xArctic Monkeys - The Afternoons Hat Tabbed by: Aled Parry Email: [email protected] This is a B-Side from 'My Propeller' EP. Tuning: Standard E Please listen to the song for strum timing etc. Personally the strumming is easy. But singing at the same time is a challenge. Alex Turner has really stepped up his skills in this track. [Intro] Am [Verse] Am Made me kiss ya' with a whisper F Dm Am and violently you swung, through unfamiliar tounge Am F Dm Am Couldn't listen to tradition, grabbed me by the wrist to silently insist E|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------10-8-7---8-7-5----------------------| E|---------------------------3/5-----------------| [Chorus] F Dm Am And when i'm in the confines of crawling walls, you hold me in place F Dm Am The ripples on the ceiling the avenues, unsugared taste F Dm Am Waste away the evening, the afternoon, the afternoons hat F Dm Am Together we'll find something to direct some laughter at E|-------------------0-----------------------| B|-------------------1-----------------------| G|-------------------2-----------------------| D|---------0-2/3-0---2-----------------------| A|---0-2/3-----------0-----------------------| E|-------------------------------------------| [Verse] Am You stood shirtless and confident F Dm Am (pausa) Listenin' to the fools, tickling the rules Am Their obsessions follow patterns F Dm Am Sat upon their stools, with their attitudes E|-----------------------------------------------| B|-----------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|-----------10-8-7---8-7-5----------------------| E|---------------------------3/5-----------------| [Chorus] F Dm Am And when i'm in the confines of crawling walls, you hold me in place F Dm Am The ripples on the ceiling the avenues, unsugared taste F Dm Am Waste away the evening, the afternoon, the afternoons hat F Dm Am Together we'll find something to direct some laughter at [Bridge] G|-----------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------| A|--------------4-44-4-44-----------4-44-4-44----| (repeat) ...quite a few times! E|----5-55-5-55-----------5-55-5-55--------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------| E|----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---8-8--7-7-----------------------| ( F Dm Am ) [Chorus/Outro] F Dm Am And when i'm in the confines of crawling walls, you hold me in place F Dm Am The ripples on the ceiling the avenues, unsugared taste F Dm Am Waste away the evening, the afternoon, the afternoons hat F Dm Am (ring) Together we'll find something to direct some laughter at. ************************************ | / Slide up ************************************
