GENERATOR
FOO FIGHTERS
Standard Tuning
RIFF A RIFF B
E------------------------ | E------------------------------ |
B------------------------ | B------------------------------ |
G------------------------ | G------------------------------ |
D-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--6- | D-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--6--4--2- |
A------------------------ | A------------------------------ |
E------------------------ | E------------------------------ |
RIFF C RIFF D
E------------------------- | E------------ |
B------------------------- | B------------ |
G------------------------- | G--------5--- |
D-6--6--6--7--9--11--6--7- | D-----3------ |
A------------------------- | A--5--------- |
E------------------------- | E------------ |
RIFF E RIFF F
E--------------------- | E----------------- |
B--------------------- | B----------------- |
G---6--4--6--7--6--4-- | G-7/--9/--11/--14- |
D--------------------- | D----------------- |
A--------------------- | A-5/--7/---9/--12- |
E--------------------- | E----------------- |
RIFF G RIFF H
E---------------------------------- | E---------------------------- |
B---------------------------------- | B---------------------------- |
G---------------------------------- | G---------------------------- |
D---------------------------------- | D-6--6--4--2--4--2--4--9--7-- |
A-7--7--5--4-----------------4----- | A-------------------------7-- |
E-------------7--5--4--5--7-----0-- | E-------------------------5-- |
This version primarily for those of us who like to play this song on piano ;)
[Intro]
RIFF A RIFF B (x2) RIFF C RIFF B RIFF C
(let chords ring out on every verse)
A5 E5
Lately I'm getting better
F#m E5
Wish I could stay sick with you
D5 Dm7
But there's too many egos left to bruise
A5 E5
Call it a sin you call it what ever
F#m E5
Eating deep inside of you
D5
Well if were me it's all I'd ever do
RIFF E (x2)
A5 E5 F#m E5 D5 A5 E5 F#m E5 D5
RIFF B RIFF C RIFF B RIFF C
A5 E5 E5
Stealing now and forever
F#m E5
I'll steal something good for you
D5
But the criminal in me is no-one new
RIFF E (x2)
A5 E5 E5
Til you find something better
F#m E5
When there's nothing left to use
D5
And everything starts going down on you
RIFF E (x2)
A
I'm the generator,
F
Firing whenever you quit,
F#m
Yeah whatever it is,
G G/A G/B
You go out and it's on,
Em/C# D9
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart,
F G
You're the one that started it.
A5 E5 F#m E5 D5 A5 E5 F#m E5 D5
RIFF B RIFF C RIFF B RIFF C
A5 E5 E5
Standing out on a tether
F#m E5
Swing me around I'll spin your news
D5
You let it down I'll hang around with you
RIFF E (x2)
A5 E5 E5
Til you find something better
F#m E5
And there's no-one left to use
D5
And everyone keeps going down on you
RIFF E (x2)
A
I'm the generator,
F
Firing whenever you quit,
F#m
Yeah whatever it is,
G G/A G/B
You go out and it's on,
Em/C# D9
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart,
F E
You're the one that started it.
Play an E chord for 16 beats then....
RIFF G (x4)
A
I'm the generator,
F
Firing whenever you quit,
F#m
Yeah whatever it is,
G G/A G/B
You go out and it's on,
Em/C# D9
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart,
F E
You're the one that started it.
A
I'm the generator,
F
I'm the generator,
F#m
I'm the generator,
G G/A G/B
I'm the generator you're on,
Em/C# D9
Yeah can't you hear my motor heart,
F G
You're the one that started it.
A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 E5
RIFF B
RIFF H