Crying Lightning Tab

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                               CRYING LIGHTNING - Arctic Monkeys
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Tabbed by: Ollie Milton
 
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
 
Crying Lightning was the first single from the third Arctic Monkeys album,
'Humbug', released in 2009.
 
UPDATE: JULY 27TH 2009
The first time this was tabbed was when they started playing this live, now, having
the studio version I have made some corrections.
 
UPDATE: AUGUST 11TH 2009
Thanks to Nick Pike and Simon Fowler for their corrections. I have included them here.
 
 
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[Intro/Verse]
Bass arr. for guitar
 
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------6-------------------------------|
A|----------/8-8-8-\---------7-7-7----------/10-10-10-3-3-3---0-2-3|
E|5-555-555----------5-555-5--------5-555-5-----------------4------|
 
 
(Jamie)
e|----5----------7-----5-----8-------12-|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8------12----|
G|5----------------5-----9-----13-------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
 
[Intro and 2nd Verse]
 
(Alex)
e|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|------|-------0-3-------|-------3-2-------|-------0-/5-3-2-0-|---0-2-3---------|
A|------|-0-2-3-----------|-0-2-3-----------|-0-2-3------------|-3---------0-2-3-|
E|0-1-4-|-----------0-1-4-|-----------0-1-4-|------------------|---------4-------|
 
 
[Verse]
(Jamie)
 
e|----5----------7-----5-----8----------|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8---8-9v-----|
G|5----------------5-----9--------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
e|----5----------7-----5-----8---/12----|
B|--5---LET RING-----5-----8---8--------|
G|5----------------5-----9--------------|
D|--------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
e|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
B|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
G|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
D|------------------|----------------------|----------------||
A|--------7-6----x8-|---7---6-------6------|---7---6--------||
E|5-5-5-8-----4-----|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3-|-8---4---5-0-1-4||
 
 
[Verse 2]
(Jamie)
 
e|5/13--5/12--5/10--8\4-|
B|----------------------|
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|----------------------|
E|----------------------|
 
e|5/13--17\12--5/10--8\4-|
B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------|
D|-----------------------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
 
 
[Intro]
(Alex plays as shown above)
 
[Chorus]
Alex plays the chords F Dm and Am
 
(Cookie plays)
 
e|-------------12|----------------5|
B|-------------12|----------------5|
G|---9-7-------12|------9-7-------5|
D|10-----7-10----|---10-----10-7---|
A|---------------|-----------------|
E|---------------|-----------------|
 
 
[Bridge]
 
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|----------------|
D|----------------|
A|----------7-6---|
E|5-5-5-5-8-----4-| x4
 
 
[Solo]
 
e|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------|
B|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------10-8-10-8---|
G|5-7-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-5--|-5-7-5-/9-|5-7-5--|-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-----------9-|
D|----------|-----------7|----------|------7|---------------------------|
A|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------|
E|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------|
 
e|-------------------||
B|8h10p8-------------||
G|-------9-5h7p5h7---||
D|-----------------7-||
A|-------------------||
E|-------------------||
 
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|---------------------|
A|---7---6-------6-----|
E|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3| 5^^
 
Let ring. Drums play (First half of vocals in chorus. No guitar)
 
In with chorus F Dm Am
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down
 
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