Prelude Tab

This tab is an adapted version of the original and as such is not 100% accurate to the Foals album version,
but I feel it can still be used as a rough guide that you can adapt as you wish!
 
Each [PART] represents one section of the song played in this guitar cover using a loop pedal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-arVIVcvkuc
 
The video is very helpful for timings and reference.
 
I recommend using a good ammount of delay and reverb.
 
Feel free to add little hammer ons, pull offs, and some extra slides if you feel like it!
 
Tuning: Drop D
 
[Part 1]
PM-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-x-|-10-x-10-x-10-x-12-x-12-x-x-|
B|-----------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------------|
 
PM-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-9-x-x-|-10-x-10-x-10--7-x-x-12-x-x-|
B|-----------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------------|
A|-----------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----------------------|----------------------------|
 
[Part 2]
PM---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|---------------7-7----|
G|---7-9-x-x---7-9-9-7-|---7-9-x-x---7-----9--|
D|-9---------9---------|-9---------9----------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
 
PM---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|-----7---------7-7----|
G|---7-9-x-x---7-9-9-7-|---7---x-x---7-----9--|
D|-9---------9---------|-9---------9----------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
 
[Part 3]
PM---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------|----------------------|
B|---------------------|----------------------|
G|---------------------|----------------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
D|-2-2---------------0-|-2-2------5-5----7-7--|
 
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--0-|
 
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-5--5-5-5--5-5-7--7-7-7--7-7-|
 
[Part 4]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|
D|---5---------7-----|-2-----------------|
A|-----5---------7---|-2-----------------|
D|-5-----5-5/7-----7-|-2-----------------|
 
[Part 5]
e|-------------------|---------------------|
B|-------------------|---------------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9-|---9-----9/12---12---|
D|-------9-----9-----|-----9--------9----9-|
A|-5/7-----7-----7---|-7-----7-------------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|
 
e|-------------------|----------------------------|
B|-------------------|----------------------------|
G|-----9-----9-----9-|-9/12---12---12/14----14----|
D|-------9-----9-----|------9----9-------12----12-|
A|-5/7-----7-----7---|----------------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------|
 
[Part 6]
e|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-14b-12----------14b-12-------------|-14b-12----------15~-15~-15~-15~-|
D|--------14-14\----------14-14-12-14-|--------14-14--------------------|
A|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
 
e|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-14b-12----------14b-12-------------|-14b-12-----------------12-----|
D|--------14-14\----------14-14-12-14-|--------14-14----12-12------14-|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
 
[Part 7]
(During this part, continuously barre the GBe strings on the 12th fret to make playing much easier:)
e|-12-|
B|-12-|
G|-12-|  (Barre the strings like this with your first finger for the entirety of this part)
D|----|
A|----|
D|----|
 
e|-12-h15p---------------------------------------------|-12-h15p---------------------------------|
B|----------12-h15p--12-h14p--12-h15p--12-h14p---------|----------12-h15p--12-h14p--12-h15p--14~-|
G|---------------------------------------------12-h14p-|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
 
 
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| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down
| h   Hammer-on
| p   Pull-off
| ~   Vibrato
| x   Dead note
| b   Bend
 
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