Artist: Frightened Rabbit Song: Escape Route Album: Pedestrian Verse [deluxe edition] tabbed by: recebedou email: recebedou@yahoo.com Tuning: half step down [EbAbDbGbBbeb] 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: E A5 B5 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--| E A5 B5 A5 B5 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-------| ----------------------------------------------------------------- Song Structure: Intro: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x3, then [play Intro tab (line 2)]x1 Verse 1: [play verse tab 4x over this] 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 Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 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 Verse 2: [play verse tab 4x over this] 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 Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2 Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Chorus 1: [use chorus tabs] And then he saw an escape route From the dogs of West Renfrew From the bitches and bruises He chose Ohio to run to Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 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 Verse 4: [play verse 3/4 tab (line 2)x4] 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 Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2 Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Chorus 2: [use chorus tabs] It became an escape route From the dogs of West Renfrew From the bitches and beatings Midwestern chest to fall into Break 2: [E - Ab5 - A5 - Db5] then, [E - Ab5 - A5 - Ab5] Bridge: E Ab5 Some are saved by the good arms A5 Db5 Some are saved by the church E Ab5 Some get saved by the skin of their teeth A5 Ab5 By the thought that it couldn't get much worse E Ab5 Some are saved by professors A5 Db5 Some are saved by police E Ab5 Some get saved by a distant place A5 Ab5 By an impossible American dream Chorus 3: [use chorus tabs] 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