Room Guitar Tab

Modern Artillery Tabs:

THE ROOM
/= slide up
\= slide down
p= pull off
h= hammer on
b= half bend
^= full bend
^^= bend 2 frets
v= bring bend down
pm= palm mute
Top song
Intro:
e----------------------------------------------------------------|
b-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
g-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6\-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/--|
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a----------------------------------------------------------------| as needed
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"In a room you can build a home,
plant the seed, and life begins to grow.
When it's outgrown life inside,
How will it live, and will it survive?
On it's own outside?"
Verse 1:
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b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5---5--------5----5--|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5---5--------5----5--|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3---3--3-3-3-3--3-3--|
e--------------------------------------------------------------3------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--------3--------|
b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5--3--------3--------|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5--4--------4--------|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3---|
I wonder if the world is just the same."
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b--5--------5----5-----------------------------5--------5----5--3--------3--------|
g--5--------5----5----10-----------10-----10---5--------5----5--4--------4--------|
d--5--5-5-5-5--5-5----10--10-10-10-10--10-10---5--5-5-5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
a--3--3-3-3-3--3-3----8---8--8--8--8---8--8----3--3-3-3-3--3-3--5--5-5-5-5--5-5---|
e---------------------------------------------------------------3--3-3-3-3--3-3---|
"And does the life that I knew still remain."
Post Verse:
e-------------0--------------|--10----------------10---------------|
b---------1-1----------------|--10--10-----10----------10----------|
g--2--2-2--------------------|--9------9------9-------------9-9----|
d--2-------------3----3--(x2)|--8--------8------8----8----8-----8--| x2
a--0-------------3--3--------|-------------------------------------|
e----------------1-----------|-------------------------------------|
Journey to the life outside,
return to those I left behind."
e---------------|----------------------------|
b--5----5-------|--------------1-------------|
g--5-------5----|----------1-1------5--------|
d--5---------5--|------3-3----------5--(x2)--|
a--3---3--------|-----------------5-3--------|
e---------------|--1-1------------3----------|
"Behind. Cause I'm ready to go now.
Yes I'm ready to go now."
e-----------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------|
d----------------------------------10--\--5--\--|
a--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10--\--5--\--|
e--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--4-4-4-4-4-4-4--8---\--3--\--|
pm............................
"I wanna get back to the city,
get on with my life,
'cause I've done my time."
e----------------------------------------------------8--|
b--------------------------1-----1-3-5-6-8-8/9\8-6-5-x--|
g--------------------0-1-3---1-3---------------------5--|
d--------0-2---0-2-3------------------------------------|
a--0-2-3-----3------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
b--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
g--5----------5----5-------|-7--------7----7-|-5----------5----5--------|
d--5----------5----5--(x2)-|-7--------7----7-|-5----------5----5--(x4)--|
a--3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3-------|-5--5-5-5-5--5-5-|-3--3-3-3-3-3--3-3--------|
e--------------------------|-----------------|--------------------------|
pm.....    .
"And I'm ready to go now."
e-----------------------------------------|-----|
b-----------------------------------------|-----|
g-----------------------------------------|--2--|
d------6-----6-----3-----2----------(x2)--|--2--|
a----7-----5-----2-------------2----------|--0--|
e--0-----0-----0-----0-4---0-4---4--------|-----|
e----------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------|
b----1-1--0-0--1-------|-------1-1--0-0--1-------------|--------------1--|
g----2-2--2-2--2-------|----2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2-------|------------2----|
d----2-2--2-2--2--(x2)-|--2-2--2-2--2-2--2--2--2--(x2)-|------0-1-4------|
a--0-0-0--0-0--0-------|--2-0--0-0--0-0--0--0--0-------|--0-3------------|
e----------------------|--0----------------------------|-----------------|
Verse 2: Mostly upstrokes
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"So now it's time to leave the room,
and not for one minute too soon."
e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"If you'd spent sixteen years,
then you'd almost understand."
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"That time waits for no man to return,
a whole new set of rules to learn."
