Dress Tab

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Difficulty:	intermediate
Capo:	no capo
Author foofighter1337 [a] 51.
1 contributor total, last edit on Dec 10, 2016
Artist: PJ Harvey
Song: Dress
Album: Dry
Tabbed by: foofighter1337
 
Guitar 1 (EADGBe)
Guitar 2 (EADGBe)
 
NOTE: The rhythm patterns are difficult, hence why the numbers are included.
I believe this tab is mostly accurate, the only questionable part being
the (pre)ending strum pattern]
 
Play Order
 
[Intro] (x4)
[Verse 1] [Verse x 2]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2] [Verse x 2]
[Interlude] (x4) [Guitar 2 plays Verse x 2]
[Chorus] [without vocals]
[Verse 3] [Pre-ending]
[Chorus] (x2)
[Pre-Ending]
[Ending]
 
Rhythm Patterns
 
[Intro]
 
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-4-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-x-|
A|-4-4-x-4-4-x-x-4-4-4-4-4-4-x-x-x-|
E|-2-2-x-2-2-x-x-0-2-2-0-2-2-x-x-x-|
 
[Verse]
 
   F#                              A       F#      A       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------2---2-x-------x-2---2-x---------|
D|-4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4---4---2---2-x-4---4-x-2---2-x-4---4---|
A|-4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4---4---0---0-x-4---4-x-0---0-x-4---4---|
E|-2-2-x-2-2---2---2-2-0-2-2---2---------x-2---2-x-------x-2---2---|
 
   F#                              B       F#      B       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------4---4-x-------x-4---4-x---------|
D|-4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4---4---4---4-x-4---4-x-4---4-x-4---4---|
A|-4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-4-4-4---4---2---2-x-4---4-x-2---2-x-4---4---|
E|-2-2-x-2-2---2---2-2-0-2-2---2---------x-2---2-x-------x-2---2---|
 
[Chorus]
 
   B               A               F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|/9---9---9-9-9-9\7---7---7-7-7-7\4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-x-4-4---4-x-|
A|/9---9---9-9-9-9\7---7---7-7-7-7\4-4-x-4-4---4---4-4-x-4-4---4-x-|
E|/7---7---7-7-7-7\5---5---5-5-5-5\2-2-x-2-2---2---2-2-x-2-2---2-x-|
 
   B               G                F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &  1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|x9---9---9-9-9-9x12--12--12121212\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4~--------------|
A|x9---9---9-9-9-9x12--12--12121212\4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4~--------------|
E|x7---7---7-7-7-7x10--10--10101010\2-2-0-2-2-2-0-2-2~--------------|
 
[Interlude]
 
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-x-x-10------10-10^11^10----10---x-x-10------10--10^-10^-----10--|
G|-x-x-----11--------------11------x-x-----11--------------11------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
[Pre-Ending]
 
   F#                              A       F#      A       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4---2---4-------4---2---4-------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4---0---4-------4---0---4-------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|
 
   F#                              B      F#       B       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------4---------------4---------------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------2-------4-------2-------4-------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------2---------------2---------------2-------|
 
[Ending]
 
   F#                              A       F#      A       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4---2---4-------4---2---4-------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4---0---4-------4---0---4-------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------2-------|
 
   F#                              E      F#       E       F#
   1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------|
A|-4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------4-------|
E|-2-------2-------2-------2-------0-------2-------0-------2-------|
 
Lyrics
 
[Verse 1]
 
F#                  A   F#    A   F#
Put on that dress - I'm going out dancing
F#                  B      F#       B        F#
Starting off red  - clean and sparkling he'll see me
F#
Music playing make it dreamy for dancing -
A       F#             A         F#
must be a way that I can dress to please him
F#
It's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easy -
B          F#          B        F#
I'm spilling over like a heavy loaded fruit tree
 
[Verse 2]
 
F#                 A   F#     A     F#
It's sad to see - lonely all this lonely
F#                 B        F#         B          F#
Close up my eyes - dreamy dreamy music make it be alright
F#
Music play make it good for romacing -
A        F#         A        F#
must be a way I can dress to please him
F#
Swing and sway everything'll be alright -
B        F#         B          F#
but it's feeling so damn tight tonight
 
[Verse 3]
 
F#
Filthy tight, the dress is filthy -
A        F#         A       F#
I'm falling flat and my arms are empty
F#
Clear the way better get it out of this room -
B       F#       B       F#
a falling woman in dancing costume
 
[Chorus]
 
B
If you put it on
A               F#
If you put it on
B
If you put it on
G               F#
If you put it on
 
[Interlude]
 
 A   F#    A       A  F#  A
"You purdy thang," My man says,
 A     F#     A   A         F# A
"But I bought you beautiful dresses."
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
| ~  Vibrato
| ^  bend
 
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Well done my friend. Very few people took time to tab it. Seems very accurate to me. I'm french, hope you understand my poor english.
At least you got that G in the chorus. Most dont and it's SO obvious