Balaclava Bass

by Arctic Monkeys
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Author beast of pie [a] 321.
4 contributors total, last edit on Dec 22, 2016
We have an official Balaclava tab made by UG professional guitarists.
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You can see O'Malley playing it like this live so I'm guessing its not too far off
the studio version.
 
Slightly updated to put the tremolo in the verses.
 
[Intro]
 
G|----------------------------|
D|-----------4----------------|
A|-----5--7--------4-----5\---|
E|--7-----------5-----3-------|  x4
 
 
[Verse]
 
G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------|   x4
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------------------4--------------------|
A|--22-2---5--2-------------------2222---5--2---------------|
E|----------------57-575-2-2-3-5----------------35-35-3-2---| x2
 
Quick rest
 
'Or throwing her to the sharks'
 
G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|------4-4-----5-5---|
E|--5-5-----3-3-------|
 
 
[Verse]
 
 
G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------| x2
 
 
G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7----------------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7------------------------------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------|
 
[Bridge]
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------11---11------|
D|--9999999999999999---------------------------------------------------------99--999--999---|
A|------------------12121212121212121212121212121212101010101010101099999999----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
G|--11-12121212--11---11---11-12121212--9---9---9---------7---7---6---6---|
D|----9--------99--999--999--9--------77-777-777-710109755-555-544-444----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
Quick rest
 
 
 [Chorus]
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------------------4--------------------|
A|--22-2---5--2-------------------2222---5--2---------------|
E|----------------57-575-2-2-3-5----------------35-35-3-2---|  x2
 
 
[Verse]
 
G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------| x12
 
 
[Outro]
 
G|-------------------------|
D|---------4---------------|
A|--2--5------4---5--------|
E|-------0---5---3---------|  x5
 
G|----------------|
D|---------4------|
A|--2--5----------|
E|-------0--------|
 
G|-------------------------|
D|---------4---------------|
A|--2--5------4---5--------|
E|-------0---5---3---------|  x3
 
G|-------------------|
D|---------4---------|
A|--2--5-------------|
E|-------0---5\------|
 
 
 
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4 comments
langley.fry
|---------------------| |---------------------| |--2--5---4---4---5---| |-------0---5---3-----| should be this |---------------------| |---------4-----------| |--2--5-------4---5---| |-------0---5---3-----| other than that it's brilliant!
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ThreeSixer
These were perfect. Used it for a cover video. Cheers! x
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QwaQwaFruit
Best tab I've seen of this song.
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