e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"It had been sixteen years,
since they put me in the cell, put me in the cell."
Chorus:
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-----------------------------------|
g--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
d--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
a--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
e-----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
"We will never leave,
we ain't ever gonna leave the Room."
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b--6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------------------------------|
g--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------5-5-5-5--|
d--7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--5-5-5-5--|
a--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3--|
e-----------------------------------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--1-1-1-1-----------|
"We could be here for life,
We will never leave the Room."
Post Chorus:
e---------------------------------------------------------|
b----6-6--5-5--6------------6-6--5-5-------------------1--|
g----7-7--5-5--7--7--7------7-7--5-5--7--------------2----|
d----7-7--5-5--7--7--7------7-7--5-5--7--------0-1-4------|
a--5-5-5--5-5--5--5--5----5-5-5--5-5--5----0-3------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
e---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
b---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
g-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1----|
d-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2----|
a-0---------------------------------------------------|
e-----------------------------------------------------|
"And as it all gets re-arranged,
You find that everything has changed. "
e--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-0----0-1-/4-1-0----|
b--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0-0--0------------0--|
g--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--1--1--1--1-1--1---------------|
d--3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2-2------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------|
"And there's no place for you,
in this foriegn world."
(In this next bit, there's a second guitar in the backround)
Guitar 1
e----------0---0---------|----------0---0----------|----------1---1-----------0---0---|
b------1-----1---1-------|------------0---0--------|------1-----1---1-----1-----1--1--|
g--------2---------------|------1------------------|----2---2---------------2---------|
d-------------------(x2)-|----2---2----------(x2)--|--3-------------------------------|
a--0-0-------------------|-------------------------|------------------0-0-------------|
e------------------------|--0----------------------|----------------------------------|
pm........................................................................
e----------0---0----1-/4-1-0----|
b------------0----0----------0--|
g------1----------1-------------|
d----2---2----------------------|
a-------------------------------|
e--0----------------------------|
pm...........
Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------|
g---------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------|
a--3~----0--3--2~------0-2-3-/5~--0--3~--0--2-------|
e--------------------0-------------------------0----|
"You always believed,
one day we'd be free,
and never return so soon,
to what was left inside the room."
Chorus
Post Chorus
Bridge:
Guitar 1
e-----------------------------------------------------|
b-----------------------------------------------------|
g-----------------------------------------------------|
d--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2-------------------------| x3
a--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
e--0-1--0----0-1--0----0-1--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
pm...................
e---------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------|
g------------------------------------------------------------7--|
d--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--9--10--12--10-9-10-9-7--6--4--7--|
a--2-3--2----2-3--2----2-3--2--x--x---x---x--x-x--x-x--x--x--5--|
e--0-1--0----0-1--0----0-1--0--7--8---10--8--7-8--7-5--4--2-----|
Guitar 2
e---------------------------------------------|
b--12---13----12--13--15--13-12-13-12-10-9----|
g--x----x-----x---x---x---x--x--x--x--x--x----|
d--9----10----9---10--12--10-9--10-9--7--6----| x3
a---------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b--12---13----12--13--15--13-12-13-12--10--9--7--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
g--x----x-----x---x---x---x--x--x--x---x---x--x--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
d--9----10----9---10--12--10-9--10-9---7---6--4--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(etc)--|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge Continued (Acoustic bit):
e-------------------0-----0-----0---------------------------------|
b--5-----5-----5--------------------------------------------------|
g----5-----5----------2-----2-----2--2-----2-----2---2-----2---2--|
d--3---3-----3---3--0---0-----0--------2-----2-----2---2-----2----| x4
