in 1981. The title song blew me away; it was about youthful rebellion.
I've always considered this song severely underrated. It's a Journey
song that kicks butt.
Anyway, this is a long song, and has a lot of changes, but its
a good cover tune to know.
Notation: p.m. palm mute ^ 1 1/2 step bend
> accent half step bend
~~~ vibrato bar + whole step bend
natural harmonic pinch harmonic
v whole step bend before picking, then release
Intro.
p.m.... p.m......
p.m...... p.m.....
Rhy Fig. 1
p.m. p.m.
^
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 1] 4x
He's just a young boy out of school...
Rhy Fig. 2
They won't take me....
Rhy Fig. 3
p.m...... p.m......
1_______________________
p.m...... p.m..
2__________________
p.m.
Rhy Fig. 4
w/acoustic
Rhy Fig. 5
w/acoustic 1,2,3___________
4__________ > > > >
p.m. p.m..........
> > > >
p.m.......... p.m.... p.m....
> > > > > > > >
p.m........ p.m....
> > > >
p.m................. p.m.
Rhy Fig. 6
~~~ ~~~
p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.
~~~
p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.
1________________________ 2____________
(on Rhy Fig. 6 repeat)
I'm fin'lly out in the clear and I'm free...
Rhy Fig. 7 1________
2__________
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 1 at end of verse)
Just when you think you had...
Fill 1
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 2 at end of verse)
I never knew I had so much to give...
Fill 2
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 3 at end of verse)
Oh, I'm OK, I'm alright....
Fill 3
+ +, then grad release
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 4 at end of verse)
Yeah, I'll break away.....
Fill 4
[Play Rhy Fig. 7]
I'll break away....
Rhy Fig. 8
This is my escape...
Neil Schon Solo + +, then grad release
+ + v +
+ + + +
+ +, release
[Play Rhy Fig. 7] (listen for variation)
I broke away.....
[Play Rhy Fig. 8] (listen for variation)
This is my escape.....
Outro:
[Play Rhy Fig. 5] 3x
I've always considered this song severely underrated. It's a Journey
song that kicks butt.
Anyway, this is a long song, and has a lot of changes, but its
a good cover tune to know.
Notation: p.m. palm mute ^ 1 1/2 step bend
> accent half step bend
~~~ vibrato bar + whole step bend
natural harmonic pinch harmonic
v whole step bend before picking, then release
Intro.
E||----------------------|------------------------|
B||----------------------|------------------------|
G||-4-4---------4-4---4--|-4-4-----------4-4---4--|
D||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4--|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4--|
A||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
E||----------------------|------------------------|
p.m.... p.m......
E|-----------------------|---------------0--||
B|-----------------------|---------------0--||
G|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4-----------4--||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
E|-----------------------|------------------||
p.m...... p.m.....
Rhy Fig. 1
E||-----------------|-----------------||
B||-----5-5-5-4-----|-2-----4---------||
G||-----4-4-4-4-----|-2-----4---4---4-||
D||-4-4-------4-4-4-|-2-2-2-4---4-4-4-||
A||-2-2---------2-2-|---2-2-----2-0-2-||
E||-----------------|-----------------||
p.m. p.m.
^
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
B|-----5-5-5-4-----|-----------------------|
G|-----4-4-4-4---4-|-2h4p2-4p2-------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0---|-----------4-2---------|
A|-2-2-------------|---------------5----\--|
E|-----------------|-----------------------|
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 1] 4x
He's just a young boy out of school...
Rhy Fig. 2
They won't take me....
E||------|-----|-----|------||
B||---0--|--0--|--0--|------||
G||@--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--@||
D||@--2--|--2--|--2--|--2--@||
A||------|-----|-----|--0---||
E||------|-----|-----|------||
Rhy Fig. 3
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
B||----------------------|-----------------------|
G||@-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|
D||@-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|
A||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E||----------------------|-----------------------|
p.m...... p.m......
1_______________________
E|-----------------------|------------------------||
B|-----------------------|--------------2----4----||
G|-4-4-----------4-4---4-|-4-4----------2----4--@-||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2---4-|-2-4-4-4-4-/4---/6----@-||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2--------------||
E|-----------------------|------------------------||
p.m...... p.m..
2__________________
E|-------------------||
B|-------------------||
G|-4-4-----4-4-4-----||
D|-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-x\--||
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-x-\-||
E|-------------------||
p.m.
