Escape Route Chords - Frightened Rabbit

Intro tabs: (line 1)

{tab: eb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|------------------------------------| 3x, then}

{tab: Db|------6/2---------------------2-1-2-|}

{tab: Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|}

{tab: Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|}

(line 2)

{tab: eb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Db|------7/6---------------------2-1-2-|}

{tab: Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|}

{tab: Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|}

Verse tab: E

{tab: eb|----------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|----------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|----------------------------| 4x}

{tab: Db|------2-----2-----2-----1h2-|}

{tab: Ab|----2-----2-----2-----------|}

{tab: Eb|--0-----0-----0-----0-------|}

Chorus tabs: E A5 B5

{tab: eb|--0----------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|--0----0-0---0-0---------------|}

{tab: Gb|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--|}

{tab: Db|--2------------------7-7--9-9--| 3x, then}

{tab: Ab|--2------------------7-7--9-9--|}

{tab: Eb|--0------------------5-5--7-7--|}

E A5 B5 A5 B5

{tab: eb|--0--------------------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|--0----0-0---0-0-------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--6-6--8-8--|}

{tab: Db|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|}

{tab: Ab|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|}

{tab: Eb|--0------------------5-5--7-7--5-5--7-7--|}

Verse 3 <4beat>tabs: (line 1)

{tab: eb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|------------------------------------|}

{tab: Db|------7/9---------------------2-1-2-|}

{tab: Ab|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|}

{tab: Eb|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|}

(line 2)

{tab: eb|-------------------------------------|}

{tab: Bb|-------------------------------------|}

{tab: Gb|-------------------------------------|}

{tab: Db|------7/9-------7--------------2-1-2-|}

{tab: Ab|----7---------7------0-4/2-2---------|}

{tab: Eb|--0-------0--------0---------0-------|}

----------------------------------------------------------------- Song Structure:

Intro

play Intro tab (line 13x, then play Intro tab (line 2x1

Verse 1

play verse tab 4x over this His first kicking came on January 1st They said, "Welcome to the club, we'll take your shoes and your shirt." He wore his nosebleed like a red rosette And it was a prize he would win again and again and again Break 1: play Intro tab (line 12x Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh He had to find an escape route

Verse 2

play verse tab 4x over this It was a rumour, but it soon became true When he was drunk in the suburbs with a boy from a different school. All his good friends soon left him for dead Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge Break 1: play Intro tab (line 12x Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Chorus 1

use chorus tabs And then he saw an escape route From the dogs of West Renfrew From the bitches and bruises He chose Ohio to run to Break 1: play Intro tab (line 14x Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Verse 3

play Intro (line 1)x1, then (line 2)x1, then (line 1)x1, then verse 3 <4beat>(line 1)x1 The name came to him just as he perched On the amber lit bridge, his whole face pursed It had a ring to it in American songs Like a glittering release from a crippling curse

Verse 4

play verse 3 <4beat>tab (line 2)4x He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space And all the pointing fingers they just melted away Who knows, maybe he'll never take flight But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night Break 1: play Intro tab (line 12x Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh

Chorus 2

use chorus tabs It became an escape route From the dogs of West Renfrew From the bitches and beatings Midwestern chest to fall into Break 2: E - Ab5 - A5 - Db5 then, E - Ab5 - A5 - Ab5

Bridge

E Ab5 Some are saved by the good arms A5 Db5 Some are saved by the church E Ab5 Some get saved by the skin of their teeth A5 Ab5 By the thought that it couldn't get much worse E Ab5 Some are saved by professors A5 Db5 Some are saved by police E Ab5 Some get saved by a distant place A5 Ab5 By an impossible American dream

Chorus 3

use chorus tabs We all need an escape route We all need an escape route Outro chords: E Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, A5 From the punches and kicks E The fingernails and the pricks Ab5 All the sharp little knives B5 In the dark pockets of life A5 From the bitches and bruises E From the burden of youth B5 The public hangings and stonings Ab5 Save us from fellow humans E Just give us an escape route