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Making A Fire Tab by Foo Fighters

Making A Fire tab by Foo Fighters (Ver. 2)

Guitar Tab

Key: A

Intro-A:
(Dave)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||-----------------------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x---------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4---||

Intro-B:
(Dave and Pat)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5/6-5-0-3---||

(Chris)
e||-----------------------||
B||-----------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-9-x-9-x---||
D||-----------x---x---x---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-7-x-7-x---||
E||-----------------------||

e||-----------------------------------||
B||-----------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-9-x-9-x-x-------------||
D||-----------x---x---x-x-7/8-7---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-7-x-7-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||-------------------x-x-5/6-5---3---||


Verse:
(Chris)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-5-x-x-------7-7-7-7-----------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-x-x-5-6-5-7-7-7-7-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
A||---3-3-3-3-x-x-5-6-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||---------------3-4-5---------x-x-5/6-5-0-3---||

(Dave/Pat)
e||---------------||
B||---------------||
G||---------------||
D||---7/8-5---5---||
A||---7/8-7---5---||
E||---5/6-5-0-3---||
(Dave plays only this part of the Verse, while Pat begins playing with Chris from this point on.)


Pre-Chorus:
(Dave)
e||------3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------||
B||------1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
G||------0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||------2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A||------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||---19\------3-3-3-------------------||
(Dave only plays the top two notes (A/E String) of the first two chords
and the top three (A/D/G String) on the third. The slide is only for the start of the section.)

(Pat)
e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

(Chris)
e||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
B||--------8-8b10r8--------------------------|--------8-8b10r8-----------------------||
G||------5----------7-6---pb11pbr9-7-6-------|------5----------7-6---6-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
D||---/5-----------------------------9-7-5---|---/5----------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||


Chorus:
(Dave)
e||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
B||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
G||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------|---3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|---------3-3-3---------------------||
(The last group of chords is played the same here as it was in the Pre-Chorus.)

(Pat)
e||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||-------------------------------------|---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

(Chris)
e||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
B||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-2-2-2---|-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-0-0-0---|---------------------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
A||---7-7-7---------|---0-3/7--10---------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
E||-----------------|-------------3-5/7-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7---||
(First section is played only on the downstrokes of Dave/Pat's chorus.)


Post-Chorus:
(Band)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5/6-5-0-3---||


Verse:
(Chris/Pat)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-5-x-x-------7-7-7-7-----------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-x-x-5-6-5-7-7-7-7-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
A||---3-3-3-3-x-x-5-6-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||---------------3-4-5---------x-x-5/6-5-0-3---||

(Dave)
e||---------------||
B||---------------||
G||---------------||
D||---7/8-5---5---||
A||---7/8-7---5---||
E||---5/6-5-0-3---||


Pre-Chorus:
(Dave)
e||------3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------||
B||------1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
G||------0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||------2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A||------3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||---19\------3-3-3-------------------||
(The slide is only for the start of the section.)

(Pat)
e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

(Chris)
e||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
B||--------8-8b10r8--------------------------|--------8-8b10r8-----------------------||
G||------5----------7-6---pb11pbr9-7-6-------|------5----------7-6---6-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
D||---/5-----------------------------9-7-5---|---/5----------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||


Chorus:
(Dave)
e||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
B||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
G||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------|---3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|---------3-3-3---------------------||

(Pat)
e||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||-------------------------------------|---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||


(Chris)
e||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
B||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-2-2-2---|-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-0-0-0---|---------------------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
A||---7-7-7---------|---0-3/7--10---------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
E||-----------------|-------------3-5/7-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7---||


Post-Chorus:
(Band)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-5-x-x-------7-7-7-7-----------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-x-x-5-6-5-7-7-7-7-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
A||---3-3-3-3-x-x-5-6-5-5-5-5-5-x-x-7/8-7---5---||
E||---------------3-4-5---------x-x-5/6-5-0-3---||


Breakown:
(Dave)
e||---3-3-3-3-3-3-------------------||
B||---1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
G||---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
D||---2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---||
A||---3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
E||---------3-3-3-------------------||

(Pat)
e||---------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------||
G||---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

(Chris)
e||-------------------------------------------------------------------------12b14r12---||
B||---------8-8b10r8------------------------------8-8b10r8---------10b12r10------------||
G||-------5----------7-9---pb11pbr9-7-6-----------5---------7-9------------------------||
D||---/-5-----------------------------9-7-5-/-5----------------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||

e||------------------------------------||
B||---------8-8b10r8-------------------||
G||-------5----------7-6---7---8---9---||
D||---/-5------------------------------||
A||------------------------------------||
E||------------------------------------||


Chorus:
Gtr 1
e||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-------------||
B||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|---1-1-1-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-------------||
G||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|---0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-------------||
D||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|---2-2-2-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-7/8-7---5---||
A||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------------|---3-3-3-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-7/8-7---5---||
E||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------------------|---------3-3-3-----------5/6-5---3---||

   1x, then return to above.
e||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-0---||
B||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-x-x-x-2---||
G||---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-x-x-x-2---||
D||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-x-x-x-2---||
A||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------x-x-x-0---||
E||---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------x-x-x-----||

(Pat)
e||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||-------------------------------------|---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

   1x, then return to above.
e||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------||
G||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-----|---5-5-5-------------------------||
D||---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-x-x-x-7---|---5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
A||---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-7-7-x-x-x-7---|---3-3-3-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
E||---------------------------x-x-x-5---|---------3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---||

(Chris)
e||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
B||---------3-3-3---|-------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-2-2-2---|-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-0-0-0---|---------------------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
A||---7-7-7---------|---0-3/7--10---------7-7-7-8-8-9-9---||
E||-----------------|-------------3-5/7-5-5-5-5-6-6-7-7---||


Outro:
(Band)
e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
A||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7---6---5---||
E||-----------x-x-7--8--9-10-10-10-10-x-x-5-0-4-0-3---||

e||---------------------------------------------------||
B||---------------------------------------------------||
G||---------------------------------------------------||
D||---9-9-9-9-x-x-------------------------------------||
A||---9-9-9-9-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-5---5---||
E||---7-7-7-7-x-x-9-10-11-12-12-12-12-x-x-7/8-7---5---||

(Chris solos after the first playthrough of the Outro.)

☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠
| |    A bar in the middle of a phrase signifies an alternate ending
| x    Dead note
| /    Slide up
| \    Slide down
| r    Release
| b    Bend
| pb   Pre-bend
| pbr  Pre-bend release
☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠☠

Published: September 21, 2021

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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