Rhy Fig. 4
E||--3--|--2--|---------------|--3--|--2--|------------5--5----|
B||--3--|--3--|--2----x/8~~\--|--3--|--3--|-2----------5--5----|
G||--0--|--2--|--2----x/9~~\--|--0--|--2--|-2-------0--------0-|
D||--0--|-----|--2------------|--0--|-----|-2-------0--------0-|
A||--0--|-----|--0------------|--0--|-----|-0----0-------------|
E||--3--|-----|---------------|--3--|-----|--------------------|
w/acoustic
E|--3--|--2--|------------------||
B|--3--|--3--|--2------------3--||
G|--0--|--2--|--2----0-4p2p0-0--||
D|--0--|-----|--2------------0--||
A|--0--|-----|--0------------3--||
E|--3--|-----|------------------||
Rhy Fig. 5
w/acoustic 1,2,3___________
E||------------5-------|----------------||
B||---3--3--3--3-------|------------3---||
G||@--0--2--0--2-------|----0-4p2p0-0--@||
D||@--0--0--0--0-------|------------0--@||
A||---3----------------|------------3---||
E||------------3-------|----------------||
4__________ > > > >
E|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|--------------2-|---------------2-|---3-----------4-|
G|--------------2-|---------------2-|-x-2-x---------4-|
D|--------------2-|---------------2-|-x-2-x---------4-|
A|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|--3-3-3-3-3-3---|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|-------3-3-3-3---|
p.m. p.m..........
> > > >
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|---------------4-|---5-----------7-|---------------7-|
G|---------------4-|-x-4-x---------7-|---------------7-|
D|---------------4-|-x-4-x---------7-|---------------7-|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---|-------5-5-5-5---|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
p.m.......... p.m.... p.m....
> > > > > > > >
E|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
B|---8---10---8---7-|-8-------------7-|---8------------9-|
G|-x-7-x-7--x-7-x-7-|-7-------------7-|-x-7-x----------9-|
D|-x-7-x-7--x-7-x-7-|-7-------------7-|-x-7-x----------9-|
A|------------------|-----------------|------------------|
E|------------------|---8-8-8-8-8-8---|-------8-8-8-8----|
p.m........ p.m....
> > > >
E|------------------------|----------------------|---|---|---|---|
B|----------------------9-|---10---12---10-------|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
G|----------------------9-|-x-9--x-9--x-9--x-----|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
D|----------------------9-|-x-9--x-9--x-9--x-----|-3-|-5-|-3-|-5-|
A|------------------------|------------------7-6-|-5-|-5-|-5-|-5-|
E|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|----------------------|---|---|---|---|
p.m................. p.m.
E|------|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-3--5-|-2-----------------------------------------------|
G|-3--5-|-2--------------------------------------------x--|
D|-3--5-|-2--------------------------------------------x--|
A|-5--5-|-0--------------------------------------------x--|
E|------|-------------------------------------------------|
Rhy Fig. 6
~~~ ~~~
E||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
B||--2-----4-----5-----4-|----5--4--2---------2-|----4----5-----4-|
G||@-2-----4-----4-----4-|----4--4--2---------2-|----4----4-----4-|
D||@-2-----4-----6-----4-|----6--4--2---2-----2-|----4----6-----4-|
A||-----0-----0-----0----|-0--------0------0--0-|-0-----0----0----|
E||----------------------|----------------------|-----------------|
p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.
~~~
E|-----------------------|--------------------|-------------------|
B|----2------------------|------4-----5-------|----5--4--2------2-|
G|----2------------------|-x----4-----4-----4-|----4--4--2------2-|
D|----2--0------------|-x----4-----6-----4-|----6--4--2------2-|
A|-0--0------------|---0-----0-----0--4-|-0--------0---0--0-|
E|-----------------------|----------------------------------------|
p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m.
1________________________ 2____________
E|------------------|---------------------------|| |-------------||
B|----4-----5-----4-|----2----------------------|| |----2--------||
G|----4-----4-----4-|----2---------------------@|| |----2--------||
D|----4-----6-----4-|----2--0---------------@|| |----2--------||
A|-0-----0-----0----|-0--0-------------|| |-0--0------2-||
E|------------------|---------------------------|| |---------0---||
(on Rhy Fig. 6 repeat)
I'm fin'lly out in the clear and I'm free...
Rhy Fig. 7 1________
E||-----|-------|---|---|-------------|---|---|---|-----------||
B||-----|-------|---|---|-2--------5--|---|---|---|--2--------||
G||@--5-|-4--5--|-4-|-5-|-2--2-----4--|-4-|-5-|-4-|--2-------@||
D||@--4-|-4--4--|-4-|-4-|-2--------2--|-4-|-4-|-4-|--2-------@||
A||---2-|-2--2--|-2-|-2-|-0------2----|-2-|-2-|-2-|--0-----2--||
E||-----|-------|---|---|------0------|---|---|---|------0----||
2__________
E|-------------||
B|-2-----------||
G|-2-----------||
D|-2-----------||
A|-0---9\------||
E|-------------||
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 1 at end of verse)
Just when you think you had...
