The Long Blondes - Giddy Stratospheres
From the album 'Someone to Drive You Home'
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords Used:
Abm - 466444
B - 799877
Bbm - 688666
C#m - x46654
Ebm - x68876
Dm - x57765
E - x79997
Ab - 466544
Fm - x8101098
Cm - x1517171615

At some parts in the verse, there's this really cool bass-like riff that I believed is 
on guitar while the other guitarist plays really high chords. I'll call it 'Riff 1' in tab.
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|------2-2--4-4--6-6------------------------|
E|--4-4--------------------------------------|
You can also play Abm B Dbm Ebm if you feel like.

B B B B Bbm Abm

Abm B (x3)
Abm B Bbm Abm

Abm
You're pretty, oh so pretty
Abm
Why waste your time just sitting
Riff 1
Here listening to this dead-eye bitch?

Abm B
Abm B Bbm Abm


Abm
Do nothing, eat your chocolate
Abm
Drink your wine, she won't let you
Riff 1
Make your way across her empire line

Abm B
Abm B

Abm               Ebm
What's eating you is a mystery
Abm             Ebm
but go home with her one more time
Abm          Ebm            Ebm Dm C#m E
and you know you'll be history

Abm B (x3)
Abm B Bbm Abm


Abm
Watch movies with the lights on
Abm
Sit still; keep her tights on
Riff 1
Didn't you see this once sometime last week?

Abm B
Abm B Bbm Abm

Abm
Go on, say something clever
Abm
Just act it, she will never
Riff 1
Take you higher than her attic room

Abm B
Abm B

Abm               Ebm
What's eating you is a mystery
Abm             Ebm
but go home with her one more time
Abm          Ebm            Ebm Dm C#m E
and you know you'll be history


Ab                      Fm                  Cm
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!

Abm
Is she a femme fatale?
Ebm
That's what she wants you to think
Abm
She'll never lead him astray
Ebm
But it's the best she can do
Abm
But is she going away?
Ebm
No, she'll always be here,
Ebm Dm C#m
Waiting for you
E
Back here on earth

Abm B (x3)
Abm B Bbm Abm


Abm
Your mother call your mother
Abm
Even she's surprised that this is
Riff 1
How you want to spend your nights indoors

Abm B
Abm B Bbm Abm

Abm
You never call too often.
Ebm
What's up? Have you forgotten?
Riff 1
What it's like to have her on all fours?

Abm B
Abm B


Abm               Ebm
What's eating you is a mystery
Abm             Ebm
but go home with her one more time
Abm          Ebm            Ebm Dm C#m E
and you know you'll be history

Ab                      Fm                  Cm
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!

Abm
Is she a femme fatale?
Ebm
That's what she wants you to think
Abm
She'll never lead him astray
Ebm
But it's the best she can do
Abm
But is she going away?
Ebm
No, she'll always be here,
Ebm Dm C#m
Waiting for you
E
Back here on earth


Abm B C#m (x4)

Abm B (x4)


Ab
There's a train at
Fm
the station
Cm
It's leaving
this morning
Ab
It'll take you
Fm
away from
Cm
this girl that's
so boring

Ab               Fm
Don't turn around, just walk away
Cm
Don't turn around, just walk away
Ab               Fm            Cm
Don't turn around, JUST WALK AWAY!

Ab                      Fm                  Cm
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!
She'll never take you to giddy stratospheres that come from your fears!

Abm
Is she a femme fatale?
Ebm
That's what she wants you to think
Abm
She'll never lead him astray
Ebm
But it's the best she can do
Abm
But is she going away?
Ebm
No, she'll always be here,
Ebm Dm C#m
Waiting for you
E
Back here on earth

Abm B (x4)

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