Here’s a tab for the 2016 live version of Calm like you.
Only slight changes compared to the 2008 version(different solo).
Adapted from this vid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoeYgMXlitQ
[verse 1] [0.32-0.57]
kicks in after orchestra and drum build up, played with sharp up strokes
BM F#M A C#7
e|-7-|-2-|-5-|-4-|
B|-7-|-2-|-5-|-6-|
G|-7-|-2-|-6-|-4-|
D|-9-|-4-|-7-|-6-|
A|-x-|-x-|-x-|-4-|
E|-x-|-x-|-x-|-x-|
Bm F#m Bm F#m
I can still remember when your city smelt exciting.
Bm A C#7 C#7
I still get a whiff of that aroma now and then.
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Burglary and fireworks, the skies they were alighting.
Bm A C#7 C#7
Accidents and toffee drops and thinking on the train.
[Chorus 1] [0.58-1.19]
All played with single down strokes using the vibrato bar.
Listen to song for timings or look other user chord uploads.
BM F#M C#M
e|-2-|-2-|-4-|
B|-3-|-2-|-5-|
G|-4-|-2-|-6-|
D|-4-|-4-|-6-|
A|-x-|-4-|-4-|
E|-x-|-x-|-x-|
Bm F#m
Oh he was young in the frost,
C#m F#m Bm
No regard for the cost of saying his feelings
F#m C#m F#m
in the moments they were felt.
Bm F#m
And if he was calm like you,
C#m F#m
locked up inside of your loops them he'd know
full well that all he had to say was,
all he had to say was goodbye.
Post chorus solo, [1.19-1.40]
e|-------|---------|
B|-------|---------|
G|--2/7--|--4/6/7--|
D|-------|---------|
A|-------|---------|
E|-------|---------|
Fuzz pedal kicks in (miles uses a fuzz factory p.s big muff is a good alternative)
e|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|
B|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|
G|----------|----------|--------------------|-----------------------6~-|
D|----------|----------|--------------------|--------------------------|
A|----------|----------|---------5----------|---------5----------5~----|
E|-2---5-7~-|-7-5---2~-|-2---5-7---7-5--2~--|-2---5-7---7--5/7/5-------|
[Verse 2] [1.42-2.08] played same as verse 1
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Summertime made promises it knew it couldnt keep.
Bm A C#7 C#7
The fairytale was climbing up a mountain far too steep.
Bm F#m Bm F#m
Color in the pictures with your royal hands.
Bm A C#7 C#7
Now I am craving heartbreak while youre making your demands.
[2.09-2.50] played same as chorus 1
Bm F#m
Oh I was young in the frost,
C#m F#m Bm
No regard for the cost of saying my feelings
F#m C#m F#m
in the moments they were felt.
Bm F#m
And if I was calm like you,
C#m F#m
locked up inside of my loops then I'd know
full well that all I had to say was,
all I had to say was goodbye.
Mid chorus solo
e|-------|---------|
B|-------|---------|
G|--2/7--|--4/6/7--|
D|-------|---------|
A|-------|---------|
E|-------|---------|
Bm F#m
And if I was calm like you,
C#m F#m
locked up inside of my loops then I'd know
full well that all I had to say was,
goodbye.
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/ - slide down
~ - vibrato bar
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