The Academy Is About a Girl Standard Tuning Listen to the song to help you understand the rhythm ~ = Let note ring X = Mute string Intro Guitar 1 e----------------------------------------------------| B-14-14-14-1414-1414-15-15-12-12-12-1212-1212-12-12--| G----------------------------------------------------| D----------------------------------------------------| A----------------------------------------------------| E----------------------------------------------------| Guitar 1 (Continued) e-----------------------------------------------------------| B-17171717-15151515-1414141414-1010-1212-1414-1010101010----| G-----------------------------------------------------------| D-----------------------------------------------------------| A-----------------------------------------------------------| E-----------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e------------------------------------------------------------------| B------------------------------------------------------------------| G-7-7-7-77-77-7-7--------------------------------------------------| D-7-7-7-77-77-7-7-6-6-6-66-66-6-6-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-7-7-7-77-77-7-7--| A-5-5-5-55-55-5-5-7-7-7-77-77-7-7-4-4-4-44-44-4-4-9-9-9-99-99-9-9--| E------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1 Guitar 1 e-----------------------------------------------------------------| B-----------------------------------------------------------------| G-----------------------------------------------------------------| D-7-7-7-77-77-7-7-6-6-6-66-66-6-6-2-2-2-22-22-2-2-7-7-7-77-77-7-7-| x2 A-5-5-5-55-55-5-5-7-7-7-77-77-7-7-4-4-4-44-44-4-4-9-9-9-99-99-9-9-| E-----------------------------------------------------------------| Pre Chorus 1 Guitar 1 e------------------------XXX-XXX--| B---7-7p5h7--9h10p9-9-9--XXX-XXX--| G--7---------------9-----XXX-XXX--| D-7------------------9---XXX-XXX--| A------------------------XXX-XXX--| E------------------------XXX-XXX--| Guitar 2 e-----------------------------XXX-XXX--| B-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-XXX-XXX--| G-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-XXX-XXX--| D-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9-9-9-XXX-XXX--| A-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-7-7-XXX-XXX--| E-----------------------------XXX-XXX--| Chorus 1 Guitar 1 + 2 e---------------2-------------| B---------------3--x16--------| G-6-------2-----2------1------| D-7--x32--4--x32-------2--x16-| A-7-------4------------2------| E-----------------------------| Post Chorus 1 Guitar 1 e-------------------------------------------------------------| B-17171717-15151515-1414141414141414-10101010--------99999999-| G--------------------------------------------10101010---------| D-------------------------------------------------------------| A-------------------------------------------------------------| E-------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 e----------------------| B----------------------| G-6-------2------1-----| D-7--x16--4--x8--2--x8-| A-7-------4------2-----| E----------------------| Play Intro again Verse 2 Play Verse 1 Pre Chorus 2 Play Pre Chorus 1 Chorus 2 Part 1 Play Chorus 1 once Post Chorus 2 Part 1 Play Post Chorus 1 once Chorus 2 Part 2 Play Chorus 1 once Post Chorus 2 Part 2 Guitar 1 + 2 e-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| B-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| G-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| D-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| A-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| E-XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX--| Bridge Part 1 Guitar 1 + 2 e---------------------------------| B---------------------------------| G-7-------1-------2-------2-------| D-7--x16--2--x16--4--x16--2--x16--| x 2 A-5-------2-------4-------0-------| E---------------------------------| Bridge Part 2 Guitar 1 + 2 e---------2~-----XXXXXXXX-| B---------3~-----XXXXXXXX-| G-6~--2~--2~--1~-XXXXXXXX-| D-7~--4~------2~-XXXXXXXX-| A-7~--4~------2~-XXXXXXXX-| E----------------XXXXXXXX-| Guitar 3 (Acoustic Guitar used only for this part) e----------------------2--------------| B---------------------3-3--x2---------| G---6--------2------2-----------1-----| D--7-7--x5--4-4--x5------------2-2-x1-| A-7--------4------------------2-------| E-------------------------------------| Chorus 3 Part 1 Play Chorus 1 once Post Chorus 3 Part 1 Play Post Chorus 1 once Chorus 4 Part 1 Play Chorus 1 Once Outro Both Guitars end on this note e--------------------| B--------------------| G-6~-----------------| D-7~-----------------| A-7~-----------------| E--------------------|