The Kooks – Unnamed Song (Guitar)

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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Connor McLeod – bxr_con Email: [email protected] My First tab, some of the strum patterns and variations you’ll have to figure out yourself but you’ll get the gist with this. Please rate and comment :) INTRO v: down strum ^: up strum p: palm mute

    v ^ vp ^  ^ v       v ^ vp ^  ^ v
e|--x-x-x--x--x-x-------7-7-7--7--7-7-------|
B|--2-2-2--2--3-5-------7-7-7--7--9-10------|
G|--2-2-2--2--2-2-------7-7-7--7--7-7-------|
D|--2-2-2--2--2-2—--x2--9-9-9--9--9-9---x2--|
A|--0-0-0--0--0-0-------7-7-7--7--7-7-------|
E|--x-x-x--x--x-x-------x-x-x--x--x-x-------|

    v ^ vp ^  ^ v       v ^ vp ^  ^ v     You figure it out...
e|--x-x-x--x--x-x-------7-7-7--7--7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
B|--2-2-2--2--3-5-------7-7-7--7--9-10----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
G|--2-2-2--2--2-2-------7-7-7--7--7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|--2-2-2--2--2-2—--x2--9-9-9--9--9-9-----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
A|--0-0-0--0--0-0-------7-7-7--7--7-7-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
E|--x-x-x--x--x-x-------x-x-x--x--x-x-----x-x-x-x-x-x—x-x-x-x-x-x-|

VERSE 1

A  : x0222x
E7sus2  : x79777

E7sus2* : x79797 = E (follows same strum pattern as intro) E7sus2**: x797107

A                                E              E
I was afraid because Mary-Louise was in town,

A                                             E             E7sus2
She could suck all the air around herself and sell it on,

CHORUS Bm : x24432 Bm*: x04432 E : 02210x E* : 02020x E**: 02010x

    Bm              Bm*                        E     E*
When she's in town, the birds storm out from their trees,

    Bm              Bm*                    E     E**
When she's in town, the birds come out for fear of missing out,

Intro x2 (take off one strum at the end of the E7sus2) VERSE 2

A                                     E               E
Oh and I found her, she was all about hanging out,

A                                   E               E7sus2
She's a nasty piece of work, but we figured out,

CHORUS

     Bm                  Bm*          E   E* E
Still when she's in town hours slip away,

     Bm               Bm*                  E (lots of down strums)
When she's in town, the birds come out for fear of missing out,

INTRO x2 (with the dada da da da’s) CHORUS

        Bm        Bm*   E
When she's about, hours disappear,

      Bm           Bm*                 E7sus2
When she's in town, birds come out for fear of missing out.

INTRO x1 (dada da’s) OUTRO (single strum) ~ =let ring Using E7sus2 chords: E** E* E E* E** E A~ Hope this helped! If you have problems feel free to pm me. Also please rate and comment :)