Gorillaz – Friday 13Th (Guitar Tab)

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Tempo: 100 BPM Effects: leslie rotating speaker, or a heavy chorus, + delay set to quarter notes It sounds like this was recorded using two (maybe three) guitar tracks, with panning to the left and right. One guitar hits the downbeats with a delay effect, the other plays the entire track with no delay. This is a recording trick, but can certainly be played on just one guitar track, just achieved by kicking on your delay on/off as needed. *********************** Simple chord breakdown: *********************** For a simple way to play, just play around with the overall chord progression of the song: C xx555x Em xx9987 Dm xx776x G xxx003 ************************ More detailed breakdown: ************************ [No guitar during the "i've been drinking..." intro]

e|---------------------3--|
B|---------------------0--|
G|---------------------0--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                       G
(^^^There is a quick open string hit before downbeat of first verse)

[Verse 1]

e|------------------------|
B|5-----------------------|
G|5-----------------------|
D|5-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  C
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|---------------7--7--7--|
B|---------------8--8--8--|
G|---------------9--9--9--|
D|------------------9--9--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 Em

e|------------------------|
B|6-----------------------|
G|7-----------------------|
D|7-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  Dm
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|---------------3--3--3--|
B|---------------0--0--0--|
G|---------------0--0--0--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 G

Repeat all of the above x 4. Then for 1 full phrase (length of the above), there is no guitar. [Verse 2] Starting with "it's definitely goin down", play the same thing, but only the downbeats:

e|------------------------|
B|5-----------------------|
G|5-----------------------|
D|5-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  C
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  

e|------------------------|
B|6-----------------------|
G|7-----------------------|
D|7-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  Dm
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|------------------------|
B|------------------------|
G|------------------------|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &

Play once, then repeat, except on the very last bar:

e|---------------3--3--3--|
B|---------------0--0--0--|
G|---------------0--0--0--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 Em

And from then on we'll repeat the "[Verse 1]" bars again:

e|------------------------|
B|5-----------------------|
G|5-----------------------|
D|5-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  C
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|---------------7--7--7--|
B|---------------8--8--8--|
G|---------------9--9--9--|
D|------------------9--9--|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 Em

e|------------------------|
B|6-----------------------|
G|7-----------------------|
D|7-----------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
  Dm
(^^quarter note delay effect)

e|---------------3--3--3--|
B|---------------0--0--0--|
G|---------------0--0--0--|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 G

Every other cycle, though, play the second "Em" at this rhythm, instead: (for example, under the lyric "flies by so fast")

e|------------7--7--7-----|
B|------------8--8--8-----|
G|------------9--9--9-----|
D|---------------9--9-----|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
  1  &  2  &  3  &  4  &  
                 Em

Continue until the beat drops out/"it's a beautiful day" outro. That's it for guitar!