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AUDIENCE - Cold War Kids
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Tabbed by: sgisthewaytobe
Tuning: Standard
For some inconceivable reason nobody has tabbed this song yet so I felt
obligated to do so. I got all of this from watching live performances and I
believe it's pretty accurate if not perfect. Enjoy.
There's not really any guitar until after he says the first "audience of one"
It's kind of a funky sounding song so he mostly plays the high e,B,G strings
with up-strums. Listen to the song and you'll figure my tab out pretty easy.
Verse 1: No guitar.
Chorus 1: No guitar.
Post-Chorus 1: (oooh part) This is where guitar starts.
"ooooooooh, "ooooh, ooooooooohhh"
e|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--2--7--7------------------------|
B|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--2--7--7------------------------|
G|--4--4--4----4--3--8--------8--3--4------4--3--8--8------------------------|
D|--6--6--6----6--4--9--------9--4--6------6--4--9--9------------------------|
A|--6--6--6----6--4--9--------9--4--6------6--4--9--9------------------------|
E|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--5--7--7------------------------|
Verse 2: The stuff in parentheses sounds good with the song but you can't really hear it in the album version.
He plays the parentheses notes live most of the time though.
"Pacin' your apartment, linoleum floors" (Repeat this sequence for rest of the verse)
e|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
B|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
G|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(8)-(8)----------------------------------| x3
D|---------------(6)-(6)----6--6-6--(9)-(9)----------------------------------|
A|---------------(6)-(6)----6--6-6--(9)-(9)----------------------------------|
E|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
Chorus 2: Listen to the song and this should make sense, this is the best I can show the rhythm.
"Windshield wipers wavin' for an audience of one"
e|-------------------9--99---999---999----7--7-------------------------------|
B|-------------------9--99---999---999----7--7-------------------------------|
G|-------------------9--99---999---999----8--8-------------------------------|
D|-------------------x--xx---xxx---xxx----9--9-------------------------------|
A|-------------------7--77---777---777----9--9-------------------------------|
E|-------------------x--xx---xxx---xxx----7--7-------------------------------|
Verse 3: No guitar.
Chorus 3, Pt 1: No guitar after 1st "Drop the needle"
Chorus 3, Pt 2:
"Drop the needle we're playin for an audience of one.
e|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---7--7-------------------------|
B|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---7--7-------------------------|
G|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---8--8-------------------------|
D|----------------------x--xx---xxx---xx/x-x----9--9-------------------------|
A|----------------------7--77---777---77/9-9----9--9-------------------------|
E|----------------------x--xx---xxx---xx/x-x----7--7-------------------------|
Solo: It's pretty easy to get down.
e|-------------------------------------------------------------0-------------|
B|-------5---5-4---4-----4-------2---------5---5-4---4-----4---2-------------|
G|---------6-----6-----4---4---3---3-----6---6-----6-----4---4-3-------------|
D|---4/6-------------4-------4-------4/6---------------4-------4-------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5---5-4---4-----4-------2---------5---5-4---4-----4-------2-------|
G|-------6---6-----6-----4---4---3---3-----6---6-----6-----4---4---3---3-----| x2
D|---4/6---------------4-------4-------4/6---------------4-------4-----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 4: You can do the same as verse 2 basically, except you don't hear it as much.
(Optional)
"...point a finger, and touch the globe"
e|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
B|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
G|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(8)-(8)----------------------------------| x3
D|---------------(6)-(6)----6--6-6--(9)-(9)----------------------------------|
A|---------------(6)-(6)----6--6-6--(9)-(9)----------------------------------|
E|---------------(4)-(4)----4--4-4--(7)-(7)----------------------------------|
Chorus 4, Pt 1&2: Same as Chorus 2
"...when you're playin for an audience of one"
e|-------------------9--99---999---999----7--7-------------------------------|
B|-------------------9--99---999---999----7--7-------------------------------|
G|-------------------9--99---999---999----8--8-------------------------------| x2
D|-------------------x--xx---xxx---xxx----9--9-------------------------------|
A|-------------------7--77---777---777----9--9-------------------------------|
E|-------------------x--xx---xxx---xxx----7--7-------------------------------|
Chorus 4, Pt 3: Same as Chorus 3 Pt. 2
"One is the only way playin for an audience of one"
e|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---7--7-------------------------|
B|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---7--7-------------------------|
G|----------------------9--99---999---99/1111---8--8-------------------------|
D|----------------------x--xx---xxx---xx/x-x----9--9-------------------------|
A|----------------------7--77---777---77/9-9----9--9-------------------------|
E|----------------------x--xx---xxx---xx/x-x----7--7-------------------------|
Post-Chorus 2: You can do the same thing as the first one if you want, but you can't really hear it on the album
(Optional)
"ooooooooh, "ooooh, ooooooooohhh"
e|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--2--7--7------------------------|
B|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--2--7--7------------------------|
G|--4--4--4----4--3--8--------8--3--4------4--3--8--8------------------------| x2
D|--6--6--6----6--4--9--------9--4--6------6--4--9--9------------------------|
A|--6--6--6----6--4--9--------9--4--6------6--4--9--9------------------------|
E|--4--4--4----4--2--7--------7--2--4------4--5--7--7------------------------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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