Blondie Tab

by Current Joys
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F#
Capo: no capo
Author noah-beck [a] 78. Last edit on May 24, 2023
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Chords are based off a live Daytrotter session (15/11/18)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkQ9sg-kkTk
 
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[Main Riff]
 
This part plays throughout the whole song and is actually two different riffs looped and layered over
one another, however you can easily play them together at the same time without a loop pedal
 
[Riff 1]
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9--11--11--11--11--11----------------------------------11--11--11---|
G|-------------------------------------------------------10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-----------------|
B|--9--9--9--9--9--|
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|
 
[Riff 2]
 
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4/6--6--6--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------8--8--8--6--6--6--6--6---|
A|--------------------------------------------------8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
(Chords)
 
G#m     466444
F#      244322
C#sus2  x46644
Bsus2   x24422
 
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[Intro]
 
N.C.
 
G#m F#
G#m F#
 
 
F#        G#m
There are flowers
      F#
In my heart
                G#m
They're growing thorns
       F#
And it hurts
      G#m
Every time
       F#
You're around
         G#m
We break up
       C#sus2 Bsus2
We get down
 
 
F# F# C#sus2 Bsus2 (x4)
 
 
      G#m
And I won't
        F#
See you again
             G#m
You're not a person
          F#
You're my friend
      G#m
If we do
        F#
Just by chance
       G#m
Can we kiss
       C#sus2 Bsus2
Can we dance
 
 
F# F# C#sus2 Bsus2
F# F# C#sus2 Bsus2
 
 
[Solo]
 
He then loops the chords F# F# C#sus2 Bsus2 and plays the following:
 
   F#                                              C#sus2                 Bsus2
 
e|--9--------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-11-------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11-------11----------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-------|
G|-------11-------11-------11-------11-------11----------11-------11-------11-------11-------11----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   F#                                               C#sus2                 Bsus2
 
e|--9--------9--------9--------9--------9--------9-11-------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-|
B|----11-------11-------11-------11-------11----------11-------11-------11-------11-------11-------|
G|-------11-------11-------11-------11-------11----------11-------11-------11-------11-------11----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
At this point he loops the above and plays this:
 
   F#                                                                      C#sus2
 
e|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14/16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
   Bsus2
 
e|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
B|-------------------------|
G|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------| (x2)
 
Finally he then loops the second part of the solo and plays this last bass line:
 
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
 
This is then looped and chords played till finish
 
F# F# C#sus2 Bsus2 (x3)
 
F#
 
 
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