Black Country, New Road - Basketball shoes
tabsver. 1
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Tuning: D A D G B E
E|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|--0----0--------| Repeat this a few times before the main intro riff kicks in
D|--4----5--------|
A|----------------|
D|----------------|
[Intro and verse 1]
E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--0----0----0----0----0----0----|
D|--4----5--\-2----0----0----0----|
A|-----------------3----2----x----|
D|---------------------------5----|
[Instrumental section] (begins after "and we never look at our phones any more...")
E|-----------------------|
B|-----7-----------------|
G|--------4--6-----------| Repeat x8
D|---------------5---4---|
A|-----------------------|
D|--0--------------------|
E|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|--4----2----0----| Played just before the verse 2 riff starts
D|--0----0----0----|
A|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
[Verse 2]
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Repeat x12 throughout verse
D|--------4--------0--------5--------0----------4--------0--------5--------0----|
A|-----0--------0--------0--------0----------0--------0--------0--------4-------|
D|--0--------4--------5--------4----------0--------4--------5--------4----------|
After Luke has played the above riff 8x, Isaac repeatedly plays an F# note on the 19th fret of the B string.
E|------------------|
B|-7----------------|
G|---4-6------------| This short riff is played just before going in to the instrumental section.
D|-------5-4--------|
A|-----------4------|
D|------------------|
[Instrumental section]
This section starts off with just sax, violin and bass.
The guitar part comes in after the melody has been played 4 times.
E|-------------------------|
B|------7------------------|
G|---------4--6------------| Repeat x8 w/ distortion
D|--0------------5--4------|
A|--0----------------------|
D|--0----------------------|
[Chorus] (6/8 time) Isaac plays through this chord progression 4 times
before he sings "In my bed sheets are wet..."
E|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--| His strumming pattern for this is down-down-up
D|--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| Repeat until the end of the song
D|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5--|