The Great Skua tab by British Sea Power

Tabs

Difficulty: Novice

The Great Skua
British Sea power
--
Tab by Nasher (NS)

One of my favourite BSP songs, enjoy!

Intro/Verse
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Guitar 1

Hold these notes and let ring. Keep playing whilst guitar 2 comes in

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-----------4--------------0---------------0------------------|
D MajorD|---5-----------5--------------5---------------5----------------| x4
A augmentedA|-----3-----------3--------------3---------------3--------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

Comes in after Guitar 1 has played once

- First Part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--8-5-5------8-5-5----------3-5-5------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

- Second part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
---------------

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-2----------------------------5------(let ring)----------------|
D MajorD|-3----(x16)-------------------5--------------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|-3----------------------------3--------------------------------|
E MajorE|-1-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2
---------------

Add a tiny bit of distortion

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----4-4---4-4-4-4-----0-0---0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0-0--|
D MajorD|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5--| x4
A augmentedA|-3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3----------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown
---------------

Guitar 1

(You can play either full chords or power chords)

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-------------4-------------2------------0--------------------|
D MajorD|-7--(x16)------5--(x16)------3--(x16)-----2--(x16)-------------| x4
A augmentedA|-7-------------5-------------3------------2--------------------|
E MajorE|-5-------------3-------------1------------0--------------------|

Guitar 2

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D MajorD|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Both Guitars

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5---(let ring)------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------|

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(repeat Verse2)

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(repeat Breakdown)

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Outro (woooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
---------------

e|-1------------1------------0-----------------------------------|
BB|-3--(x16)-----1--(x16)-----1--(x16)----------------------------|
G+G|-2------------2------------0-----------------------------------|
D MajorD|-0------------3------------2-----------------------------------| x2
A augmentedA|--------------3------------3-----------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------1------------------------------------------------|

Finish on Open C majorC

e|----0-------------------------------|
BB|----1-------------------------------|
G+G|----0------------(let ring)---------|
D MajorD|----2-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----3-------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------|


| / slide up
|  slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note