Along the Way Tabs & Lyrics by Bad Religion
Along the Way
guitar tabs lyrics
ALONG THE WAY
As recorded by Bad Religion
(From the 1984 EP BACK TO THE KNOWN)
Transcribed by Whoabot & HOULI
Words and Music by Greg Graffin
Arranged by Whoabot/Bad Religion
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Lead w/wah'
Intro
Q=119
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
4/4
Gtr I
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-10-10-10-0-0--------------|
|-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-10-10-10-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|--8--8--8-----10-10-10-0-0-|
|--8--8--8-----6-6-6-----|---------------8--8--8-----|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------------||
|-----------8-8-8-0-0-|-------------------------||
|-6-6-6-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0--||
|-6-6-6-0-0-6-6-6-----|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0--||
|-4-4-4---------------|-6-6-6------8--8--8------||
Verse
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------------|-10-10-10-0-0--------------|
|-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-10-10-10-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-|
|-10-10-10-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|--8--8--8-----10-10-10-0-0-|
|--8--8--8-----6-6-6-----|---------------8--8--8-----|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S E E E S S
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-----------8-8-8-0-0-|------------------------|
|-6-6-6-0-0-8-8-8-0-0-|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-|
|-6-6-6-0-0-6-6-6-----|-8-8-8-0-0-10-10-10-0-0-|
|-4-4-4---------------|-6-6-6------8--8--8-----|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------||
|---------8-8-8-8-|------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-||
|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8-----8--8-||
|
| W H E S S E E
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------8-||
|-----------------|-------------8h10-10----||
|-----------------|------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------||
Guitar Solo 1
C5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-10-10----10-10--8-8--8----8-|
|-10-10----10-10--8-8--8----8-|
|--8--8-----8--8--6-6--6----6-|
|
| E S S E E E E S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------8-11-10-8---------|
|--8--8h10------------10p8----|
|--------------------------10-|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
F5 C5
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-10---10------10----10-------------------------------------|
|-10---10------10----10----10-------10----------10---10-----|
|--8----8-------8-----8----10-------10----------10---10-----|
|---------------------------8--------8-----------8----8-----|
|
| S S S T T S S S S S T T T T S S S T T S
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------8-8-11p8-8-|
|-10p8---------------------------------10-10b12-------------|
|------10-10p8--------8-10-13----10h13----------------------|
|---------------8-10----------10----------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5
E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------8-----8---8----8---|
|-6-------6-------6---6------8-----8---8----8---|
|-6-------6-------6---6------6-----6---6----6---|
|-4-------4-------4---4-------------------------|
|
| T T S E +E S +S S S S E S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-8h11p8-11b13==(11)-11r(11)-8----11------------|
|------------------------------10----8---8------|
|------------------------------------------10p8-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|--8----8-8---8-----10-10-10-10-||
|--8----8-8---8-----10-10-10-10-||
|--6----6-6---6------8--8--8--8-||
|
| S S E S S S S a H
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------||
|-10p8--------------------------||
|------10-8p6-------------------||
|-------------8-6-6s=8----------||
Verse
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--|
|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|---------8-8-8-8-|---------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10---10-----||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10---10-----||
|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8----8-----||
|
| W H E E S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------8-10--||
|-----------------|-------------8-10p8--------||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-10-10-10-10-----------------------------|
|-10----10-10-10-----8-8--8-8-------|-10-10-10-10-10----10---------10---10----|
|-10----10-10-10-----8-8--8-8-------|--8--8--8--8-10----10---------10---10----|
|--8-----8--8--8-----6-6--6-6-------|--------------8-----8----------8----8----|
|
| Q. S S E E E T S T Q E E S S S S +E S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------8-11-10-8-10---------|------------------------------------8-11-|
|-10b12---------------------8h10-12p|=10-----8-----8-----8-10b12==(10)r-------|
|-----------------------------------|----------10----10-----------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8-----8------------8-8---------|
|-6----6----6----6----8-----8------------8-8---------|