a------------------------------------0---0-0---0-0---0---0-0---0--|
e-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"And if I lent my arms to you,
would you hold me and emrace me?
Or replace me?
e-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
b-------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
g----2-------2-----2----2-----2-----2-------|----2-------2----2----2-----2-----0--|
d------3-------3----------2-----2------(x6)-|------3-------3---------3-----3------|
a--------3------------0-----0-----0---------|--------3-----------1-----1-----1----|
e--1-------1-----1--------------------------|--1-------1-----1--------------------|
e---------------------------------|
b-----------------1--1-1--1-------|
g----2-----2------0--0-2--0-------|
d------3-----3----2--2-2--2--\----|
a--0-----0-----0--3--3-3--3--\----|
e----------------------------\----|
Solo:
Rythem (F is always played from the 8th fret)
F, Dm, F, Dm,
F, Bb, Dm, C,  x2
Dm, C, A
Lead
e--------------8--8~---6-5---5--------------13--13-----------------------------------|
b-------------/10-10~--8-6h8-6----13-13-13--13-/15-13--------------------------------|
g----------10-----------------------------------------12h14p12-----------------------|
d-----8h10-----------------------------------------------------15-12-----------------|
a--/8------------------------------------------------------------------10-12p10h12~--|
e------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---1----------1p0------------5^--5--------------|
b---1------1h3-----1h3p1----------6--8-10--8~----|
g---2--0h2---------------3--x--------9-10--------|
d-3-3--------------------------------------------|
a-3-3--------------------------------------------|
e-1-1--------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------------------------/17~----|
b--------10-------11-------13-15p13----------------------------------|
g--10h12----10h12----10/12----------15p14p12-14p12-10h12-14----------|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--5--------------------------------3--5----------------------|
b--6^-------------------------------6--6----------------------|
g--------5-7--9--10--10/12\10-9-10--------7--5--7----7--9--9--|
d--------x-x--x--x---x--x--x--x-x---------8----------x--x--x--|
a--------3-5--7--8---8/-10\8--7-8---------8----------5--7--7--|
e-----------------------------------------6-------------------|
Post Solo:
e--------------------------------|---------------------|
b-----6-6--5-5--6--5--5--5-------|------6-6--5-5--6----|
g-----7-7--5-5--7--7--5--7-------|------7-7--5-5--7----|
d---7-7-7--5-5--7--7--5--7--(x3)-|----7-7-7--5-5--7----|
a-7-5-5-5--5-5--5--5--5--5-------|--7-5-5-5--5-5--5----|
e-5------------------------------|--5------------------|
Chorus
Outro: Just keep playing the Chorus until the song fades out.
There's a guitar playing a solo in the backround too.
e---5-5-------5-5------5--5------5---------------------------------|
b---6-6^v-----6-6^-----6^-6^v-----6^-------------------------------|
g---------7~-------7~---------7~-----7~----7^v-5-7^--7^^v-5-7p5----|
d---------------------------------------------------------------5--|
a------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-5----------------------------------------------------------------|
e-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----------------------|
b-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11p10-----------------|
g----------------------------12p10----10h12--|
d----------------------------------12--------|
a--------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-14^--14^v----------------14-14^-------------------------------------------------------------|
g-----------14h12-------12---------14p12-------------14-12~-----------------------------------|
d-----------------15p12------------------15p14p12-15--------14h15p14-12-14p12-----------------|
a-----------------------------------------------------------------------------15p12-12h13p12--|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------13~--17^--17~--15~--12\--12/13\12----12b----/10~--|
b-----------------10~--11~--13~--15~------------------------------------12-----12-------|
g-/7--9--10~-12~------------------------------------------------------------------------|
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--8~-----------------------------------|
b------10b-8---10p8----10p8----8--------|
g------------7------10------10---10p7~--|
d---------------------------------------|
a---------------------------------------|
e---------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
b-6-5~----6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---6-5~---5-6~--8^^-8^^v-8^^v-8^^v-8^^v-6-----|
g-------7------7------7------7------7------7---------------------------------7~--|
d--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Source: http://www.guitarmasta.net/l/living_end,_the/359426.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture I BAKE YOU MUFF Average	#1 by I BAKE YOU MUFFIN at Jan 6, 1980 at 3:19 AM EST
	If I lent my arms to you Would you hold me And embrace me Or replace me has to be one of the best verses in living end history

