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Song: I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Artist: The Darkness
Album: Permission to Land (2003)
Standard tuning (EADG)
NOTE: The whole song is played w/ distortion.
LEGEND:
X = muted strike
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
() = sustained note
* = staccato
s = 16th note (appears above bar)
INTRO:
(Guitar; rest x4)
G |-----------------|
D |-----------------|
A |-----------------|
E |-r---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2---X-----2-2---|-------2-2---X-0-|-0-------0-2-4---|
E |-2---X-----------|---------------0-|-0---X-----------|-----4---------0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 1 (x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2---X-----2-2---|-------2-2---X-0-|-0-------0-2-4---|-0---------------|
E |-2---X-----------|---------------0-|-0---X-----------|-----4---------0-|-----4---5-4-2-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-9-9\--|
A |-----7-9---9-9-9\|-----------------|-----------------|-------7/--------|
E |-0---------------|-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 1:
( x3 )
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------12*12\|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-4---4-4-4-2-4-5-|(5)--------/-------|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-----------------|-------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-VERSE:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2---X-----2-2---|-------2-2---X-0-|-0-------0-2-4---|
E |-2---X-----------|---------------0-|-0---X-----------|-----4---------0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
VERSE 2 (x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|-------2-2-2-2-0-|-0-0-----0-2-4---|-0-0-------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-------|---------------0-|-0-0-0-----------|-----4-4-------0-|-----4-4-5-4-2-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------9-9-9\--|
A |-----7-9---9-9-9\|-----------------|-----------------|-------7/--------|
E |-0-0-------------|-5-5-5-6---6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 2:
( x3 )
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-------------12*12\|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-4---4-4-4-2-4-5-|(5)--------/-------|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-----------------|-------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
GUITAR SOLO 1 (Repeat 1st staff x2):
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2---X-----2-2---|-------2-2---X-0-|-0-------0-2-4---|
E |-2---X-----------|---------------0-|-0---X-----------|-----4---------0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
(Repeat next staff x2): _________________ _________________
/1 /2
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------0-0-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2/7-|-7-7-7-----------|---------0-2-4---|-----------------|
E |-2-2-2-2-2-------|-----------------|-------7-7-7-7-5-|-5-5-4-4-------0-|-5-5-4-4-5-4-2-0-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
PRE-CHORUS:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-----2---2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0-----2---2-2-2/|-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
CHORUS 3 / BREAKDOWN:
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|-r---------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-4---4---4-2-4-5-|(5)5-5-5-5-5-5---|
E |-r---------------|-r---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
GUITAR SOLO 2 & OUTRO:
( x7 ) (Tempo slows)
G |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-------2---4-2---||-----------------|-------2---4-2---|
E |-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------||-0-2-4-5---4-0-2-|(2)4-5-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
OUTRO (Off-tempo; refer to song for timing):
sssssssssss
G |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E |-0----00000000000|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---------|(0)--------------|-0---r-----------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
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