|-6----6----6----6----6-----6------------6-6---------|
|-4----4----4----4-----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S +S E T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-8-10-8----8---------------------------11-8h11p8-11-|
|--------10---10-8---------10b12==(10)r--------------|
|------------------10-8-10---------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--8-8----------8---8----10-10-10---10-----|
|--8-8----------8---8----10-10-10---10-----|
|--6-6----------6---6-----8--8--8----8-----|
|
| E T T T T S S S S Q S S S S
|-----------------8-8-----8----------------|
|-11-8h11p8-11-11-----11----------8-11-13--|
|------------------------------10----------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
C5 Bb5
E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10--------8-----------8---------8------8----|
|-10-10-10-10--------8-----------8---------8------8----|
|--8--8--8--8--------6-----------6---------6------6----|
|
| |--3--|
| Q E S S S S +E S S S S S
|-------11----11-13-13b15==(13)r---13b15==13r-13-13-11-|
|-13-------13------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
F5 C5
E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10----------------------------------|
|-10----10----10----10-------10----10----10-10----------|
|--8-----8-----8-----8-------10----10----10-10----------|
|-----------------------------8-----8-----8--8----------|
|
| S E S S S S S a S E S E S +S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-11-------11----------------------13----13b15==(13)-|
|----------12----12-10----10h12-12-------12-------------|
|----------------------13-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5
E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------8-----------8------------8-------8--|
|--6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------8-----------8------------8-------8--|
|--6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6-----------6------------6-------6--|
|--4-----------4-----------4-----------4-----------------------------------------------|
|
| T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T E +E
|----13----------------------------------------------13--------------------13b15==(13)-|
|-13----13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13----13-13-13-13-13-13r-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--8-----------8-----8-----8-10-10-10-10-||
|--8-----------8-----8-----8-10-10-10-10-||
|--6-----------6-----6-----6--8--8--8--8-||
|
| T T T T S S S S E H
|-13-13-13-13r13-13----------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|-------------------------10-13----------||
|-------------------10s13----------------||
|----------------------------------------||
Verse
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--|
|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8--8--8--|
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-10-10-10-10-------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|--8--8--8--8-10-10-10-10-|
|--8--8--8--8-6-6-6-6-|--------------8--8--8--8-|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|---------8-8-8-8-|----------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-----||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-10-10----10-10-----||
|-4-4-4-4---------|-6-6-6-6--8--8-----8--8-----||
|
| W H E S S E S S
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------8--8h10--||
|-----------------|-------------8h10-----------||
|-----------------|----------------------------||
Outro
C5 Bb5 F5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--10---10-10-10----------------------|
|-10-10-----10--10-8-8--8-----8-|--10---10-10-10---10-----10--10-10---|
|-10-10-----10--10-8-8--8-----8-|---8----8--8--8---10-----10--10-10---|
|--8--8------8---8-6-6--6-----6-|-------------------8------8---8--8---|
|
| E S S +H Q +Q. S S S S +Q S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--8--8----------------12b14====|=(12)r-------10p8--------------------|
|-------10-(10)-----------------|------------------10-10-(10)---------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------10---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Ab5 Eb5 Bb5 C5
E E E E E E E E E E E E H
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------8-----8--8-------8---|-----------------------------|
|--6-------6---6--6-8-----8--8-------8---|-8---8-----8------8----10----|
|--6-------6---6--6-6-----6--6-------6---|-8---8-----8------8----10----|
|--4-------4---4--4----------------------|-6---6-----6------6-----8----|
|
| |----3----| |--3---| |----3----|
| E +Q E S E. E E E E E E E E E H
|-10b11==(10)r---10-8--------------------|----------------8-------8----|
|---------------------11-----------------|----------10b11-----11-------|
|---------------------------10b12-10---8-|-7-8---10--------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
>
+W +W +W +W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)--------|-(10)----*|
|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)--------|--(8)----*|
|
| >
| +W W W W
|--(8)--------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|---------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
