Foo Fighters – Times Like These
Album: 2006 - Skin And Bones
Instruments: Guitars
Tuning: eBGDAE
Tabbed By: Nic Wright & LukeAV
(Chord shapes) {pick them and have the strumming dude/chick in the background)
D - xx0232
Am - x02210
Am7 - x02213
C - x32013 *when strumming this chord like the am/7 do the same and put the pinkie in the same spot
Em7 - 022033
This is for the Times Likes These of the new live album Skin And Bones. I haven't heard any others but I
I'm pretty sure that he picks the verses in this one. Though it does sound good with a steel string acoustic
picking the notes, and a classical guitar strumming them in the background, but that is a story for another day.
Intro: a plain D while hammering the A (2nd fret) on the G sting.
e||---2-2-2---2-----2-----2-----2-2---||
B||o--3-3-3---3-----3-----3-----3-3--o||
G||---0-2-2-0-2---0-2---0-2---0-2-2---||x3
D||---0-0-0-0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0---||
A||o---------------------------------o||
E||-----------------------------------||
This is the picking for the Verses, its quite easy its basically a lifting of one finger or so
D
e||-------0-----2------0------||
B||-----3---3------3-----3----||
G||---2-------2------2-----2--||
D||-0-------------------------||
A||---------------------------||
E||---------------------------||
Am7 Am Am7 C
e||-------3-----0-----3-------------3------------0-------||
B||-----1---1-----1-----1-----------1-1----------1-1-----||
G||---2-------2-----2-------------0-----0------0-----0---||
D||-2---------------------------2------------2-----------||
A||------------------------2--3------------2-------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------||
Strumming pattern:
(strumming pattern is consistent mostly throughout with limited variations,
with the exception of the intro and the d chord, they kinda meld too so watch out for that)
D Am Am7
d-d-u-u-d-u-d-d-u-u-d-u d-d-u-u-d-u-d-d-u-u-d-u
*then hit 2nd fret a string*
C *pinkie down* Em7 D(intro)
d-d-u-u-d-u-d-d-u-u-d-u d-d-d-d-d-u
Verse
D Am Am7
I, I’m a one way motorway
C Em7 D intro
I’m the one that drives away, follows you back home
D Am Am7
I, I’m a streetlight shining
C Em Em7 D intro
I’m a white light blinding bright, burning off and on
Chorus
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you learn to live again
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you give and give again
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you learn to love again
C Em7 D intro
It’s times like these time and time again
Verse
D Am Am7
I, I’m a new day rising
C Em7 D intro
I’m a brand new sky that hangs stars upon tonight
D Am Am7
I, I’m a little divided
C Em7 D intro
Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind
Interlude
This has 3 unique guitar parts so heres all 3... You could easily cut out the guitar 2 in this part if there are only two guitarists playing...
If there's only you... Just skip it...
guitar 1
e||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-||
D||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-||
A||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-||
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x 11
guitar 2
e||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B||--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-||
G||---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
D||---7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--7--7-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-||
A||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| x5
Guitar 2 then changes to a variation of the riff played by guitar 3 until the end of the interlude
the (0)s are in brackets because it is not vital you play them. in fact I think it sounds better if you dont.
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------12-11-------------------12-11-------11---|
D|-(0)-12-10-(0)----------(0)-12-10-(0)----------10h12-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
guitar 3 comes in with riff from the electric version after 3x guitar 1 and the octaves are played 'til the end of interlude
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-------------12-11--------------12-11----------|
D|-0-12-10-0----------0-12-10-0------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------12-10-|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
last time
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------12-11---------------12-11-------------|
D|-0-12-10-0-----------0-12-10-0---------------------|
A|------------------------------------------12-10-12-|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you learn to live again
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you give and give again
C Em7 D
It’s times like these you learn to love again
C Em7 D
It’s times like these time and time again
Then just slowly strum another C (with the pinky down on the third fret) and you're done
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