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Arctic Monkeys — The Fire And Thud Tab

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This is a fairly rare song by Arctic Monkeys and I'm not sure if many people
would have heard it but its a class song anyhow.

It's my first tab so you may have to listen to the song a few times the timings.

STANDARD TUNING

Main VERSE: ("you showed me my tomorrow...")

 |————2—x—222222——(4)(5)(4)———|
 |————2—x—555555—— 4—5—4——————|
 |————5—x—555555——(0)(0)(0)———|
 |————4—x—444444——————————————|
 |————4—x—444444——————————————|
 |—0——2—x—222222——————————————|

CHORUS "If it's true i'm going to meet you there...")


 |——2—5—2—5—2——————————————————————————|
 |——2—5—5—5—5——————————————————————————|
 |——5—6—4—6—5——————————————————————————|
 |——4—7—4—7—4———x8 for each chord —————|
 |——4—7—2—7—4——————————————————————————|
 |——2—5—x—5—2——————————————————————————|


with

|———(0)(0)—(0)(0)(0)———|
|————3 0——0—0—0————————|
|———(0)(0)—(0)(0)(0)———|
|——————————————————————|
|——————————————————————|
|——————————————————————|  at the end.


it carries on in this pattern until the very end where:

("And your hiding in my soup..")

 |————2—2—|
 |————2—5—|
 |————5—4—|
 |————4—4—|
 |————4—2—|
 |—0——2—x—|   Alex Turner (the writer presumably, although it could be a cover), swaps between

these chords with the lyrics.

It then resumes the Main Verse "the teasing of the fire be followed by the thud.."


"In the jostling crowd..."

 |————2—|
 |————2—|
 |————5—|
 |————4—|
 |————4—|
 |————2—|  ...and the photobooth's a liar.


Assumes Main Verse pattern again.


and it ends "if its *something* in their temples" with the chord.

 |————2—|
 |————2—|
 |————5—|
 |————4—|
 |————4—|
 |————2—|


and thats about it!

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