• Song:

    Cornerstone

  • Artist:

    Arctic Monkeys

I should note before this that this is not my work, credit should go to 'mellon_c' of
official Arctic Monkeys forum, I'm simply posting it here to share with a wider audience,
I did was fit music to lyrics. It's also not my responsibility if you don't have the 
it leaked a few days ago and you can probably still find it about on various sites.

Guitar 1 (Alex Turner)

Intro
A (x02220@1)Verse 1
AI (x02220@1)thought I saw you in the battleship
D (xx0232@1)                  Bmbut (x24432@1)it was only a look-a-like
AShe (x02220@1)was nothing but a vision trick
D (xx0232@1)            BmUnder (x24432@1)the warning light
F#m (244222@1)               A (x02220@1)                                 F#mShe (244222@1)was close, close enough to be your ghost
ABut (x02220@1)my chances turned to toast
D (xx0232@1)                            Bm (x24432@1)                       AWhen (x02220@1)i asked her if i could call her your name

Verse 1 [cont] (Same pattern)
I thought I saw you in the rusty hook
Huddled up in a wicker chair
I wandered over for a closer look
And kissed who ever was sitting there

She was close, and she held me very tightly
'Til I asked awfully politely, please
Can I call you her name

(To transition into the chorus you can continue playing A then F#m)

Chorus
D (xx0232@1)                                        BmAnd (x24432@1)I elongated my lift home,
F#m (244222@1)                                                 DYeah, (xx0232@1)I let him go the long way 'round
BmI (x24432@1)smelt your scent on the seatbelt
EAnd (022100@1)kept my shortcuts to myself
A D Bm (Come in with A at the end of the chorus and play these chords like in the verse)

Verse 2 (Same Pattern)
AI (x02220@1)thought I saw you in the parrots beak,
D (xx0232@1)                      BmMessing (x24432@1)with the smoke alarm,
AIt (x02220@1)was too loud for me to hear her speak,
D (xx0232@1)                   BmAnd (x24432@1)she had a broken arm,
F#m (244222@1)               A (x02220@1)                                 F#mIt (244222@1)was close, so close that the walls were wet
AAnd (x02220@1)she wrote it out in letra-set
D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)                   C#mNo, (x13321@4)you can't call me her name

Bridge
A (x02220@1)                             C#mTell (x13321@4)me where's your hiding place
A (x02220@1)                   C#mI'm (x13321@4)worried I'll forget your face
F#mAnd (244222@1)I've asked everyone
Bm (x24432@1)                               EI'm (022100@1)beginning to think I imagined you all along

Chorus
D (xx0232@1)                                        BmAnd (x24432@1)I elongated my lift home,
F#m (244222@1)                                                 DYeah, (xx0232@1)I let him go the long way 'round
BmI (x24432@1)smelt your scent on the seatbelt
DmAnd (xx0231@1)kept my shortcuts to myself


Solo
A D Bm x2 (Play this like you would in the verse)
F#m Bm
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E

Verse 3
AI (x02220@1)saw your sister in the cornerstone
D (xx0232@1)                           BmOn (x24432@1)the phone to the middle man
AWhen (x02220@1)I saw that she was on her own
D (xx0232@1)                           BmI (x24432@1)thought she might understand
F#m (244222@1)                            AShe (x02220@1)was close, well you couldn't get much closer
F#m (244222@1)           A (x02220@1)                                     DShe (xx0232@1)said i'm really not supposed to but yes,
                                              AYou (x02220@1)can call me anything you want

Fade out.

You may want to work out strumming and timing for yourself especially in the bridge and
where it gets a bit different. It's overall a pretty simple song from the new album.

Tabbed by Robert Farrell 28 July 2009.
Version 1.0

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