Lights Tab

Lights
by Editors (off the album "The Back Room", 2005)
 
Standard Tuning (both guitars)
 
Update 18/07/07: Verse/Refrain was wrong.
 
The other tab is nearly right for this, but watching some live videos.. it's
slightly different. This is my version of it. Enjoy :)
 
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	VERSE [0:00]
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The first verse has a very acoustic feel; try and hear the rhythm of Tom's
guitar for this section. The notes on the G strings aren't loudly played.
 
Tom
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9--9--9--9-/|-11-11-11-x--|-4--4--4--4-/|-5--5--5--5--|
D|-9--9--9--9-/|-12-12-12-x--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|   x4
A|-7--7--7--7-/|-9--9--9--x--|-2--2--2--2-/|-3--3--3--3--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   E5            D             G             C5
 
    I still      love the      light on      baby   .. etc
 
 
Then Russell on bass and Chris on lead come in. Tom plays this chord pattern 4
times again, with Chris playing this at the last bar the first and third times
(listen to it if you're confused :P):
 
[0:26]
 
Chris
e|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|---------12--|--11~--------|
D|-------------|-------------|   x2
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|
   C5            E5
 
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	CHORUS [0:26]
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Tom
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--|
D|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-2--2--2--2--|-5--5--5--5--|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -\
   D5            D5            E             G
Chris
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -/   x3
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-12----11----|-12----9-----|-12----11----|-12----9-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
Then...
 
Tom
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-5--5--5--5--|-------------|
G|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4--|
D|-7--7--7--7--|-7--7--7--7--|-2--2--2--2--|-5--5--5--5--|
A|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2--|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -\
 
Chris
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -/
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-12~~~~~~~~--|-------------|-14~~~~~~~~--|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
   (let ring and plenty of echo too)
 
 
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	BREAK [0:40]
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Tom & Chris
e|-12----------|-12--12------|
B|-12----------|-12--12------|
G|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|   x4
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|
  (again, masses of echo)
 
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	VERSE [0:53]
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Tom takes a break. But no kitkat, he's singing.
 
Chris
e|-12----------|-12--12------|
B|-12----------|-12--12------|
G|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|   x4
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|
   (echo)
 
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	CHORUS [1:05]
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Same as the the first chorus.
 
 
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	BREAK [1:18]
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Tom
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-9-----11----|-4-----5-----|-9-----11----|-4-----5-----|
D|-9-----12----|-5-----5-----|-9-----12----|-5-----5-----|
A|-7-----9-----|-2-----3-----|-7-----9-----|-2-----3-----|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -\
 
Chris
e|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| -/    x2
B|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
G|-12----11----|-12----9-----|-11----7-----|-9-----4-----|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
 
 
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	VERSE/REFRAIN [1:32]
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Live they play this slightly differently, and I can't really hear Tom's guitar (at
all) so... if you like, play the E in the chorus. If you think Tom plays something
and you know what it is.. please tell :).
 
Chris
e|-#12#--------|-#12-12#-----|-#14#----#17-|-#19#--------|
B|-#12#--------|-#14/15#-----|-#17#----#17-|-#19#--------|
G|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
(massive echo all the time)
 
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	BREAK [1:45]
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Tom (all the way through the break)
e|-------------|
B|----5--------|
G|----4--------|
D|----2--------|  strummed a few times on its own first.
A|----2--------|
E|-------------|
 
Then Chris comes in
 
[1:47]
 
Chris
e|-12----------|-12--12------|
B|-12----------|-12--12------|
G|-------------|-------------|   x4
D|-------------|-------------|
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|
(keep with the echo)
 
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	CHORUS [2:01]
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Same as the first and second choruses the first time. Then Tom carries on and
Chris goes up an octave, so it's instead:
 
Chris
e|-15----14----|-15----12----|
B|-------------|-------------|
G|-------------|-------------|
D|-------------|-------------|    x8  (over Tom's chords)
A|-------------|-------------|
E|-------------|-------------|
 
 
END! :)
 
Thanks for reading.
 
 
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	LYRICS
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VERSE
 
I still love the light on baby
It keeps me awake but I don't mind
Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be
 
CHORUS
 
Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to
 
VERSE
 
I still love the light on baby
It keeps me awake but I don't mind
Everything I always wanted
Is right there but soon it won't be
 
CHORUS
 
Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to
 
VERSE/REFRAIN
 
I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby
I still love the light on baby
 
CHORUS
 
Oh, if fortune favours the brave
I am as poor as they come
I've got a million things to say
I've got a million things to (ohhhhh)
A million things to say
A million things to say
A million things to say
 
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Key:
/ 	- Slide up
\ 	- Slide down
b 	- Bend
r 	- Return
x 	- Mute
PM 	- Palm mute
~ 	- Let ring/vibrato
h	- Hammer-on
p	- Pull-off
<>	- Harmonic
#n#	- Tremelo pick
-\	- Parts played together
 
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