• Song:

    Crying Lightning

  • Artist:

    Arctic Monkeys

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                               CRYING LIGHTNING - Arctic Monkeys
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Tabbed by: Ollie Milton
Email: dontkissyourgumsatmeblud@hotmail.co.uk

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

'Crying Lightning' is the first single from Arctic Monkeys highly anticipated third 
'Humbug', due for release on 24th August 2009 in the UK. The single is available on iTunes 
and will be released in disc formats on 17th August.

UPDATE: JULY 27TH 2009
The first time this was tabbed was when they started playing this live, now, having
the studio version I have made some corrections. Enjoy

UPDATE: AUGUST 11TH 2009
Thanks to Nick Pike and Simon Fowler for their corrections. I have included them here.


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INTRO/VERSE
Bass arr. for guitar

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------6-------------------------------|
A|----------/8-8-8-\---------7-7-7----------/10-10-10-3-3-3---0-2-3|
E|5-555-555----------5-555-5--------5-555-5-----------------4------|

Cookies Guitar Part:
e|----5----------7-----5-----8-------12-|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8------12----|
G|5----------------5-----9-----13-------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Alex's Guitar Part (Intro and 2nd Verse)
e|------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------|
B|------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------|
G|------|-----------------|------------------|---------------------------|
D|------|-------0/3-------|-------/3-2-------|-------0-2/5-3-2-0---0-2-3-|
A|----3-|-0-2-3---------3-|-0-2-3----------3-|-0-2-3-------------3-------|
E|1-4---|-----------1-4---|------------1-4---|---------------------------|

D|---------||
A|--0-2-3--||
E|4--------||

Cookies Guitar Part (1st verse):
e|----5----------7-----5-----8----------|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8---8-9v-----|
G|5----------------5-----9--------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

e|----5----------7-----5-----8---/12----|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8---8--------|
G|5----------------5-----9--------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|

Bridge:
e|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
B|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
G|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
A|--------7-6----x8-|---7---6-------6------|---7---6--------||
E|5-5-5-8-----4-----|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3-|-8---4---5-0-1-4||

Cookies Guitar For Verse 2:
e|5/13--5/12--5/10--8\4-|
B|----------------------|

e|5/13--17\12--5/10--8\4-|
B|-----------------------|

Alex plays intro riff as shown above.

CHORUS:
Alex plays the chords F Dm and Am

Cookie plays:
(Where the two lines are is where a chord should be but I haven't figured out yet :p)
e|-------------|----------------5|
B|-------------|----------------5|
G|---9-7-------|------9-7-------5|
D|10-----7-10--|---10-----10-7---|
A|-------------|-----------------|
E|-------------|-----------------|

Bridge:

e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------7-6---|
E|5-5-5-5-8-----4-| x4

Solo

e|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------
B|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------10-8-10-8---
G|5-7-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-5--|-5-7-5-/9-|5-7-5--|-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-----------9-
D|----------|-----------7|----------|------7|---------------------------
A|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------
E|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------

e|-------------------||
B|8h10p8---5h7p5h7---||
G|-------9---------7-||
D|-------------------||
A|-------------------||
E|-------------------||


D|---------------------|
A|---7---6-------6-----|
E|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3| 5^^

Let ring. Drums play (First half of vocals in chorus. No guitar)

In with chorus F Dm Am
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