Arctic Monkeys – Balaclava (Bass Tab)

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You can see O'Malley playing it like this live so I'm guessing its not too far off the studio version. Slightly updated to put the tremolo in the verses. [Intro]

G|----------------------------|
D|-----------4----------------|
A|-----5--7--------4-----5\---|
E|--7-----------5-----3-------|  x4

[Verse]

G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------|   x4

[Chorus]

G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------------------4--------------------|
A|--22-2---5--2-------------------2222---5--2---------------|
E|----------------57-575-2-2-3-5----------------35-35-3-2---| x2

Quick rest 'Or throwing her to the sharks'

G|--------------------|
D|--------------------|
A|------4-4-----5-5---|
E|--5-5-----3-3-------|

[Verse]

G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------| x2

G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7----------------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7------------------------------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]

G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------11---11------|
D|--9999999999999999---------------------------------------------------------99--999--999---|
A|------------------12121212121212121212121212121212101010101010101099999999----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G|--11-12121212--11---11---11-12121212--9---9---9---------7---7---6---6---|
D|----9--------99--999--999--9--------77-777-777-710109755-555-544-444----|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Quick rest

 [Chorus]
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------4-----------------------------4--------------------|
A|--22-2---5--2-------------------2222---5--2---------------|
E|----------------57-575-2-2-3-5----------------35-35-3-2---|  x2

[Verse]

G|----------------------6-6------------------------|
D|--------------4-4-7-7-----5-5--------------------|
A|------5-5-7-7-----------------5-5----------------|
E|--7-7--------------------------------------------| x12

[Outro]

G|-------------------------|
D|---------4---------------|
A|--2--5------4---5--------|
E|-------0---5---3---------|  x5

G|----------------|
D|---------4------|
A|--2--5----------|
E|-------0--------|

G|-------------------------|
D|---------4---------------|
A|--2--5------4---5--------|
E|-------0---5---3---------|  x3

G|-------------------|
D|---------4---------|
A|--2--5-------------|
E|-------0---5\------|

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