• Song:

    Room

  • Artist:

    The Living End

THE ROOM

/= slide up
\= slide down
p= pull off
h= hammer on
b= half bend
^= full bend
^^= bend 2 frets
v= bring bend down
pm= palm mute


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Intro:

e----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
g-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/--|
d----------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat
a----------------------------------------------------------------| as needed
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
"In a room you can build a home,
plant the seed, and life begins to grow.
When it's outgrown life inside,
How will it live, and will it survive?
On it's own outside?"

Verse 1:
                    
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5---5--------5----5--|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5---5--------5----5--|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
e--------------------------------------------------------------3------------------|
                                                                
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--------3--------|
b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5--3--------3--------|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5--4--------4--------|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3---|
I wonder if the world is just the same."

e---------------------------------------------------------------3--------3--------|
b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5--3--------3--------|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5--4--------4--------|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3---|
"And does the life that I knew still remain."


Post Verse:   

   
e-------------0--------------|--10----------------10---------------|
b---------1-1----------------|--10--10-----10----------10----------|
g--2--2-2--------------------|--9------9------9-------------9-9----|
d--2-------------3----3--(x2)|--8--------8------8----8----8-----8--| x2
a--0-------------3--3--------|-------------------------------------|
e----------------1-----------|-------------------------------------|
Journey to the life outside,
return to those I left behind."


e---------------|----------------------------|
b--5----5-------|--------------1-------------|
g--5-------5----|----------1-1------5--------|
d--5---------5--|------3-3----------5--(x2)--|
a--3---3--------|-----------------5-3--------|
e---------------|--1-1------------3----------|
"Behind. Cause I'm ready to go now.
Yes I'm ready to go now."

                      
e-----------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------10--\--5--\--|
a--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10--\--5--\--|
e--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--8---\--3--\--|
   pm............................
"I wanna get back to the city,
get on with my life,
'cause I've done my time."


e----------------------------------------------------8--|
b--------------------------1-----1-3-5-6-8-8/9\8-6-5-x--|
g--------------------0-1-3---1-3---------------------5--|
d--------0-2---0-2-3------------------------------------|
a--0-2-3-----3------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------|


e--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
b--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
g--5----------5----5-------|-7--------7----7-|-5----------5----5--------|
d--5----------5----5--(x2)-|-7--------7----7-|-5----------5----5--(x4)--|
a--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-------|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--------|
e--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
      pm.....    . 
"And I'm ready to go now."


e-----------------------------------------|-----|
b-----------------------------------------|-----|
g-----------------------------------------|--2--|
d------6-----6-----3-----2----------(x2)--|--2--|
a----7-----5-----2-------------2----------|--0--|
e--0-----0-----0-----0-4---0-4---4--------|-----|


e----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
b----1-1--0-0--1-------|-------1-1--0-0--1-------------|--------------1--|
g----2-2--2-2--2-------|----2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2-------|------------2----|
d----2-2--2-2--2--(x2)-|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2--(x2)-|------0-1-4------|
a--0-0-0--0-0--0-------|--2-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-------|--0-3------------|
e----------------------|--0----------------------------|-----------------|


Verse 2: Mostly upstrokes

e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"So now it's time to leave the room,
and not for one minute too soon."

e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"If you'd spent sixteen years,
then you'd almost understand."

e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"That time waits for no man to return,
a whole new set of rules to learn."

e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"It had been sixteen years,
since they put me in the cell, put me in the cell."


Chorus:

e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------|
g--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
d--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
a--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
e-----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
"We will never leave, 
we ain't ever gonna leave the Room."

e----------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------------------|
g--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------5-5-5-5--|
d--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
a--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
e-----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1-----------|
"We could be here for life,
We will never leave the Room."


Post Chorus:

e---------------------------------------------------------|
b----6-6--5-5--6------------6-6--5-5-------------------1--|
g----7-7--5-5--7--7--7------7-7--5-5--7--------------2----|
d----7-7--5-5--7--7--7------7-7--5-5--7--------0-1-4------|
a--5-5-5--5-5--5--5--5----5-5-5--5-5--5----0-3------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------|


Verse 3:

e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"And as it all gets re-arranged,
You find that everything has changed. "

e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"And there's no place for you,
in this foriegn world."

(In this next bit, there's a second guitar in the backround)

Guitar 1
e----------0---0---------|----------0---0----------|----------1---1-----------0---0---|
b------1-----1---1-------|------------0---0--------|------1-----1---1-----1-----1--1--|
g--------2---------------|------1------------------|----2---2---------------2---------|
d-------------------(x2)-|----2---2----------(x2)--|--3-------------------------------|
a--0-0-------------------|-------------------------|------------------0-0-------------|
e------------------------|--0----------------------|----------------------------------|
   pm........................................................................

e----------0---0----1-/4-1-0----|
b------------0----0----------0--|
g------1----------1-------------|
d----2---2----------------------|
a-------------------------------|
e--0----------------------------|
   pm...........


Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------|
a--3~----0--3--2~------0-2-3-/5~--0--3~--0--2-------|
e--------------------0-------------------------0----|
"You always believed, 
one day we'd be free,
and never return so soon, 
to what was left inside the room."


