xEverything Is Average Nowadays by the Kaiser Chiefs
Yours Truly, Angry Mob - 2007
Standard Tuning
Note: The guitars used in this song have been double
tracked, but ‘guitar 1’ just fades out for the
chorus and verses 2 and 4.
Legend: ^ - Bend string
/ - Slide
( ) - Optional Note
G'Day this is my second tab although my first one
wasnt good enough to make it through the pending stage,
so ive done my very best here to put it all into a
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Verse 1:
Guitar 1:
D5
So___________________
B5
Everything is average nowadays
D5
Everything is average nowadays
B5
Everyone would do it if they can
G5
And everything is going down the pan
G5/F#5 /A
And everyone is following the craze
And everything is average
Guitar 2: (played lightly till verse 2)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-7---8-7-----7---8-7------------------------------|
G|---------7-----------7----------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
Guitar 1:
D5
You say it’s getting better
B5
But I don’t really see the signs
D5
You say that it’s to different
B5
Thought it would be suicide
Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------|
G|----9^-7-----7--9^--------9^-7-----7--9-----------| x2
D|---------9----------------------9--------9--------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Guitar 1:
G5
Not much to believe in
B5
Left up on the shelf
G5 G5/F#5/A5
So get your coats we're leaving
A5
We'll just do something else
Guitar 2:
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--10----------------12--10------------(10)--|
G|------------11--9/11--------------11--9/11--------| x2
D|---------------------9----------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3: (same as verse 1)
Oh everything is average nowadays
Everything is average nowadays
And everything is of no consequence
Cos everyone is sitting on the fence
And everything will always stay the same
Cos everything is average
Verse 4: (same as verse 2)
Now you said you didn't mean it
You threw away the book of rules
You thought that we should read it
I wouldn't even know how to
Chorus:
Not much to believe in
Left up on the shelf
So get your coats we're leaving
We'll just do something else
Bridge: (Play Riff 5 times till chorus)
Guitar 1:
B5 E
All I need is a ball and a wall
A5 G5 A5
Or a sledge and a hill in heavy weather
Guitar 2: (play at the start of the 3rd sequence of Guitar 1)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4--2--------------------2--4--2-------------------2--7--9--| x2
D|--------5--4--2--4--5---------------5--4--2-----------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus:
Not much to believe in
Left up on the shelf
So get your coats we're leaving
We'll just do something else
Verse 5 (Outro):
E
So_________________________
C#5
Everything is average nowadays
E
Everything is average nowadays
C#5
Everyone would do it if they can
A5
And everything is going down the pan
B5
And everyone is following the craze
E
And everything is average nowadays
END
