• Song:

    Reckless

  • Artist:

    You Me At Six

  • Album:

    Sinners Never Sleep

So I did Loverboy a little wrong so was determined to make up for it with this song. 
Think i got it right!

Dropped D tuning
tabbed by SkiaMaree

Intro:

Guitar 1
use an echo effect for the first part
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|  X1
A|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|
D|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|

then without echo:
Guitar 1
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|  X2
A|--2-X8--4--X4-6--X4-9---X8-4--X4-6-X4-|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|

Guitar 2
(do this on the 2nd time of the riff)
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------8-8--11-11-11-11-9-9-8--|
D|--8h9-11-8-9-11-8-9-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------|



Verse:

Guitar 1
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|------------------------------|
D|--2------2------6------4------|
A|--2--X4--2--X4--6--X4--4--X4--|
D|--2------2------6------4------|

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------11--------11--------8----------8----|
G|--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9---9--11-11---9--|
D|------------------------------------------| X4
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|

I can't quite hear the other guitar in the verse properly, if i work it out, i shall 
update this, but above is an 'interpretation' of it that fits nicely!



Chorus:

with echo again once ...

e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------| X1
D|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|
A|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|
D|--2~~--4~--6~--9~~--4~--6~--|

then without twice

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|  X2
A|--2-X8--4--X4-6--X4-9---X8-4--X4-6-X4-|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|



Interlude:

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--2------2------6------4~~---|
A|--2--X4--2--X4--6--X4--4~~---|
D|--2------2------6------4~~---|

Guitar 2
e|------------------------------------------|
B|------11--------11--------8----------8~---|
G|--9-9----9--9-9----9--9-9---9--11-11------|
D|------------------------------------------| X4
A|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|


Verse 2 same as Verse 1.
Then the chorus again.



"you never had the best" part

e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|
A|--2-X8--4--X4-6--X4-9---X8-4--X4-6-X4-|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6----|

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6~~---2~--|
A|--2-X8--4--X4-6--X4-9---X8-4--X4-6-X4--2~--|
D|--2-----4-----6-----9------4-----6~~---2~--|



"I'm the devil on your shoulder...."

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---| X2
A|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---|
D|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---|
D|----9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9---9--| X2
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(that's 16 times, times 2 ... just listen and it's easy to pick it up!)



"You loose lips let..."

Guitar 1
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|
D|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---| X4
A|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---|
D|--2~~----2~~----6~~----4~~---|
(do the 3rd & 4th times louder or with distortion)

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--16--16--16--16-|
G|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| X4
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


then...

Guitar 1
...figure out the strumming pattern... it's just a little different...
e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|--2------6------4------| X4
A|--2-X12--6--X6--4-X6---|
D|--2------6------4------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--14--14--14--14-|
G|--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11--11---|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------| X4
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


Then the chorus followed by the "you never had the best" part once...


so there we go, hope i did it justice, any corrections are welcome!
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