elbow – The Bones Of You (Guitar Tab)

Capo 3 • Video Lesson

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Chords

Tabbed according to the "Live at Abbey Road" version: The beat of this is song is very strange, the drums appear to be in or 6/8, but the guitar over the top is almost in 4/4. I'll try and show this on the tab, with v showing on the beat, and ^ showing off the beat.
  E7                      Am6
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
e|0-----0----------------|0-----0----------------|
B|0-----0----------------|0-----0----------------|
G|4-----4----------------|2-----2----------------|
D|6-----6----------------|4-----4----------------|
A|5-----5----------------|3-----3----------------|
E|0-----0----------------|0-----0----------------|

  E7                      Am6
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
e|0-----0-----0-----0----|0-----0----------------|
B|0-----0-----0-----0----|0-----0----------------|
G|4-----4-----4-----4----|2-----2----------------|
D|6-----6-----6-----6----|4-----4----------------|
A|5-----5-----5-----5----|3-----3----------------|
E|0-----0-----0-----0----|0-----0----------------|
This is repeated over most of the song. Let's call "056400" E7, and "034200" Am6 Intro: E7 Am6 E7 Am6 E7 Am6 E7 Am6 E7 So I'm there Am6 E7 Charging around with a juggernaut brow Am6 E7 Overdraft, speeches and deadlines to make Am6 E7 Cramming commitments like cats in a sack Am6 E7 Telephone burn and a purposeful gait Am6 E7 When out of a doorway the tentacles stretch Am6 Of a song that I know E7 Am6 And the world moves in slow-mo E7 Straight to my head Am6 E7 like the first cigarette of the day Am6 E7 And it's you, and it's May Am6 E7 And we're sleeping through the day Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 (E7) And three thousand miles away E7 Am6 E7 Am6 E7 Do I have Am6 time? A man of my calibre E7 Am6 Stood in the street like a sleepwalking teenager E7 No. Am6 And I dealt with this years ago E7 Am6 I took a hammer to every memento E7 Am6 But image on image like beads on a rosary E7 Am6 pulled through my head as the music takes hold E7 Am6 and the sickener hits; I can work till I break E7 but I love the bones of you Am6 E7 That, I will never escape Am6 E7 And it's you, and it's May Am6 E7 And we're sleeping through the day Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 E7 And three thousand miles away Am6 E7 And I can't move my arm Am6 E7 Through the fear that you will wake Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 And three thousand miles away Bridge (2:19)
  A5         G#5           B5
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  
e|------------------------|------------------------|\
B|------------------------|------------------------| \
G|------------------------|------------------------|  \
D|7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|  / x2
A|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-| /
E|5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|/

  A5    G#5   B5    G#5    A5    G#5   B5    G#5
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|------------------------|------------------------|
D|7-7-7-6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|7-7-7-6-6-6-9-9-9-6-6-6-|
A|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
E|5-5-5-4-4-4-7-7-7-4-4-4-|5-5-5-4-4-4-7-7-7-4-4-4-|
(2:31)
  D5                                   B5
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
D|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|

  D5                                   
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ 
e|------------------------|------------------------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|
G|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
A|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|------------------------|------------------------|
(2:40) Here there is very light strumming of Dsus2 e|5 B|5 G|7 D|7 A|5 E|- in the background, with this picked over the top: (s means slide)
   v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ --------|
e|------------------------|------------------------|        |
B|-------5-----------5----|-------5-----------5----|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|5s7----------7----------|-7-----------7----------|        |
A|------------------------|------------------------|        |
E|------------------------|------------------------|        |
|
   v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^         |
e|------------------------|------------------------|        |
B|-------5-----------5----|-------5-----------5----|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|5s7----------7----------|-7-----------7----------|        |
A|------------------------|------------------------|        |
E|------------------------|------------------------|        |

                                                         REPEAT
   v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^         |
e|-------5-----------5----|-------5-----------5----|        |
B|------------------------|------------------------|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|5s7----------7----------|-7-----------7----------|        |
A|------------------------|------------------------|        |
E|------------------------|------------------------|        |
|
   v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^         |
e|-------5-----------5----|-------5-----------5----|        |
B|------------------------|------------------------|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|5s7----------7----------|-7-----------7----------|        |
A|------------------------|------------------------|        |
E|------------------------|------------------------|--------|
(3:12) It returns to E7 and Am6 in the background, with this over the top:
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^
e|------------------------|------------------------|--------|
B|------------------------|------------------------|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|------------------------|------------------------|        |
A|------------------------|3-----3-----------------|        |
E|0-----0-----------------|------------------------|        |

                                                          REPEAT 
  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^  v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^          |
e|------------------------|------------------------|        |
B|------------------------|------------------------|        |
G|------------------------|------------------------|        |
D|2-----2-----------------|------------------------|        |
A|------------2-----------|3-----3-----------------|        |
E|------------------0-----|------------3-----3-----|--------|
(3:29) Now it returns to the chorus, with chords E7 and Am6 E7 Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 E7 And three thousand miles away Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 E7 And three thousand miles away Am6 E7 And it's you, and it's May Am6 E7 And we're sleeping through the day Am6 E7 And I'm five years ago Am6 E7 And three thousand miles away