Sore Thumb Artist: We Were Promised Jetpacks Album: In the Pit of the Stomach Tabbed by: Fipback Yo! This is a pretty easy song to learn, and if you get a couple mates over to jam it sounds sick. I’ve mainly tabbed Adam’s guitar since his is more audible. These guys deserve to be way bigger, got a lot of time for them. Intro: e|----------14-14-14-12------14-14-14-12--- B|---------------------15-12------------15- G|----------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------- Phrase 1 e|---------14-14-14-12------14-14-14-12---- B|-15~~14~~-----------15-12-------------15- G|----------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------- Phrase 2 e|---12----14-14-14-12-------14-14-14-12--- B|-15~-14~-------------15-12------------15- G|----------------------------------------- D|----------------------------------------- A|----------------------------------------- E|----------------------------------------- When Adam plays live he seems to start playing an octave down around the 1:28 mark – doesn’t happen in the recording, but you can slide down to 7th fret on the B string and carry it on there if you want to vary it up a little: Phrase 3 e|---12----14-14-14-12------------------- B|-15~-14~-------------15-12///7-7-7-5--- G|-------------------------------------7- D|--------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------- Phrase 4 e|------------------------------ B|---5----7-7-7-5-----7-7-7-5--- G|-7~-6~----------7-4---------7- D|------------------------------ A|------------------------------ E|------------------------------ Meanwhile, Mikey’s there in the background tremoloing away like a madman somewhere around the 15th/14th fret on the A string. He’s pretty hard to hear, so if you fancy playing that part then just screw around with it until you find something you’re happy with. Mikey’s bit e|---------------- B|---------------- G|---------------- D|-----------tr14- A|-tr15-tr14------ E|---------------- (y) This continues until about 2:10, at which point both Adam and Mikey trail off to make room for the bass. And Adam’s glorious accent. “Retrace, all my steps…” e|-------------------------- B|-------------------------- G|------take a break,------- D|----------friend---------- A|-------------------------- E|-------------------------- Post-break, Adam seems to thrash away at Bm, A, and then a descending series of power chords following the guitar phrase until the song winds down. Again, it’s a little hard to hear so this is my best approximation: e|-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------- B|-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------- G|-7-7-7-7-7-7--6-6-6-6-6-6--11-11-11-11-9-7-4- D|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--11-11-11-11-9-7-4- A|-9-9-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9--9--9--7-5-2- E|-7-7-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5-5-5-------------------- From live videos I’ve seen he seems to play the Bm, A and then play F#m followed by G, with the chord base on the A string: e|-9--10- B|-10-12- G|-11-12- D|-11-12- A|-9--10- E|------- Have a play around and see what sounds better, idk Post-break it sounds like Mikey plays some pitchbends somewhere, but I haven’t worked out where (most likely following the main guitar phrase). After 16 bars he starts tremoloing: Mikey’s second bit e|--------------------------------------- B|-12tr///17tr///10tr///14tr/15tr///17tr- G|--------------------------------------- D|--------------------------------------- A|--------------------------------------- E|--------------------------------------- This continues until the end of the breakdown(?), where Adam starts playing the main phrase again and Mikey plays single notes: Mikey’s outro: e|-------------------------------- B|-12~//17~//10~//14~//15~~//17~~- G|-------------------------------- D|-------------------------------- A|-------------------------------- E|-------------------------------- And that’s pretty much it. Hope this helps anyone trying to learn it, was good fun to tab.
