|--10--10-10--7-5-------5-|
harmony is 3rd guitar overdub
Guitar 2 Pre-Verse/Verse (Guitar 1 is off during verse)
e|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
B|---5-5-5----5---|---12-12-12-----12---|---8--8--8------8----|
G|---7-7-7----7---|---14-14-14-----14---|---10-10-10-----10---|
D|---7-7-7--7-7---|---14-14-14--14-14---|---10-10-10--10-10---|
A|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------|---------------------|
Verse: "This indecision got me climbing up the walls"
"I've been cheating gravity and waiting on the falls"
"How did this come over me, I thought I was above it all"
"Our hopes gone up in smoke, swallow your crown"
Guitar 2 ending
------------------------|
---8--8--8------8-------|
---10-10-10-----10------|
---10-10-10--10-10------|
-------------------0----|
------------------------|
Prechorus - Play Guitar 1 Pre-Verse part
"Choke! On our kiss, thought I'd save my breath for you"
Chorus -
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foo_fighters/rope_tab_ver_5.html ]
Guitar 1
e|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-----------------|
B|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-2--2-3--3-2-0---|
G|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2---|
D|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-2--2-2--2-2-2---|
A|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-2--2-2--2-2-2-|-0--0-0--0-0-0---|
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Guitar 2
e|-3-----3-------|-------0-------|-------0-------|-----------------|
B|-3---------3---|-----------3---|-----------3---|------2b3r2-0----|
G|-0-----------0-|-0-----------0-|-4-----------4-|-2-----------2p0-|
D|-0-------------|-2-------------|-4-------------|-2---------------|
A|-2-------------|-2-------------|-2-------------|-0---------------|
E|-3-------------|-0-------------|---------------|-----------------|
"Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm hanging on you"
"Give me some rope I'm coming loose, I'm pulling for you now"
"Give me some rope I'm coming out of my head, into the clear when"
Chorus Ending
G G#+ A A#+
e|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
B|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
G|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
D|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------|
A|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-7--7-7--7-7-7-|-9--9-9--9-9-9--|
E|-3--3-3--3-3-3-|-4--4-4--4-4-4-|-5--5-5--5-5-5-|-6--6-6--6-6-6--|
"You go I come loose"
(1:37) Guitar 1 Pre-Verse 2 part
e|----------|----------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|-----------|
B|----------|----------|---------|--------|---------|--------|------13-|-----------|
G|----------|--------9-|-10~---12|-14~----|---------|------9-|-10~-----|-14~-------|
D|-9~-----11|-12~------|---------|--------|-9~---11-|-12~----|------10-|-----------|
A|----------|--------7-|-8~----10|-12~----|---------|------7-|--8~-----|-12~-------|
E|-7~-----9-|-10~------|---------|--------|-7~---9--|-10~----|---------|-----------|
Play Verse Again
"These premonitions got me crying up a storm
Leave your condition, this position does no harm"
Play Chorus Again
Break (2:47)
played 4x big slide, then repeat this:
e|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------| |-------------------|-------------------|
G|----------7-----9--| |----------7-----9--|-------------9-----|
D|-9--7--9--7-----9--| |-9--7--9--7-----9--|-5---5-7-----9-----|
A|-9--7--9--5-----7--| |-9--7--9--5-----7--|-5---5-7-----7-----|
E|-7--5--7--5-----7--| |-7--5--7--5-----7--|-3---3-5--0--------|
Let last part play 2x, then solo comes in:
e|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH---|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH-4NH--3NH-|-4NH--3NH--2.7NH-----|
* use wah
e|-------------------|---------------------------|-5h7p5h7p5----------------|
B|-------------------|-7---TP----7h10p7-10p7\5h7-|----------7p6h7p6p5-------|
G|-------------------|-9b11TP--------------------|-------------------7h9p7--|
D|---------------3NH-|---------------------------|------------------------9-|
A|-----3NH-2.3NH-----|---------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-4NH---------------|---------------------------|--------------------------|
e|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-pb12r10--10--10b12~~\-|
B|-------------------|-------------|pb12r10---10b12~~~-|--------12--12---------|
G|-9p7--7------------|-------7~~\--|--------9----------|-----------------------|
D|----9--------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|--------9-7-5--7-5-|-5TP---------|-------------------|-----------------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
e|-12TP_____/13TP____|_14TP--------------x\-----|---------------------|
B|-12TP_____/13TP____|_14TP--------------x\-----|---------------------|
G|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
D|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
A|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
E|-------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
Play Chorus Again
(4:04) Play Intro W/ delay echos
Play 'Wrap Around Lick', then last 4 bars of 'Guitar 1 Pre-Verse Part'
Key
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release
TP - tremelo picking
NH - Natural Harmonics (numbers are above metal fret, decimal is between frets)
x - muted/random note
~ - vibrato
\ - slide
