• Song:

    The Jokes On Us

  • Artist:

    Biffy Clyro

Artist Related tabs and Sheet Music

The Joke's on us - Biffy Clyro - Opposites

Half step down tuning, i.e. :   D# G# C# F# A# D#

if you watch him play it live this is what he plays in my opinion.

not 100% accurate, but pretty close, suggestions would be helpful


INTRO

D# ||--------------------------------------------------------5-5-5-0----------||
A# ||--------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-0-5-5-5-0--||
F# ||----------------------------------------------------------------7-7-7-0--||
C# ||--2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2--------------------||
G# ||--2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2----2--------------------||
D# ||--0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0----0--------------------||

INTRO/VERSE RIFF

D# ||----0----0-0----0-----0-0-5-5-5-0--------------||
A# ||----5----5-5/12-5/12--5-0-7-7-7-0-5-5-5-0------||
F# ||----------------------------------7-7-7-0------||          
C# ||-----------------------------------------------||
G# ||-----------------------------------------------||
D# ||-----------------------------------------------||

VERSE PART 2

D# ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
A# ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0---||
F# ||------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------7-7-7-7---||
C# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

D# ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
A# ||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
F# ||------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||
C# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||

PRE-CHORUS

D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------5p0----------5p0-5p0-----------------------------------------||
F# ||-----------5p0-----------------5p0------7p0-7p0-----7p0-7p0---------||
C# ||---------------------------------------------------------------7-7--||
G# ||--7--7------------7---------7------9--9------------9--------9-------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||


D# ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------0-----------0---0------------------0------------0---0----||
F# ||-------4p2p0-2-----4p2p0-2---2---2--------4p2p0-2------4p2p0-2---2---2--||
C# ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G# ||--3--3-----------3------------------------------------------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------------3--3-----------3------------------||

D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||-------5p0----------5p0-5p0-----------------------------------------||
F# ||-----------5p0-----------------5p0------7p0-7p0-----7p0-7p0---------||
C# ||---------------------------------------------------------------7-7--||
G# ||--7--7------------7---------7------9--9------------9--------9-------||
D# ||--------------------------------------------------------------------||


D# ||------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||---------------0-----------0---0------------------0---------------------||
F# ||-------4p2p0-2-----4p2p0-2---2---2--------4p2p0-2---------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
C# ||--------------------------------------------------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
G# ||--3--3-----------3------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D# ||-------------------------------------3--3-------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||

CHORUS - chords only, can work out rhythm

D# ||------------------------------------------------------------------||
A# ||----8-------8-------------8-----10-----8---------------8----------||
F# ||----7-------7------9------7-----9------7-------9-------7------11--||
C# ||----9-------9-----10------9-----11-----9------10-------9------12--||
G# ||---10------10-----10-----10-----12----10------10------10------12--||
D# ||----0--------------8------0--------------------8-------0------10--||

BREAK

D# ||-----0--------------------------||
A# ||-----0--------------------------||
F# ||--------------------------------||
C# ||--------------------------------||
G# ||--------------------------------||
D# ||--------------------------------||

VERSE again but shorter
VERSE PART 2
PRE-CHORUS but shorter
CHORUS

BRIDGE
                    p.m. ---------------||
D# ||----------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2p0--||
A# ||------------------------------3p0----------------------------------3p0-----||
F# ||------------------2h4p2p0------------------------------2h4p2p0-------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2----------2p0-----------2---2---2---2----------2p0---------||
G# ||---2---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---2----------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------------0---0---0---0----------------------||

D# ||----------------------------------2p0--------------------------------------||
A# ||------------------------------3p0------------------------------------------||
F# ||---5---5---5---5--2h4p2p0---------------5---5---5---5-2h4p2p0--------------||
C# ||---5---5---5---5---------2p0------------5---5---5---5----------2p0-2p0-2p0-||
G# ||---3---3---3---3------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------||
D# ||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

D# ||----------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2p0--||
A# ||------------------------------3p0----------------------------------3p0-----||
F# ||------------------2h4p2p0------------------------------2h4p2p0-------------||
C# ||---2---2---2---2----------2p0-----------2---2---2---2----------2p0---------||
G# ||---2---2---2---2------------------------2---2---2---2----------------------||
D# ||---0---0---0---0------------------------0---0---0---0----------------------||

D# ||----------------------------------2p0---------------------------------2h3--||
A# ||------------------------------3p0---------------------------------3p0------||
F# ||---5---5---5---5--2h4p2p0---------------5---5---5---5-2h4p2p0--------------||
C# ||---5---5---5---5---------2p0------------5---5---5---5----------2p0---------||
G# ||---3---3---3---3------------------------3---3---3---3----------------------||
D# ||---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

VERSE/BRIDGE - chords only

D# ||---3----3----3----3-----------||
A# ||---3----3----3----3-----------||
F# ||---0----2----0----2-----------||
C# ||---0----2----2----0-----------||
G# ||---2----0----2----------------||
D# ||---3---------0----------------||

then repeat below until chorus

D# ||-----3-----||
A# ||-----3-----||
F# ||-----0-----||
C# ||-----2-----||
G# ||-----3-----||
D# ||-----------||

CHORUS - but play first chord once with clean/slightly distorted tone

OUTRO

D# ||--------------------12------------||
A# ||----------------------------------||
F# ||---------------9------------------||
C# ||----------------------------------||
G# ||---------7------------------------||
D# ||---0------------------------------||
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