SWING LIFE AWAY
As Recorded by Rise Against
From the 2004 album SIREN SONG OF THE COUNTER CULTURE
Tabbed by David Sorkin (ssjeasterbunny@hotmail.com)
Tuning: 1/2 step down
Gtr I (Eb G# C# F# Bb Eb)
Gtr II (Eb G# C# F# Bb Eb)
Intro
Gtr I
E = 174
Bsus2 Bsus2
6/8
E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S+S E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S+S
Eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb||-0-----------------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3(3)|-0-----------------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3(3)|
F#||-----0-------2---0-------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0(0)|-----0-------2---0-------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0(0)|
C#||---------0-----------4---|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---|---------0-----------4---|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x---|
G#||-------------0-----------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3(3)|-------------0-----------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3(3)|
Eb||-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| E E E E E E +H* E E E E E E +H*
Eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb||{12}----------------{7}--|(7)----------------------|{12}----------------{7}--|(7)----------------------|
F#||---{12}---------{5}------|-------------------------|---{12}---------{5}------|-------------------------|
C#||-------{12}-{7}----------|-------------------------|-------{12}-{7}----------|-------------------------|
G#||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb||-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bsus2 C#5
E E E E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-0-----------------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3---3---|-3-----------------------|
F#|-----0-------2---0-------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2---2---|-2-----------------------|
C#|---------0-----------4---|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0---0---|-0-----------------------|
G#|-------------0-----------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E +H* S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|{12}----------------{7}--|(7)----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|---{12}---------{5}------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-------{12}-{7}----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Verse
Gtr I
Eb5 F#5 B5 Eb5 F#5 B5
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|
C#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|
G#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
Eb|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|
PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM
Eb5 F#5 B5 C#add4
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S S S S S S S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3-----------|
F#|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------|
C#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4-----------|
G#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5-----------|
Eb|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM
Eb5 F#5 B5 Eb5 F#5 B5
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|
C#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|
G#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|
Eb|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|
PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM
Eb5 F#5 B5 C#add4
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
G#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
Eb|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM
Chorus
Gtr I
Eb Ebm3 Bsus2 F#5 G#sus4 Eb Ebm3 Bsus2 C#5
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-----8-7-8---------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-----8-7-8---------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-x---x-x-x-x-|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
C#|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
G#|-7---7-7-7-7-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-0---0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-x---x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|
Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-8---8-8-8-8-|-3---3-3-3-3-------------|-0---0-0-0-0-8---8-8-8-8-|-------------------------|
Eb Ebm3 Bsus2 F#5 G#sus4 Eb Ebm3 Bsus2 C#5
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-----8-7-8---------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-----8-7-8---------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-x---x-x-x-x-|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
C#|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-2---2-2-2-2-|-----x-x-x---0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
G#|-7---7-7-7-7-x---x-x-x-x-|-x---x-x-x-x-0---0-0-0-0-|-7---7-7-7-7-x---x-x-x-x-|-------------------------|
Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-8---8-8-8-8-|-3---3-3-3-3-------------|-0---0-0-0-0-8---8-8-8-8-|-------------------------|
Transition A (After first chorus only)
Gtr I
C#5
E S S S S S S S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-3-----------|
F#|-2---2-2-2-2-2-----------|
C#|-0---0-0-0-0-0-----------|
G#|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|
Transition B (After second and third chorus)
Gtr I
C#5
E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|
C#|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
G#|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|
Breakdown
Gtr I
C#5 F#5 F#
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-8---7---0---3---3-3-3-3-|-5---3-------3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-|-x---x-------0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0---5---4---4-4-4-4-|
C#|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-------0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x---x---0---0-0-0-0-|
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-7---7-------x---x-x-x-x-|-3---3---3---x---x-x-x-x-|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---0-------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|
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|Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q* Q* E* E* Q*
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|{12}---------------------|{12}---------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|------{12}---------------|
F#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|-------------------------|-------------------------|------------{5}----------|------------{5}----------|
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F# C#5 F#5 F#
E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-5---3-------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|-8---7---0---3---3-3-3-3-|-5---3-------3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-0---0---5---4---4-4-4-4-|-------------2---2-2-2-2-|-x---x-------0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0---5---4---4-4-4-4-|
