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A Certain Romance (Acoustic) - Arctic Monkeys
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Tabbed by: Freddie Macauley
E-mail: fmacauley2@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
The majority of this is just the original song an octave lower, this is so it can be
played easily acoustically, without the high notes.
Intro:
Play this twice
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--7-7-4--4-4-4--9-9-4--9/11-11-11-11-9---|
G|-4-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4--4-4-4--6-4---6-4----4--4-4-4------------------|
D|-6---------------6-----6--6--------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
Verse 1:
Played and quickly muted, listen to the song you'll get it, there's also the occasional
up,down,up, normally before movement between chords
B E
e|-2----0---|
B|-4----0---|
G|-4----1---|
D|-4----2---|
A|-2--------|
E|----------|
B
Well oh they might wear classic Reeboks
B
Or knackered Converse
B
Or tracky bottoms tucked in socks
E
But all of that's what the point is not
E
The point's that there ain't no romance around there
B
And there's the truth that they can't see
B
They'd probably like to throw a punch at me
B E
And if you could only see them, then you would agree
E
Agree that there ain't no romance around there
Chorus:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Verse 2:
The same as Verse 1
B
And over there there's broken bones
B
There's only music, so that there's new ringtones
E
And it don't take no Sherlock Holmes
E
To see it's a little different around here
B
Don't get me wrong, oh there's boys in bands
B
And kids who like to scrap with pool cues in their hands
E
And just cause he's had a coupla cans
E
He thinks it's alright to act like a dickhead
Chorus:
The same as before, but played twice:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-6-4-----6-4----6-4-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------6-4-----6------6-----------------6-6-4-4-----------------------|
E|-----------------7------7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4---------7-4-4-4-4/3-3-3-3-3-3-|
Verse 3:
This includes the transition between chorus and verse
e|---2--------------------------------------|
B|---4-2-2-2-2-0-0--------------------------|
G|-4-4-------------1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|-4----------------------------------------|
A|-2----------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4--4-4-4--7-7-4--4-4-4--9-9-4--9/11-11-11-11-9---|
G|-4-4------------------------------------------------|
D|-4--------------------------------------------------|
A|-2--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-4--4-4-4--6-4---6-4----4--4-4-4------------------|
D|-6---------------6-----6--6--------5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
The actual verse is the same as the other two -
B
Well over there there's friends of mine
B
What can I say, I've known 'em for a long long time
E
And yeah they might overstep the line
E B
But I just cannot get angry in the same way
B
Not in the same way
E
Not in the same way
E
Oh no, oh no no
Solo/Outro:
This is the same as on the actual song, apart from the final chords, the actual song
plays GBe strings of an A7 E chords, then an E7 B chord:
e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------| x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------| x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-44--22-------444-22-------44-22-------444-22--------|
B|--------44-44--------44-44-------44-44--------44-44--|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------| x2
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------2---------|
G|-4--4--4-4-4-4-4-3-4---4--3----|
D|-------------------------------| x2
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------|
B|------------4-4--2-2----------------------------|
G|-1--1-1-1-1----------4-1--1-1-1-1p0-0-0--0-0-0--|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9-9p8-8--8-8-8-9-8\6--6-6-6--6-6p5--5--5--5-5-5--|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-9--9-9p8-8--8-8-8-9-8\6--6-6-6--6-6p5-5--5----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
e|-0-0--0-0-0---0----2---------------------------------|
B|-0-0--0-0-0---0----4---------------------------------|
G|-1-1--1-1-1---1----4---------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2-2---2----4---------------------------------|
A|-------------------2---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Alternatively the ending can be played an octave lower as:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|
e|---------------------------------------------------| note these are 1's
B|---------------------------------------------------| not 11's
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|-11----------111----------11---------111-----------| x2
A|----44-11-11-----44-11-11----44-11-11----44-11-11--|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------| x2
A|-2-2-2222-1-2-4-2-1-2-2-2222-1-2-4-1--|
E|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-------1-1----------------------------|
A|-----------4-4-2----------------------|
E|-4-444-----------4-444-4p3-3-3-333----|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-7--7-7p6-6--6-6-6-7-6\4--4-4-4--4-4p3--3--3--3-3-3--|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-7--7-7p6-6--6-6-6-7-6\4--4-4-4--4-4p3-3--3----------|
e|-0-0--0-0-0---0----2---------------------------------|
B|-0-0--0-0-0---0----4---------------------------------|
G|-1-1--1-1-1---1----4---------------------------------|
D|-2-2--2-2-2---2----4---------------------------------|
A|-------------------2---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
Entirely preference which ending is used, or if you're feeling imaginative could
try playing both at the same time.
