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*-This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.-*
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Originally released at December 20 2011 as the lead single from their debut album,
"My Head is an Animal". Critically acclaimed all over the world, reaching :
#1 in Iceland(Tónlist), Ireland (IRMA), México (Billboard), US Alternative (Billboard)
#2 in Canada Alternative Rock, Czech Radio Top 100
#3 in Belgium Ultratop 50, Italy (FIMI), US Hot Rock (Billboard), US Rock Billboard)
Top 5 in Germany, Poland, New Zealand
Top 10 in Austria, Australia, Slovakia & Luxembourg
Driven by a reverb-y call-and-response verse, a galloping chorus and trumpet-focused riffs,
this song's the band's smashing hit.
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Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir & Ragnar Þórhallsson
Music by Of Monsters and men
Key of Bb minor
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Note: This version is based on the next live performance
Live at KEXP: https://youtu.be/GZ-kXZsUa_w
I will keep including the trumpet solos for other live peformances as
I figure them out. If you have any suggestion, let me know in the
comments.
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Chords (low to high, standard tuning, relative to capo at 1st fret)
Am X02210 F 133211 C X32010 G 320033
TRUMPET SOLO (KEXP '11 performance)
Begins at last bar of first chorus
Trumpet arr. for guitar (chords relative to capo, tab not relative to capo)
C G Am F C G
|---------------||-6h8h9-(9)---------|-11----9-8-----------------|
|---------4/6-9-||----------------11-|----11-----11-9------------|
|-----6-8-------||-------------------|----------------11-10-8----|
|---------------||-------------------|------------------------11-|
|---------------||-------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------||-------------------|---------------------------|
/: Slide up (X): let ring
h: Hammer-on
Am F C G
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|------9-------9-------9-------9--|------9-------9-------9---|
|-8h10----8h10----8h10----8h10----|-8h10----8h10----8h10-----|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------|
Am F C G
|--9------------9-9------------|-11-11-13--11-9-11--9-8-9--8-6-8--|
|-----9-11--11------11--9--11--|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Am F C G Am . . . Enter fade to interlude
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------|
|-6------6---------------5h6--|-----------------------|--------|
|----8-6---8-6-8-6----8-------|-8--6p5----------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|--------6---8--6h8-6---|-(6)----|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------|--------|
p: Pull-off
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