• Song:

    Ladies Of Cambridge

  • Artist:

    Vampire Weekend

Hey! I learnt this song by ear but I'm sure it's right. It's pretty much just triads.

Just for the purposes of this fret 10 will be represented by an 'A' cos I don't want you 
to think it's fret 1 and then open string O:)

Intro and Verse

G|------9-------9--7A---9-------9----------------------------------|
D|-7A-7A---7A-7A--8---7A---7A-7A-----------------------------------|
A|8-------8---------------8----------------------------------------|x4
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Basically the triads are: F Am F Am Bb Am F Am

"I've had dreams of Boston" and the chorus

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|11111111------1111310-------000000001-------1-------1-------1----|
E|--------11-11--------311-11-------------1-------1-------1-------1|

Back to verse

G|------9-------9--7A---9-------9----------------------------------|
D|-7A-7A---7A-7A--8---7A---7A-7A-----------------------------------|
A|8-------8---------------8----------------------------------------|x4
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Then this again

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|11111111------1111310-------000000001-------1-------1-------1----|
E|--------11-11--------311-11-------------1-------1-------1-------1|

Violin solo

G|------9-------9--7A---9-------9----------------------------------|
D|-7A-7A---7A-7A--8---7A---7A-7A-----------------------------------|
A|8-------8---------------8----------------------------------------|x4
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|11111111------1111310--------------------------------------------|
E|--------11-11--------311-11--------------------------------------|

"Cos when you left..."

G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-000---0----1--3---0---1---------------------------------------|x2
E|---------------------------1-----------------------------------|

"Buuttt if you leave I just don't think I could..."

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|000000001-------1-------1-------1--------------------------------|
E|------------1-------1-------1------------------------------------|

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