Maxïmo Park – Girls Who Play Guitars (Guitar Tab)

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First tab, I noticed some deficiencies in the other posted guitar tab so here goes. Moderate distortion Intro: let open low E string ring

Verse: "You've been/In the gaps"
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------9-11------------------------9-11---9-11-|
|--9-11---9-11---9-11---0-0----9-11---9-11---9-11---0-0----0-0--|
|--0-0----0-0----0-0-----------0-0----0-0----0-0----------------|

verse into Prechorus: "We used to talk about..."
from.....v there onward play as all 8th notes
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------9-11---|
|-9-11---9-11-11-11-------------------------9-11-11-11-11-12--------|
|-0-0----0-0--0--0---9-11-11-11-11-12-12-12-0-0--0--0--0--0---------|
|--------------------0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--------------------------|
                    (^ ---- repeat this segment 4 times  -----------| ^)

Chorus:
|---------------------------3-3--3-3----------------------------|
|--10-10-10-11-10-10-10-----5-5--3-3----------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----5-5--4-4----------------------------|
|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-----5-5--5-5----------------------------|
|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------3-3--5-5----------------------------|
|--------------------------------3-3----------------------------|

NOTE: For the chorus, - on the first two iterations, play the chorus segment four times. - for the third iteration, play it five times.

Bridge: "When you lie in your bed..."
(Play as constant eigth notes for the non-chord part)
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------4-------4-------4-------4--------------6-------6-------6-|
|---4-4---4-------------------------(x4)---6-6---6---------------|
|-----------5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5----------------7-7---7-7-7---|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------12-12---7---12-12---10-10--10--------------|
|-------6------------13-13---8---12-12---11-11--11--------------|
|------------(x2)----14-14---9---12-12---12-12--12--(x4)--------|
|-7-7-7---7-----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro is one iteration of the verse, plus four iterations of the prechorus, ending on low E string again. Song Structure: Verse Prechorus Verse Prechorus Chorus Verse Chorus Bridge Chorus Outro Thanks for reading, rate please.