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A Certain Romance Acoustic tab by Arctic Monkeys

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                 A Certain Romance (Acoustic) - Arctic Monkeys
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Tabbed by: Freddie Macauley
E-mail: fmacauley2@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard

The majority of this is just the original song an octave lower, this is so it can be
played easily acoustically, without the high notes.

Intro:

Play this twice

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--7-7-4--4-4-4--9-9-4--9/11-11-11-11-9---|
G|-4-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
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e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4--4-4-4--6-4---6-4----4--4-4-4------------------|
D|-6---------------6-----6--6--------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1:

Played and quickly muted, listen to the song you'll get it, there's also the occasional
up,down,up, normally before movement between chords
   B    E
e|-2----0---|
B|-4----0---|
G|-4----1---|
D|-4----2---|
A|-2--------|
E|----------|

B
Well oh they might wear classic Reeboks
B
Or knackered Converse
B
Or tracky bottoms tucked in socks
E
But all of that's what the point is not
                                E
The point's that there ain't no romance around there
B
And there's the truth that they can't see
B
They'd probably like to throw a punch at me
B      E
And if you could only see them, then you would agree
E
Agree that there ain't no romance around there

Chorus:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Verse 2:

The same as Verse 1

B
And over there there's broken bones
B
There's only music, so that there's new ringtones
E
  And it don't take no Sherlock Holmes
                     E
To see it's a little different around here
B
Don't get me wrong, oh there's boys in bands
B
And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands
E
And just cause he's had a coupla cans
                          E
He thinks it's alright to act like a dickhead

Chorus:

The same as before, but played twice:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|

Verse 3:

This includes the transition between chorus and verse

e|---2--------------------------------------|
B|---4-2-2-2-2-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-------------1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|-4----------------------------------------|
A|-2----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--7-7-4--4-4-4--9-9-4--9/11-11-11-11-9---|
G|-4-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4--4-4-4--6-4---6-4----4--4-4-4------------------|
D|-6---------------6-----6--6--------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

The actual verse is the same as the other two -

B
Well over there there's friends of mine
B
What can I say, I've known 'em for a long long time
E
And yeah they might overstep the line
                       E               B
But I just cannot get angry in the same way
B
Not in the same way
                E
Not in the same way
             E
Oh no, oh no no

Solo/Outro:

This is the same as on the actual song, apart from the final chords, the actual song
plays GBe strings of an A7 E chords, then an E7 B chord:

e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------|   x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------|   x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|-44--22-------444-22-------44-22-------444-22--------|
B|--------44-44--------44-44-------44-44--------44-44--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|   x2
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------|   x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9-9p8-8--8-8-8-9-86--6-6-6--6-6p5--5--5--5-5-5--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9-9p8-8--8-8-8-9-86--6-6-6--6-6p5-5--5----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0--0-0-0---0----2---------------------------------|
B|-0-0--0-0-0---0----4---------------------------------|
G|-1-1--1-1-1---1----4---------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2-2---2----4---------------------------------|
A|-------------------2---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Alternatively the ending can be played an octave lower as:

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|  x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|  x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|

e|---------------------------------------------------| note these are 1's
B|---------------------------------------------------| not 11's
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-11----------111----------11---------111-----------|  x2
A|----44-11-11-----44-11-11----44-11-11----44-11-11--|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|  x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-7--7-7p6-6--6-6-6-7-64--4-4-4--4-4p3--3--3--3-3-3--|

e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-7--7-7p6-6--6-6-6-7-64--4-4-4--4-4p3-3--3----------|

e|-0-0--0-0-0---0----2---------------------------------|
B|-0-0--0-0-0---0----4---------------------------------|
G|-1-1--1-1-1---1----4---------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2-2---2----4---------------------------------|
A|-------------------2---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Entirely preference which ending is used, or if you're feeling imaginative could
try playing both at the same time.

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