Franz Ferdinand – Auf Achse (Guitar Tab)

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*-------------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------* *-This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.-* *-------You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.-------* *-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------* Originally released on February 9th 2004 as part of Franz Ferdinand's debut album. A slower demo version of this song is featured in Ferdinand's 2nd single "Take Me Out" under the name "Truck Stop" as a B-side. Accompanied by Nick McCarthy's lead piano section (and a synth overdub), Alex Kapranos flows around this soft tune. Even without being released as a single, this track is one of the most frequently played on Ferdinand's setlists. Tabbed by Pelusteriano Contact at my UG profile Lyrics by Alexander Kapranos & Nicholas McCarthy (official lyrics from album) Music by Franz Ferdinand Key of A minor =============================================================================== NOTE: This tab is based on the next live performances Live at Rock Werchter Festival 2004 - http://goo.gl/DWVpZY Live at Glastonbury 2004 - http://goo.gl/Lsgmq8 Live at Lowlands Festival 2005 - http://goo.gl/JmGOrV Live at Villes Charrues 2005 - http://goo.gl/yAfjQ2 =============================================================================== CHORDS (low to high, in order of appearance) Am X02210 C X32010 Dm XX0321 F X3321X Am* 577555 G 355433 Bb 688766 Dm 10-12-12-10-10-10 A 577655 INTRO

  Nick McCarthy's piano arr. for guitar (a synth is doubling the track an octave higher)
 Let ring throughout
  Am                  C                   Dm                  F
|-------------|-----|-----------0-|-(0)-|-1-----0-----|-----|-1-----0---5-|-(5)-|
|-1-----0-----|-----|-1-----0-----|-----|---------3---|-----|---------3---|-----|
|---------2---|-----|---------2---|-----|-----------2-|-(2)-|-------------|-----|
|-----------2-|-(2)-|-------------|-----|-0-----------|-----|-3-----------|-----|
|-0-----------|-----|-3-----------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|
                (X): Tied note

  Am                   C                      Dm                  F
|-8-----7------|-----|-7-------------|------|---------0---|-----|---------0---|---|
|---------10---|-----|-------10------|------|-3-----1-----|-----|-3-----1-----|---|
|------------9-|-(9)-|----------7----|------|-----------2-|-(2)-|-----------0-|-2-|
|-7------------|-----|-10---------10-|-(10)-|-0-----------|-----|-3-----------|---|
|--------------|-----|---------------|------|-------------|-----|-------------|---|
|--------------|-----|---------------|------|-------------|-----|-------------|---|

  Alex Kapranos (Nick keeps playing same melody)
    Am                                  C       Dm                                 F
|| -----------------|-----------------|---|---|----------------|-----------------|---|--- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|---|---|----------------|-----------------|---|--- ||
||o-4-4-2--------44-|-4-4--2----------|--O//--|-4-4-2----------|-4-4--2----------|--O//--o||
||o-------2--2-2----|--------2--2-2-2-|--//O--|-------3--3-3-3-|--------3--3-3-3-|--//O--o||
|| -----------------|-----------------|---|---|----------------|-----------------|---|--- ||
|| -----------------|-----------------|---|---|----------------|-----------------|---|--- ||X2
                                         O//O: Double simile (repeat last two bars)

  VERSE I 
  (Alex's guitar sounds faintly on the track, Nick keeps playing same melody)
    A5                       C5
|| -----------------|------|-------------------------|------|
|| -----------------|------|-------------------------|------|
||o-----------------|--O/--|-------------------------|--O/--|
||o-----------------|--/O--|-------------------------|--/O--|
|| -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------|
|| -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------|
                       O/O: Single simile (repeat last bar)

  D5                       F5
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||
|-----------------|--O/--|-------------------------|--O/--o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--/O--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--/O--o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------ ||
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||X2

Am You see her - you can't touch her C You hear her - you can't hold her Dm You want her - you can't have her F You want to - but she won't let you (X2) CHORUS (Piano rests)

    Am                                                                G
|| ------------------------------------------|------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7- ||
|| -13-13-X-13-13-13-X-13-X-X-13-13-X-13-X-X-|-13-13-X-13-X-13-13-X-X-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- ||
||o-14-14-X-14-14-14-X-14-X-X-14-14-X-14-X-X-|-14-14-X-14-X-14-14-X-X-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
||o-14-14-X-14-14-14-X-14-X-X-14-14-X-14-X-X-|-14-14-X-14-X-14-14-X-X---------------o||
|| ------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- ||
|| ------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- ||X4

Am She's not so special G So, look what you've done, boy (X3) Am* She's not so special So, look what you've done INTERLUDE

  Nick's piano arr. for guitar 
    Am*    C*     G
|| -5----|-8----|-3---- ||    On the album track there isn't any guitar in this part
|| -5----|-8----|-3---- ||    but often in live shows Alex plays the same notes and
||o-5----|-9----|-4----o||    arpeggiates over them.
||o-7----|-10---|-5----o||
|| ------|------|------ ||
|| ------|------|------ ||X2

Am C Now you wish she'd never G Am Come back here again C Oh, never G Come back here again VERSE II (Nick's piano comes back with same melody)

