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FOOLÂ’S GOLD ~ MIDDLE EAST
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Tabbed by Kate Prendergast
January 2012
Beautiful song, awesome Australian band; a shame the Middle East has disbanded so early
in their music career.
This is my first tab, so go easy on me. The guitar here is very soft, so I had immense
difficulty picking up the tabs for the chorus, so I resorted to some possible chord
shapes instead. If anyone has a keener ear than me, please pull me up and put it right!
Standard tuning, capo 4
INTRO AND PART ONE
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Those steady eyes and that ready smile
-----------------0----------------------------|---------1---------------1------1-------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------| x2---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|Can contain the turmoil deep insideFor a while and then you crack
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Like us all your nose will run
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0:28 CHORUS CHORDS----------------------------------------------|--1-----------------1-------------------------|--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|-----------3-------------------0--------------|And that will be the
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grossest thing of
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0:40 PART THREE----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------0---------------0--------0-----------| x2-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|----------------------------------------------|The speeding dial and thoseFlashing lines
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Only assimilate the feelingOf beating time----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------0---------------0--------0-----------|-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------|----------------------------------------------|
In this race
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0:58 CHORUS CHORDS----------------------------------------------|--1-----------------1-------------------------|--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|-----------3-------------------0--------------|Everything else
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catches up with you----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------1-----------|---------0---------------0--------------------| x2-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|----------------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------------|--1-----------------1-------------------------|--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|-----------3-------------------0--------------|And thereÂ’s just one thing
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Left that you can do----------------------------------3------------|-----------------0-----------------------------|---------0---------------0---------------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0-----------------|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------|-----------------------------------------------|
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1:21PART FOUR
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----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------2---------------2-------2------------|-----3-------3-------3-------3----------------|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------|----------------------------------------------|Malleable
----------------------------------------------|-----------------0----------------------------|---------0---------------0-------0------------|-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------|----------------------------------------------|Good to hold
----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------0---------------0--------0-----------|-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|----------------------------------------------|Moulding is good
----------------------------------------------|--------0---1------0------------1-------------|---------------------------0--------0---------|-----2----------2------2----------------------|---3------3---3------3---3----3---3-----------|----------------------------------------------|(1:36) Cause life is change
----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------2---------------2-------2------------|-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------|----------------------------------------------|And change is good
----------------------------------------------|------------------1---------------------------|----------1-----------------1-----------------|-----3--------3--------3--------------0-------|----------------------------------------------|---1---1----1---1----1---1------1-------------|And you are good
(repeat x2)On the first repeat, the last bar is:----------------------------------------------|-----------------0----------------------------|---------0----------------0-------------------|-------------------------------------0--------|-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
On the second repeat, the last bar is omitted, and the guitar harmony ceases entirely.
Very quietly, it enters in again at 2:20 very quietly, with a crescendo to full at 2:32
2:30 PART FIVE
During this section I can hear a guitar doing thisÂ…----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|---0---0---0---0---2---2---2---2--------------|----------------------------------------------|
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----------------------------------------------|-----------------1----------------------------|---------0---------------2---0----------------|-----2-------2-------2----------------0-------|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----2------------|----------------------------------------------|And youÂ’re changing me
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(Repeat x3)with a few variations.
2:50 PART SIX (END)
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Anddddd during the last bar, another guitar finishes off with this.----------------------------------------------|----------1------------1----------------------|-----2-----------0----------------------------|---3---3------2----0--------------------------|--------------------------3-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
Enjoy!
