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Newsboys - Lights Out

Newsboys: Lights Out          
from: Going Public              
Music by Peter Furler  
Lyrics by Steve Taylor.                    
tabbed by Jed C-jclgreat@juno.com 
members.xoom.com/jclg/jed.html

*The stars represent when certain parts of the band go in and out of
the song.  Obvious in's and out's are omitted, so listen to the CD.

b*       b**       g*           g**             
bass in  bass out  guitar in  guitar out   

-both guitars use heavy distortion throughout song


Riff A:
    F#5                                                             
E-----------------------------------------------||
B-----------------------------------------------||
G---11-------muffle all 6 strings here----------||
D---11------------------------------------------||
A---9-------------------------------------------||
E-----------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--||


Riff B:
    F#5                                                             
E------------------------------------------------||
B------------------------------------------------||
G--(11)-------muffle all 6 strings here----------||
D--(11)------------------------------------------||
A--(9)-------------------------------------------||
E------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--||
   
                                                              
Riff C:
    B5                      Ab5         A5                              
E-------------------------------------------------------------
B-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D---9--9--9--9--9-----9-----6--6-----6--7--7-----7-----7--7---
A---9--9--9--9--9-----9-----6--6-----6--7--7-----7-----7--7---
E---7--7--7--7--7-----7-----4--4-----4--5--5-----5-----5--5---
     
                                                            
Riff D:                                                             
    F#          A              D                 A    
E---------------------------0-----2-----3--2-----0--||
B------------------------2-----------3-----------2--||
G------------------2-----------------------------2--||
D---------4-----------2--------0-----------------2--||
A------4--------0--------------------------------0--||
E---2-----------------------------------------------||


Riff E:
    F#5                                                             
E---------------------------------------------------------------------||
B---------------------------------------------------------------------||
G---------------------------------------muffle all 6 strings here-----||
D---4--4---/7--7---9----4--4---7--7--6--------------------------------||
A---4--4---/7--7---9----4--4---7--7--6--------------------------------||
E---2--2---/5--5---7----2--2---5--5--4---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--------------||

Riff F:(same for bass and guitar)
  (F#)                                                              
E----------------------------------------very--
B----------------------------------------last--
G----------------------------------------time--
D--4--2----------------------------------only--
A----------4--3--2--0--------------------(9)---
E-----------------------0----0--1--2-----------

Riff G:
    F#5                                                             
E--------------------------------------------------||
B-----muffle all 6 strings here--------------------||
G---11------------11-------------11--11--11-11-11--||
D---11------------11-------------11--11--11-11-11--||
A---9-------------9--------------9---9---9--9--9---||
E-----x--x--x--x-----x--x--x--x--------------------||

  Fill A            Fill B                                             
 
                 
E-----------    E--0--------    b=half step bend
B-----------    B--4hB---5b-    h=hold bend     
G-----------    G--~--------    B=whole step bend
D--x-x------    D-----------    ~=trill
A--x-x------    A-----------    For Fill B bend and hold the 
E--x-x------    E-----------    unison bend and trill, then bend
the 5
___________________________________________________________

(feedback)
Intro: with Riff A 4x
Verse 1: with Riff A 1x, then Riff B 7x
F#5

Pre-chorus : with Riff C 2x
B5
Ab5  A5
B5
Ab5  A5 

Verse 2: with Riff A 8x
F#5

Pre Chorus

Chorus: with Riff D 2x
F#5
A    D   
A
F#5                               
A    D     
A

Verse 3: with Riff B 4x, then on 3rd measure use Riff E 1x 
F#5

Pre-chorus : with Riff C 2x
B5
Ab5  A5 
B5
Ab5  A5


Chorus 1x


Interlude: with Riff F 6x (bass- 6x, guitar- 1st 2 measures Fill B,
last 4 use Riff F)


Verse 4: 3rd measure use Riff A 2x, 4th measure Riff G 1x
(g** & b**)

(after second line, Fill A & b* &g* ) 

Pre-chorus 4: same as Pre-chorus 1


Chorus: with Riff D 4x (last 2 times, no vocals) 

Outro: with Riff F 2x & a second guitar playing Riff A simile
 4x (with wah), remember to end on A-9- (F#)

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