Never Born To Follow

Alter Bridge

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Never Born To Follow

Written by Alter Bridge
Key: Db
Never Born To Follow Key G#G#
Never Born To Follow Key AA
Never Born To Follow Key A#A#
Never Born To Follow Key BB(one step down)
Never Born To Follow Key CC(half step down)
Never Born To Follow Key DbDb(original key)
Never Born To Follow Key DD(half step up)
Never Born To Follow Key D#D#(one step up)
Never Born To Follow Key EE
Never Born To Follow Key FF
Never Born To Follow Key F#F#
Never Born To Follow Key GG
	  		

Intro/Verse Riff - Guitar 1, with phaser 
eb|-------------0----------| 
Bb|----3-----3-----3-----3-| 
Gb|-5-----5-----------5----| 
Db|------------------------| 
Ab|------------------------| 
Db|------------------------| 


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 
eb|--------3----------------|-------------------------| 
Bb|------6--------3---------|-------------------------| 
Gb|----5-----5--------------|--------3----------------| 
Db|-3-----------------------|------3-------4----------| 
Ab|------------3------------|-1--1--------------------| 
Db|-------------------------|-----------0-------------| 
"If only I could have known  The things she held in her soul" 


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






Chorus 
       Db5                Gb5                        E5          B5 
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------|-------------5--5--5-5----| 
|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---5--5--5-5----| 
|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-|-3--3--3-3---3--3--3-3----| 
|-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" 


|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-7----7---7-7--7--7----|--------------------------| 
|---------------------5---5---|-7----7---7-7--7--7--4-|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-| 
|---------5-----------3---2---|-5----5---5-5--5--5----|-5--5--5---5-5--5--5---5\-| 
|-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" 



|------------------------|------ 
|------------------------|------ 
|---------5--5-----------|------ 
|-3--3----5--5-----------|-0---- 
|-3--3----3--3-----------|-0---- 
|-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 
|---10--10--10--10--&--|      |-10-------------------| 
|-13--13--13--13----&--|      |-13gb15---------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
|----------------------|      |----------------------| 
"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)  

|-15b17r15--13-----13qb-----------15PH-13b-----| 
|-------------15------------13--15-------------| 
|------------------------/14--14---------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------| 





Bridge - play, then repeat 2x similarly (play last chord 3x on repeat 1) 
                      Gb/A 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| 
|---------------------0---0---|---------------------5---9---| 
|---------------------0---0---|---------5-----------5---9---| 
|-----0---5~------0---1---1---|-----0---2-------0---3---7---| 
|-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-| 
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|---8---8---8---8---8---8---8---8-| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
  A5 (x133xx)                       Gb5 (555xxx) 
          "What else could be said           What else could be done" 


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



|-13-13-13-12-{12-12-12-12}-------|-13-13-13-12-{12-12-12-12}-------| 
|-10-10-10-10-{10-10-10-10}-x3----|-10-10-10-10-{10-10-10-10}-x3----| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
  A5                                 Gb5 
           "Still I miss her face             Brighter than the sun"  



|-{12-12-12-12}-------------------|-{12-12-12-12}--------------------| 
|-{10-10-10-10}-x4----------------|-------------x2-----7-------7-----| 
|---------------------------------|-{9--9--9--9-}----8---8\6-8---8\6-| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------| 
 Db5 (with PM & accents)            B5 
"She had to find her way             She dared to dream, She dared to" 





End of Bridge - 6/4 time, play 2x 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------| 
|-----------5--5------------------|-3----3--------------------------| 
|-3----3----5--5------------------|-3----3----1--0------------------| 
|-3----3----3--3------------------|-1----1----1--0------------------| 
|-3----3--------------------------|-----------1--0------------------| 
 "run" 





(3:19) Play Chorus Again 
|-------13--13h17p13--13--13h17p13--13--13h17p13--13--- 
|-15-15---15--------15--15--------15--15--------15--15- 
|------------------------------------------------------ continued 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------ 
|------------------------------------------------------ 


--13h17p13/15h19p15-------13----------| 
---------------------13h15--15p13h15\-| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 
--------------------------------------| 




Outro Solo: 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|------13--13~~---------------------|------------------------ 
|-12b14__-b14~~-14pbr12-10-12-12~---|-11--12--11--12--12b14~~ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 
|-----------------------------------|------------------------ 


-10---------------|---------------15\13-10----------------------| 
---13p10-----13p10|-12gb13------15--------15\13-10-10--------10-| 
--------12b14-----|----------------------------------12p10-12---| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 
------------------|---------------------------------------------| 


|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 
|-12b14r12-10-------10---------/14-10---10-10-----| 
|------------12p10----12---9-12--------------12---| 
|-----------------12---------------------------12-| 
|-------------------------------------------------| 


|---------15b17--b17___r15~~|-14--15-14--15-17p15p13-17-13---13FL---13-| 
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------15---| 
|-----0---------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------|------------------------------------------| 
|-0-------------------------|------------------------------------------| 

add wah (notes are close as I can get, its a D phrygian riff): 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-13p11p10--------------------------------------------------------------| 
|---------12p10-----12p10-----------------------------------------------| 
|--------------13p12-----13p12p10--10h12--------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------13-----13p11p10h11---------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------14p12p10h12h10-9tr10-| 
end on a low PH (not sure what fret)
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