The High Road Tab

The High Road - Tab
 
Tuning: Standard
 
Note: I know this is really basic and isn't exactly like
the song, but I think it's the best way to play it in
standard tuning.  I know the F# power chord before the end of
the first and second verses is higher than it is in the song,
and that's just because it's not in dropped B tuning like the
song is actually played in.  I think it still sounds nice
however.
 
[Verse 1]
I told you I was hurt...
bleeding on the inside...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6--6--6------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---6--6--6--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-4---4--4--4--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|--------------5~------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
I told you I was lost...
in the middle of my life...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6--6--6------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---6--6--6--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-4---4--4--4--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|--------------5~------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
There's times I stayed alive for you...
There's times I would have died for you...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------6~--------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7--7--7--6~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-7---7--7--7--4~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|-5---5--5--5----------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
There's times it didn't matter at all...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-----------------------------|
D|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--7--7--7--7--7--------------|
A|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---7--7--7--7--7--------------|
E|---------------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------------|
 
[Chorus 1]
Will you help me find the right way up...
or let me take the wrong way down...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----6------------------------------------------------|
D|-2/4--6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4---------------------|
A|-2/4--4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4---------------------|
E|-0/2----------5----5--0----0--2----2--2---------------------|
 
Will you straighten me out...
or make me take the long way around...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I took the low road in...
I'll take the high road out...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|---------5----5--0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I'll do whatever it takes...
to be the mistake you can't live without...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----------------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----------------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----------------------------------|
 
[Verse 2]
Standing in the dark...
I can see your shadow...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6--6--6------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---6--6--6--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-4---4--4--4--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|--------------5~------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
You?re the only light...
That?s breaking through the window...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6--6--6------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---6--6--6--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-4---4--4--4--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|--------------5~------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
There's times I stayed alive for you...
There's times I would have died for you...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------6~--------------------------------------------|
D|-7---7--7--7--6~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-7---7--7--7--4~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|-5---5--5--5----------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
There's times it didn't matter at all...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11-----------------------------|
D|-11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--7--7--7--7--7--------------|
A|-9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---7--7--7--7--7--------------|
E|---------------------------------5--5--5--5--5--------------|
 
[Chorus 2]
Will you help me find the right way up...
or let me take the wrong way down...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------6----6------------------------------------------------|
D|-2/4--6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4---------------------|
A|-2/4--4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4---------------------|
E|-0/2----------5----5--0----0--2----2--2---------------------|
 
Will you straighten me out...
or make me take the long way around...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I took the low road in...
I'll take the high road out...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|---------5----5--0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I'll do whatever it takes...
to be the mistake you can't live without...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----------------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----------------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----------------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----------------------------------|
 
[Bridge (I know it's simplified)]
[Words begin at 2:03]
Well I?m not gonna give it away...
Not gonna let it go, just to wake up someday...
[x6]
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12-12-12-12\9-9-9-9------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9\6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Gone!..  Gone!..
[x2]
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------9-9-9-9/12-12-12-12------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9\6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
The worst part is looking back...
[x1]
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12-12-12-12\9-9-9-9------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9\6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
And knowing that I was wrong...
[x1]
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9\6-6-6-6--------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6---6--6--6------------------------------------------------|
D|-6---6--6--6--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
A|-4---4--4--4--7~------2---2--2--2--4~-----------------------|
E|--------------5~------0---0--0--0--2~-----------------------|
 
[Chorus 3]
Help me find the right way up...
or let me take the wrong way down...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|---------5----5--0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
Will you straighten me out...
or make me take the long way around...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I took the low road in...
I'll take the high road out...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6----6-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----6--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
A|-4----4--7----7--2----2--4----4--4--------------------------|
E|---------5----5--0----0--2----2--2--------------------------|
 
I'll do whatever it takes...
to be the mistake you can't live without...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4----------------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4----------------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2----------------------------------|
 
I'll do whatever it takes...
to be the mistake you can't live without...
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----6---------------------------------------------|
D|-7----7--6----6--2----2--4~---------------------------------|
A|-7----7--4----4--2----2--4~---------------------------------|
E|-5----5----------0----0--2~---------------------------------|
 
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Tab Key (Only what I used in this tab)
 
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
~ = vibrato
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If there's any confusion, questions, or advice on how to
improve it, please post a comment. Feel free to check out
my guitar and bass covers on YouTube.
 
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Have fun playing, and please rate!
 
-Rarrlow
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