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Baby Says - The Kills
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Tabbed by: Neil Bhateja
Email: neilb1992@gmail.com
This is a rendition I came up with in standard tuning, for those of us who are too lazy
to change tunings.
It's based on their acoustic performance of the song at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BB5McNG1cw which has some minor differences from the
studio version.
For the chorus, I happened to find it convenient to play the 5th string with a pick and
the second string with my middle finger.
Please let me know if you find any errors!
Tuning: Standard
Intro:
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Verse: (Lyrics (as I remember / hear them) on top)
Baby says she's dying to meet you take you off and make your blood hum and
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tremble like, the fairground lights.
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Baby says if ever you see skin as fair, or eyes as deep and as
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black as mine, I'll know you're lying.
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Baby says, how love romance I'll get,
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From all your sleeping dogs, you felt of god, I'll get one yet.
e|--------0-------0----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|B|----------3-3-1---3-3-1-5-5-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|G|-9-9-9---------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|D|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|A|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|E|-8-8-8--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
Chorus:
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------15------15---13---12------12-----12--12b13b12---------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|--12--12-----12-------12---10--10------10-----10---------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|--10----10-------10------10b11b10------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|--8--8-----8--8-------8----------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------10/12----------------------|
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Verse: (Lyrics (as I remember / hear them) on top)
Baby says, for all I've forsaken, make something of all the noise and the
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mess you're making. And all the time it's taken.
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Baby says there's death in these silver curls, that break up in jails and send you
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diving for pearls, without a care in the world.
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Bridge:
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Verse: (Lyrics (as I remember / hear them) on top)
Baby says she's dying to meet you take you off and make your blood hum and
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tremble like, the pinball lights.
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Baby says, how love romance I'll get,
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From all your sleeping dogs, you felt of god, I'll get one yet.
e|--------0-------0----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|B|----------3-3-1---3-3-1-5-5-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|G|-9-9-9---------------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----------------|D|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|A|---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----------------|E|-8-8-8--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|
Outro:
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|--10----10-------10------10b11b10------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|--8--8-----8--8-------8----------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------10/12----------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------------10b11b10|G|-------7----7--5---4----4-----4--4\2--2----2------2------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----------------------------------------------------8---------|E|--5-5----5-----5---3--3----3--3--3\1--1--1---1--1--------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|------------15------15---13---12------12-----12--12b13b12------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|-----12--12-----12-------12---10--10------10--10---------------|E|10/12----------------------------------------------------------|
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Repeat the Following 3 times:
!e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-9---7-7-------------------------------------------------------|D|-----------10--10--10------10--10------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|-8-8-8-8-88---8---8---8---8---8---8---------------------------|!
And then:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|-9---7-7-------9-----------------------------------------------|D|-----------10--------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|-8-8-8-8-8-88------------------------------------------------|
The End. Long live The Kills!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| b bend
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
