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Foo Fighters 
Breakout 

   Standard tuning 

   Verse 1 (riff 1) 
   Played clean (Strum each chord once for the first part) 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|----------------9--------------------------------------- 
   D|--9-------------9------------11------------10----------- 
   A|--9-------------7------------11------------10----------- 
   E|--7-------------7-------------9-------------8----------- 
   You make me dizzy running circles in my head 

   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|--------------------------9----------------------------- 
   D|----------------9---------9--------11--------10--------- 
   A|----------------9---------7--------11--------10--------- 
   E|----------------7---------7---------9---------8--------- 
   One of these days I'll chase you down________________ 

   second part of verse 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9---------------------------- 
   D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10101010-1010 
   A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10101010-1010 
   E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8-8-8-8--8-8 
   Look whos going crazy now we're face to face my friend 

   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|----------------9-9-9-9--9-9---------------------------- 
   D|--9-9-9-9--9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-11111111-1111-10----------- 
   A|--9-9-9-9--9-9--7-7-7-7--7-7-11111111-1111-10----------- 
   E|--7-7-7-7--7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7--9-9-9-9--9-9--8--(Pause)-- 
   Better get out___________Better get out_______! 


   Chorus 2X (riff 3) distortion on (these are just the chords as I am lazy) 
   e|--------------------------3------------------------------ 
   B|--------------------------3------------------------------ 
   G|--------------------4-----0------------4-----1----------- 
   D|--------------------4-----0------------4-----2----------- 
   A|--------------------2-----2------------2-----2----------- 
   E|--------------------------3------------------0----------- 
   You know you make me break out, make me break out________ 

   e|-----3------------------------------------3-------------- 
   B|-----3------------------------------------3-------------- 
   G|-----0-------------------------1----------0-------------- 
   D|-----0-------------------------2----------0-------------- 
   A|-----2-------------------------2----------2-------------- 
   E|-----3-------------------------0----------3-------------- 
   Well I don't want to look like that, I dont want 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-------------1------------------------------------------- 
   D|-------------2------------------------------------------- 
   A|-------------2------------------------------------------- 
   E|-------------0------------------------------------------- 
   to look like that (you know you make me break out) 
   (Yeah Yeah) 
   Verse 2 (riff 4) guitar I plays this 2x 

   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   D|--99999-999-99999-999/12121212/11111111/999999---------- 
   A|--xxxxx-xxx-xxxxx-xxx/-x-x-x-x/-x-x-x-x/xxxxxx---------- 
   E|--77777-777-77777-777/10101010/-9-9-9-9/777777---------- 

   Guitar 2 (riff 4A) plays this 2x 
   e|---------------------------------0----------------------- 
   B|-----------------------------3-----3----3---------------- 
   G|-------8---------8-------------0------0------------------ 
   D|-9-9-9---9-9-9-9---9----2-------------------------------- 
   A|-9-9-9-----9-9-9------2---2------------------------------ 
   E|-7-7-7-----7-7-7----------------------------------------- 
   (You will have to listen to the CD to get the timing right) 

   Guitar 1(Dave) strums these chords while Guitar 2 plays Riff 4A 
   e|----------------------------------------0---------------- 
   B|----------------------------------------3---------------- 
   G|------4---------------------------------0----------------- 
   D|------4---------------------------------2----------------- 
   A|------2---------------------------------2----------------- 
   E|----------------------------------------0---------------- 
   You can see this on my face it's all for you 
   The more and more I take I break right through 

   (riff 5) 
   e|-3------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-3------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-0----------------------------------1--------------------- 
   D|-0----------------------------------2--------------------- 
   A|-2----------------------------------2--------------------- 
   E|-3----------------------------------0--------------------- 
   Therapy still scares me putting me on my back again 

   -using riff 1 from first part of first verse- 

   I may be crazy, a little frayed around the ends 
   One of these days I'll phase you out_________ 

   (riff 6) The timing is a bit tricky just keep working at it and you'll get it 
   e|--------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|--------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|----------9xx9-9--------------------------------9xx9-9--- 
   D|--9xx9-9xx9xx9-9xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx9xx9-9--- 
   A|--9xx9-9xx7xx7-7xx11xx11-11xx10xx10-10xx9xx9-9xx7xx7-7--- 
   E|--7xx7-7xx7xx7-7xx-9xx-9--9xx-8xx-8--8xx7xx7-7xx7xx7-7--- 

   e|--------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|--------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|--------------------------------------------------------- 
   D|-xx11--11-11xx10----------------------------------------- 
   A|-xx11xx11-11xx-8----------------------------------------- 
   E|-xx-9xx-9--9xx-8----------------------------------------- 


   (With riff 6)- Burn it in the blast off Burn it in the blast off 
   Watching me crawl away 
   Try to get out_____________ 
   Try to get out__________! 


   Chorus 2x (riff 3) 

   then 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|---------------------------1--------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--- 
   D|---------------------------2--------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--- 
   A|---------------------------2--------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--- 
   E|---------------------------0---------------------------- 
   I don't want to look like that 

   (riff 7) 4X 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-4-4----2-2----6-6-------------------------------------- 
   D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2-2222-------------------------- 
   A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2-2222-------------------------- 
   E|----------------------0-0-0000-------------------------- 
   BREAKOUT! (Go! Go! Go!) 

   Solo 4X (riff 8) At same time Guitar 2 plays riff 7 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   D|--16-16--14-14--18-18--14-14--------------------------- 
   A|--14-14--12-12--16-16--14-14--7b-7b-------------------- 
   E|-------------------------------------------------------- 

   Chorus 2X (Riff 3) *with 2 more of 'I don't wanna look like that' 
   second time on the chorus 
   -with riff 7 3X 
   You know you make me breakout! 
   Make me breakout! 
   Make me breakout! 

   then finish with: 
   e|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   B|-------------------------------------------------------- 
   G|-4-4----2-2----6-6-------------------------------------- 
   D|-4-4----2-2----6-6----2-2------------------------------- 
   A|-2-2----0-0----4-4----2-2------------------------------- 
   E|----------------------0-0-------------------------------
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