Tabs
Intro/Verse:
"Now I'm of consenting age/ to be forgetting you in a/ cabaret..."
e|---------------|-----------------|-------|
BB|---------------|-----------------|-------|
G+G|-5-7-9-7-7-5---|-----5-7-9-7-5---|-7-9-7-|
D MajorD|-------------7-|-5-7-----------7-|-------|
A augmentedA|---------------|-----------------|-------|
E MajorE|---------------|-----------------|-------|
"Somewhere/ downtown where a/ burlesque queen may /even ask my name..."
e|-----|-----------|---------|------------|
BB|-----|-----------|---------|------------|
G+G|-5---|-7/9\7-5---|-7-9-7-5-|-/9-7-5-4---|
D MajorD|---7-|---------7-|---------|----------7-|
A augmentedA|-----|-----------|---------|------------|
E MajorE|-----|-----------|---------|------------|
"As she sheds her skin on stage/ I'm seated and sweating/ to a/ dance song on the club's P.A.
e|-----------------|-------------|-----|---------------|
BB|-----------------|-------------|-----|---------------|
G+G|-5-7/12-10-9-7-5-|-5-7-9-9-7-5-|-5---|-7-5-7-5-7-5/9-|
D MajorD|-----------------|-------------|---7-|---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------|-------------|-----|---------------|
E MajorE|-----------------|-------------|-----|---------------|
(Guitar in background - PM)
e|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D MajorD|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| (x2)
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"The strip joint/ veteran sits two away/ smirking between dignified sips of/ his dignified..."
(Parenthesis here indicate what number to bend up to followed by the r, which means to release)
|---PM---|
e|-------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
BB|-------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
G+G|-9-7-5-|-7-5-7-7b(9)r7-5~|-7-5-7-5-7-5-7-|-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|-------|-----------------|---------------|-----------5-|
A augmentedA|-------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
E MajorE|-------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
"...Peach/ and lime/ daiquiri
e|---|-----|------|
BB|---|-----|------|
G+G|---|-5-4-|------|
D MajorD|-5-|-----|-/7-5~|
A augmentedA|---|-----|------|
E MajorE|---|-----|------|
(Guitar in background when Brendon sings "Peach and lime daiquiri")
e|---|-----|-----|
BB|---|-----|-----|
G+G|-7-|-7-9-|-----|
D MajorD|-7-|-7-9-|-3-3-|
A augmentedA|-5-|-5-7-|-3-3-| (Let the last note ring.)
E MajorE|---|-----|-1-1-|
Chorus:
(Parenthesis here indicate optional note to play, so you can hit the notes as an octave or individually.)
"And isn't this / exactly / where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me you know..."
e|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|----------------------|
G+G|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-7--------|
D MajorD|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|---------------10-9-7-|
A augmentedA|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
"...Praying for love / in a lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-(8)-(6)-|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-----------------|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5---5---3--|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Oh,/ isn't this /exactly where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me/ you know..."
e|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
BB|------|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|-------------------|--------|
G+G|--12~-|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-12----|--------|
D MajorD|------|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|----------------10-|-9-10-7-|
A augmentedA|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
E MajorE|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
"...Praying for love/ in a /lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-|-------|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|---------|-5h7-5-|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5--|-------|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
Verse:
"Oh/ but I'm/ afraid/ that I/ well I may have faked it..."
e|----------------------------|-----|------|-----|---------------|
BB|----------------------------|-----|-/5---|-----|---------------|
G+G|-/12~-10-9/10-9-7/9-7-5/7-5-|-4-2-|----4-|-4-2-|-7-9-10-9-7----|
D MajorD|----------------------------|-----|------|-----|------------10-|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|-----|------|-----|---------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-----|------|-----|---------------|
"...And I / wouldn't be/ caught dead/ d-dead /d-dead /d-dead in this place..."
e|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
BB|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
G+G|------|---9-4-|-4-2-|-4-5-|-5-7-|-7-9-10-12----|
D MajorD|-10-7-|-7-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------10-|
A augmentedA|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
E MajorE|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
"...Well I'm afraid/ that I/ well that's right /well I may have faked it..."
e|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
BB|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
G+G|-7-9-12----|-9----|-7-9-9-|-9-9-10-9-7----|
D MajorD|--------12-|---10-|-------|------------10-|
A augmentedA|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
E MajorE|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
"...And I/ wouldn't/ be/ caught /dead/ in this place..."
e|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
BB|-----|-----|----|---|-/10-8---|-----------|
G+G|-----|-4-5-|-7~-|-9-|-------9-|-7-7-9-7-5-|
D MajorD|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
A augmentedA|-9-7-|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
E MajorE|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
Chorus:
"And isn't this / exactly / where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me you know..."
e|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|----------------------|
G+G|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-7--------|
D MajorD|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|---------------10-9-7-|
A augmentedA|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
"...Praying for love / in a lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-(8)-(6)-|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-----------------|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5---5---3--|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Oh,/ isn't this /exactly where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me/ you know..."