C#|-x---x---x---0---0-0-0-0-|-2---4---5---0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-------0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x---x---0---0-0-0-0-|
G#|-3---3---3---x---x-x-x-x-|-2---2---2---------------|-7---7-------x---x-x-x-x-|-3---3---3---x---x-x-x-x-|
Eb|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|-0---0---0---------------|-0---0-------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|
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| E* E* Q* E* E* Q* Q* Q* E* E* Q*
Eb|{12}---------------------|-------------------------|{12}---------------------|{12}---------------------|
Bb|------{12}---------------|{7}----------------------|-------------------------|------{12}---------------|
F#|-------------------------|------{5}---{7}----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
C#|------------{5}----------|-------------------------|------------{5}----------|------------{5}----------|
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
F# G#5 G#7 G# G#flat7 Bsus2
E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-5---3-------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-0---0---5---4---4-4-4-4-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C#|-x---x---x---0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-5---5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-4---4-4-4-4-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
G#|-3---3---3---x---x-x-x-x-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
Eb|-------------3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E* E* Q* Q* Q* H* Q* Q*
Eb|{12}---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|------{12}---------------|{7}----------------------|-------------------------|{7}----------------------|
F#|-------------------------|------------{5}----------|{7}----------------------|------------{5}----------|
C#|------------{5}----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bsus2
H*
Eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-3-----------------------|
F#|-0-----------------------|
C#|-x-----------------------|
G#|-3-----------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|
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| H*
Eb|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|
F#|{7}----------------------|
C#|-------------------------|
G#|-------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------|
Bridge
Gtr I
Eb5 F#5 B5 Eb5 F#5 B5
Q* Q* H* Q* Q* H +S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-3--------------(3)3-3-3-|
F#|-------------0-----------|-0-----------------------|-------------0-----------|-0--------------(0)0-0-0-|
C#|-2-----------0-----------|-x-----------------------|-2-----------0-----------|-x-----------------x-x-x-|
G#|-2-----------x-----------|-3-----------------------|-2-----------x-----------|-3--------------(3)3-3-3-|
Eb|-0-----------3-----------|-------------------------|-0-----------3-----------|-------------------------|
Eb5 F#5 B5 C#add4
E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-------------------------|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-4---4-4-4-4-4---4-4-4-4-|
G#|-2---2-2---2-5---5-5---5-|-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---3-|-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-|
Eb|-0---0-0---0-3---3-3---3-|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM-----| PM PM---| PM---|
Outro
Gtr I
Ebm7 F#5 Bsus2 Ebm7 F#5 Bsus2
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C#|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
G#|-2---2-2-2-2-x---x-x-x-x-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-x---x-x-x-x-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
Ebm7 F#5 G#sus4 Bsus2 Ebm7 F#5 Bsus2
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
F#|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C#|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-2---2-2-2-2-x---x-x-x-x-|-2---2-2-2-2-0---0-0-0-0-|-x---x-x-x-x-x---x-x-x-x-|
G#|-2---2-2-2-2-x---x-x-x-x-|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-2---2-2-2-2-x---x-x-x-x-|-3---3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-|
Eb|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|-0---0-0-0-0-3---3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
Bsus2 F#5
E S S S S E E E H*
Eb|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Bb|-3---3-3-3-3-0-----------|-3-----------------------||
F#|-0---0-0-0-0-----0-------|-0-----------------------||
C#|-x---x-x-x-x---------2---|-0-----------------------||
G#|-3---3-3-3-3-------------|-x-----------------------||
Eb|-------------------------|-3-----------------------||
Song Progression
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Intro
Verse
Chorus (w/ Transition A)
Verse
Chorus (w/ Transition B)
Breakdown
Bridge
Chorus (w/ Transition B)
Outro
Duration and Tablature Legend
-----------------------------
H = Half note S = Sixteenth note
Q = Quarter note + = Tied to previous note
E = Eighth note * = Dotted note
Duration letters with no fret number(s) below them represent rests.
{ } = Natural harmonic
x = Muted string
PM = Palm mute
Lyrics
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Verse 1:
Am I loud and clear, or am breaking up?
Am I still your charm, or am I just bad luck?
Are we getting closer, or are we just getting more lost?
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first.
Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you whose is worse.
Let’s unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words...
Chorus:
We live on front porches and swing life away.
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I’ll slave ’til the end.
I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand.
Verse 2:
I’ve been here so long, I think that it’s time to move.
The winter’s so cold, summer’s over too soon.
Let’s pack our bags and settle down where palm trees grow.
I’ve got some friends, some that I hardly know.
We’ve had some times I wouldn’t trade for the world.
We’ve chased these days down with talks of places that we will go...
Chorus:
We live on front porches and swing life away.
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I’ll slave ’til the end.
I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand.
Breakdown:
Until you hold my hand...
Bridge:
I’ll show you mine if you show me yours first.
Let’s compare scars, I’ll tell you whose is worse.
Let’s unwrite these pages and replace them with our own words…
Chorus:
We live on front porches and swing life away.
We get by just fine here on minimum wage.
If love is a labor I’ll slave ’til the end.
I won’t cross these streets until you hold my hand.
Outro:
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
Swing life away...
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