*----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------*
*This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the*
*song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.*
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Released on February 9th 2004, "Come On Home" is part of Franz Ferdinand's
debut album. This track follows a sparkly guitar melody, with several muting
and staccato strums, the main riff uses tremolo picking, which gives the tune an
incessant forward pull; also, Nick McCarthy changes from guitar to a reed organ
to play an hypnotizing refrain melody.
Tabbed by Pelusteriano
Contact at my UG profile
Lyrics by Alexander Kapranos & Nicholas McCarthy (official lyrics from album)
Music by Franz Ferdinand
Key of C major
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NOTE. This tab is based on this live performances:
Live at T in the Park 2006 - http://goo.gl/q6JtQk
Live at Rock Werchter Festival 2004 - http://goo.gl/TNZEAH
Live at Veilles Charrues 2005 - http://goo.gl/XeKzQ8
Live at Glastonbury 2004 - http://goo.gl/9zDZl7
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CHORDS (low to high, in order of appearance)
Am 577555 F (C shape) X87565 C* X35553 E7 XX2434 Fmaj7 X3321X
C (open) X32010 G 355433 E X79997 C+ 8-10-10-988
INTRO
Alex Kapranos
|-------------------|---------------------| Grouped notes stand for 16th notes,
|-------------------|---------------------| you will get the idea once you hear
|-------------------|---------------------| to the record. I've grouped them by
|-------------------|---------------------| four to help you follow the beat.
|-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX----|---------------------| Hear Werchter's version to get Nick's
|-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-1/-|-5555-5555-5555-5555-| rhythm (he groups them differently)
(muted notes) (slide up)
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------O||
||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-6666-6666-66--------O||
|| ----------------7777-|-8888-8888-8888-8888-|-7777-7777-7777-7777-|--------------7------ ||
|| -5555-5555-5555------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------8-7- ||X2
|
| Nick McCarthy
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
||O-XXXX-X-XX-X-XX-XXXX-|---------------------|---------------------|-XXXX-X-XX-X-XX-XXXX-O||
||O-7777-7-77-7-77-7777-|-XXXX-X-XX-X-XX-XXXX-|-XXXX-X-XX-X-XX-XXXX-|-6666-6-66-6-66-6666-O||
|| ---------------------|-8888-8-88-8-88-8888-|-7777-7-77-7-77-7777-|--------------------- ||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||X2
(You can get the rhythm of Nick's guitar from the Werchter version)
VERSE I
Am F C* E7
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-3--XXXX-3--|-XXXX-4--XXXX-4-- ||
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-6--XXXX-6--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-3--XXXX-3-- ||
||O-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-4--XXXX-4--O||
||O-XXXX-7--XXXX-7--|-XXXX(7)-XXXX(7)-|-XXXX(5)-XXXX(5)-|-XXXX(2)-XXXX(2)-O||
|| -----(7)-----(7)-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||X2
| ( ) note is optional
|
| A5 F5 C5 E5
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
||O-----------------|-----------------|-5555-5--5555-5--|-9999-9--9999-9--O||
||O-7777-7--7777-7--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-5555-5--5555-5--|-9999-9--9999-9--O||
|| -7777-7--7777-7--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-7777-7--7777-7-- ||
|| -5555-5--5555-5--|-1111-1--1111-1--|-----------------|----------------- ||X3
Am F
Although my lover lives in a place that I can't live
C E7
I kind of find I like a life this lonely
Am F
It rips and pierces me in places I can't see
C E7
I love the rip of nerves, the rip that wakes me
Am F
So I'm dissatisfied, I love dissatisfied
C E7
I love to feel there's always more that I need
CHORUS
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
|------|-0--------------|----------------|-0--------------|----------------|
|-1----|-1--------1-----|-1------1-------|-1--------1-----|-1------1-------|
|-2----|-0------0---0---|-2----2---2-----|-0------0---0---|-2----2---2-----|
|-3----|-2----2-------2-|-3--3-------3---|-2----2-------2-|-3--3-------3---|
|-3----|-3--3-----------|-3------------3-|-3--3-----------|-3------------3-|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
| (I propose this arpeggio pattern, but you can do it as you like)
|
| F5 E5 F5 E5 F5
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-10---|-9--------------|-10-------------|-9--------------|-10-------------|
|-10---|-9--------------|-10-------------|-9--------------|-10-------------|
|-8----|-7--------------|-8--------------|-7--------------|-8--------------|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Fmaj7 C
So come on home
Fmaj7 C
So come on home
Fmaj7
So come on...
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 G
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Am F Am F G
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-2----2-2-2-2/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-2----2-2-2-2/--|-4----4-4-4-4---|
|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-5----5-5-5-5---|
|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-5----5-5-5-5---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
(slide last strum almost at the end of beat)
Am Fmaj7
...ho-ome
Am Fmaj7 G
Ho-ome!
