A5: 7556--
Ab5:4665--
B5: 7998--
Db5:4466--
E:  022100


List of tab licks:


Intro tabs:
   (line 1)
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------| x3, then
D|------6/2---------------------2-1-2-|
A|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
E|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|
   (line 2)
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------7/6---------------------2-1-2-|
A|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
E|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|


Verse tab:
   E
E|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| x4
D|------2-----2-----2-----1h2-|
A|----2-----2-----2-----------|
E|--0-----0-----0-----0-------|


Chorus tabs:
    E                  A5   B5
E|--0----------------------------|
B|--0----0-0---0-0---------------|
G|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--|
D|--2------------------7-7--9-9--| x3, then
A|--2------------------7-7--9-9--|
E|--0------------------5-5--7-7--|

    E                  A5   B5   A5   B5
E|--0--------------------------------------|
B|--0----0-0---0-0-------------------------|
G|--1--1-----1-----1---6-6--8-8--6-6--8-8--|
D|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|
A|--2------------------7-7--9-9--7-7--9-9--|
E|--0------------------5-5--7-7--5-5--7-7--|


Verse 3/4 tabs:
   (line 1)
E|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|
D|------7/9---------------------2-1-2-|
A|----7-------0-------0-4/2-2---------|
E|--0-------0---7/5-5---------0-------|
   (line 2)
E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|
D|------7/9-------7--------------2-1-2-|
A|----7---------7------0-4/2-2---------|
E|--0-------0--------0---------0-------|


E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Song Structure:



Intro: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x3, then
       [play Intro tab (line 2)]x1


Verse 1: [play verse tab 4x over this]
His first kicking came on January 1st
They said, "Welcome to the club,
we'll take your shoes and your shirt."
He wore his nosebleed like a red rosette
And it was a prize he would win again and again and again


Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
               He had to find an escape route


Verse 2: [play verse tab 4x over this]
It was a rumour, but it soon became true
When he was drunk in the suburbs
with a boy from a different school.
All his good friends soon left him for dead
Now he stands staring down at the Clyde from a bridge


Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
               

Chorus 1: [use chorus tabs]
And then he saw an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and bruises
He chose Ohio to run to


Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x4
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh


Verse 3: [play Intro (line 1)x1, then (line 2)x1, then (line 1)x1, then verse 3/4 (line 1)x1]
The name came to him just as he perched
On the amber lit bridge, his whole face pursed
It had a ring to it in American songs
Like a glittering release from a crippling curse


Verse 4: [play verse 3/4 tab (line 2)x4]
He dreamt of the place of a cinematic space
And all the pointing fingers they just melted away
Who knows, maybe he'll never take flight
But he swears Ohio pulled him from the bridge that night


Break 1: [play Intro tab (line 1)]x2
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh


Chorus 2: [use chorus tabs]
It became an escape route
From the dogs of West Renfrew
From the bitches and beatings
Midwestern chest to fall into


Break 2: [E - Ab5 - A5 - Db5] then,
         [E - Ab5 - A5 - Ab5]


Bridge: 
E                     Ab5
Some are saved by the good arms
A5                    Db5
Some are saved by the church
E                     Ab5
Some get saved by the skin of their teeth
A5                                  Ab5
By the thought that it couldn't get much worse
E                    Ab5
Some are saved by professors
A5                Db5
Some are saved by police
E                   Ab5
Some get saved by a distant place
A5               Ab5
By an impossible American dream


Chorus 3: [use chorus tabs]
We all need an escape route
We all need an escape route


Outro chords: 
E
Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh, 
                     A5
From the punches and kicks
                        E
The fingernails and the pricks
                     Ab5
All the sharp little knives
                       B5
In the dark pockets of life
                     A5
From the bitches and bruises
                   E
From the burden of youth
                        B5
The public hangings and stonings
                    Ab5
Save us from fellow humans
                E
Just give us an escape route