e|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
BB|------|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|-------------------|--------|
G+G|--12~-|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-12----|--------|
D MajorD|------|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|----------------10-|-9-10-7-|
A augmentedA|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
E MajorE|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
"...Praying for love/ in a /lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-|-------|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|---------|-5h7-5-|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5--|-------|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
e|-------------------|----------------|
BB|-------------------|----------------|
G+G|-------------------|-5-5------------|
D MajorD|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----7-9-10-----|
A augmentedA|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------9-8-|
E MajorE|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|----------------|
e|----------|----------|----------|
BB|----------|----------|----------|
G+G|---9(N)---|---7(N)---|---5(N)---|
D MajorD|---9(N)---|---7(N)---|---5(N)---| (x4 or until the end of the verse before the chorus.)
A augmentedA|---7(N)---|---5(N)---|---3(N)---|
E MajorE|----------|----------|----------|
(While playing this the first four times, make sure to pause slightly.)
(After the 4th time it immediately transitions to each power chord without a pause)
Verse:
"...Well I'm afraid/ that I/ well I may have faked it..."
e|-----------|------|--------------|
BB|-----------|------|--------------|
G+G|-7-9-12----|-9----|--9-10-9-7----|
D MajorD|--------12-|---10-|-----------10-|
A augmentedA|-----------|------|--------------|
E MajorE|-----------|------|--------------|
"...And I / wouldn't be/ caught dead/ d-dead /d-dead /d-dead in this place..."
e|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
BB|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
G+G|------|---9-4-|-4-2-|-4-5-|-5-7-|-7-9-10-12----|
D MajorD|-10-7-|-7-----|-----|-----|-----|-----------10-|
A augmentedA|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
E MajorE|------|-------|-----|-----|-----|--------------|
"...Well I'm afraid/ that I/ well that's right /well I may have faked it..."
e|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
BB|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
G+G|-7-9-12----|-9----|-7-9-9-|-9-9-10-9-7----|
D MajorD|--------12-|---10-|-------|------------10-|
A augmentedA|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
E MajorE|-----------|------|-------|---------------|
"...And I/ wouldn't/ be/ caught /dead/ in this place..."
e|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
BB|-----|-----|----|---|-/10-8---|-----------|
G+G|-----|-4-5-|-7~-|-9-|-------9-|-7-7-9-7-5-|
D MajorD|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
A augmentedA|-9-7-|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
E MajorE|-----|-----|----|---|---------|-----------|
Chorus:
"And isn't this / exactly / where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me you know..."
e|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|----------------------|
G+G|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-7--------|
D MajorD|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|---------------10-9-7-|
A augmentedA|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|----------------|-----------|----------------------|
"...Praying for love / in a lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-(8)-(6)-|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|-----------------|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5---5---3--|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
"Oh,/ isn't this /exactly where you'd like me/ I'm exactly where you like me/ you know..."
e|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
BB|------|-(10)-(10)-(12)-(13)-|-(13)-(13)-(13)-|-----------|-------------------|--------|
G+G|--12~-|---------------------|----------------|-12-10-9-7-|-7-5-7-9-7-9-12----|--------|
D MajorD|------|--/7---7----9----10--|--10---10---10--|-----------|----------------10-|-9-10-7-|
A augmentedA|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
E MajorE|------|---------------------|----------------|-----------|-------------------|--------|
"...Praying for love/ in a /lap dance/ and paying in naivety..."
e|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
BB|-(10)-(10)-(10)-/(13)\(8)-|-(8)-(8)-|-------|-----------------|
G+G|--------------------------|---------|-5h7-5-|-5-7-9-7-9-7-5---|
D MajorD|---7----7----7--/-10-\-5--|--5---5--|-------|---------------5-|
A augmentedA|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------|---------|-------|-----------------|
"Praying for love/ and paying /in naivety"
e|-------|-----------------|
BB|-------|-----------------|
G+G|-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7/9-7-5---|
D MajorD|-------|---------------7-|
A augmentedA|-------|-----------------|
E MajorE|-------|-----------------|
"Praying for love and/ paying in naivety, oh"
e|----------|------------------|-------|
BB|----------|------------------|-------|
G+G|-12-9br-9-|-12-10-9-10-9-7---|-------|
D MajorD|----------|----------------9-|-/10-7-|
A augmentedA|----------|------------------|-------|
E MajorE|----------|------------------|-------|
Outro:
|--------------PM----------------|
e|----------------|---------|---------|
BB|----------------|-----3-3-|---------|
G+G|-----5-5----5-5-|---5-----|---4-5-5-|
D MajorD|---2------2-----|-4-------|-4-------| (x2)
A augmentedA|-0------0-------|---------|---------|
E MajorE|----------------|---------|---------|
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| b Bend
| br Bend release
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato
| PM Palm mute
| N Tremolo
| () Optional note
Other versions of But Its Better If You Do
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for But its better if you do by Panic! At The Disco
