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/ Nickelback / The Long Road (2003) / Figured You Out guitar tab

Nickelback
"Figured You Out"
From the album "The Long Road"
Tabbed by Joe Costello (joseph.costello@villanova.edu)

Tuning: Drop-C (Drop all strings one step, then drop D)
low to high: C G C F A D

Symbols used:
x = muted strings
<5> = harmonic on 5th fret
/ = slide down
\ = slide up
. = palm mute
h = hammer on
p = pull off

1st Verse:
Riff 1: (w/distortion)
D|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------|--------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------|--7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---|
C|-------|--7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---7-7--7--x-x---|
G|-------|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---|
C|--/15--|--------------------------------------------------------|
    "I like your pants around your feet."

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
G|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
C|---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x----|
   "...the dirt that's on your knees"

D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
F|------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
G|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
C|---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x----|
   "...please, while you're looking up at me	You're like..."

D|-------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------|
F|--7--7--x-x---7--7--7--7---7---------|
C|--7--7--x-x---7--7--7--7---7---------|
G|--5--5--x-x---5--5--5--5---5---------|
C|------------------------------(rest)-|
"...my favorite *** disease"

Riff 1a: (Use harmonics)
D|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|-------|--7--7----------7-7--7----------7-7--7----------7-7--7----------|
C|-------|--7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--7-7--7-<4>-<4>--|
G|-------|--5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--5-5--5-<4>-<4>--|
C|--/15--|--0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--0-0--0-<4>-<4>--|

D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
F|----------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|
G|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|
C|---3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>-3-3--3-<3>-<3>--|

D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
F|---------------------------------------------------------------|
C|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|
G|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|
C|---5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-5-5--5-<5>-<5>-|

D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
F|--7--7---------7-----------------------------|
C|--7--7-<4>-<4>-7-<4>-<4>--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
G|--5--5-<4>-<4>-5-<4>-<4>--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|
C|--0--0-<4>-<4>-0-<4>-<4>--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
 Note: The strumming pattern of the harmonic notes is not shown, listen for it.
       The harmonic notes are correct now, thanks to Frikazoyd for the correction here.

Chorus:
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
								    . . . . . . . .

D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-----------------|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-(rest)----------|

Repeat Riffs 1 and 1a for the second verse.

2nd Chorus:
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------------------------|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0--------------0--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3--0---<4>-0-<4>--0---<4>-0-<4>--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|
								    . . . . . . . .
						   (6x)
D|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
F|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5------------------|*---------------*|-------------------|
C|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|*-0-------------*|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
G|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|--0--------------|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C|-------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|--0---<4>-0-<4>--|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
							  . . . . . . . .
Interlude:
		 (4x)		   (4x)		     (4x)		 (2x)
D|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|------------|
F|------------------*|----------------*|----------------*|------------------*|------------|
C|------------------*|---3--3--5p3p0--*|---5--5--5p3p0--*|------------------*|-0----------|
G|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|---3--3----------|---5--5----------|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|-0----------|
C|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|---3--3----------|---5--5----------|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|-0-(rest)---|

3rd Verse:
Riff 2 (Palm mute the hell out of these notes)
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0--x-x--0--0-------|
C|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0--x-x--0--0-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x--3--3-------|
C|--3--3--x-x---3-3--3--x-x--3--3-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .

D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
F|--------------------------------------|
C|--------------------------------------|
G|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x--5--5-------|
C|--5--5--x-x---5-5--5--x-x--5--5-------|
    .  .        . .  .       .  .

D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
F|-------------------------7---------|
C|-------------------------7---------|
G|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0-----5---------|
C|--0--0--x-x---0-0--0-------(rest)--|
    .  .        . .

Play Riff 1a for the second part of the 3rd verse.
Then play the second chorus.

Ending:
		 (3x)
D|-------------------|-----------------------|
A|-------------------|-----------------------|
F|------------------*|----------------7--7---|
C|------------------*|--3-3--3-3-3----7--7---|
G|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|--3-3--3-3-3----5--5---|
C|---0---0-3p0-3h5---|--3-3--3-3-3----0--0---|

-And there you have it. If there's any comments, questions or corrections e-mail me.

Joe.


Nickelback albums
2003 The Long Road
2001 Silver Side Up
2000 The State
1996 Curb
The Long Road tabs
01Flat on the Floor tabbass tab
02Do This Anymore tabbass tab
03Someday tabbass tab
04Believe It or Not tabbass tab
05Feelin' Way Too Damn Good tabbass tab
06Because of You tabbass tab
07Figured You Out tabbass tab
08Should've Listened tabbass tab
09Throw Yourself Away tabbass tab
10Another Hole in the Head tabbass tab
11See You at the Show tabbass tab

 

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