The Joke's on us - Biffy Clyro - Opposites
Half step down tuning, i.e. : D# G# C# F# A# D#
if you watch him play it live this is what he plays in my opinion.
not 100% accurate, but pretty close, suggestions would be helpful
EDIT: revisited after a few years and with more live footage, can see exactly what he
plays, some corrections
INTRO
D# ||--0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---5-5-5-0----------||
A# ||--0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0---7-7-7-0-5-5-5-0--||
F# ||--x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x----x-----------7-7-7-0--||
C# ||--2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2--------------------||
G# ||--2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2--------------------||
D# ||--0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--------------------||
INTRO/VERSE RIFF
D# ||----0----0-0----0-----0-0-5-5-5-0--------------||
A# ||----5----5-5/12-5/12--5-0-7-7-7-0-5-5-5-0------||
F# ||----------------------------------7-7-7-0------||
C# ||-----------------------------------------------||
G# ||-----------------------------------------------||
D# ||-----------------------------------------------||
VERSE PART 2
D# ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
A# ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||
F# ||------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7--||
C# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
A# ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----||
F# ||------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-7-9-7-7-9-7----||
C# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||
PRE-CHORUS
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------5p0----------5p0-5p0-------------7p0---------7p0-7p0---------||
F# ||-----------5p0-----------------5p0----------7p0----------------7p0--||
C# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--7--7------------7---------7------9--9------------9--------9-------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------0-----------0---0----------------0------------0---0----||
F# ||-------5p2p0-2-----5p2p0-2---2---0------4p2p0-2------4p2p0-2---2---0--||
C# ||----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--3--3-----------3----------------------------------------------------||
D# ||------------------------------------3--3-----------3------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------5p0----------5p0-5p0-------------7p0---------7p0-7p0---------||
F# ||-----------5p0-----------------5p0----------7p0----------------7p0--||
C# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--7--7------------7---------7------9--9------------9--------9-------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------0-----------0---0------------------0-------------0-0-0-0-||
F# ||-------5p2p0-2-----5p2p0-2---2---0--------4p2p0-2-------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
C# ||------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
G# ||--3--3-----------3------------------------------------x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-||
D# ||-------------------------------------3--3-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||
CHORUS - chords only, can work out rhythm
D# ||------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||----8-------8-------------8-----10-----8---------------8----------||
F# ||----7-------7------9------7-----9------7-------9-------7------11--||
C# ||----9-------9-----10------9-----11-----9------10-------9------12--||
G# ||---10------10-----10-----10-----12----10------10------10------12--||
D# ||----0--------------8------0--------------------8-------0------10--||
BREAK
D# ||-----0--------------------------||
A# ||-----0--------------------------||
F# ||--------------------------------||
C# ||--------------------------------||
G# ||--------------------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------||
VERSE again but shorter
VERSE PART 2
PRE-CHORUS but shorter
CHORUS
BRIDGE
p.m. -------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------2p0---0---0---0---0-----------------2p0----||
A# ||---0---0---0---0--------------3p0-------0---0---0---0--------------3p0-------||
F# ||---x---x---x---x--2h4p2p0---------------x---x---x---x--2h4p2p0---------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2----------2p0-----------2---2---2---2----------2p0-----------||
G# ||---2---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---2------------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------------0---0---0---0------------------------||
D# ||----------------------------------2p0--------------------------------------||
A# ||---3---3---3---3--------------3p0-------3---3---3---3----------------------||
F# ||---0---0---0---0--2h4p2p0---------------0---0---0---0-2h4p2p0--------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2---------2p0------------2---2---2---2----------2p0-2p0-2p0-||
G# ||---3---3---3---3------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------||
D# ||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------2p0---0---0---0---0-----------------2p0--||
A# ||---0---0---0---0--------------3p0-------0---0---0---0--------------3p0-----||
F# ||---x---x---x---x--2h4p2p0---------------x---x---x---x--2h4p2p0-------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2----------2p0-----------2---2---2---2----------2p0---------||
G# ||---2---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---2----------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------------0---0---0---0----------------------||
D# ||----------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2h3--||
A# ||---3---3---3---3--------------3p0-------3---3---3---3-------------3p0------||
F# ||---0---0---0---0--2h4p2p0---------------0---0---0---0-2h4p2p0--------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2---------2p0------------2---2---2---2----------2p0---------||
G# ||---3---3---3---3------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------||
D# ||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
VERSE/BRIDGE - chords only
D# ||---3----5----0----2-----------||
A# ||---0----x----0----3-----------||
F# ||---0----5----x----2-----------||
C# ||---0----0----2----0-----------||
G# ||---x----x----2----------------||
D# ||---3----5----0----------------||
then repeat below until chorus
D# ||-----------||
A# ||-----3-----||
F# ||-----0-----||
C# ||-----2-----||
G# ||-----3-----||
D# ||-----------||
CHORUS - but play first chord once with clean/slightly distorted tone
OUTRO
D# ||--------------------12------------||
A# ||----------------------------------||
F# ||---------------9------------------||
C# ||----------------------------------||
G# ||---------7------------------------||
D# ||---0------------------------------||
