The Great Skua
British Sea power
--
Tab by Nasher (NS)
One of my favourite BSP songs, enjoy!
Intro/Verse
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Guitar 1
Hold these notes and let ring. Keep playing whilst guitar 2 comes in
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----------4--------------0---------------0------------------|
D|---5-----------5--------------5---------------5----------------| x4
A|-----3-----------3--------------3---------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
Comes in after Guitar 1 has played once
- First Part
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-5-5------8-5-5----------3-5-5------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
- Second part
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
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e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----------------------------5------(let ring)----------------|
D|-3----(x16)-------------------5--------------------------------| x2
A|-3----------------------------3--------------------------------|
E|-1-------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2
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Add a tiny bit of distortion
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----4-4---4-4-4-4-----0-0---0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0-0--|
D|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5--| x4
A|-3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Breakdown
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Guitar 1
(You can play either full chords or power chords)
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/b/british-sea-power/344096.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------4-------------2------------0--------------------|
D|-7--(x16)------5--(x16)------3--(x16)-----2--(x16)-------------| x4
A|-7-------------5-------------3------------2--------------------|
E|-5-------------3-------------1------------0--------------------|
Guitar 2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Both Guitars
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---(let ring)------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
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(repeat Verse2)
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(repeat Breakdown)
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Outro (woooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
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e|-1------------1------------0-----------------------------------|
B|-3--(x16)-----1--(x16)-----1--(x16)----------------------------|
G|-2------------2------------0-----------------------------------|
D|-0------------3------------2-----------------------------------| x2
A|--------------3------------3-----------------------------------|
E|--------------1------------------------------------------------|
Finish on Open C
e|----0-------------------------------|
B|----1-------------------------------|
G|----0------------(let ring)---------|
D|----2-------------------------------|
A|----3-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note