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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

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------0-0-0-0-----2-2---------------------------------|
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-|
D|--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--|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-13-13-13-13-----------------------------|
D|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-14-14-14-14------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13----------------13----------------13---------------------------|
D|--13----11----9-----13----9-----11----13---------------------------|
A|--11----11----9-----11----9-----11----11---------------------------|
E|--0-----9-----7-----0-----7-----9-----0----------------------------|

Before going back into main riff (1:59)

E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--13----11---11\9---11---11\9--------------------------------------|
D|--13----11---11\9---11---11\9--------------------------------------|
A|--11----9-----9\7---9-----9\7--------------------------------------|
E|--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
E followed by A works pretty well, playing the two main riffs in power chord form (E, A, 
and G#) and throwing in the riffs again throughout. Sorry the tab is incomplete, but I'm