Song: Survive
Artist: Rise Against
Album: The Sufferer & The Witness
This song is probably one of the most complex on this album in terms of the bass part,
the rhythm is fairly standard, except for the interlude, which is slower than the rest of
song. I have also included the “hidden track” intro to this song, even though it is not
part of this track. However the positioning is rather awkward in this
I would appreciate any alternate ideas. The notes are arranged according to the song’s
and use the font Courier New, size 9, to print this tab. Enjoy!
SEGUE (-1:08)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|9~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Eb|----------------|5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| x2
Gb|----------------|----------------|8~~~~/9~~~~\8~~~|----------------|
Db|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Eb|----------------|5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| x6
Gb|----------------|----------------|8~~~~/9~~~~\8~~~|----------------|
Db|6~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------|----------------|*---------------|
Ab|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|----------------|4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
Eb|----------------|5~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|2~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTRO (0:00)
Gb|----------------|
Db|----------------|
Ab|(4)-------------|
Eb|(2)-------------|
Rest three bars
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|
Eb|----------------|2-2-2-2---2-2-2-|5-5-5-5---5-5-5-|----------------|
VERSE 1 (0:09)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|----------------|2---2---------4-|
Eb|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|--------4-4-4---|
CHORUS 1 (0:27)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|--------2-2-2---|----------------|----------------|
Ab|--4-4-------4---|----4---------2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2---------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-2-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-------4-|
Eb|--5-5---5-5-5---|5-5-5---0-0-0---|----------------|--------4-4-4---|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|--------2-2-2---|----------------|----------------|
Ab|--4-4-------4---|----4---------2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2---------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-2-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2---------|
Eb|--5-5---5-5-5---|5-5-5---0-0-0---|----------------|--------4-4-4-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|2~~~~~~~--------|
Eb|----------------|--------4-4-4-5-|----------------|--------4-4-4-5\|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|----------------|2~~~~~~~--------|
Eb|----------------|--------4-4-4-5-|----------------|--------4~~~~~~~|
VERSE 2 (0:56)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
Eb|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------|----------------|2---------------|
Eb|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|----------------|--------------4-|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|
CHORUS 2 (1:18) -> Play chorus 1
INTERLUDE (1:46)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|6-6-------------|--------------4-|6-6-------------|--------------4-|
Ab|4-4-------------|--------------2-|4-4-------------|--------------2-|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| x4
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|6-6-------------|--------------4-|2-2-----------2-|4-4-------------|
Ab|4-4-------------|--------------2-|0-0-----------0-|2-2-------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|------------2---|
Eb|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-5---5-| x3
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2---2---------4-|
Eb|----------------|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|--------4-4-4---|
CHORUS 3 (2:47)
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Db|----------------|--------2-2-2---|----------------|----------------|
Ab|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-------2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2---------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-2-5-| \
| x2
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| /
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-------4-|
Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-0-0-0---|----------------|--------4-4-4---|
Gb|----1-1-----1-1-|2-2-1-1---------|----1-1-4-4-2-2-|1-1-------------|
Db|--------2-2-----|--------2-2-1---|----------------|----4-4---------|
Ab|--4-------------|--------------2-|--2-------------|----------------|
Eb|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------2-2-2-5-| \
| x2
Gb|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| /
Db|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ab|----------------|--------------2-|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-------4~|
Eb|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-0-0-0---|----------------|--------4-4-4---| -3:40
Symbol Legend:
~ = Let note ring
x2 = Play this section twice
~/ = Let note ring then slide up
~\ = Let note ring then slide down
* = Fermata - pause; hold note for longer than its original value
(4) = Let note ring into next bar
\ = Slide down
That’s it. Any questions, comments, suggestions or corrections would be appreciated.