This is the Franz Ferdiand cover Biffy Clyro played on Zane Lowe's show on radio 1.
Brilliant Cover!
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Tuning Drop D - DADGBE
Key
(x)b(y)rx - Play note "x", immediately bend to "y" then immediately release back to x
(x)b y r - Play x, bend to y, hold for a while, then release back to x
x/y - Slide from "x" to "y"
Intro
|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||--(10)---------------------------------| Keep playing! Basically concentrate on the
D string|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| Play the 10th fret quietly and infreqently|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|
"So If you're lonely..."|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----10------10------5-------5-------9-------9-------10------10--| x2|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Ah ahhhh ah oh" (!)|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||------5-------9-------10------10------10----10-||--3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
"And if you leave here..."|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----10------10------5-------5-------9-------9-------10------10--| x2|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
"Ah ahhhh ah oh" (!)|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||------5-------9-------10------10--| x2|--3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||----------------------------------||----------------------------------|
"I know I won't be leaving here...with you"
|------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||--------------------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------| The lower D sting starts quiet|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| & builds until its equal with|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-| the other notes|-------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Really short bridge bit (0.53)
|------------------||------------------||------------------||------3-----------||--3-4-----4-3-0---||------------------|
Heavy!
|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-0--0-------------3--------0--0~--||-0--0------3--3-4----4-3-0-0--0~--||-0--0--3-4-----------------0--0~--|
|------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------||-----3---------0--0-------------3--------0~--3~-||-3-4----4-3-0--0--0------3--3-4----4-3-0-0~--3~-||---------------0--0--3-4-----------------0~--3~-|
"I know I won't be leaving here..." (1.04)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8---| x2|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-8---||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-9-9-9-9-9-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
Chorus (1.16)"I say don't you know..."|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------------------| x2 Each chord is actually|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| played 16 times
I'm|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| just too lazy to write|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| it all out!
Post Chorus (1.39)
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----(7)b10-r7-7-5----5--7-(7)b10-| x3 No final bend|-0----------------7--------------| last time|-0(let ring)---------------------||-0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||----(7)b10-r7-7-5----5--7-(7)b10-| x3 No final bend|-0-----------------7-------------| last time|-0-(let ring)--------------------||-0-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
Quieter Bit (2.03)
|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------0------------0--| x2|---(4)b(5)r4-------(4)b(5)r4------9-----------4p0---||-----------------0--------------0-----------0-------||-0-------------0-------------10-----------5---------|
More chilled bits (2.16)
|---------------------------------------------------------||-------5-----5-------------------------------------------||----------2--------2-0---------7-------7-----(6)b(7)r6---| x 4 I like to do the
to|---3-0-----0-----------------0-------0-------------------| Open notes as pull
but|---------------1-0---------8-------8-------7-------------| do whatever you please!|-0-----------------------6-------6-------7---------------|
"I say don't you know (2.39)
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------| Barely play the D string,|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-10101010101010101010101010101010--| if at all|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8---||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(2.45)|-------------------------------------------------------------------||--5-------5-------5-------5-------3-------3-------3-------3--------||-(7)b9---(7)b9---(7)b9---(7)b9---(5)b7---(5)b7---(5)b7---(5)b7-----||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------||--3-------3-------3-------3-------6-------6-------6-------6--------||-(5)b7---(5)b7---(5)b7---(5)b7---(8)b10--(8)b10--(8)b10--(8)b10----||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------||--5------5------5------5---------------3--------3--------3--------3-----||-(7)b9--(7)b9--(7)b9--(7)b9r7/(5)b7---(5)b7r---(5)b7r---(5)b7r---(5)b7r-| Cut off all
bends sharply|------------------------------------------------------------------------| except the
4|------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Heavy Chorus (3.04)
|------------------------||------------------------||------------------------| x4|---3--0--0----------0---||-0-0--0--0-3--0--3--0-0-||-0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0-|
|------------------------------||------------------------------||---14--15--14-12-14--10--12-0-| x2|---0---0---0-----0---0---0--0-||-0-0---0---0-----0---0---0--0-||-0-0---0---0-----0---0---0--0-|
|----------------------||----------------------||---10-7--7----------7-| x4|---0--0--0-10-7--10-0-||-0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-||-0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-|
Mon the biffy!
