Tip The Scales Guitar Tab

Siren Song Of The Counter Culture Tabs:

State Of The Union
The First Drop
Life Less Frightening
Paper Wings
Blood To Bleed
To Them These Streets Belong
Tip The Scales »
Anywhere But Here
Give It All
Dancing For Rain
Swing Life Away
Rumors Of My Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

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Artist: Rise Against
Song:Tip the Scales
Album: Siren Song of the Counter Culture(i highly recomend u picking one up)

This is the most I can figure of this song, some parts are not exactly correct but i've 
added my own parts to fit in, and it sounds just fine, so enjoy.
ur gonna have to figure out the rythm on your own, and theres a lot of palm muting throughout 
the song that i was too lazy to put in so figure that out too.
any problems or corrections email me at do_pstar420@hotmail.com



	(Drop D)      R=Rythm	L=Lead

Intro:l
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------3-1------------------------| x4
|-1-1---------4-3-3------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-------------------|
Intro:r
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff:L
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|------------------------------------|
|-8888-15-1311-1011------------------|
|-xxxx--x--x-x-x-x-------------------|x3
|-6666-13-11-9-8-9-------------------|
|------------------------------------|
last time
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6--11-10101010101010101010101010---|
|-x--x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----| hold last note
|-4--9-8888888888888888888888888-----|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus Riff:R
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------633333-6-44444---44444444----------|
|11111-633333-6-44444-4-44444444----------|x4 hold last note, last time
|11111-411111-4-22222-4-44444444----------|
|11111----------------4-------------------|
Verse: L
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-8-6-4-3-4-6-3-4-6-4-3----3xx3xx3xx3xx4xx4xx4xx4----|
|1-------------6-----------4--4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4----|x4
|1-------------4----------------------------------------|
|1------------------------------------------------------|
Verse: R
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------6666666666666666-------------------------------------
|1111111111111111666666666666666644444444444444444444444444444444-----|x3
|1111111111111111444444444444444411111111111111112222222222222222-----|
|1111111111111111-----------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------666666666666666633333333333333336666666666666666----|
|1111111111111111666666666666666633333333333333336666666666666666----|
|1111111111111111444444444444444411111111111111114444444444444444----|
|1111111111111111----------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:L
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------44x3-44x3---------------------|x2
|1-1------1-1--44x4-44x4-3333333333333333----|
|1-1------1-1------------4444444444444444----|
|1-1------1-1--------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:R
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------6666666666666666----|
|1-1------1-1--44x4-44x4-6666666666666666----|x2
|1-1------1-1--22x1-22x1-4444444444444444----|
|1-1------1-1--------------------------------|
Chorus:L
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8888-15-1311-1011------------------|
|-xxxx--x--x-x-x-x-------------------|x3
|-6666-13-11-9-8-9-------------------|
|------------------------------------|
last time
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6--11-101010101010101010101010-----|
|-x--x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----| hold last note
|-4--9-8888888888888888888888888-----|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus:R
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------633333-6-44444---44444444----------|
|11111-633333-6-44444-4-44444444----------|x4 hold last note, last time
|11111-411111-4-22222-4-44444444----------|
|11111----------------4-------------------|
Verse:L
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-8-6-4-3-4-6-3-4-6-4-3----3xx3xx3xx3xx4xx4xx4xx4----|
|1-------------6-----------4--4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4xx4----|x4
|1-------------4----------------------------------------|
|1------------------------------------------------------|
Verse:R
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------6666666666666666-------------------------------------
|1111111111111111666666666666666644444444444444444444444444444444-----|x3
|1111111111111111444444444444444411111111111111112222222222222222-----|
|1111111111111111-----------------------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------666666666666666633333333333333336666666666666666----|
|1111111111111111666666666666666633333333333333336666666666666666----|
|1111111111111111444444444444444411111111111111114444444444444444----|
|1111111111111111----------------------------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:L
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------44x3-44x3---------------------|x2
|1-1------1-1--44x4-44x4-3333333333333333----|
|1-1------1-1------------4444444444444444----|
|1-1------1-1--------------------------------|
Pre-Chorus:R
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------------------------6666666666666666----|
|1-1------1-1--44x4-44x4-6666666666666666----|x2
|1-1------1-1--22x1-22x1-4444444444444444----|
|1-1------1-1--------------------------------|

Chorus:L
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-8888-15-1311-1011------------------|
|-xxxx--x--x-x-x-x-------------------|x3
|-6666-13-11-9-8-9-------------------|
|------------------------------------|
last time
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-6--11-101010101010101010101010-----|
|-x--x-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-----| hold last note
|-4--9-8888888888888888888888888-----|
|------------------------------------|
Chorus:R
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|------633333-6-44444---44444444----------|
|11111-633333-6-44444-4-44444444----------|x4 hold last note, last time
|11111-411111-4-22222-4-44444444----------|
|11111----------------4-------------------|
Bridge:L
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------|x2
|1-----------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|6777777767777777677777777699999999--|
|6666666666666666666666666666666666--|x2 last time hold extra
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Bridge:R
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|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------|x4
|1-----------------------------------|
|1-----------------------------------|
Interval:L
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|---------3-1------------------------| x3
|-1-1---------4-3-3------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1-1-1--1--1-1-1-------------------|

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|6664443-----------------------------| let last note ring
|4444444-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Outro:L ( a lot like the pre chorus)
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------111113-13-13-13-15-15-15-15---|
|1-1-----1-1--xxxxxx-x--x--x--x--x--x--xx---|
|1-1-----1-1--999911-11-11-11-13-13-13-13---|
|1-1-----1-1--------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------44x3-44x3---------------------|x2
|1-1------1-1--44x4-44x4-6666643333333333----|
|1-1------1-1------------4444444444444444----|
|1-1------1-1--------------------------------|
Outro:R
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|----888810101111-----888810101111---|
|1-1-xxxxxxxxxxxx-1-1-xxxxxxxxxxxx---|
|1-1-666688889999-1-1-666688889999---|
|1-1--------------1-1----------------|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Badass	#1 by guess wha' i suck at May 12, 1976 at 7:11 AM EST
	Has anyone ever seen the movie Equilibrium? Thats a perfectr similie for this song. It's about people who are stuck in mundane (sp?), dull lives and they get absolutely nothing out of it. "our language burried in side these lungs that keep us alive we breath so selfishly" its about the revolutionaries (if you want to call them that) that are being 'selfish' because they are doing things for themselves (basically, i see a hell of a lot more to those lines but dont feel like trying to explain more...thats the jist of it) Back to the Equilibrium argument: "...we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way" its like in the begining of the movie when the claric tells his partner that he is sorry, and his partner says "do you even know what that means?"

No Picture yomomma!! Wanna Be	#2 by yomomma!! at Nov 1, 1976 at 4:29 AM EST
	hardly anyone has commented on this song and probably one of there best! yeah all u guys have it pretty much right im not even try and eloberate.... "We fell from the sky today We melt into balls of clay We sell ourselves everyday Don’t tell me how to live this way" i love that bit!

No Picture ToRRi Average	#3 by ToRRi L at Jan 21, 2001 at 10:46 PM EST
	I think it's about people not appriciateing life. They take it for granted and people don't help out others enough of think about their fellow man. People are selfish and don't care enough about others or appriciate the beauty in life.

No Picture Braxton Lead Player	#4 by Braxton Overby at Feb 11, 2003 at 5:31 PM EST
	the words, 'we apologize with roses we never stop to smell along the way'..... insane. i agree with you LoveCanDie. we should all take a look around and stop faking it and get away with things when we shouldn't.