Tabs with lyrics
The Sundays Hideous Towns, from Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic Opening basslineG+G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D MajorD|---------0--0-|---------0--0-|--------------|--------------||
A augmentedA|-0-2-4-5--5---|-0-2-4-5--5---|-repeat-------|--------------||
E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| Guitar
E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
BB|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------3--3--||
G+G|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
D MajorD|--------------|--------------|-12/slide/-0--|---0-0--------||
A augmentedA|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
E MajorE|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| This is really simple, you can play around and add in other notes ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||-2--0---------|-2--0---------|-2--0---------|-2--0---2-----|| ||-------4----4-|-------4------|-------4---4--|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| Chorus: Hideous towns made me throw...up! and Stick and stones... Very simple, quick strum and then arpeggio of the
G+G chord (open or barred) ||3-3-3--3--3--3|---3---3---3--|--------------|--------------|| ||3-3-3---3--3--|-----3---3----|--------------|--------------|| ||4-4-4-4--4--4-|-4-----4--4---|---repeat 2 more times-------|| ||5-5-5---------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| go back to simple verse part above, with modifications, then to chorus again, throw in another quick verse and chorus again Middle - heres where the song begins to speed up around 1:43 ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--3-------3---|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||-2--2-2-2-----|--repeat 7 more times--------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| then go to quickly strumming the
D MajorD chord, opening up the hi e string at the start of each bar ||-0-2-2-2-2-2--|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||-3-3-3-3-3-3--|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||-2-2-2-2-2-2--|--repeat------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------||
in the second half of the song, a little bit of extra stuff is added to the verse and chorus parts 2nd half verse (make aBm7Bm7 chord shape to play this, throw in variations) ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||-3------------|-3------------|--3-----------|-3------------|| ||--------2-----|----------2---|-----------2--|-----------2--|| ||-4-2-4--------|-4--2--4------|--4--2--4-----|-2--4---5-----|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| 2nd half chorus, again start with
G+G chord, but 3rd and 4th bars differ ||3-3-3--3--3--3|--3----3---3--|--0---0----0--|--2---2-----2-|| ||3-3-3---3--3--|----3---3-----|---3----3-----|---3----3-----|| ||4-4-4-4--4--4-|-4----4---4---|-0---0----0---|-0---0----0---|| ||5-5-5---------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|| For the ending, around the 3 min mark, start the sped-up middle part again, the
A augmentedA and
D MajorD notes on the
BB and
E MajorE strings, and then the
D MajorD chord. And around the 3:23 mark, a second guitar playing
D MajorD and
C#C# notes at a higher octave comes in. You incorporate this by playing the
D MajorD chord like this ||-10-10-10--9-9|--------------|-10-10-10--9--9|--------------|| ||-7--7---7--7-7|--------------|-10-10-10-10-10|--------------|| ||-7--7---7--7-7|-or like this-|-11-11-11-11-11|--------------|| ||-7--7---7--7-7|--------------|-12-12-12-12-12|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------|| ||--------------|--------------|---------------|--------------||
ⓘ Guitar tab for 'Hideous Towns' by The Sundays, an alternative rock band formed in 1987 from London, England. They are no longer active.