No Picture jacob Average	#2 by jacob ap at Feb 18, 1980 at 6:58 PM EST
	Yeah i have Modern Artilary, also awesome song. I agree with you guys, it's about a guy leaving prison, but when he leaves, everything is just so different to the prison cell he was in for 16 years. The first verse is real clever, it's like a metaphore to he's life in prison. You can plant a seed, put it in a pot indoors, it'll get used to the weather, the conditions. if you move it outside suddenly, would it survive with the different conditions? Chris is reffering to the guy of the song, and would he survive in the outside world. Obviously, it says that 'he's ready to go now' he's ready to get out of prison, back to his real life. He finds out that the outside world was not what he expected, it's different, and as guitaristTLE says, 'foreign' to him. The one thing i don't understand is the chorus, why does he say 'we will never leave the room?' when he's obviously, reffering to the cage his spent 16 years of his life with, is it coz he's so used to it, that he's grown to it's surroundings, like the plant? i don't know, maybe i'm wrong but thats what i've always thought...

No Picture Joonas Wanna Be	#3 by Joonas Luukkainen at Aug 12, 1980 at 6:06 AM EST
	If I lent my arms to you Would you hold me And embrace me Or replace me maybe that is him returning to his partner and he doesnt know if she will remeber him or if she'd moved on yeah this song was awesome in Sydney, too bad its not on the live at festival hall DVD

No Picture NIK Average	#4 by NIK blaszczyszyn at Feb 7, 1984 at 12:29 AM EST
	with wat CoinXOperatedXGirl girl said "The one thing i don't understand is the chorus, why does he say 'we will never leave the room?'" maybe its just such an important part of his life he never really left it. wat i do know is this song is fukin awesome live. They sang it at a show in Sydney as part of their state of emergency tour and it was..............indescribeable

No Picture Gunther Wanna Be	#5 by Gunther at Feb 21, 1984 at 11:34 PM EST
	About somebody leaving prison, and trying to pick up the pieces of ther old life.

No Picture Dean Rhythm Player	#6 by Dean M at May 1, 1988 at 12:43 AM EST
	yeah agreed. i think this is the second part to the story of "hold up", about a guy who robs banks, than in "the room" his in gettin released from jail. for those who dont have modern artilary, hold up is the track before "the room" both awesome songs

No Picture The Mexican Who Average	#7 by The Mexican Who's Living Under Satan's Wing at May 26, 1988 at 1:34 AM EST
	i agree that it about this guy who's been in jail for a long time. the first verse is about how people (these plants) react to change in environments and how it doesn't usually work well. then the next two verses are about what he want's to do when he gets out, return to his life, his loved ones and that it would be the same as before. then after 16 years, he gets out. he talks about how he know's it's going to be hard returning to normal life and that no one can really understand what he's going through. the chorus confuses me, but i think it is about if you have spent so much time in one place, you can't go back, you might never leave the room so to speak. it says "we" as well, so it could relate not only to people in jail, but any people trying to pick up they're old life. the next verse is about him struggling to pick up his old life, there is no place for him and everything has changed. then the last verse confirms this. he starts to question everyone else he knows and if they can accept him again, or think of him differently. it is like his experience in jail has made him someone else, and that he is still in "a room" and can't get out or be accepted. it is really sad, but i love this song to death. the final verse and chorus are just so powerful. a worthwhile 6 minute song. We will never leave We ain't ever gonna leave the room We could be here for life We will never leave the room think about it. could you pick up your old life??? oxweaselxo

No Picture brent Rhythm Player	#8 by brent west at Nov 23, 1994 at 8:40 AM EST
	i agree. Have you seen shawshank redemption? Something similar to that. You've been in prison for so long and when you leave everything is different, it's like your in a "foreign world". And you'd rather stay in your cell where you know what's going on than go out into the world. If you haven't seen shawshank, i highly recommend it, great movie.

No Picture Frank Wanna Be	#9 by Frank at May 29, 1995 at 2:49 PM EST
	We will never leave We ain't ever gonna leave the room We could be here for life We will never leave the room maybe like he spent so long in there that its changed him and he'll always remember it and it'll always be a part of him, but not in a good way.