Chorus

Post Chorus

Bridge:

Guitar 1
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------|
d--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2-------------------------| x3 
a--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
e--0-1--0----0-1--0----0-1--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
                               pm...................

e---------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------------7--|
d--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--9--10--12--10-9-10-9-7--6--4--7--|  
a--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--x--x---x---x--x-x--x-x--x--x--5--|
e--0-1--0----0-1--0----0-1--0--7--8---10--8--7-8--7-5--4--2-----|


Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------|
b--12---13----12--13--15--13-12-13-12-10-9----|
g--x----x-----x---x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x----|
d--9----10----9---10--12--10-9--10-9--7--6----| x3
a---------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--12---13----12--13--15--13-12-13-12--10--9--7--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
g--x----x-----x---x---x---x--x--x--x---x---x--x--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
d--9----10----9---10--12--10-9--10-9---7---6--4--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(etc)--| 
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge Continued (Acoustic bit):

e-------------------0-----0-----0---------------------------------|
b--5-----5-----5--------------------------------------------------|
g----5-----5----------2-----2-----2--2-----2-----2---2-----2---2--|
d--3---3-----3---3--0---0-----0--------2-----2-----2---2-----2----| x4
a------------------------------------0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0--|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"And if I lent my arms to you,
would you hold me and emrace me?
Or replace me?

e-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
g----2-------2-----2----2-----2-----2-------|----2-------2----2----2-----2-----0--|
d------3-------3----------2-----2------(x6)-|------3-------3---------3-----3------|
a--------3------------0-----0-----0---------|--------3-----------1-----1-----1----|
e--1-------1-----1--------------------------|--1-------1-----1--------------------|

e---------------------------------|
b-----------------1--1-1--1-------|
g----2-----2------0--0-2--0-------|
d------3-----3----2--2-2--2--\----|
a--0-----0-----0--3--3-3--3--\----|
e----------------------------\----|


Solo:

Rythem (F is always played from the 8th fret)

F, Dm, F, Dm,
F, Bb, Dm, C,  x2
Dm, C, A

Lead
e--------------8--8~---6-5---5--------------13--13-----------------------------------|
b-------------/10-10~--8-6h8-6----13-13-13--13-/15-13--------------------------------|
g----------10-----------------------------------------12h14p12-----------------------|
d-----8h10-----------------------------------------------------15-12-----------------|
a--/8------------------------------------------------------------------10-12p10h12~--|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e---1----------1p0------------5^--5--------------|
b---1------1h3-----1h3p1----------6--8-10--8~----|
g---2--0h2---------------3--x--------9-10--------|
d-3-3--------------------------------------------|
a-3-3--------------------------------------------|
e-1-1--------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------------------------/17~----|
b--------10-------11-------13-15p13----------------------------------|
g--10h12----10h12----10/12----------15p14p12-14p12-10h12-14----------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--5--------------------------------3--5----------------------|
b--6^-------------------------------6--6----------------------|
g--------5-7--9--10--10/12\10-9-10--------7--5--7----7--9--9--|
d--------x-x--x--x---x--x--x--x-x---------8----------x--x--x--|
a--------3-5--7--8---8/-10\8--7-8---------8----------5--7--7--|
e-----------------------------------------6-------------------|


Post Solo:

e--------------------------------|---------------------|
b-----6-6--5-5--6--5--5--5-------|------6-6--5-5--6----|
g-----7-7--5-5--7--7--5--7-------|------7-7--5-5--7----|
d---7-7-7--5-5--7--7--5--7--(x3)-|----7-7-7--5-5--7----|
a-7-5-5-5--5-5--5--5--5--5-------|--7-5-5-5--5-5--5----|
e-5------------------------------|--5------------------|


Chorus

Outro: Just keep playing the Chorus until the song fades out. 
       There's a guitar playing a solo in the backround too. 

e---5-5-------5-5------5--5------5---------------------------------|
b---6-6^v-----6-6^-----6^-6^v-----6^-------------------------------|
g---------7~-------7~---------7~-----7~----7^v-5-7^--7^^v-5-7p5----|
d---------------------------------------------------------------5--|
a------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-5----------------------------------------------------------------|

e-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------|
b-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11p10-----------------|
g----------------------------12p10----10h12--|
d----------------------------------12--------|
a--------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-14^--14^v----------------14-14^-------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------14h12-------12---------14p12-------------14-12~-----------------------------------|
d-----------------15p12------------------15p14p12-15--------14h15p14-12-14p12-----------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------15p12-12h13p12--|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e-------------------------------------13~--17^--17~--15~--12\--12/13\12----12b----/10~--|
b-----------------10~--11~--13~--15~------------------------------------12-----12-------|
g-/7--9--10~-12~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e--8~-----------------------------------|
b------10b-8---10p8----10p8----8--------|
g------------7------10------10---10p7~--|
d---------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------|

e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-6-5~----6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---5-6~--8^^-8^^v-8^^v-8^^v-8^^v-6-----|
g-------7------7------7------7------7------7---------------------------------7~--|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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