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Ancient History tab by The Cribs

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                       Ancient History - The Cribs
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Tabbed by: Rory H
E-mail: rdeh10@googlemail.com

Tuning: EADGBe

So I was listening to this song recently and thought it sounded like a fun one to play, looked online for
a tab, and none of them satisfied me :(So I have taken the time out to create this one! I feel that it
is pretty accurate, and it is to the best of my ability :) Hopefully you find it useful and have as much
fun playing it as I do. What a belter of a track too! If there are any improvements or corrections, please
leave a comment below or send me an email and I'll look into it :)

Intro:
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-5-xxx555-5-x-x-5-5-xxx555-5-x-x-5-5-xx-5-5-xx-5-5-xx-5-5-|
G|-4-4-xxx444-4-x-x-4-4-xxx444-4-x-x-4-4-xx-4-4-xx-4-4-xx-4-4-|
D|-5-5-xxx555-5-x-x-5-5-xxx555-5-x-x-5-5-xx-5-5-xx-5-5-xx-5-5-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
🎸
Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x----------------------------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--5-5-5---5-5-5---3-3-3---3-3-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x----------------------------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--5-5-5---5-5-5---3-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x----------------------------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--5-5-5---5-5-5---3-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x------------------2---------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x--5-5-5---5-5-5-----3-3-0-3-3-3-3-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0---------|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 (Slightly muted):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---12-0-5/7---0-7-0-12---10\8---0-7---8---7-0-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0----------0----------9------0-----0---0-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7-0-12-0-5/7---0-7-0-12---10\8--8-8--7-7-7-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----------------0----------9-------7-7--7-7-7-|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (The chords are played 2x as many times as they are shown here):
e|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7---x-x-x-x-------7---x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7-10-10-7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-7-7-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-10-8--7--7-7-7--10-----x-x-x-x-8-8-|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7-x-x-x-x---------7-x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-------7-x-x-x-x-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2 (slightly muted again):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7-0-12-0-5/7---0-7-0-12---10\8---0-7---8---7-0-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----------------0----------9------0-----0---0-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7-0-12-0-5/7---0-7-0-12---10\8--8-10-8-10/12-7-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----------------0----------9-------7--7-7--7----7-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (Same rules apply to this one):
e|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7---x-x-x-x-------7---x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7-10-10-7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-7-7-xx-x-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-10-8--7--7-7-7--10-----x-x-x-x-8-8-xx-x-|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7-x-x-x-x---------7-x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-------7-x-x-x-x-----xx-x-|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7---x-x-x-x-------7---x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7-10-10-7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-7-7-xxx-x-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-10-8--7--7-7-7--10-----x-x-x-x-8-8-xxx-x-|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7-x-x-x-x---------7-x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-------7-x-x-x-x-----xxx-x-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Break
e|-------0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x----------------------------------|
B|-0-0-0-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--5-5-5---5-5-5---3-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-|
G|-0-0-0-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-------5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x------------------2-----------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x--5-5-5---5-5-5-----3-3-0-3-3-3-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0---------0-|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 3:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7-0-12-0-5/7---0-7-0-12---10\8--8-10-8-10/12-7-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0----------------0----------9-------7--7-7--7----7-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus (and again):
e|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7---x-x-x-x-------7---x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7-10-10-7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-7-7-xxxx-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-10-8--7--7-7-7--10-----x-x-x-x-8-8-xxxx-|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7-x-x-x-x---------7-x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-------7-x-x-x-x-----xxxx-|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxx-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxx-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------xxxx-|

e|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----7---x-x-x-x-------7---x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7-10-10-7-7-----7---x-x-x-x-7-7--000-|
B|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-----x-x-x-x-10-10-10-8--7--7-7-7--10-----x-x-x-x-8-8--000-|
G|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-------7-x-x-x-x---------7-x-x-x-x--7--7--7-7--7--7-7-7-------7-x-x-x-x------000-|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------000-|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Break:
e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x----------------------------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x--5-5-5---5-5-5---3-3-3-0-3-3-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x--------0-------0-------0-------0-|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-0-0-x-00-0-0-x-0-0-0-x-0-0-0-x---5-5---5-5-5---7-7-7-------------|
B|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-7-7-7-x-7-7-7-x---5-5-0-5-5-5---5-5-5-0-5-5-5-3-0-|
G|-4-4-x-44-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-4-4-4-x-----------------------0-----------|
D|-5-5-x-55-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-5-5-5-x-----------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro:
e|--------------(7)-------------(7)-------------(7)-/15.-|
B|---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0---0-7---8---7-0--/15.-|
G|-0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0------/16.-|
D|-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

(all tremolo here)
e|------------------12----------14----15-14-|
B|----0--0-12-10-12--0-12-12-12--0-12--0--0-|
G|---12-11--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-| Play this with increasing tempo each repeat until:
D|----0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|-15-15-14-15-15-15-0-|
B|--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
G|--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
D|--0--0--0--0--0--0-0-|
A|-------------------0-|
E|-------------------0-|

************************************

| /   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

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