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Black Night by The Dodos

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Tuning: Standard

This is my first tab, and I noticed there wasn't a tab previously made for this song so
I thought I'd submit one. The picking riffs are pretty accurate I think, the rest is
more of an interpretation, but it's still a solid and effective way to play the song
either way. Just be happy a tab exists at least now, and you can improve on my ways.

--INTRO/MAIN RIFF (used throughout song) FAST PICKING

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------0-0-0-0-----2-2---------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---------2-2-----1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

--SECOND RIFF/CHORUS (0:36 "Control yourself...")

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-13-13-13-13-----------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-14-14-14-14------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

--INTERLUDE/BREAK (1:40 "HA!")

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--13----------------13----------------13---------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--13----11----9-----13----9-----11----13---------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--11----11----9-----11----9-----11----11---------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--0-----9-----7-----0-----7-----9-----0----------------------------|

Before going back into main riff (1:59)

Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|--13----11---11\9---11---11\9--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--13----11---11\9---11---11\9--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--11----9-----9\7---9-----9\7--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--0-----0-----0\0---0-----0\0--------------------------------------|

--MAIN INTRO RIFF AGAIN (2:01)

The rest (from 2:10 onward) I'm rather unsure of, it's more of a main riff with some
overlaying guitar I think. But for the "You want it all, you want to walk..." part playing
Chord diagramE MajorE followed by Chord diagramA augmentedA works pretty well, playing the two main riffs in power chord form (E, A,
and Chord diagramG#G#) and throwing in the riffs again throughout. Sorry the tab is incomplete, but I'm

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