FALLING FOR YOU
As recorded by Busted
(From the 2003 Album A PRESENT FOR EVERYONE)
Words and Music by James Bourne, Charlie Simpson & Tom Fletcher
G A7sus4 Cadd9 D
3 2 0 0 3 3 x 0 2 2 3 3 x 3 2 0 3 3 x x 0 2 3 2
Em7 C G/B
0 2 2 0 3 3 x 3 2 0 1 0 x 2 0 0 3 3
To match recorded key: capo at 2nd fret.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead w/ slight dist.'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm w/ dist.'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm w/ dist.'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Lead w/ slight dist.'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm w/ dist.'
Intro
Q=208
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
E E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----3---5--3--|-(3)---3---5--3--|-----3---5--3--|-7p=3--5--3--|||---3---3-------|-----3---3-------|---3---3-------|-------------|||-0-------------|-----------------|-2-------------|-------------|||---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|||---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|||---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------||
G
Gtr IV
Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs I, V E E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q||------3----5---3---|-(3)---3----5---3---|||o---3---3----------|-----3---3----------|||--0----------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| W +W||-------------------|--------------------|||o------------------|--------------------|||-------------------|--------------------|||--5----------------|-(5)----------------|||o-5----------------|-(5)----------------|||--3----------------|-(3)----------------|
A7sus4 Cadd9
Q Q +E E E E Q Q +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|-----3----5---3---|--7p=3---5---3-----|||---3---3----------|------------------o|||-2----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||------------------|------------------o|||------------------|-------------------||
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| W W|------------------|-------------------|||------------------|------------------o|||------------------|-------------------|||-7S===============|=10----------------|||-7S===============|=10---------------o|||-5S===============|==8----------------||
Verse
G Cadd9 D
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr II PM PM Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q||---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|||o--------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------|||---------------|---------------|-5--5--5-5-5---|-7--7--7-7-7\----|||-----5--x-x-5--|-----5--x-x-5--|-5--5--5-5-5---|-7--7--7-7-7\----|||o----5--x-x-5--|-----5--x-x-5--|-3--3--3-3-3---|-5--5--5-5-5\----|||--3--3--x-x-3--|-3---3--x-x-3--|---------------|-----------------|
G Cadd9 D
Q Q E E Q E E Q E E Q Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM PM Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E E E|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------|---------------|-5--5--5-5-5---|-7--7--7-7-x---|||----5--x-x-5--|-----5--x-x-5--|-5--5--5-5-5---|-7--7--7-7-x---|||----5--x-x-5--|-----5--x-x-5--|-3--3--3-3-3---|-5--5--5-5-x---|||-3--3--x-x-3--|-3---3--x-x-3--|---------------|-------------0-||
Pre-chorus
Em7 D C D
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||-------------7-|-7--7--7-7-7-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2--2--2-2-2-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2--2--2-2-2-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-5-|-5--5--5-5-5---||-0--0--0-0-0---|---------------|---------------|-------------0-|
Em7 D C
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E q Q H
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Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E q Q H|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|||---------------|---------------|---------------|------------|||-------------7-|-7--7--7-7-7-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5----------|||-2--2--2-2-2-7-|-7--7--7-7-7-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5----------|||-2--2--2-2-2-5-|-5--5--5-5-5-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|-3----------|||-0--0--0-0-0---|---------------|---------------|------------||
Chorus
$
G A7sus4
Q E E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E +E E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-5--5-(5)--5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7S||-5--5-(5)--5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7S||-3--3-(3)--3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|
Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--8----8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
G A7sus4
Q E E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E +E E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-5--5-(5)--5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7S||-5--5-(5)--5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-(7)-7-7-7S||-3--3-(3)--3-3-3-3-|-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|
Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q. E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--8----8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
Em7 D Cadd9 D
E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2-2-2-------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2-2-2-------|-5-5-5-------|-3--3--3-3-3s5-|-5--5--5-5-5---||-0-0-0-------|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|
To Coda
Em7 D Cadd9 D
E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-------|-5-5-5-------|-3--3--3-3-3s5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-||-0-0-0-------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
G
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5S||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5S||-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3S|
A7sus4 Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||-7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
G A7sus4
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|------------------|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|------------------||------------------|------------------|------------------||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|=7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|=7--7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3S|=5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
1. 2.
