Prelude Tab

by Foals
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Added in some guitar parts that were missing in the other tabs with the bass tab as well and the third guitar part as it is played in the song but barely hearable.Was this info helpful?
Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: D A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author ohouliscsi [a] 291. Last edit on May 2, 2017
Artist: Foals
Song: Prelude
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBe)
Tuning: Drop D (DADG)
 
 
[Intro]
[Jimmy's part]
e|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-7-7-12-12|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
                        
[Verse 1]
[Jimmy's part]
e|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-10-10-10-10-7-7-12-12|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|    (repeated throughout the entire song)
A|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
 
[Yannis' part comes in at 0:35]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----11--9-----7--9--7---9-----9--9--------9-9-----9-9-----11--9-----7--9-9--7-----9--9--------9--9-9---|
D|----9---------9---------------9--------9--9-------9-------9---------9-------------9-------9---9----------9|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--9-----9-9-----11--9-9-----7--9-9--7-----9-9-----9--9-9-----9--9-----9-9-----11--9-9-----7--9-9--7--9-9|
D|-------9-------9-----------9-------------9-------9----------9--------9-------9-----------9----------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----11--9-9-----7--9-9--7-----9-9-----11--9-9-----7--9-9--7---9-9-----9--9-9-----9--9-9-----11--9-9-------|
D|-9-----------9-------------9-------9-----------9-------------------9----------9----------9-----------9----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7--9-9--7---9-9-----9--9-9-----9--9-9--7---9-9-----9--9-9-----9--9-9--7---9-9-----9--9-9-----9--9-9------|
D|------------------9----------9-------------------9----------9-------------------9----------9----------9---|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|-9--9-----11--9-9-----9--9-9--7-----------|
D|-------9-----------9----------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
 
[Third guitar comes in at 1:14]
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9--12--9---9-9--12--9--9-------------------|
D|--------------------------------5-----7-------|   (x2)
A|----------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------5-----7----------|
 
[Bass]
[Andrew's part comes in at 1:23]
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|   (x3)
D|-2-2--2--x-2-2-2--2------------------------|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|          (Repeat the whole bass part until 2:23) 
D|-2-2--2--x-2-2-2--2--5--5--7--7-------|
 
[2:23]
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
D|-2----|
 
[Verse 2]
[Yannis' part comes in at 1:33]
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--9-----0--9-----0--9--7--9-----0--9-----0--9-|
D|-------9--------9--------------9--------9-------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--9-----0--9-----0--9--7--9-----0--9-----0--9/12-|
D|-------9--------9--------------9--------9----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
 
[Chorus]
[starts at 1:43]
[yannis' part]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------15--15--15--15--15----|
G|-14b--12----------14b--12-----------------14b--12--------------------------------|
D|----------14--14-----------14--14--12h14-----------14--14------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b--12---------14b--12-----------------14b--12---------------------------------|
D|----------14--14----------14--14--12h14-----------14--14--12---12~---17~---14----|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--9-----0--9-----0--9--7--9-----0--9-----0--9-|
D|-------9--------9--------------9--------9-------|   (x3)
A|------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
 
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-0--9-----0--9-----0--9--7--9-----0--9-----0--9/12-|
D|-------9--------9--------------9--------9----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
 
[Yannis and Jimmy's part]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14b--12----------14b--12-----------------14b--12-----------------------------------|
D|----------14--14-----------14--14--12h14----------14--14--12-12-17-14---------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------12-12-17-14---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12-12-17-14---------------|
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---2-2-x-2-x-x-2-2--5-5-7-7-------------------------------------------|   (x4)
A|---x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--5-5-7-7-------------------------------------------|
D|---2-2-x-2-x-x-2-2--5-5-7-7-------------------------------------------|
 
[Bass]
[Andrew's part]
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|   (x3)
D|-2-2--2--x-2-2-2--2-------------------|
 
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|          (Repeat the whole bass part until 3:33) 
D|-2-2--2--x-2-2-2--2--5--5--7--7-------|
 
[3:33]
G|------|
D|------|
A|------|
D|-2----|
 
 
************************************
 
| b   Bend
| ~   Vibrato
| h   Hammer
| /   Slide
| x   Dead note
 
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5 comments
enzo_moraes
Awesome Tab!!!
+1
SamuelL70
Perfect tab. There is another guirar at 2:54, I think is very spontaneous but it would be great if yoj tab it
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ohouliscsi
A genius piece more than suitable for feeding one's inner demons
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