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Tabbed by PureDenizen
Email - [email protected]
Tuning : Standard
Key Signature: C# Major
Time Signature: 4/4 (common time)
Dynamics: Mezzo-Piano
This song is quite easy, and can be played by people who've been playing guitar only a
while and feel confident playing power chords efficiently.
The song is made up of 4 power chords, C#, F#, A# and F major to be played on the A
The bass plays triplets of each of these notes on the verses, however on the chorus
of each are played.
Song Structure :
Intro,
Verse,
Verse,
Chorus,
Verse,
Chorus,
Middle 8 (Bridge),
Chorus.
Intro, Bass plays 2 bars of the note C# on the A string.
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|---4-4-4--|
E|----------|
Verse's
C# maj
E|----------| (Follow the triplets the bass is playing)
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|
I hold an image of the ashtray girl....
F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|
As the cigarette burns on my chest....
Towards the end of the verses there is a chord change to A#, when Brian sings :
A# maj
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|------8----|
A|------8----|
E|-6---------|
"And late at night,Whilst on all fours....
Then..
F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|
"She used to watch me kiss the floor..."
F# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----11---|
D|-----11---|
A|-9--------|
E|----------|
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
C# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
For every verse, you then go into the Chorus, which is a repetition of F# major and C# major.
Chorus
F# Maj F# Maj
E|----------| E|--------|
B|----------| B|--------|
G|-----11---| OR can be played G|--------|
D|-----11---| D|-----4--|
A|-9--------| A|-----4--|
E|----------| E|--2-----|
"sometimes its fadedddddd"...
C# maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|--4-------|
E|----------|
"Disintegratedddddd"....
Go straight back into verse with triplets of C# maj.
Middle 8 (Bridge)
F maj
E|----------|--------|
B|----------|--------|
G|-----10---|--------|
D|-----10---|----8---|
A|-8--------|----8---|
E|----------|--6-----| And so on for rest of middle 8.
"hang onnnn"
Go straight into last chorus, end on F major and let the chord ring out.
Feedback on this tab would be very much appreciated, email to - [email protected].
This is my first guitar tab also, cheers =].
PureDenizen