INTERLUDE
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|-3------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|-4------||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------O||
|-5------||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-6666-6666-66--------O||
|-5------|| ----------------7777-|-8888-8888-8888-8888-|-7777-7777-7777-7777-|--------------7------ ||
|-3----1/|| -5555-5555-5555------|---------------------|---------------------|-----------------8-7- ||X2
|
| (Nick's synth arrengement)
|--------|| ----------------5----|-8--------------8----|-7-------------------|-7------------------- ||
|--------|| -----------5---------|------10-------------|------8---------8----|------9-------------- ||
|--------||O------5--------------|-----------10--------|-----------9---------|-----------9---------O||
|--------||O-7-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------10-9--O||
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||X2
VERSE II
Am F C* E7
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-3--XXXX-3--|-XXXX-4--XXXX-4-- ||
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-6--XXXX-6--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-3--XXXX-3-- ||
||O-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-4--XXXX-4--O||
||O-XXXX-7--XXXX-7--|-XXXX(7)-XXXX(7)-|-XXXX(5)-XXXX(5)-|-XXXX(2)-XXXX(2)-O||
|| -----(7)-----(7)-|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|
| A5 F5 C5 E5
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
||O-----------------|-----------------|-5555-5--5555-5--|-9999-9--9999-9--O||
||O-7777-7--7777-7--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-5555-5--5555-5--|-9999-9--9999-9--O||
|| -7777-7--7777-7--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-3333-3--3333-3--|-7777-7--7777-7-- ||
|| -5555-5--5555-5--|-1111-1--1111-1--|-----------------|----------------- ||X3
Am F
You're where you want to be, I'm where I want to be
C E7
Come on, we're chasing everything we've ever wanted
Am F
I replace you easily, replace pathetically
C E7
I flirt with any flighty thing that falls my way
Am F
But how I needed you, when I needed you
C E7
Let's not forget we are so strong, so bloody strong
CHORUS
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7
|------|-0--------------|----------------|-0--------------|----------------|
|-1----|-1--------1-----|-1------1-------|-1--------1-----|-1------1-------|
|-2----|-0------0---0---|-2----2---2-----|-0------0---0---|-2----2---2-----|
|-3----|-2----2-------2-|-3--3-------3---|-2----2-------2-|-3--3-------3---|
|-3----|-3--3-----------|-3------------3-|-3--3-----------|-3------------3-|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| F5 E5 F5 E5 F5
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|-10---|-9--------------|-10-------------|-9--------------|-10-------------|
|-10---|-9--------------|-10-------------|-9--------------|-10-------------|
|-8----|-7--------------|-8--------------|-7--------------|-8--------------|
|------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Fmaj7 C
So come on home
Fmaj7 C
So come on home
Fmaj7
So come on...
Am Fmaj7 Am Fmaj7 G
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|----------------|
|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
|
| Am F Am F G
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-2----2-2-2-2/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-2----2-2-2-2/--|-4----4-4-4-4---|
|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-5----5-5-5-5---|
|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-7----7-7-7-7\--|-3----3-3-3-3/--|-5----5-5-5-5---|
|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-5----5-5-5-5\--|-1----1-1-1-1/--|-3----3-3-3-3---|
Am Fmaj7
...ho-ome
Am Fmaj7 G
Ho-ome!
INTERLUDE
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|-3------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|-4------||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------O||
|-5------||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-6666-6666-66--------O||
|-5------|| ----------------7777-|-8888-8888-8888-8888-|-7777-7777-7777-7777-|-------------77------ ||
|-3----1/|| -5555-5555-5555------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------8877- ||X2
|
| A5 E5 F5 E5 G#5 C5
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|--------|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-9------------------- ||
|--------||O----------------9----|-10------------------|-9--------------9----|-8-------------------O||
|-XXXXXX-||O-7--------------9----|-10------------------|-9--------------9----|-6--------------10---O||
|-XXXXXX-|| -7--------------7----|-8-------------------|-7--------------7----|----------------10--- ||
|-XXXXXX-|| -5-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------8---- ||X2
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------O||
||O---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|-6666-6666-66--------O||
|| ----------------7777-|-8888-8888-8888-8888-|-7777-7777-7777-7777-|-------------77------ ||
|| -5555-5555-5555------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------8877- ||X2
|
| (Nick's synth arrengement)
|| ----------------5----|-8--------------8----|-7-------------------|-7------------------- ||
|| -----------5---------|------10-------------|------8---------8----|------9-------------- ||
||O------5--------------|-----------10--------|-----------9---------|-----------9---------O||
||O-7-------------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------10-9-O||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||
|| ---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------- ||X2
Am E C+ E
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-7--XXXX-7--|-XXXX(8)-XXXX(8)-|-XXXX-7--XXXX-7-- ||
|| -XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-9--XXXX-9--|-XXXX-8--XXXX-8--|-XXXX-9--XXXX-9-- ||
||O-XXXX-5--XXXX-5--|-XXXX-9--XXXX-9--|-XXXX-9--XXXX-9--|-XXXX-9--XXXX-9--O||
||O-XXXX(7)-XXXX(7)-|-XXXX(9)-XXXX(9)-|-XXXX-10-XXXX-10-|-XXXX(9)-XXXX(9)-O||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||X2
|
| (Nick's synth arrengement, 1 octave lower)
|| --------------5--|------5--4----7--|-8-------5----8--|-7--------------- ||
|| ---------5-------|-----------------|------5----------|------9---------- ||
||O------5----------|-4---------------|-----------------|---------9-------O||
||O-7---------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------10-9-O||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- ||X2
FINAL VERSE
Am E C E Am
|-5-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
|-5-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1- ||
|-5-|-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-||O-1--1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-O||
|-7-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-||O-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-O||
|-7-|-2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|| -2--2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
|-5-|-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|| -0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------- ||X4
Am E C
Blue light falls upon your perfect skin
E Am
Falls and you draw back again
E Am
Falls and this is how I fell
E Am
And I cannot forget
E Am
And I cannot forget
Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C Fmaj7 C
|-----|-0--------------|-----|-0--------------|-----|--0--|
|-1---|-1------1-------|-1---|-1------1-------|-1---|--1--|
|-2---|-0----0---0-----|-2---|-0----0---0-----|-2---|--0--|
|-3---|-2--2-------2---|-3---|-2--2-------2---|-3---|--2--|
|-3---|-3------------3-|-3---|-3------------3-|-3---|--3--|
|-----|----------------|-----|----------------|-----|-----|
Fmaj7 C
Come on home
Fmaj7 C
So come on home
Fmaj7 C
But don't forget to leave
