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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
ARCTIC MONKEYS - 505
1st guitar part (Alex Turner)
This part consists of 2 chords, these are 1 strum each until the "but I crumble completely
when you cry..." part, then the pattern becomes faster, as you can hear on the record:
Dm Em
E|-5-| |-7-|
B|-6-| |-8-|
G|-7-| |-9-|
D|-7-| |-9-|
A|-5-| |-7-|
E|-x-| |-x-|
2nd guitar part (Jamie Cook)
These are all the correct notes of this part, listen to the song to know when to play them, usually you just
go after every chord of the 1st guitar.
E|--5-----12-----10-----12----5-8----7----5--|
B|--6-----12-----10-----12----6-6----8----6--|
G|--7-----12-----10-----12----7-7----9----7--|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
E|--12-10-8-7-5--|
B|------------6--|
G|------------7--|
D|---------------| x2
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
E|--12-10-8-7-5--8----7---|
B|------------6--6----8---|
G|------------7--7----9---|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
E|--12-10-8-7-5--|
B|------------6--|
G|------------7--|
D|---------------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
E|--12--10--8--7--|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--14-12-10-9-10-||||-9-||||/-14||||||--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------12--|
B|---------------------------------------12--|
G|---------------------------------------12--|
D|--14-12-10-9-10-||||-9-||||/-14||||||--14--|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
E|--10----10-----10-----10---------12----12-----12-----12---------|
B|----10-----10-----10-----10--10----12-----12-----12-----12--12--|
G|------10-----10-----10-----10--------12-----12-----12-----12----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------| x6
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--10----|-|----12----|-|---|
B|--10----|-|----12----|-|---|
G|--10----|-|----12----|-|---|
D|--12----|-|----14----|-|---|
A|---------------------------| x2
E|---------------------------|
E|--12-10-8-7-5-7-8-||||-7-||||/-12||||||--|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------| x4
E|-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|--14-12-10-9-10-||||-9-||||/-14||||||--|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------12--|
B|-----------------------------12--|
G|-----------------------------12--|
D|--14-12-10-9-10-||||-9-||||/-14--|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
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| x Dead note
| / Slide up
| | Repeat last note
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Last Updated: January 30, 2026