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Dont Forget Your Roots - Six60
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Tabbed by: Aseem Anand
Email: aseem_anand_ss@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Key: C Pentatonic
You will have to figure out the rhythm of the chords and tab by listening to
the song. They are kinda offbeat.
ENJOY
Intro Rhythm Guitar:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|--8-8--8-8-8-8--------------7-7--7-7-7-7---5-3-0--0--0h3--3h5--5/7---------|
E|--------------------8------------------------------------------------------|x4
Third guitar (Played Once):
Let Ring --------|
e|----------------|
B|---------8------|
G|-----5----------| <- This is played throughout the song,
D|---5---5--------| listen carefully where it is used.
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
Intro Lead Guitar:
e|--8/10-10\8-8--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8/10-10\8-8------8/10--10------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5--7/9---9---7\5-----------5-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------7--5--7----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--8/10-10\8-8--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8/10-10\8-8------8/10--10------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------5--7/9---9---7-5-------5-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------7-5-7---7--5------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
Chords:
e|----------8-----3----5----|
B|----10----8-----3----5----|
G|----10----9-----4----5----|
D|----10----10----5----7----|
A|----8-----10----5----7----|
E|----------8-----3----5----|
[F] [C] [G] [Am]
Chorus:
F C
Dont Forget Your Roots my Friend, Yeah
G Am
Dont Forget Your Family, Yeah
F C
Dont Forget Your Roots my Friend,
G Am
the ones who made you, the ones who brought you here
F C
Dont Forget Your Roots my Friend, Yeah
G Am
Dont Forget Your Family, Yeah
F C G
Dont Forget Your Roots my Friend, Yeah
Am
Wooooo
[Lead Guitar Lick (End of first chorus)]
e|--------------------------|
B|-----------5--------------|
G|-------5-7---7-5---5h7----|
D|---5h7-----------7--------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Verse 1:
F C
So Jonny was a good man
G Am
Armed with the power of his Homeland
F C
And with his boots laced tight and a ticket in his hand,
G Am
Never to return home again
[Lead Guitar Lick (Middle of Verse 1)]
e|--8h10p8----8h10p8--------|
B|---------10---------------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F C
So he lost what he knows, and what all is right
G Am
For a broken world, and a world of lies,
F C
But the days where numbered, relationships suffered
G Am
He lost the faith of all those who mattered so
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/six60/305472.html ]
[Chorus]
[Lead Guitar Lick (End of Chorus)]
Let ring ------------|
e|---8/10-10-10-10-10-------|
B|---8/10-10-10-10-10-------|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
Verse 2:
F C
So Jesse thought that she was all that,
G Am
Thought she was heading on the right track
F C
Her mates sat at the gate as she walked away
G Am
Never to look back again
[Lead Guitar Lick (Middle of verse 2)]
e|--------------------------|
B|-----------5--------------|
G|-------5-7---7-5---5h7----|
D|---5h7-----------7--------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
F C
So she lost what she knows and what all is right
G Am
For a brand new image, and a world of lies
F C
But the day where numbered, relationships suffered
G Am
She lost the faith of all those who mattered so
[Chorus]
Solo:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------13-----15b--15br--13------------13--------------------------------|
G|--12h14-----14----------------14---12h14----12h14p12-----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------14--12\10--10h12-----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring |-----------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------13----13h15----------|
G|--------------------------------------12----12--13/14----14----------------|
D|---12br-10----------10----10h12-12/14----14--------------------------------|
A|-----------12-10-12----12--------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15-15-13-------------------------------------10h13p10--------------------|
G|-----------14-12-12h14-14--14-12---------12-14----------12----12-14--------|
D|---------------------------------14---14-------------------14--------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring |-----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9h12p9----------9-----------------------------12----12----12-------------|
D|---------12-10-12---10h12p10----------10-12/14-----14----14----14----------|
A|-----------------------------12-10-12--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Let Ring |---|
e|--8/10-10\8-8-----------------------------------------8--------------------|
B|--8/10-10\8-8------8/10--10---------------------5h6/8----------------------|
G|----------------5--7/9---9---7\5-----------5--7----------------------------|
D|----------------------------------7--5--7----------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Chorus]
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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