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BAND: Nickelback
SONG: Breathe
TABBED BY: Randy Phelps
TUNING: E Flat (Low to high: Eb,Ab,Db,Gb)
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I have excluded some of the obvious beat accents, you can pick 'em up
on your own by listening to the song.
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Verse:
Gb |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db |.----------------------------------------------------------------.|
Ab |.444444-4-4444444000000-0-0000000----------------222222-2-2222222.|
Eb |---------------------------------222222-2-2222222-----------------|
Chorus:
Gb |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db |.----------------2-2-2-22-22-2-2-----------------2-2--2--222-22--.|
Ab |.4-4-4-44-44-4-4-----------------2-2-2-22-22-2-2-----------------.|
Eb |------------------------------------------------------------------|
(With accent beats)
Interlude:
Gb |-----------------------------------------------|
Db |.---------------------------------------------.| Repeat 2x, then
Ab |.----------------------------4--2-2----4--2-2-.|
Eb |-0--0-0--0-0-0-2--2-2--2-2-2-------------------|
Interlude Third time out:
Gb |-------------------------------------------
Db |-------------------------------------------
Ab |-----------------------------2--2-2--2-2-2-
Eb |-0--0-0--0-0-0-2--2-2--2-2-2---------------
Gb --------------------------------|
Db --------------------------------|
Ab 2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Eb --------------------------------|
( Buildup - Interlude outtro )
Quiet Part:
Gb |------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db |.----------------------------------------------------------------.|
Ab |.4---------------0-------------------------------2---------------.|
Eb |---------------------------------2--------------------------------|
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ORDER:
Guitar Intro
Verse x4
Chorus x2
Verse x3
Chorus x3
Verse x2, do the buildup at the end of 2nd time
Interlude, 2 times regular then 3rd time do the interlude outtro
Verse x2
Quiet Part x2
Break - Guitar only, then do the buildup w/drums & guitar
Chorus x3
Verse x2
My band:
http://www.withstandrocks.com/
Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net
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Bill Wanna Be |
#1 by Bill Rossi at Jan 30, 1970 at 7:46 AM EST |
| i don't really understand the meaning of this songs, but i still really like it. | |
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Brian Average |
#2 by Brian Crane at Aug 25, 1974 at 8:48 PM EST |
| I guess I don't really understand this song that well either, but no matter what it means, it's got a great beat and it's fun to sing along to! | |
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Zero Average |
#3 by Zero Life at Oct 18, 1981 at 10:09 AM EST |
| i agree with both the people that say that its about love and about a person wanting to be popular, some lines seem to have mixed meanings but this is what i get out of the song: Two men They started walking Started talking 'bout better days One says to the other He'd do it all again Seems I knew I would (this describes a sence probably a few years after high school, where two friends meet again and talk about high school and good times they had, and the popular kid says that he'd do everything over, if he could, even though some of it probably isn't healthy or nice) And now I found it Found I adored it I didn't want this Somebody help me see (the unpopular kid found popularity and found he liked it, but at the same time he never really wanted to be popular and he sees that being popular isn't all good) Now I feel it Feel that I've been there I didn't need this Somebody help me breathe (he has done some mean things when he was popular and now that he's seen both sides he can't decide what to do and feels that he needs to take time to think things out) Here we are again Just face to facing Each other another day (still in the highschool flashback stage, or maybe thay got a job together that reminds them of their time in high school where the popular one and the unpopular one see each other everyday) Who wins Well who cares It always ends up the same Seems I knew I would (the popular kid always has to do something mean to the unpopular kid because of peer pressure) If I was them Then I wanna be What I see (the unpopular kid sees the popular people and wants to be like them) If I could pack my life in a moment Wanna know do you want me to go Gonna keep it all never ending Never stop myself from pretending That you always knew that I never could (the unpopular kid wants to know if the popular kid wants him to leave him alone to end the cycle that happens where even though the popular kid is mean to the unpopular kid, they still are friends and the unpopular kid still wants to be popular) All I ever really wanted was to be the same Equal treatment never ever comes And here we go again (conversation between the two kids, the unpopular kid tells the popular kid that all he wanted was to be like him, but they never get to be treated the same) All I ever really wanted was to be like you So perfect So worthless If I could take it all back think again I would (the unpopular kid sees that being popular seems perfect but at the same time is worthless, so when he became popular he saw both sides and decided that he didn't like being popular) i can also see it being about love however because i've been in kind of the same situation: And now I found it Found I adored it I didn't want this Somebody help me see Now I feel it Feel that I've been there I didn't need this Somebody help me breathe (i'll tell this from the first person, i fell in love and i liked the feeling of being in love, but at the same time i didn't want to be in love so i need help to "breathe" because i have too much going through my mind) Here we are again Just face to facing Each other another day (the girl that i loved sat behind me in a class so we inevitabley had to see each other pretty much everyday) Who wins Well who cares It always ends up the same (i tried to get her to like me, but it always ended up the same that she never went out with me) If I was them Then I wanna be What I see (if I could be one of her friends i could be closer to her) If I could pack my life in a moment Wanna know do you want me to go Gonna keep it all never ending Never stop myself from pretending That you always knew that I never could (If i could become one of her friends i would do it in an instant, but everyday i tried to get her to like me, but she never did so it was neverending, i was pretending that i could get her to go out with me, and all of my friends knew that i never could get her to go out with me and i found out later that it always was that way) All I ever really wanted was to be the same Equal treatment never ever comes And here we go again (i wanted to be like her friends so she would like me, but "Equal treatment never ever comes", so i try to get her to like me again) All I ever really wanted was to be like you So perfect So worthless (she seemed so perfect, but wanting her to like me and go out with me seems so worthless now that i think about it because it probably wouldn't have worked between us) i can see this song from both sides of view from both the popular people and falling in love view | |
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Hoffel Average |
#4 by Hoffel at Feb 7, 1984 at 10:28 AM EST |
| I actually discovered that one song on the 'Live@Home' DvD and man...IT ROCKS! As for its meaning, Mr 'dumbfuckass''s version looks quite probable and i definitely agree...tho I wouldn't restrict it to Chad and fame ,but to each and every one of us who's ever tried pulling ourselves to the limit to ressemble someone 'So perfect'...only to find out that bottomline it aint as cool as we'd thought it would be. Either way its an awwsome track so enjoy! | |
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Omar Average |
#5 by Omar Rodriguez at Sep 13, 1989 at 6:57 PM EST |
| This song is seriously a kick ass song.....everybody needs to hear it!!!!!!!! | |
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Will Average |
#6 by Will Larkin at Dec 25, 1990 at 6:20 PM EST |
| i love so much this song, it;s gr8, nickelback is a great band | |
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A.D.D. Wanna Be |
#7 by A.D.D. at Sep 8, 1997 at 5:48 PM EST |
| i don't know why but this is my favorite song, i don't even know what it means.. i guess i just like the sound of it. especially after a long day at school i just want to sit down and listen to this. | |
