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Arctic monkeys: Mardy bum

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Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 00:16:11 -0700
From: Tom Chong 
Subject: a/arctic_monkeys/mardy_bum.tab

Artist:  Arctic Monkeys
Album:  Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
Song:  Mardy Bum
Transcribed by:  THC (Tucson, Arizona)

It's in D major.

[0:00] intro lead
E-----------------------------------------
B--12-12-12-12--10------------------------
G------------------11-9-7\-4-2-4-2--------
D----------------------------------4-2----
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------

main lead melody
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G--11-11-9-11-9---------9-11-11-11-9-11-9------------------------
D---------------12---12-------------------12---------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----9----------------------------------------------------------
D--12---11-12-12-11-9--\7-(7)-12-12-12-12-12-14------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

Chords (for rhythm guitar)
D       X~W-5--7--7--7-X
F#      X--9-11-11-11-X
G       X-10-12-12-12-X
F#min   X--9-11-11-10-(9)
Emin    X~W-8-10-10~W-9-X
A5      X~W-7--7~W-9~W10-X  or  A      X~W-7--7--6~W-5-X
F#5     2~W4-4~WX~WX-X
G5      3~W5-5~WX~WX-X

[0:00] rhythm guitar
E-------|------|-----|-----
B---12--|--10--|--8--|--5--
G---12--|--11--|--9--|--6--
D-------|------|-----|-----
A-------|------|-----|-----
E-------|------|-----|-----

[0:09]
|  D  |  F#  |  G  |  F#min  |  Emin  |  A  |
repeat four times

[0:42]
|  G  |  A  |  D  |  A  |  Bmin  | repeat two times
Laughs and jokes...
...was

|  G  |  A  |
old, argumentative...

For the above GADABmin chords, I'd prefer
G       3-5-5-4-3-3
A       5-7-7-6-5-5
D       X-5-7-7-7-5
Bmin    X-2-4-4-3-3

[1:04]
|  D  |  F#  |  G  |  F#min  |  Emin  |  A  |
repeat three times

[1:30]
|  G  |  A  |  D  |  A  |  Bmin  | repeat two times
Just laugh and joke...

|  G  |  A  |
old, argumentative...

[1:52]
|   F#5  |     G5   |  three times
|   F#5  |  G5 | A5 |

Solo
[2:08]
E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G--/9-----------------/9-----------------------------------------
D-----12-11-12---11-12---12-11-12-11--9-11-9-----9---------------
A---------------------------------------------12---12--9-9-------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

E----------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------7-7-7-7-9-6----6-6-6-7-9-/11-9----------------
D------7------------------------------------------12-9-----------
A--7h9---9-7-----------------------------------------------------
E------------10-10-----------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------
B-------------------------------
G-------------9-11-9----9-------
D--9-12-12-12--------12---12----
A-------------------------------
E-------------------------------

[2:08]
|  D  |  F#  |  G  |  F#min  |  Emin  |  A  | repeat two times

[2:26]
|  G  |  A  |  D  |  A  |  Bmin  |

|  G  |  A  |  D  ||