Back And Forth Tab

Foo Fighters - 'Back & Forth'
From 'Wasting Light'
Standard Tuning
Tabbed by jjhand, thanks to epiphoneconnal as well
 
 
Intro - Heavy Guitar 1
e-----------------|
B-----------------|
G-----------------|
D------4/5-----7--|
A--4/5-2/3-6/7-5--|
E--2/3-2/3-4/5-5--|
 
 
 
(0:02) Verse Riff 1 - Guitar 2, W/ Palm Mutes, played 2x
 
   A5*
E------------------|------------------|     Guitar 1 plays A5
B------------------|------------------|     here and as vocals start
G------------------|------------------|
D--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E------------------|------------------|
 
 
 
 
 
   A5*
E------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-2-2-2-2----|
A--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3--|
E------------------|------------------|
 
"Once upon a time I was somebody else"
 
 
 
 
Verse Riff 2 (0:08) - Guitar 2 (Palm mutes)
 
e------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D--5-5-5-5-4-4-4---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-|
E----------------0-|---------------3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
 "In another life, I saw myself       Way back then, back when I was you"
 
 
e------------------|-----------------|
B------------------|-----------------|
G------------------|-----------------|
D--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E------------------|-----------------|
 
 
 
Uptempo Verse:
 
e------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G------------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D--7---7-7-6-6-6-6-|-4-4-4-2-2-2-5-|-5---5-5-4-4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4-4-4-4---|
A--0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|
E------------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
   A5                            C5  C5                              G5
1. "Somewhere down the line I started to slip Years gone by, biting my lip"
2. ""Now your on your own, one for the pages Over the hill and through the ages"
3. "Out beneath the cracks & coming in waves Rolling like an earthquake under the pavement
 
 
 
e------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
B------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
G------------------|-----------------|-----------------|---
D------------------|/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-|-7- play Intro
A--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-|/5-5-5-5-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-
E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|---
   G5  G5                              D5 D5 D5
 
1. "All the while, all this time I knew"
2. "Does my heaven burn like hell on you?"
3. "Heavy now, tell me Mr.Truth        You got a lot of"
 
 
 
 
 
Pre Chorus
 
play this 2x
e------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------0-------0---|-----0-------0----|
D------0-------0---|-----0-------0----|
A------------------|------------------|
E--5~----4-4~----3-|-3~----4-4~----5--|
"Nerve"
 
ending
e------------------|-----------------|
B------------------|-----------------|
G------------------|-----------------|
D--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
A--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
 
"Now show a little backbone why don't you"
 
 
 
 
Chorus - pt 1
 play 2x
e--------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
D--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------|
 
1. "I'm lookin' for some back and forth with you"
2. "Are you feeling the same as I do"
 
 
ending
e--------------------------|-------------------------|
B--------------------------|-------------------------|
G--------------------------|-------------------------|
D--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
A--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|
E--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------------------|
1.  "now         and        now       and       then?"
2.  "Down        and        out"
 
Repeat Chorus
 
End with Intro Chords
 
 
 
 
Verse 2 - Play Uptempo Verse
 
 
 
Lyrics:
 
"Holding my breath I waited & waited
How'd the simple life get so complicated?
Shoes to fill, secrets to spill down you"
 
"Deer in the headlights, spoke in the wheel
You want pretend I need for real
I'm taking it back, all my IOU's"
 
 
 
 
Verse Ending - let off palm mutes, get louder
e------------------|------------------|
B------------------|------------------|
G------------------|------------------|
D--4-4-4-4-5-5-5-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
E------------------|------------------|
                      "You got a lot of nerve"
 
 
Repeat Pre-Chorus
 
Repeat Chorus
 
 
 
 
 
Solo Section - With Verse Guitar part added (guitar 2)
 
Guitar 1 - pick each note multiple times if shown
   4x    3x      3x          4x    3x    3x    3x
e--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
B--10----9-----|-7----5----|-8-----7----|-5----7----|
G--12b---11b---|-9b---7b---|-10b---9b---|-7b---9b---|
D--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
E--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
 
   4x    4x      4x            4x    3x        3x  2x  2x
e--7-----8-----|-10----12----|---------------|---------------|
B--10b---11b---|-13b---15b---|-7-----8---10--|-7----8---9----|
G--------------|-------------|-9b----10b-12b-|-9b---10b-11b--|
D--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
A--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
 
 
Solo pt 2:
 
Guitar 1
    4x    3x      3x          4x    3x    3x    3x
e|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
B|--10----9-----|-7----5----|-8-----7----|-5----7----|
G|--12b---11b---|-9b---7b---|-10b---9b---|-7b---9b---|
D|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
E|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
 |
 |Guitar 3 comes in (same rhythm as above part)
e|--9-----7-----|-5----5----|-12----10---|-8----10---|
B|--12b---10b---|-8b---8b---|-15b---13b--|-11b--13b--|
G|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
D|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
A|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
E|--------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
 
 
  Guitar 1
    4x    4x      4x            4x    3x
e|--7-----8-----|-10----12----|---------------|---------------|
B|--10b---11b---|-13b---15b---|-7-----8-------|-10--10--10~~--|
G|--------------|-------------|-9b----10b-----|-12b-12b-12b~--|
D|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
A|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
 |
 | Guitar 3
e|--12----13----|-15----15----|---------------|-10--10--10~~--|
B|--15b---16b---|-18b---18b---|-10-----12-----|-13b-13b-13b~--|
G|--------------|-------------|-12b----14b----|---------------|
D|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
A|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
E|--------------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
 
 
 
Repeat Pre-Chorus
 
Repeat Chorus (3x through this time)
 
 
Key -
 
b  bend
~  vibrato
/  slide
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