Death From Above 1979 – Caught Up (Guitar Tab)

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This fine song by DFA1979 can be played on guitar with an octave pedal (-1 octave setting) plus some nice distortion/fuzz mirroring very nicely the bass sound in the original song.
[Intro/Chorus] 
(tricky rhythm, listen and play along the bare bass introduction to get it right):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|

[Verse]
(kind of a chopped-down intro/chorus):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3-(slight bend)-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|

        On the final one, the last bending changes:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3b4-4-4-4-4-4-4r3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]
(“I come around…”):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

[Chorus]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|

[Verse]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3-(slight bend)-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|

        On the final one, the last bending changes:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-----------------------------3b4-4-4-4-4-4-4r3-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Bridge]
(“I come around…”):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|

[Outro]
(take into account that in this part the tempo increases a lot AND the end parts change fron time
to time):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-1h3/0--|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------3-3--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-3-3------|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5------------------| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------1-1-1-1-1-3-3----|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3---------------------------1--|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-------------3h5p3h5-| 
A|---------1-3-----------------1-3-----------------1-3---------|
E|-3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------3-3-3-3-------------|

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-3b4-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                   ^
                          Tempo decreases from here on back to the original

[Chorus/End]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----1(slight bend)-------------(3)b4r3-------3----------(1)b2r1------|  eight times, then...
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------1----------------------------|
E|--1-------------------------1/4------------------------2--------------|

e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------| 
A|-------|
E|-1--1--|
Any doubt you may have don't hesitate to send me a PM. Blast that axe!! Jorggo h - hammer on p - pull off b - bend string up r - release bend / - slide up \ - slide down v - vibrato (sometimes written as ~) t - tap (with strumming hand) x - muted, struck string