Tabs
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Beggars – Bombay Bicycle Club
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Tabbed by: Neil Wicker
Email: [email protected]
Tuning: Drop 
D MajorD (DADGBE)
Capo 1 (all notes relative to capo)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--0----------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------2--------0-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------------2--------0--------------0-------|
A augmentedA|-----2-------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
“Your guard isn’t on”
e|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--4--------4s5--s4--2-----0-|------------0-------0-----2-----0----|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---0---0---0---5-|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
“Barr- iers op- en”
(repeat x2 and on the last repeat shorten the end to this -
e|---------------------|
BB|---------------------|
G+G|---------------------|
D MajorD|--------0-------0----|
A augmentedA|---------------------|
D MajorD|--5---5---5---5---5--| )
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----------------------0-----2-----5--------------------------------|
D MajorD|----2-----0-----2---------------------------0-------0--------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--------|
“And leaving, quiet and burned”
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--2--------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-----------------2--------0-----------------------2---------------4-----------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-------0-----5-|
“..nights we sought all the words”
e|-------------------------------0-----|
BB|---------------3---------------------|
G+G|---------4---------------4-----------|
D MajorD|-----5-------5-------5-------5-------| x3
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
“And if I could have one more”
e|----------2--|
BB|----------3--|
G+G|--9---9---2--|
D MajorD|--0---0---0--|
A augmentedA|--9---7------|
D MajorD|--9---9------|
(strum or pick these chords, still relative to capo)
“guardian on the wall”
Chorus: (strum these, I put *’s where you should change chord)
e|--------------2---|
BB|--------------3---|
G+G|--4---9---9---2---|
D MajorD|--0---0---0---0---| x2
A augmentedA|--5---9---7-------|
D MajorD|--5---9---9-------|
* * * *
“Riding a fleet of beggars and cons
Taking it back, it won't be long”
Verse 2: (played the same as verse 1)
Chorus: (same x2)
(these are the pull-offs that start here but it sounds better just strumming to
the end with just one guitar)
e|-----------------2----|
BB|-----------------3----|
G+G|--4p0—-7p0--7p0—-4p2--|
D MajorD|--0--------------0----|
A augmentedA|--5----9----9---------|
E MajorE|--5----9----9---------|
(Riding a fleet of beggars and cons
Taking it back, it won't be long)
[x3]
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
