Alter Bridge

Never Born To Follow

Alter Bridge


Tom: F#

Intro/Verse Riff - Guitar 1, with phaser
E|-------------0----------|
B|----3-----3-----3-----3-|
G|-5-----5-----------5----|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|


I know you feel it tonight
She’s a million miles from the life
Never to return
She left it all behind


Before Chorus - Guitar 2
E|--------3----------------|-------------------------|
B|------6--------3---------|-------------------------|
G|----5-----5--------------|--------3----------------|
D|-3-----------------------|------3-------4----------|
A|------------3------------|-1--1--------------------|
E|-------------------------|-----------0-------------|
"If only I could have known  The things she held in her soul"


E|--------5------------------|-------------------------|
B|------6---6----5-----------|-------------------------|
G|----5----------------------|------3----2-------------|
D|-3-------------------------|----3------0-------------|
A|------------5--------------|-1---------0--------/x\--|
E|---------------------------|-----------0--------/x\--|
"She harbored so much hurt   She faced the world alone"






Chorus
       Db5                Gb5                        E5          B5
E|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
G|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------|-------------5--5--5-5----|
D|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---5--5--5-5----|
A|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---3--3--3-3----|
E|-0---------------------|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3----------------|
"She dropped out and just tore herself away She was never born to follow"


E|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------|
D|---------------------5---5---|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|
A|---------5-----------3---2---|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|
E|-0-5-7-0-----0-5-7-0---------|-0---------------------|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|
                               "Dropped out of a world she couldn’t take, she was"



E|------------------------|------|
B|------------------------|------|
G|---------5--5-----------|------|
D|-3--3----5--5-----------|-0----|
A|-3--3----3--3-----------|-0----|
E|-3--3------------2b3r2--|-0----|
"never born to follow"





Verse - Similar to Before, except additional overdub part is repeated -

"Into this life she was born
A firefly in the storm
And god how she would burn
She needed so much more"




play 1:42-1:55                  Ending
E|---10--10--10--10--| &--|      |-10-------------------|
B|-13--13--13--13----| &--|      |-13gb15---------------|
G|----------------------| |----------------------|
D|----------------------| |----------------------|
A|----------------------| |----------------------|
E|----------------------| |----------------------|
"She never said good-bye"
"So it came as no surprise"
"I always feared the worst"
"The fate she had to find"




(1:58) Play Chorus Again

Lead Guitar Lick (2:05) 

E|-15b17r15--13-----13qb-----------15P| H-13b-----|
B|-------------15------------13--15-------------|
G|------------------------/14--14---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

Bridge - play, then repeat 2x similarly (play last chord 3x on repeat 1)
                      Gb/A
E|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------0---0---|---------------------5---9---|
D|---------------------0---0---|---------5-----------5---9---|
A|-----0---5~------0---1---1---|-----0---2-------0---3---7---|
E|-0-5---0-----0-5---0---------|-0-5---0-----0-5---0---------|




Bridge Pt. 2 - Split parts (Guitar 2 plays chords written)

  Gutiar 1 (possibly 2 overdubs, note the parts played multiple times)

|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
  A5 (x133xx)                       Gb5 (555xxx)
          "What else could be said           What else could be done"


E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 Db5 (with PM & accents)            B5 (x355xx)
          "Life has slipped away    Should have could have over come"