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Karaoke Plays - Maximo Park
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Tabbed by: Gunnar Matzen
e-mail: elektroakustik@gmx.de
tuning: standard
Intro 0:00-0:12
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------6----------------------------6------------------------------------|
A|---6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4----6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4------------------|
E|-0-----------0---0---0---0---00-----------0---0---0---0---0----------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6----------------------------6------------------------------------|
D|---6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4----6h7p6---9---6---6---4---4------------------|
A|-0-----------0---0---0---0---00-----------0---0---0---0---0----------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 0:12-0:38
"You write a list of things to do" "To occupy your time that.."
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|----------------------"slide----------|
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4----between--------|
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X----each-----------|
A|-777777777777679\44444444\22222222--|--11-9--12-11--4--2----cord"----------|
E|-000000000000000-00000000-00000000--|--------------------------------------|
"But in my mind it's never final" "And when you sleep I try not.."
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4-------------------|
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X-------------------|
A|-777777777777777\44444444-----------|--11-9--12-11--4--2-------------------|
E|-000000000000000-00000000-----------|--------------------------------------|
Pre Chorus 0:38-0:55
"Oh, I waited up for you" "But you didn't come back home"
"Oh, I waited up for you" "Couldn't you come back home?"
A Bm
e|-5-5--55555-555---------|-2-2--22222-222-----------------------------------|
B|-5-5--55555-555---------|-3-3--33333-333--7-7-777-8\-----------------------|
G|-6-6--66666-666---------|-4-4--44444-444------------7-7-777\6-6-6-666-7/2-2|
D|-7-7--77777-777---------|-4-4--44444-444-----------------------------------|
A|-7-7--77777-777---------|-2-2--22222-222-----------------------------------|
E|-5-5--55555-555---------|-x-x--xxxxx-xxx-----------------------------------|
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|-2-222--|
D|--------|
A|--------|
E|--------|
Chorus 0:55-1:17
"If someone gets run down" "Karaoke plays..."
"..somewhere in the background" "But there is no explanation
"What makes a grown man cry" "Karaoke plays!"
"If someone gets run down"
Fmajor Am
e|-x-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|
B|-1-------------------------------------|---1-------------------------------|
G|-2--fast-------------------------------|---2--fast-------------------------|
D|-3--strumming--------------------------|---2--strumming--------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|
E|-1-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
2nd Verse 1:17-1:31
the first 14 seconds are the same as in the 1st Verse
e|------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|----------------------"slide----------|
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14-13--6--4----between--------|
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X--X---X--X----each-----------|
A|-777777777777679\44444444\22222222--|--11-9--12-11--4--2----cord"----------|
E|-000000000000000-00000000-00000000--|--------------------------------------|
1:31-1:56
"We never did want the dawn..." "Decided from the sheets in which.."
"U know I changed my ways forever"* "The North Sea crashes through.."**
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|--13-11-14---slightly-----------------|
D|------------------------------------|--X--X--X----palm-muted---------------|
A|-777777777777777\44444444-----------|--11-9--12----------------------------|
E|-000000000000000-00000000-----------|--------------------------------------|
* **
e|--------| e|----------------------|
B|--------| B|----------------------|
G|--13~~~-| G|--13-11-14-13--6--4---|
D|--X-----| D|--X--X--X--X---X--X---|
A|--11----| A|--11-9--12-11--4--2---|
E|--------| E|----------------------|
Pre Chorus 1:56-2:14
Chorus 2:14-2:39
"If someone gets run down" "Karaoke plays..."
"..somewhere in the background"* "But there is no explanation"
"What makes a grown man cry" "Karaoke plays!"
"If someone gets run down"
Fmajor Am
e|-x-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|
B|-1-------------------------------------|---1-------------------------------|
G|-2--fast-------------------------------|---2--fast-------------------------|
D|-3--strumming--------------------------|---2--strumming--------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------|---0-------------------------------|
E|-1-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
*( here I'm switching to a C instead an Am, I thought it gives this
section a little bit more punch:-)
* C
e|--3-----|
B|--5-----|
G|--5-----|
D|--5-----|
A|--3-----|
E|--------|
Bridge 2:39-3:23
"I came home, there were radio waves" "I heard voices through the..."
Guitar 1 + Guitar 2(Intro Riff) "I came home, you were
e|---------0-------0-----0---------0-------0-----0-|----------0-------0-----0|
B|----5/7-9-9-2/4-4-4/5-5-----9\7-5-5-5\4-4-4\2-2--|---14\12-9-9-9\7-7-7\5-5-|
G|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|-0-----------------------|
E|--0-----------------------0----------------------|-------------------------|
..nowhere to be found" etc.
e|-----------0-------0-----0|
B|----14\12-9-9-9\7-7-7\5-5-|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--0-----------------------|
E|--------------------------|
play bridge 2 times
and then this:
e|-------------------------------------5-5-777-8~~-|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-6-7-6-6-666-4-4-444--6-6-7-6-6-666------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|
Chorus 3:23-3:53
Chorus is the same as above but let Am ring till 3:53, then play slightly:
3:53-4:07
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--9~-------6--4~-|
D|--9~-------6--4~-|
A|--7~-6-7-9-4--2~-|
E|-----------------|
End
Hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Thanks
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
