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Tabbed by PureDenizen
Email - [email protected]

Tuning : Standard
Key Signature: C#C# Major
Time Signature: 4/4 (common time)
Dynamics: Mezzo-Piano

This song is quite easy, and can be played by people who've been playing guitar only a
while and feel confident playing power chords efficiently.

The song is made up of 4 power chords, C#, F#, A#A# and FF major to be played on the A augmentedA
The bass plays triplets of each of these notes on the verses, however on the chorus
of each are played.

Song Structure :
Intro,
Verse,
Verse,
Chorus,
Verse,
Chorus,
Middle 8 (Bridge),
Chorus.

Intro, Bass plays 2 bars of the note C#C# on the A augmentedA string.

G+G|----------|
D MajorD|----------|
A augmentedA|---4-4-4--|
E MajorE|----------|

Verse's

   C#C# maj
E MajorE|----------| (Follow the triplets the bass is playing)
BB|----------|
G+G|-----6----|
D MajorD|-----6----|
A augmentedA|-4--------|
E MajorE|----------|

I hold an image of the ashtray girl....

   FF maj
E MajorE|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|-----10---|
D MajorD|-----10---|
A augmentedA|-8--------|
E MajorE|----------|

As the cigarette burns on my chest....

Towards the end of the verses there is a chord change to A#, when Brian sings :
   A#A# maj
E MajorE|-----------|
BB|-----------|
G+G|-----------|
D MajorD|------8----|
A augmentedA|------8----|
E MajorE|-6---------|

"And late at night,Whilst on all fours....

Then..

   FF maj
E MajorE|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|-----10---|
D MajorD|-----10---|
A augmentedA|-8--------|
E MajorE|----------|

"She used to watch me kiss the floor..."

   F#F# Maj
E MajorE|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|-----11---|
D MajorD|-----11---|
A augmentedA|-9--------|
E MajorE|----------|

"Whats wrong with this picture?"

   C#C# Maj
E MajorE|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|-----6----|
D MajorD|-----6----|
A augmentedA|-4--------|
E MajorE|----------|

"Whats wrong with this picture?"

For every verse, you then go into the Chorus, which is a repetition of F#F# major and C#C# major.

Chorus

   F#F# Maj              F#F# Maj
E MajorE|----------|           E MajorE|--------|
BB|----------|           BB|--------|
G+G|-----11---|  OR can be played G+G|--------|
D MajorD|-----11---|           D MajorD|-----4--|
A augmentedA|-9--------|           A augmentedA|-----4--|
E MajorE|----------|           E MajorE|--2-----|

"sometimes its fadedddddd"...

   C#C# maj
E MajorE|----------|
BB|----------|
G+G|-----6----|
D MajorD|-----6----|
A augmentedA|--4-------|
E MajorE|----------|

"Disintegratedddddd"....

Go straight back into verse with triplets of C#C# maj.

Middle 8 (Bridge)


   FF maj
E MajorE|----------|--------|
BB|----------|--------|
G+G|-----10---|--------|
D MajorD|-----10---|----8---|
A augmentedA|-8--------|----8---|
E MajorE|----------|--6-----|  And so on for rest of middle 8.

   "hang onnnn"

Go straight into last chorus, end on FF major and let the chord ring out.

Feedback on this tab would be very much appreciated, email to - [email protected].
This is my first guitar tab also, cheers =].

PureDenizen

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