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Never By Your Side – The Blackout
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Favourite song off this album, pretty simple really. I can’t hear the lead well
enough to work out so it’s not in here. It’s only a minor part anyway. This
should be right (it sounds right to me).
Tuning: Drop C
Intro pt 1
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|———————————————| |-9~-| little lead part
|-2–2-2–2~—-2–2-2–2———————| x4 |—-| tremelo picked
|-2–2-2–2~—-2–2-2–2–*mute strumming*—| |—-| and bent slightly
|-2–2-2–2~—-2–2-2–2———————| |—-|
Intro pt 2
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|————7-7-7——————-7-7-7——-|
|-2–2-2–2–7-7-7–5h7—2–2-2–2–7-7-7–5-5–|
|-2–2-2–2–5-5-5–5h7—2–2-2–2–5-5-5–5-5–|
|-2–2-2–2 ——–5h7—2–2-2–2———5-5–|
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|————7-7-7———————|
|-2–2-2–2–7-7-7–5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
|-2–2-2–2–5-5-5–5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
|-2–2-2–2———5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
Verse
“I hope to hell that you’ve thought about what you’ve done…”
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|———–*mute strumming*———–*mute strumming*-|
|-2-0-2-5-2——————2-0-2-5-2——————|
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|——-5—*mute strumming*——-5—-5-5-5h7-|
|-7-5-7—7——————7-5-7—7–5-5-5h7-|
Pre-chorus
“It seems too far for us to go…”
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|-5—–2—–5—–7-|
|-5—–2—–5—–7-|
|-3—–0—–3—–5-|
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The rhythm isn’t hard to work out yourself
Chorus
“What if I told you to read between the lines…”
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|-9———–7—–6-|
|-9—–5—–7—–7-|
|-7—–5—–5—–4-|
|——-5————-|
Pre-Verse
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|————7-7-7———————|
|-2–2-2–2–7-7-7–5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
|-2–2-2–2–5-5-5–5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
|-2–2-2–2———5h7–2–2-2–2–0–|
Verse
“Forgive me god for everything I’ve become”
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|———–*mute strumming*———–*mute strumming*-|
|-2-0-2-5-2——————2-0-2-5-2——————|
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|——-5—*mute strumming*——-5—-5-5-5h7-|
|-7-5-7—7——————7-5-7—7–5-5-5h7-|
There’s a cool harminic fill on the mute stums as well this time but I
can’t pin them down right now. I’ll update if I get them.
Pre-chorus
“It seems too far for us to go…”
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|-5—–2—–5—–7-|
|-5—–2—–5—–7-|
|-3—–0—–3—–5-|
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The rhythm isn’t hard to work out yourself
Chorus
“What if I told you to read between the lines…”
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|-9———–7—–6-|
|-9—–5—–7—–7-|
|-7—–5—–5—–4-|
|——-5————-|
Breakdown
“You were never real…”
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|—–7——-| |—–5——-|
|-2-0-5-5-7-5-| x3 |-2-0-5-3-5-3-|
|-2-0-5-5-7-5-| |-2-0-3-3-5-3-|
|-2-0—5-7-5-| | 2-0—3-5-3-|
Second time round one guitar chucks some pinches up instead of the C and Ab
chords. Mess around and find some that work for you. I think they’re on the
5th string.
Leading back to the Chorus
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|————–7——6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6———————————|
|-2—–5——7——7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7———————————|
|-2—–5——5——4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4———————————|
|-2—–5——————————————————————-|
. . . . -3-/
Chorus
“What if I told you to read between the lines…”
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|-9———–7—–6-|
|-9—–5—–7—–7-|
|-7—–5—–5—–4-|
|——-5————-|
Outro
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|————–| |—-|———————–| |——-|
|————–| |—-|—————7——-| |——-|
|-2-2-2–0-0-0-| x4 |—-|-2-2-2–0-0-0–7-5h7-7-| x4 |-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2–0-0-0-| |-|-2-2-2–0-0-0–5-5h7-7-| |-2-2-2-|
|-2-2-2–0-0-0-| |—-|-2-2-2–0-0-0—-5h7-7-| |-2-2-2-|
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| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
| . palm mute
| pinch harmonic
| -3-/ triplet
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