    A5                       C5
|| -----------------|------|-------------------------|------|
|| -----------------|------|-------------------------|------|
||o-----------------|--O/--|-------------------------|--O/--|
||o-----------------|--/O--|-------------------------|--/O--|
|| -7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|------|
|| -5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------|

  D5                       F5
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||
|-----------------|--O/--|-------------------------|--O/--o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--/O--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|--/O--o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------|-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--|------ ||
|-----------------|------|-------------------------|------ ||X2

Am You see her - you can't touch her C You hear her - you can't hold her Dm You want her - you can't have her F You want to - but she won't let you (X2) CHORUS (Piano rests)

    Am                                                              G
|| ------------------------------------------|------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7- ||
|| -13-13-X-13-13-13-X-13-X-X-13-13-X-13-X-X-|-13-13-X-13-X-13-13-X-X-8-8-8-8-8-8-8- ||
||o-14-14-X-14-14-14-X-14-X-X-14-14-X-14-X-X-|-14-14-X-14-X-14-14-X-X-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
||o-14-14-X-14-14-14-X-14-X-X-14-14-X-14-X-X-|-14-14-X-14-X-14-14-X-X---------------o||
|| ------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- ||
|| ------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------- ||X4

Am She's not so special G So, look what you've done, boy (X3) Am She's not so special So, look what you've done INTERLUDE

  Am                Bb                Dm*
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------10----------10----|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------10----------10----|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------10----------10----|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-7---7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8---8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12----12-12-12----12-|
|-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6---6-6-6-6-6-6-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|

| Nick's piano arr. to guitar
|-----------------|-10-12-13-12-10--|-17----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-7--9--10-9--7---|-14----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|

    Bb                Dm*                       Bb                Dm*
|| -----6-------6---|-------10----------10----|-----6-------6---|-------10----------10---- ||
|| -----6-------6---|-------10----------10----|-----6-------6---|-------10----------10---- ||
||o-----7-------7---|-------10----------10----|-----7-------7---|-------10----------10----o||
||o-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-o||
|| -8-8---8-8-8---8-|-12-12----12-12-12----12-|-8-8---8-8-8---8-|-12-12----12-12-12----12- ||
|| -6-6---6-6-6---6-|-10-10----10-10-10----10-|-6-6---6-6-6---6-|-10-10----10-10-10----10- ||

| |

|| -10-12-13-12-10--|-17----------------------|-10-12-13-12-10--|------------------------- ||
|| -----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-10---------------------- ||
||o-7--9--10-9--7---|-14----------------------|-7--9--10-9--7---|-------------------------o||
||o-----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|-7-----------------------o||
|| -----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------- ||
|| -----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|------------------------- ||X2

Bb Dm* Now i'm nailed above you - Gushing from my side Bb Dm* It's with your sins that you have killed me - Thinking of your sins I die Bb Dm* Thinking how you'd let them tough you - How you'd never realise Bb Dm* That I'm ripped and hang, forsaken - Knowing never will I rise

  A
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|

| |

|-9---------------|
|-----------------|
|-6---------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|
|-----------------|

Again... LAST VERSE (Nick's main piano melody comes back)

  Am                         C       Dm                         F
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-2222-2---2222-2---|--O/--|--O//--|-2222-2---2222-2---|--O/--|--O//--|
|--------2--------2-|--/O--|--//O--|--------3--------3-|--/O--|--//O--|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
 (Grouped notes are 16th notes)

Am C You still see her, Only hear her Dm F You want her, Oh, you want to

  Am                         C       Dm                         F
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-4444-4-2--------2-|--O/--|--O//--|-4444-4-2--------2-|--O/--|--O//--|
|----------2222-2---|--/O--|--//O--|----------3333-3---|--/O--|--//O--|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|
|-------------------|------|---|---|-------------------|------|---|---|

Am C You see her, You still hear her Dm F You want her, You still want to OUTRO

  Am*                 C*                  Dm*                 F                   Am
|-5-----------|-(5)-|-8-----------|-(8)-|-10----------|-(10)|-1-----------|-(1)-|-0-----|
|-5-----------|-(5)-|-8-----------|-(8)-|-10----------|-(10)|-1-----------|-(1)-|-1-----|
|-5-----------|-(5)-|-9-----------|-(9)-|-10----------|-(10)|-2-----------|-(2)-|-2-----|
|-7-----------|-(7)-|-10----------|-(10)|-12----------|-(12)|-3-----------|-(3)-|-2-----|
|-7-----------|-(7)-|-10----------|-(10)|-12----------|-(12)|-3-----------|-(3)-|-0-----|
|-5-----------|-(5)-|-8-----------|-(8)-|-10----------|-(10)|-1-----------|-(1)-|-------|

| |

|-------------|-----|-----------0-|-(0)-|-1-----0-----|-----|-1-----0---5-|-(5)-|-------|
|-1-----0-----|-----|-1-----0-----|-----|---------3---|-----|---------3---|-----|-------|
|---------2---|-----|---------2---|-----|-----------2-|-(2)-|-------------|-----|-------|
|-----------2-|-(2)-|-------------|-----|-0-----------|-----|-3-----------|-----|-------|
|-0-----------|-----|-3-----------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------|
|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------------|-----|-------|

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