Foals – Mountain At My Gates (Guitar Tab)

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------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Rory H Foals' new song, 'Mountain at my gates' from the forthcoming album 'What Went Down'. Loving the track and thought I should tab it as best I could! There will be a few inaccuracies and if you spot any or can improve the tab at all, let me know in the comments or by email and I'll see what I can do :) Enjoy! [Intro/Verse 1/Chorus 1]
Guitar 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------|    |
B|----------------------------------------------------|    |
G|----10-10-10-10-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9-|    |
D|----12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|    |
A|-----x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|    |
D|-12-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|    |

 |                                                         | x5
e|--------------------------------------------------|      |     
B|--------------------------------------------------|      |     
G|-10-10-10-12-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-3-|      |     
D|-12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-xx-5-5-5-5-|      |
A|--x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-xx-x-x-x-x-|      |
D|-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-|      |

 |Guitar 2 (Fades in):
e|-------15-------------15----------15-------------15-----|
B|----18----18-------18----18----18----18-------18----18--|
G|-17----------17-17----------17----------17-17-----------| x10
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
[Post-Chorus]
Guitar 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------|    
B|----------------------------------------------------|    
G|----10-10-10-10-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9-|    
D|----12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|   
A|-----x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|    
D|-12-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|
||
e|--------------------------------------------------|           
B|--------------------------------------------------|           
G|-10-10-10-12-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-3-|           
D|-12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-xx-5-5-5-5-|      
A|--x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-xx-x-x-x-x-|      
D|-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-|            

Guitar 2:
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------9-------|
D|-12p10----10----12p10----------12p10----10------10/12-|
A|-------12----12-------12-10-12-------12----12---------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
||
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|-1010-12p10----10----12p10----------12p10----10----------|
A|------------12----12-------12-10-12-------12----10-10-12-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2] has no guitar for a bit, then: [Pre-Chorus]
Guitar 1 (I think this is the rhythm):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|               |
B|-3-333-333-33356-666-666-666-665-555-555-555-553-333-333-333----|               |
G|-3-333-333-33357-777-777-777-775-555-555-555-554-444-444-444-2--|               |
D|-3-333-333-33357-777-777-777-775-555-555-555-555-555-555-555-2--|               |
A|-1-111-111-11135-555-555-555-553-333-333-333-335-555-555-555----|               |
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|               |

Guitar 2:                                                                       |
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
B|-------------------------------8-10-8-------------------------------8-10-8-|    |
G|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--------10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--------|    | x2
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |

 ||                                                                               |    (The guitar 2 part
e|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |     is actually on keys
B|----------------------8-10-8---------------------------|                        |     but hey, here you
G|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--------7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-9--|                        |     go)
D|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
A|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
E|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
[Chorus]
Guitar 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------|    |
B|----------------------------------------------------|    |
G|----10-10-10-10-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-7-7--9--9-|    |
D|----12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|    |
A|-----x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-x-x--x--x-|    |
D|-12-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-|    |

 ||                                                        | x2
e|--------------------------------------------------|      |     
B|--------------------------------------------------|      |     
G|-10-10-10-12-xx--9--9--9--9-xx-7-7-7-7-xx-3-3-3-3-|      |     
D|-12-12-12-12-xx-10-10-10-10-xx-8-8-8-8-xx-5-5-5-5-|      |
A|--x--x--x--x-xx--x--x--x--x-xx-x-x-x-x-xx-x-x-x-x-|      |
D|-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10----8-8-8-8----5-5-5-5-|      |

Guitar 2
e|-------15-------------15----------15-------------15-----|
B|----18----18-------18----18----18----18-------18----18--|
G|-17----------17-17----------17----------17-17-----------| x4
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Post-Chorus Repeat Pre-Chorus
Then no guitar to start in the bridge, but guitar 2 comes in after a short while with:
e|-------15-------------15----------15-------------15-----|
B|----18----18-------18----18----18----18-------18----18--|
G|-17----------17-17----------17----------17-17-----------| x2
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
Repeat Pre-Chorus [Build]
Guitar 1:                
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
B|10-13-10-13-10-13-10-13/15-13----------------------------------------------|    |
G|------------------------------10-12-10-12-10-12-10-12/14-12-10-------------|    |
D|---------------------------------------------------------------12----------|    |
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |

 ||                                                                               |
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
G|------------------------12/14-12-10----------------------10-10-10-10-10----|    |
D|10h12-10h12-10h12-10----------------12--10h12-10h12-10h12----------------12|    |
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |

Guitar 2:                                                                       | x2
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
B|-------------------------------8-10-8-------------------------------8-10-8-|    |
G|-10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--------10--10-10-10--10-10-10--10-10--------|    |
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|    |

 ||                                                                               |    
e|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
B|----------------------8-10-8---------------------------|                        |
G|-9--9-9-9--9-9-9--9-9--------7--7-7-7--7-7-7--7-7-7-9--|                        |
D|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
A|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
E|-------------------------------------------------------|                        |
For the outro, both guitars play the pre-chorus section through two times as far as I can tell, although it becomes a bit drowned out so a little improvisation might work nicely in your favour if you want! ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend ************************************