Song: Escape Route
deluxe edition
Album: Pedestrian Verse
tabbed by: recebedou
email: recebedou@yahoo.com
EbAbDbGbBbeb
Tuning: half step down
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:
EAB5
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--|
EABAB5
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:
play Intro tab (line 1)
Intro: x3, then
play Intro tab (line 2)
x1
play verse tab 4x over this
Verse 1:
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
play Intro tab (line 1)
Break 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
play verse tab 4x over this
Verse 2:
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
play Intro tab (line 1)
Break 1: x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
use chorus tabs
Chorus 1:
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and bruises
He chose Ohio to run to
play Intro tab (line 1)
Break 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
play verse 3/4 tab (line 2)x4
Verse 4:
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
play Intro tab (line 1)
Break 1: x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
use chorus tabs
Chorus 2:
It became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
Midwestern chest to fall into
E-A-A-Db5
Break 2: then,
E-A-A-Ab5
Bridge:
EAb5
Some are saved by the good arms
A5Db5
Some are saved by the church
EAb5
Some get saved by the skin of their teeth
A5Ab5
By the thought that it couldn't get much worse
EAb5
Some are saved by professors
A5Db5
Some are saved by police
EAb5
Some get saved by a distant place
A5Ab5
By an impossible American dream
use chorus tabs
Chorus 3:
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