Cadd9 Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|--------------------------||-------------------------|||-------------------------o||-------------------------|||--------------------------||-------------------------|||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10--||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-o||-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|||--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8--||--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-||
Bridge
A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
PM------------------------------------| PM| PM------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-----|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-----|-----------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3---3-3---3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------3-|
A7sus4 G/B Cadd9
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtrs II, III, VI
PM------------------------------------| PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-----|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|||-----------------|-----------------|-----5-----5-----|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3---3-3---3-3-|-3--3--3-3-3-3-|||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
Chorus G A7sus4 Cadd9 Gtr IV H Q E E E E Q Q E E H Q E E E E Q Q E E|-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-||-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-||-0----0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-0----0--0-0-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-||-0----0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2----2--2-2-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-||-2----2--2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-||-3----3--3-3-|---------------|-------------|---------------|
G A7sus4 Cadd9 H Q E E E E Q Q E E H Q E E E E Q Q E E|-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-3----3--3-3-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-|||-3----3--3-3-|-3-3-3--3--3-3-|-3----3--3-3-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-|||-0----0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-0----0--0-0-|-0--0-0--0--0-0-|||-0----0--0-0-|-2-2-2--2--2-2-|-2----2--2-2-|-2--2-2--2--2-2-|||-2----2--2-2-|-0-0-0--0--0-0-|-3----3--3-3-|-3--3-3--3--3-3-|||-3----3--3-3-|---------------|-------------|----------------||
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| Gtr II| TP| W W W W|-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------|---------------|-------------|----------------|||-------------|---------------|-------------|-x\-------------|||-------------|---------------|-------------|-x\-------------||
Em7 D Cadd9 D
Gtr IV
E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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Gtrs II, III E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2-2-2-------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7---||-2-2-2-------|-5-5-5-------|-3--3--3-3-3s5-|-5--5--5-5-5---||-0-0-0-------|-------------|---------------|-------------0-|
Em7 D Cadd9 D
E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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E E q H E E q H Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E|-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-------------|---------------|---------------||-------------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-------|-7-7-7-------|-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-||-2-2-2-------|-5-5-5-------|-3--3--3-3-3s5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-||-0-0-0-------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
G A7sus4
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|==7----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|==7----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-3S|==5----5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
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| E E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q|-----3----5----3---|-(3)---3----5----3---||---3---3-----------|-----3---3-----------||-0-----------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-||--8----8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|
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| E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------3------5------3----|--7p==3------5------3----||----3-----3---------------|-------------------------||--2-----------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------||--------------------------|-------------------------|
G A7sus4
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|==7----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-5---5-5-(5)-5-5-5S|==7----7-7-(7)-7-7-7-||-3---3-3-(3)-3-3-3S|==5----5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|
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| E E E E Q Q +E E E E Q Q|-----3----5----3---|-(3)---3----5----3---||---3---3-----------|-----3---3-----------||-0-----------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------||-------------------|---------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Cadd9
Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E
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Q E E +E E E E Q E E +E E E E|--------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|||-10---10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|-10--10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|||--8----8--8--(8)--8--8--8-|--8---8--8--(8)--8--8--8-||
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| E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q|-------3------5------3----|--7p==3------5------3----|||----3-----3---------------|-------------------------|||--2-----------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------||
Pick-slide
&
Cadd9 D G
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E
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TP Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E W W|---------------|---------------|----------|-------*||---------------|---------------|----------|-------*||-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|----------|-------*||-5--5--5-5-5s7-|-7--7--7-7-7-7-|-5--------|-------*||-3--3--3-3-3s5-|-5--5--5-5-5-5-|-5--------|-x\----*||---------------|---------------|-3--------|-x\----*|
Duration Legend
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W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
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h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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