Fire Escape chords & tabs

"Fire Escape"
By Fastball

Intro and Verse: C#-F#-F#-C#

C#           F#             C#
Well I don't wanna be President
Superman or Clark Kent
I don't wanna walk 'round in their shoes

'Cause I don't know who's side I'm on
I don't know my right from wrong
I don't know where I'm going to     (C#-F#-F#-C#)
I don't know about you

Chorus:

FastBall-Fire escape
Tabbed By Dave wachala csoul@mail.com

Standard tuning

This is kinda hard to play. But if you use index to hold
the "3's"  and your pinky to get that "7", you'll be fine.


Verse:
Riff 1(intro too)
---------3-----3-----2-------
--3--3-3-----3-----3---------
-7---5-----4-----2-----------
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Okay now...THIS is the easiest version...probably.  In this, you play it in D,
but it's really in C#, so just tune your guitar down a hlaf-step, it'll make it easy.

Here's the intro and what I'm going to call the "D riff." Just strum along with the recording


D        D

-2--3--3--2
-3--3--3--3    there, the "D riff"
-2--5--4--2
-0--0--0--0
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Intro: D riff(x4), G, Em, D riff

Notes:

Capo on the 4th fret to match Fastball’s recording.  Use chord forms as 
noted, rather than starting off in C# as the song is written.

If you’re playing along with the recording, the primary rhythm guitar does 
not articulate all the chords in the first two lines of each verse. 
Instead, just hang on the “A” chord while the bass plays out the “G” 
and “D”.  If you’re playing at a campfire you need to play all the chords 
in the verse to properly accompany the vocal melody.

For the intro riff (and the riff at the end of each verse) you should 
ignore the high “E” string and catch the key notes on the “B” string (and 
note that for the “G” chord in this riff you should play the 3rd fret on 
the “B” string, not the high “E” string – this will create the ring on that 
note the riff requires).

Standard tuning (EADGBE)

Great song by Fastball.  The lead is pretty easy to find, but it took me a 
while to figure out the rhythm behind.  Here's my interpretation, which is a
mix of ear and watching them play the song live... the timing is
approximate, so please listen to the song to get the strumming right.  Hope 
that helps... email me (jfgenie2@hotmail.com) if you have corrections and/or questions!



Intro lead part:

e |---2---3--------3--------2---------|---2---3--------3--------2----------|
B |-----3------3--------3--------3----|-----3------3--------3--------3-----|
G |--------------2--------2--------2--|--------------2--------2--------2---|
D |-0---------------------------------|-0----------------------------------|