Such A Lovely Thing tab by DeVotchKa

Tabs

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Approximated for guitar

Intro:

accordion bit after the snare intro:
  >        >        >        >      >
e|--------------------------------------------------14-14-14-14-15---|
BB|-13-13-13-13-etc-15-15-15-15-etc-16-16-16-16-etc-------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Main riff: (same thing in two different positions):

e|-3-2-3---------3-2-3-6-5-4-3---|------------------------------------|
BB|-------4--3--1---------------3-|-8-7-8----------8-7-8-11-10-9-8-----|
G+G|-------------------------------|-------8--7---------------------7---|
D MajorD|-------------------------------|-------------10---------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


Verse 1:

The verse is based around C minorCm and G, but there are some accordion bits that you can try to emulate.

  C minorCm     G+G
e|-8--------|-3--3-3-3-3--4--4-4-4-4--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3---|
BB|-8--------|-3------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8--------|-4------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-10-------|-5------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-10-------|-5------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-8--------|-3------------------------------------------------|

  C minorCm
e|-11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11--10--10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8---|
BB|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|

  G+G
e|-3--3-3-3-3--3--7-3-7-3--3--7-3-7-3--3--7-7-7-7---|
BB|-3------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-4------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|-5------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-5------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-3------------------------------------------------|

repeat Main riff for the Chorus part ("You only love me when I'm leaving")
repeat Verse
repeat Main riff/Chorus

Fast part:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|-12h13p12/10-10--10h12p10/8-8---8h10p8/7-7h8p7/5-5h7h5/4-4---|
D MajorD|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------------------|
G+G|-4h5p4/5-5h7p5/7-7h8p7/8-8h10p8/5-5---|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------|


(same part an octave higher, sounds kind of cool)

e|-15h16p15/13-13--13h15p13/11-11--11h13p11/10-10h11p10/8-8h10p8/7-7---|
BB|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-7h8p7/8-8h10p8/10-10h11p10/11-11h13p11/10-10---|
BB|------------------------------------------------|
G+G|------------------------------------------------|
D MajorD|------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|------------------------------------------------|


Segue:

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


repeat Main riff
repeat Verse
repeat Main riff
repeat Verse
repeat Main riff/Chorus
repeat Fast part
(snare fill)
repeat Main riff (faster tempo)


Bridge: (continues as backing for Violin solo)

e|-------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------5-----3---------|
A augmentedA|-3-----5---6-------------6---5-|
E MajorE|-------------------------------|


Violin solo:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------------------12-13---15-16-------------------------|
G+G|-12TR13----------------12-----------------17-16h17p16-----------|
D MajorD|---------15-13--12-13-----------------------------------16TR17--|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|--------------------------------------------------------------13-16-17-17---|
D MajorD|--17-15----------------------------------------------13-15-17---------------|
A augmentedA|---------18--17--18--17/15~~~~-----15p14----14-15-17------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------16---------------------------------|
                  (not sure about this run but anything based on
                   the C majorC harmonic minor scale will sound OK)

Trumpet solo:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
BB|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G+G|----17-------15------19--16---------------16----16--17~~---|
D MajorD|-17-------17------17---------17------17------17------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------17------------------------|
E MajorE|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|
G+G|----15------19--16----------16~~~~---|
D MajorD|-17------17---------17---------------|
A augmentedA|------------------------17-----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|


Repeat Main riff (faster tempo)


Ending:
                  Final chord (kind of)
e|---------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
BB|---------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
G+G|---------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------------------------|
         tempo slows


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| > Accented note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
| / Slide up
| ~ Vibrato

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