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Girls Who Play Guitars Tab

by Maximo Park


First tab, I noticed some deficiencies in the other posted guitar tab so here goes.

Tuning: E standard
Moderate distortion

Intro: let open low E string ring

Verse: "You've been/In the gaps"
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9-11------------------------9-11---9-11-|
|--9-11---9-11---9-11---0-0----9-11---9-11---9-11---0-0----0-0--|
|--0-0----0-0----0-0-----------0-0----0-0----0-0----------------|


verse into Prechorus: "We used to talk about..."
from.....v there onward play as all 8th notes
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------9-11---|
|-9-11---9-11-11-11-------------------------9-11-11-11-11-12--------|
|-0-0----0-0--0--0---9-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-0-0--0--0--0--0---------|
|--------------------0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
                    (^ ---- repeat this segment 4 times  -----------| ^)

Chorus:
|-------------------------3-3--3-3------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-11-10-10-10---3-3--5-5------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10---4-4--5-5------------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10---5-5--5-5------------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8----5-5--3-3------------------------------|
|-------------------------3-3-----------------------------------|

NOTE: For the chorus,
- on the first two iterations, play the chorus segment four times.
- for the third iteration, play it five times.


Bridge: "When you lie in your bed..."
(Play as constant eigth notes for the non-chord part)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-------4-------4-------4--------------6-------6-------6-|
|---4-4---4-------------------------(x4)---6-6---6---------------|
|-----------5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5----------------7-7---7-7-7---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------6------------12-12---7---12-12---10-10--10--------------|
|------------(x2)----13-13---8---12-12---11-11--11--(x4)--------|
|-7-7-7---7----------14-14---9---12-12---12-12--12--------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Outro is one iteration of the verse, plus four iterations of the prechorus, ending on 
low E string again.


Song Structure:

Verse
Prechorus
Verse
Prechorus
Chorus
Verse
Chorus
Bridge
Chorus
Outro

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