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Times Like These
Foo Fighters
I transcribed this version for a young student using dropped-D tuning (where you lower the 6th string to a D), enabling him to fret power chords using one finger. The numbers refer to the fret.
This song has parts in the highly unusual 7/4 time signature: 7 beats per measure.
| Strum Guide | ||
|
Intro Strum: D U D U D D U 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D U D D U DM 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
Main
Strum:
D D D D D D D D 1
+ 2 + 3 + 4 + |
7/4
Riff Strum:
D D D D D D D D D D D D D D 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + |
Intro: / 12 - - - / x8
7/4 Riff: / 12 - - - - - - / 10 - - - - - - / 9 - - - - - - / x3, last measure gets 8 beats
Intro Riff x 2
12 (2) 7 (2)
I, I’m a one way motorway
10 2 Intro Riff
I’m the one that drives away, follows you back home
12 (2) 7 (2)
I, I’m a streetlight shining
10 2 Intro Riff x2
I’m a white light blinding bright, burning off and on
Chorus:
10 2 12
It’s times like these you learn to live again
10 2 12
It’s times like these you give and give again
10 2 12
It’s times like these you learn to love again
10 2 12 (last choruses only)
It’s times like these time and time again
Intro Riff x2
12 (2) 7 (2)
I, I’m a new day rising
10 2 Intro Riff
I’m a brand new sky that hangs the stars upon tonight
12 (2) 7 (2)
I, I’m a little divided
10 2 Intro Riff x2
Do I stay or run away and leave it all behind
Chorus
7/4 Riff: / 12 - - - - - - / 10 - - - - - - / 9 - - - - - - / x4, last measure gets 8 beats
Solo: / D - - - / - - - - / x4
Chorus x2
Chorus, strum each chord once
End on 10
This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
