Foo Fighters: No Way Back
A typical Foo Fighters rhythm style this; you don't start the riff on the first beat, it starts on "4 & " and overlaps to the next "1 & ". It's just the way you make simple 3 note music like this sound more interesting, don't get intimidated please.
In the intro riff ; keep the E open all the time as you play the mini riff on the next string(s). The precision here is when you go to the 9th fret D you must keep your finger tip touching the A to stop unwanted notes. You don't need to use your eyes for that; can you feel a bit of metal on the end of your finger?
Intro/Hook Riff
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 &
E [----|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B [----|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G [----|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D [----|---------------9-----------------------9-----------------------|
A [11--|---11--9---11--x---11------11--9---11--x---11------9-------11--|
E [0---|---0---0---0---0---0-------0---0---0---0---0-------0-------0---|
Verse Riff
4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
E [----|---------------------------------------------------------------
B [----|---------------------------------------------------------------
G [----|---------------------------------------------------------------
D [----|---------------------------------------------------------------
A [--6-|-6-6---6-6-6-7---7-7---7-7-7-6---6-6---6-6-6-4---4-4---4-4-4-6-
E [--5-|-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 To Hook
E -------------------------------------------------------------------
B -------------------------------------------------------------------
G -------------------------------------------------------------------
D --------------------------------4---4-4---4-4-4-4---6-6---6-6-6-11-
A ----6-6---6-6-6-7---7-7---7-7-7------------------------------------
E ----5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-0--
↑What you do with the A string here
isn't important. If it is open you get
the same note as E @5th fret anyway.