Artist: Nouvelle Vague
Song: Love Will Tear Us Apart
Tuning: Standard
*NOTE: This tab is based off of the version Nouvelle Vague played live in Glastonbury
in several other videos of the band in various radio station studios. There is an
mp3 version as well, which omits the 2nd and 3rd parts of this tab completely.
Verses 1 and 2, Chorus (finger picked):
V1: "When the routine bites hard..."
CH: "Then love will tear us apart..."
V2: "Why is the bedroom so cold..."
CH: "Love will tear us apart..."
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |---------7-----------7----------|---------7--------------7-------|
G |---------7-----------7----------|---------7--------------7-------|
D |---------9-----------9----------|---------7--------------7-------|
A |-7---------------7-----------7--|-9------------9--------------9--|
E |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |---------7-----------7----------|---------6-------------6--------|
D |---------7-----------7----------|---------7-------------7--------|
A |---------9-----------9----------|---------7-------------7--------|
E |-7---------------7-----------7--|-5------------5--------------5--|
Verse 3 (with pick):
V3: "Do you cry out in your sleep..."
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-------------7------------------|-------------5------------------|
E |-0------------------------------|-2------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-------------9------------------|-------------7------------------|
E |-7------------------------------|-5------------------------------|(x2)
V3 Continued: "Is it something so good..." (very fast strumming here at times - listen
get pattern)
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-5-----------5-----------5------|-5-----------5-----------5------|
E |-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A |-9-----------9-----------9------|-7-----------7-----------7------|
E |-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7--|-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|(x6)
Outro (all harmonic notes, repeated till fade out):
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |------------^12-----------------|------------^7------------------|
B |------------^12-----------------|------------^7------------------|
G |------------^12-----------------|------------^7------------------|
D |--------------------------------|^12-----------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |^12-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e |------------^7------------------|------------^12-----------------|
B |------------^7------------------|------------^12-----------------|
G |------------^7------------------|------------^12-----------------|
D |--------------------------------|^7------------------------------|
A |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E |^7------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Lyrics:
When the routine bites hard
And ambitions are low
And the resentment rides high
But emotions wont grow
And were changing our ways,
Taking different roads
Then love, love will tear us apart again
Why is the bedroom so cold
Turned away on your side?
Is my timing that flawed,
Our respect run so dry?
Yet theres still this appeal
That weve kept through our lives
Love, love will tear us apart again
Do you cry out in your sleep
All my failings expose?
Get a taste in my mouth
As desperation takes hold
Is it something so good
Just cant function no more?
When love, love will tear us apart again
Enjoy!