Fill 1
E|-------------------------|
B|----2--------------------|
G|----2--------------------|
D|----2--0--------------|
A|-0--0-----------|
E|-------------------------|
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 2 at end of verse)
I never knew I had so much to give...
Fill 2
E|-----------------------------|
B|----2---------------------|
G|----2------------------------|
D|----2--0------------|
A|-0--0---------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
p.m.
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 3 at end of verse)
Oh, I'm OK, I'm alright....
Fill 3
+ +, then grad release
E|----------------|
B|-----2----------|
G|-----2----------|
D|-----2--4----|
A|--0--0----------|
E|----------------|
[Play Rhy Fig. 6] (w/Fill 4 at end of verse)
Yeah, I'll break away.....
Fill 4
E|--------|-----|
B|--2-----|-----|
G|--2-----|-----|
D|--2-----|-----|
A|--0-----|--0--|
E|--------|--0--|
[Play Rhy Fig. 7]
I'll break away....
Rhy Fig. 8
This is my escape...
E||----|---|-----|---|---|-----|-----|-----|-------|----|---|---|-----|
B||--8-|-7-|--9--|-7-|-8-|--5--|-x-x-|--8--|-8--7--|-8--|-x-|-7-|--5--|
G||--7-|-7-|--7--|-7-|-7-|--5--|-x-x-|--7--|-7--7--|-7--|-x-|-7-|--5--|
D||--5-|-5-|--5--|-5-|-5-|--5--|-x-x-|--5--|-5--5--|-5--|-x-|-5-|--5--|
A||----|---|-----|---|---|--3--|-x-x-|-----|-------|----|---|---|--3--|
E||----|---|-----|---|---|-----|-----|-----|-------|----|---|---|-----|
E|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|-----||
B|--8-|-7-|--8--|-x-x-|-x-7-|-8-|-5-|--8--|-8-|-7-|-8-|-x-x-|-7-|--5--||
G|--7-|-7-|--7--|-x-x-|-x-7-|-7-|-5-|--7--|-7-|-7-|-7-|-x-x-|-7-|--5--||
D|--5-|-5-|--5--|-x-x-|-x-5-|-5-|-5-|--5--|-5-|-5-|-5-|-x-x-|-5-|--5--||
A|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|--3--||
E|----|---|-----|-----|-----|---|---|-----|---|---|---|-----|---|-----||
Neil Schon Solo + +, then grad release
E||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
B||-------------|-/5--4--------|-------------|-----------|
G||----/6--4~~~-|--------4--2--|-4p2p1-------|---4--4~~~-|
D||-2-----------|--------------|-------/4~~~-|-2---------|
A||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
E||-------------|--------------|-------------|-----------|
E|-----------------|----------------------7-9-11-12-|-11------------|
B|-/5--4-----/7~~~-|-5/9--7h9h10--7h9h10------------|-----12--14~~~-|
G|--------4--------|--------------------------------|---------------|
D|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
A|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
E|-----------------|--------------------------------|---------------|
E|-12-11~~~-|-------14-11~~-|----------|-12-11~~~-|--------|
B|----------|-12-14---------|-12-14~~~-|----------|-12-14--|
G|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
D|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
A|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
E|----------|---------------|----------|----------|--------|
+ + v +
E|-12-11-9----9---------------|----------|
B|---------12---12--14--14~~~-|-12-------|
G|----------------------------|----14~~~-|
D|----------------------------|----------|
A|----------------------------|----------|
E|----------------------------|----------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|----12-14-12----12-----------------------------------|
G|-14----------14----14-11-14-11-14-11-----------------|
D|------------------------------------14-11~~-11/13~~~-|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
+ + + +
E|--------------|---------14----12-|-21-21-21--19--------|
B|----12-14/16--|-16---14----------|---------------21~~~-|
G|-14-----------|------------------|---------------------|
D|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------|------------------|---------------------|
+ +, release
E|--------------||
B|-19-----------||
G|----21--21~~~-||
D|--------------||
A|--------------||
E|--------------||
[Play Rhy Fig. 7] (listen for variation)
I broke away.....
[Play Rhy Fig. 8] (listen for variation)
This is my escape.....
Outro:
[Play Rhy Fig. 5] 3x