Best of You (Foo Fighters) Guitar Lesson with TAB

In this guitar lesson, you'll find TAB for the verse and chorus as the only guitarist in a band. There's also TAB for an acoustic version!

Best of You | TAB

Foo Fighters Best of You is another example of what happens when a drummer writes a guitar riff. Dave has based Best of You’s riff on a paradiddle called RLLR, LLRL. R means Right hand, L means Left hand.

Try it by clapping on your knees at an even 8th-note pulse, that’s the riff! Applied to the guitar, we simply highlight the accents.

The verse chords are C#m7 – Asus2 – Bsus4 – Asus2, which is VI – IV – V – IV. Here’s some TAB of how you could play this, should you be the only guitarist in the band (on the original recording there are layers).

The chorus is fairly similar. The bass is varied over the VI chord, finished off by playing the VI – V – IV. Here’s some TAB for how this could be done in a band (chorus 1 doesn’t go to F#, it stays on E).

Turns out, Best of You is such a well-written tune, it works on just one acoustic, check the playlist above for Kaiak’s version. I’ve taken most of their ideas and built this verse:

The chorus is a hybrid of Foo Fighters version and Kaiak, the bass line is seriously stretchy. Be careful so you don’t injure your fretting hand.

I’ve included another bass line variation here which, if you’re in a band is probably best left to the bass player!

Best Of You TAB | Related Pages

Best of You | Chords + Lyrics

You can learn how to play Best of You by Foo Fighters using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for Best of You, try these five tunes from the songbook.

Foo Fighters tunes

Being a member of not one but two generation-defining bands, Dave Grohl must be considered our time’s greatest rock star.

Dave started writing what was to become Foo Fighters‘ first album already as he was touring with Nirvana.

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About me | Dan Lundholm

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Best of You.

This guitar lesson by Dan Lundholm featuring TAB covers Best of You. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.

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