Mystery Girl tab by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Tabs

Mystery Girl
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
from the EP "Yeah Yeah Yeahs"
tabbed by Chris Schulz

Chords:

  EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe
E7: 022130 A7: X02223 G: 355543 F#: 244322 F: 133211

  EADGBe   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e   E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB e
E: 022100 A: X 12 14 14 14 12 B: X 14 16 16 16 14

Here are some rhythm structures, they're not completely right, but they sound close. The
are written above the notes.

This one I'll call E5:
  1& 2& 3& 4 &  1 &2 &3 & 4
A augmentedA|-2--4--5--4-2-|---4--5--5--4-|
E MajorE|-0--0--0--0-0-|---0--0--0--0-|

This is A5:
  1& 2& 3& 4 &  1 &2 &3 & 4
D MajorD|-2--4--5--4-2-|---4--5--5--4-|
A augmentedA|-0--0--0--0-0-|---0--0--0--0-|
E MajorE|-----------------------------|

For the E-slide, start on the low E MajorE string at the 12th fret and tremolo pick while
down to open.

INTRO:

| G+G | F#F# FF | E-slide |


VERSE:
      E5E5
It was the struggle of the century
      A5A5
And all the grown men came to see
  E5E5
The girl who could tame the tiger, yeah, yeah
  A5A5
The heart of the Southern lover
   E5E5
They found her under the sea
       A5A5           A7A7
She said she came from cell block 3

(On the last A5, stop at measure 2, beat 1&. Replace the remaining notes with A7A7 in rhythm.)

PRE-CHORUS:

(For the pre-chorus, hit the bass note twice, then the full chord, a total of four times
chord)

  E7E7
The girl hit hot like a barracuda baby
  A7A7
She floated on air like a crest of a wave
     E7E7
She was a primal institution
     A7A7
She was a danger to herself, yeah
F#F#        E MajorE
Mad lovin' by the cold hearted
E-slide
Take a deep breath, babe cause we've just started

CHORUS:

The rhythm changes here:

E5*:
  1& 2& 3 & 4 &
A augmentedA|-2--4--5-5-4--|
E MajorE|-0--0--0-0-0--|

A5*:
  1& 2& 3 & 4 &
D MajorD|-2--4--5-5-4--|
A augmentedA|-0--0--0-0-0--|
E MajorE|--------------|

E5*      A5*
Mystery Girl, Mystery Girl
E5*         A5*
Keep on fakin' your mystery world
      E5*       A5*
Cause the mystery boys will be your toys, yeah
  E5*        A5*      G+G A augmentedA BB E-slide
The mystery boys will be your toys

VERSE:
   E5E5
Not a day goes by I wanna disappear
 A5A5
Into her a eyes of mother of pearl
    E5E5
And my head feels dead from all this useless fightin'
    A5A5                 A7A7
But my heart ain't dead cause it keeps on lovin'

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

OUTRO:

repeat G+G A augmentedA BB over the lyrics

The mystery boys will be your toys, yeah
The mystery boys will be your toys
They'll be your toys, yeah girls
They'll be your toys, alright...

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