Title: Under Control
Album: Room On Fire (RCA 2003)
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* It’s all here. Shouldn’t be too hard to figure out strucutre.
* There is a lot of sliding between chords in this song (including the solo)
but I’ll leave that up to you.
Gtr.1 – Albert
Gtr.2 – Nick
Verse – Guitar 1
C# D#m Fm F#
E||-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|-13–13–13–14–14–14–14–14-|
B||-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|-13–13–13–14–14–14–14–14-|
G||-10–10–10–11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–10–10–10–10–10-|-13–13–13–15–15–15–15–15-|
D||——————————–|——————————–|——————————–|
A||——————————–|——————————–|——————————–|
E||——————————–|——————————–|——————————–|
-13–14–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|
-13–14–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|
-13–15–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-10–10–10–11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–10–10–10–10–10-|
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Fm F# C# D#m
-13–13–13–14–14–14–14–14-|-13–14–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|
-13–13–13–14–14–14–14–14-|-13–14–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11-|
-13–13–13–15–15–15–15–15-|-13–15–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-10–10–10–11–11–11–11–11-|
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-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|-13–13–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|
-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|-13–13–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–9—9—9—9—9–|
-11–11–11–10–10–10–10–10-|-13–13–13–11–11–11–11–11-|-11–11–11–10–10–10–10–10-|
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G# D#/C A#m G# D#/C A#m
-4–4–4–4–4–6–6–6-|-6–6–6–6–6–9–9–9-|-4–4–4–4–4–6–6–6-|-6–6–6–6–6–9–9–9-|
-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|
-5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|-5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|
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G# D#/C G#
–4–4–4–4–4–6–6–6–|–8—————-|——————||
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–|–9—————-|——————||
–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5–|–8—————-|——————||
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Verse – Guitar 2
(Nick actually uses different chord fingerings using the D and A string; however, these chords
are rooted on the same position on the neck, and this tab sounds very close.)
C# D#m Fm F#
E||–4–4–4–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4–|–8—8—8—9—9—9—9—9—|
B||–6–6–6–7–7–7–7–7–|–7–7–7–6–6–6–6–6–|–9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11–|
G||–6–6–6–8–8–8–8–8–|–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–|–10–10–10–11–11–11–11–11–|
D||————————–|————————–|———————————-|
A||————————–|————————–|———————————-|
E||————————–|————————–|———————————-|
–8—9—8—6–6–6–6–6–|–4–4–4–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4–|
–9—11–9—7–7–7–7–7–|–6–6–6–7–7–7–7–7–|–7–7–7–6–6–6–6–6–|
–10–11–10–8–8–8–8–8–|–6–6–6–8–8–8–8–8–|–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–|
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–8—8—8—9—9—9—9—9—|–8—9—8—6–6–6–6–6–|–4–4–4–6–6–6–6–6–|
–9—9—9—11–11–11–11–11–|–9—11–9—7–7–7–7–7–|–6–6–6–7–7–7–7–7–|
–10–10–10–11–11–11–11–11–|–10–11–10–8–8–8–8–8–|–6–6–6–8–8–8–8–8–|
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* see below
–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4–|–8—8—8—6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–4–4–4–4–4–|
–7–7–7–6–6–6–6–6–|–9—9—9—7–7–7–7–7–|–7–7–7–6–6–6–6–6–|
–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–|–10–10–10–8–8–8–8–8–|–8–8–8–6–6–6–6–6–|
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G# A#m C# G# A#m C#
-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4-|-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–4–4–4–4-|
-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|-4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|
-5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|-5–5–5–5–5–5–5–5-|-6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6-|
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G# G#
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4/—|–8—————-||
–4–4–4–4–4–4–4/—|–9—————-||
–5–5–5–5–5–5–5/—|–8—————-||
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* There is a little hammer-on/pull-of line here but it’s buried in the mix and
I’m not sure what Nick plays.
Solo – Guitar 1
G# F# Fm D#m C# F#
E||-8——6———|-13—11—9———–|–9———–9—-11—11/13–|–9—————–|
B||-9——7———|-13—11—9———–|–11——11–11—11—11/13–|–9—————–|
G||-8——6———|-13—11—10———-|–11——11–11—11—11/13–|–10—————-|
D||——————|———————–|——————————-|——————–|
A||——————|———————–|——————————-|——————–|
E||——————|———————–|——————————-|——————–|
G# F#
–8——6———-|–13—11—9———–|–9———–9—-11—11/13–|–9—————–|
–9——7———-|–13—11—9———–|–11——11–11—11—11/13–|–9—————–|
–8——6———-|–13—11—10———-|–11——11–11—11—11/13–|–10—————-|
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–9/—4————||
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Solo – Guitar 2 (x4)
F# C#
E||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–4–||
B||–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–7–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
G||–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–|–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–6–||
D||————————–|————————–||
A||————————–|————————–||
E||————————–|————————–||
Outro – Guitar 1
E||–13——11——–14–|–13–11–9————-||
B||–13——11——–14–|–13–11–9————-||
G||–13——11——–15–|–13–11–10————||
D||————————|————————||
A||————————|————————||
E||————————|————————||
Outro – Guitar 2
E||–8——-6——–9—|–8—6–4————||
B||–9——-7——–11–|–9—7–6————||
G||–10——8——–11–|–10–9–6————||
D||———————–|———————-||
A||———————–|———————-||
E||———————–|———————-||
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