Such A Lovely Thing tab by DeVotchKa

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Approximated for guitar

Intro:

accordion bit after the snare intro:
   >               >               >                >           >
e|--------------------------------------------------14-14-14-14-15---|
B|-13-13-13-13-etc-15-15-15-15-etc-16-16-16-16-etc-------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

e|-3-2-3---------3-2-3-6-5-4-3---|------------------------------------|
B|-------4--3--1---------------3-|-8-7-8----------8-7-8-11-10-9-8-----|
G|-------------------------------|-------8--7---------------------7---|
D|-------------------------------|-------------10---------------------|
A|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------|


Verse 1:

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

   Cm         G
e|-8--------|-3--3-3-3-3--4--4-4-4-4--3--3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3---|
B|-8--------|-3------------------------------------------------|
G|-8--------|-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-------|-5------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-------|-5------------------------------------------------|
E|-8--------|-3------------------------------------------------|

   Cm
e|-11--11-11-11-11--11--11-11-11-11--10--10-10-10-10--8--8-8-8-8--8---|
B|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-8------------------------------------------------------------------|

   G
e|-3--3-3-3-3--3--7-3-7-3--3--7-3-7-3--3--7-7-7-7---|
B|-3------------------------------------------------|
G|-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-5------------------------------------------------|
A|-5------------------------------------------------|
E|-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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12h13p12/10-10--10h12p10/8-8---8h10p8/7-7h8p7/5-5h7h5/4-4---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-4h5p4/5-5h7p5/7-7h8p7/8-8h10p8/5-5---|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|


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

e|-15h16p15/13-13--13h15p13/11-11--11h13p11/10-10h11p10/8-8h10p8/7-7---|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-7h8p7/8-8h10p8/10-10h11p10/11-11h13p11/10-10---|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|


Segue:

e|----3-----3-----3-----3----------------------------------------------------|
B|----4-----4-----4-----4----------------------------------------------------|
G|----5-----5-----5-----5----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----------3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------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|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|---------------5-----3---------|
A|-3-----5---6-------------6---5-|
E|-------------------------------|


Violin solo:

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------12-13---15-16-------------------------|
G|-12TR13----------------12-----------------17-16h17p16-----------|
D|---------15-13--12-13-----------------------------------16TR17--|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

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

Trumpet solo:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----17-------15------19--16---------------16----16--17~~---|
D|-17-------17------17---------17------17------17------------|
A|---------------------------------17------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|----15------19--16----------16~~~~---|
D|-17------17---------17---------------|
A|------------------------17-----------|
E|-------------------------------------|


Repeat Main riff (faster tempo)


Ending:
                                   Final chord (kind of)
e|---------------------------------3-----------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------4-----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-----3-----3-----3-----3-------------------------------------------------|
E|----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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