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Never Born To Follow


Intro/Verse Riff - Guitar 1, with phaser 
eb|-------------0----------| 
Bb|----3-----3-----3-----3-| 
Gb|-5-----5-----------5----| 
Db|------------------------| 
Ab|------------------------| 
Db|------------------------| 


I know you feel it tonight 
She’s a million miles from the life 
Never to return 
She left it all behind 


Before Chorus - Guitar 2 
eb|--------3----------------|-------------------------| 
Bb|------6--------3---------|-------------------------| 
Gb|----5-----5--------------|--------3----------------| 
Db|-3-----------------------|------3-------4----------| 
Ab|------------3------------|-1--1--------------------| 
Db|-------------------------|-----------0-------------| 
"If only I could have known  The things she held in her soul" 


|--------5------------------|-------------------------| 
|------6---6----5-----------|-------------------------| 
|----5----------------------|------3----2-------------| 
|-3-------------------------|----3------0-------------| 
|------------5--------------|-1---------0--------/x\--| 
|---------------------------|-----------0--------/x\--| 
"She harbored so much hurt   She faced the world alone" 






Chorus 
       Db5                Gb5                        E5          B5 
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------|-------------5--5--5-5----| 
|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---5--5--5-5----| 
|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---3--3--3-3----| 
|-0---------------------|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3----------------| 
"She dropped out and just tore herself away She was never born to follow" 


|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------| 
|---------------------5---5---|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-| 
|---------5-----------3---2---|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-| 
|-0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0---------|-0---------------------|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-| 
                               "Dropped out of a world she couldn’t take, she was" 



|------------------------|------ 
|------------------------|------ 
|---------5--5-----------|------ 
|-3--3----5--5-----------|-0---- 
|-3--3----3--3-----------|-0---- 
|-3--3------------2b3r2--|-0---- 
"never born to follow" 





Verse - Similar to Before, except additional overdub part is repeated - 

"Into this life she was born 
A firefly in the storm 
And god how she would burn 
She needed so much more" 




play 1:42-1:55                  Ending 
|---10--10--10--10--&--|      |-10-------------------| 
|-13--13--13--13----&--|      |-13gb15---------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
"She never said good-bye" 
"So it came as no surprise" 
"I always feared the worst" 
"The fate she had to find" 




(1:58) Play Chorus Again 

Lead Guitar Lick (2:05)  

|-15b17r15--13-----13qb-----------15PH-13b-----| 
|-------------15------------13--15-------------| 
|------------------------/14--14---------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 





Bridge - play, then repeat 2x similarly (play last chord 3x on repeat 1) 
                      Gb/A 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|---------------------0---0---|---------------------5---9---| 
|---------------------0---0---|---------5-----------5---9---| 
|-----0---5~------0---1---1---|-----0---2-------0---3---7---| 
|-0-5---0-----0-5---0---------|-0-5---0-----0-5---0---------| 




Bridge Pt. 2 - Split parts (Guitar 2 plays chords written) 

  Gutiar 1 (possibly 2 overdubs, note the parts played multiple times) 

|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
  A5 (x133xx)                       Gb5 (555xxx) 
          "What else could be said           What else could be done" 


|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
 Db5 (with PM & accents)            B5 (x355xx) 
          "Life has slipped away    Should have could have over come" 



|-13-13-13-12-{12-12-12-12}-------|-13-13-13-12-{12-12-12-12}-------| 
|-10-10-10-10-{10-10-10-10}-x3----|-10-10-10-10-{10-10-10-10}-x3----| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
  A5                                 Gb5 
           "Still I miss her face             Brighter than the sun"  



|-{12-12-12-12}-------------------|-{12-12-12-12}--------------------| 
|-{10-10-10-10}-x4----------------|-------------x2-----7-------7-----| 
|---------------------------------|-{9--9--9--9-}----8---8\6-8---8\6-| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 Db5 (with PM & accents)            B5 
"She had to find her way             She dared to dream, She dared to" 





End of Bridge - 6/4 time, play 2x 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-----------5--5------------------|-3----3--------------------------| 
|-3----3----5--5------------------|-3----3----1--0------------------| 
|-3----3----3--3------------------|-1----1----1--0------------------| 
|-3----3--------------------------|-----------1--0------------------| 
 "run" 





(3:19) Play Chorus Again 
|-------13--13h17p13--13--13h17p13--13--13h17p13--13--- 
|-15-15---15--------15--15--------15--15--------15--15- 
|------------------------------------------------------ continued 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------ 


--13h17p13/15h19p15-------13----------| 
---------------------13h15--15p13h15\-| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 




Outro Solo: 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|------13--13~~---------------------|------------------------ 
|-12b14__-b14~~-14pbr12-10-12-12~---|-11--12--11--12--12b14~~ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 


-10---------------|---------------15\13-10----------------------| 
---13p10-----13p10|-12gb13------15--------15\13-10-10--------10-| 
--------12b14-----|----------------------------------12p10-12---| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 


|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-12b14r12-10-------10---------/14-10---10-10-----| 
|------------12p10----12---9-12--------------12---| 
|-----------------12---------------------------12-| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 


|---------15b17--b17___r15~~|-14--15-14--15-17p15p13-17-13---13FL---13-| 
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------15---| 
|-----0---------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|-0-------------------------|------------------------------------------| 

add wah (notes are close as I can get, its a D phrygian riff): 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-13p11p10--------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------12p10-----12p10-----------------------------------------------| 
|--------------13p12-----13p12p10--10h12--------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------13-----13p11p10h11---------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------14p12p10h12h10-9tr10-| 
end on a low PH (not sure what fret)   
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