This Picture Tab

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#------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------#
                      #This file is the authors own work and represents#
                      #their interpretation of the song. You may only  #
                      #use this file for private study, scholarship or #
                      #research.                                       #
                      #------------------------------------------------#
 
Tabbed by PureDenizen
Email - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk
 
Tuning : Standard
Key Signature: C# Major
Time Signature: 4/4 (common time)
Dynamics: Mezzo-Piano
 
This song is quite easy, and can be played by people who've been playing guitar only a
while and feel confident playing power chords efficiently.
 
The song is made up of 4 power chords, C#, F#, A# and F major to be played on the A
The bass plays triplets of each of these notes on the verses, however on the chorus
of each are played.
 
Song Structure :
Intro,
Verse,
Verse,
Chorus,
Verse,
Chorus,
Middle 8 (Bridge),
Chorus.
 
Intro, Bass plays 2 bars of the note C# on the A string.
 
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|---4-4-4--|
E|----------|
 
Verse's
 
      C# maj
E|----------|  (Follow the triplets the bass is playing)
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|
 
I hold an image of the ashtray girl....
 
     F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|
 
As the cigarette burns on my chest....
 
Towards the end of the verses there is a chord change to A#, when Brian sings :
     A# maj
E|-----------|
B|-----------|
G|-----------|
D|------8----|
A|------8----|
E|-6---------|
 
"And late at night,Whilst on all fours....
 
Then..
 
     F maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----10---|
D|-----10---|
A|-8--------|
E|----------|
 
"She used to watch me kiss the floor..."
 
     F# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----11---|
D|-----11---|
A|-9--------|
E|----------|
 
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
 
     C# Maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|-4--------|
E|----------|
 
"Whats wrong with this picture?"
 
For every verse, you then go into the Chorus, which is a repetition of F# major and C# major.
 
Chorus
 
     F# Maj                            F# Maj
E|----------|                      E|--------|
B|----------|                      B|--------|
G|-----11---|    OR can be played  G|--------|
D|-----11---|                      D|-----4--|
A|-9--------|                      A|-----4--|
E|----------|                      E|--2-----|
 
"sometimes its fadedddddd"...
 
      C# maj
E|----------|
B|----------|
G|-----6----|
D|-----6----|
A|--4-------|
E|----------|
 
"Disintegratedddddd"....
 
Go straight back into verse with triplets of C# maj.
 
 
Middle 8 (Bridge)
 
 
     F maj
E|----------|--------|
B|----------|--------|
G|-----10---|--------|
D|-----10---|----8---|
A|-8--------|----8---|
E|----------|--6-----|   And so on for rest of middle 8.
 
      "hang onnnn"
 
Go straight into last chorus, end on F major and let the chord ring out.
 
Feedback on this tab would be very much appreciated, email to - Chris_the_person@hotmail.co.uk.
This is my first guitar tab also, cheers =].
 
PureDenizen
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