Artist: Margot & The Nuclear So And So's
Song: Broad Ripple Is Burning
Album: Not Animal
Beautiful song. This is for the album version. I think it's quite right.
This is my first tab, I hope you understand everything ;)
It's best if you try to listen to the song to get the timing right.
Standard tuning
Capo on 2
CHORDS:
EADGBe
Em:033000
C:x32010
G:320003
G/F#:2x0003
This is the general riff for the verse:
He varies it a bit throughout the song, sometimes he just plays a
normal C chord without the variation. Listen to the song to get a bit of a feeling of it.
You can of course just strum the basic chords if you want.
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)
e|----0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0------3--3-3-3------3-3---3---3----|
B|----0--0-0-0------1-1-1-1-1-0------0--0-0-0------0-0---0---0----|
G|----0--0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0------0--0-0-0------0-0---0---0----|
D|----2--2-2-2------2-0-0-2-2-0------0--0-0-0------0-0---0---0----|
A|----2--2-2-2---3--3-3-3-3-3-0------2--2-2-2------2-2------------|
E|-0-----0-0-0--------------------3--3--3-3-3---3--3-3--3---2-----|
t d (xx0231@1)u du (xx0231@1) t du (xx0231@1)du (xx0231@1)du (xx0231@1) t d (xx0231@1)u du (xx0231@1) t du (xx0231@1) tu tu
u=up d=down t=down using the thumb
LYRICS
intro: Em C G Em C G
Em (022000@1) CChildren, (x32010@1)Broadripple is burning
GAnd (320003@1)the girls are gettin' sick
Em (022000@1) COf (x32010@1)huffin' glue up in the bathroom
GWhile (320003@1)your boyfriends pick up chicks
EmAnd (022000@1)darling I'm lost
C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)heard you whispering that night in fountain square
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GThe (320003@1)trash filled streets made me wish we were heading home.
Em (022000@1) CAnd (x32010@1)there was love inside the basement
GWhere (320003@1)that woman used to lie
Em (022000@1) CIn (x32010@1)a sleeping bag we shared
GUpon (320003@1)the floor almost every night
EmAnd (022000@1)darling I'm drunk
C (x32010@1) Geverything (320003@1)that I have loved is turned to stone
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GSo (320003@1)pack your bag and come back home.
EmAnd (022000@1)I'm wasted
CYou (x32010@1)can taste it
G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) EmDon't (022000@1)look at me that way
C (x32010@1) Em'cause (022000@1)I'll be hanging from a rope
C (x32010@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1)
I will haunt you like a ghost.
(Em) C G
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Em (022000@1) CIf (x32010@1)my woman was a fire
GShe'd (320003@1)burn out before I wake
Em (022000@1) CAnd (x32010@1)be replaced by pints of whiskey
GCigarettes, (320003@1)and outer space
EmIf (022000@1)somebody moves
C (x32010@1) Geverything (320003@1)you thought you had will go to shit
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GWe've (320003@1)got a lot, don't ever forget that.
Em (022000@1) CAnd (x32010@1)I wrote this on an airplane
GWhere (320003@1)the people looked like eggs
Em (022000@1) CAnd (x32010@1)when a woman that you loved was gone
GShe (320003@1)was bombing east Japan
EmAnd (022000@1)don't fucking move
C (x32010@1) G'cause (320003@1)everything you thought you have will go to shit
Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GWe've (320003@1)got a lot, don't you dare to forget that.
EmAnd (022000@1)I'm wasted
CYou (x32010@1)can taste it
G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) EmDon't (022000@1)look at me that way
C (x32010@1) Em'cause (022000@1)I'll be hanging from a rope
C (x32010@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1)
I will haunt you like a ghost.
(Em) C G
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
EmAnd (022000@1)I'm wasted
CYou (x32010@1)can taste it.
G (320003@1) G/F# (320002@1) EmDon't (022000@1)look at me that way
C (x32010@1) Em'cause (022000@1)I'll be hanging from a rope
C (x32010@1) G/F# (320002@1) Em (022000@1)
I will haunt you like a ghost.
