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Tabbed by PureDenizen
Email - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning : Standard
Key Signature: 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# and F major to be played on the A
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# on the A string.

G|----------|
D|----------|
A|---4-4-4--|
E|----------|

Verse's

      C# maj
E|----------|  (Follow the triplets the bass is playing)
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|

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

     F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|

As the cigarette burns on my chest....

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

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

Then..

     F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|

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

     F# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----11---|
D|-----11---|
A|-9--------|
E|----------|

"Whats wrong with this picture?"

     C# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|

"Whats wrong with this picture?"

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

Chorus

     F# Maj                            F# Maj
E|----------|                      E|--------|
B|----------|                      B|--------|
G|-----11---|    OR can be played  G|--------|
D|-----11---|                      D|-----4--|
A|-9--------|                      A|-----4--|
E|----------|                      E|--2-----|

"sometimes its fadedddddd"...

      C# maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|--4-------|
E|----------|

"Disintegratedddddd"....

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


Middle 8 (Bridge)


     F maj
E|----------|--------|
B|----------|--------|
G|-----10---|--------|
D|-----10---|----8---|
A|-8--------|----8---|
E|----------|--6-----|   And so on for rest of middle 8.

      "hang onnnn"

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

Feedback on this tab would be very much appreciated, email to - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk.
This is my first guitar tab also, cheers =].

PureDenizen