Tabbed By: Mike
Standard Tuning
I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.
Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way
(this just sounds best to me):
[A] [C#m] [Abm] [B] [E] [Eb/B]
[A]You've been famous since your [C#m]birth
And a silent one it [Abm]was,
Till they told me it's a [B]girl
And everybody [A]gasped
I know how to raise you [C#m]right
Teach you how to [Abm]read
Do math, share toys spell names and [B]alphabet
And how to be [A]polite[C#m][Abm][B]
[A]You've been famous since your [C#m]birth
And a silent one it [Abm]was,
Till they told me it's a [B]girl
And everybody [A]said
You and your atlas know it [C#m]all
Let the corners [Abm]curl
Cause if you go by [B]night
You'll hit the coast for [E]sure
...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
Chorus
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tokyo_police_club/listen_to_the_math_crd.html )
[E]It's a [Eb/B]ruse, it's a [Abm]laugh
Experts, they'd a[B]gree
[B]Listen to the math
[E]Austra[Eb/B]lopithe[Abm]cine
Rekindle your [B]heart
[B]These hospital machines
Are state of the art[A][C#m][Abm][B]
Then:
[A]I've put down my middle [C#m]name
In the back of her [Abm]book
And signed it just in [B]case
Our walk was over [A]love
Cause I've got one more up my [C#m]sleeve
Bring it out [Abm]tonight
Cause if I am the [B]joke
Then you're the punchline[E]
-Into Chorus
Then:
A C#m Abm B x2
and on the last time:
| End on: (on the same beat as the B chord below)
End on:
But it's the [B]art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
I need a [E]second opinion
Not a second to waste
Standard Tuning
I wanted to play this song acoustically so I came up with this to kind of mix the
bass and guitar together and I think it sounds
pretty decent. Works best if you have another guitar to play the little lead part
during the chorus.
Just as a heads-up, this is how I play the chords but you can do it any other way
(this just sounds best to me):
[A] [C#m] [Abm] [B] [E] [Eb/B]
e|--0-------4---0---0---0------|
B|--0---5---4---0---0---0------|
G|--6---6---4---8---9---8------|
D|--7---6---6---9---9---9------|
A|--7---4---6---9---7---6------|
E|--5-------4---7---0----------|
[A]You've been famous since your [C#m]birth
And a silent one it [Abm]was,
Till they told me it's a [B]girl
And everybody [A]gasped
I know how to raise you [C#m]right
Teach you how to [Abm]read
Do math, share toys spell names and [B]alphabet
And how to be [A]polite[C#m][Abm][B]
[A]You've been famous since your [C#m]birth
And a silent one it [Abm]was,
Till they told me it's a [B]girl
And everybody [A]said
You and your atlas know it [C#m]all
Let the corners [Abm]curl
Cause if you go by [B]night
You'll hit the coast for [E]sure
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...Verse goes straight into chorus on E
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Chorus
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/tokyo_police_club/listen_to_the_math_crd.html )
[E]It's a [Eb/B]ruse, it's a [Abm]laugh
Experts, they'd a[B]gree
[B]Listen to the math
[E]Austra[Eb/B]lopithe[Abm]cine
Rekindle your [B]heart
[B]These hospital machines
Are state of the art[A][C#m][Abm][B]
e-----7---------7---------7---------7-------|
B-------9---------9---------9---------9-----| --> second guitar plays this through out the chorus
G---9-----9---8-----8---9-----9---8-----8---|
D-------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------|
Then:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11-13-13--8-88------------------| x4
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[A]I've put down my middle [C#m]name
In the back of her [Abm]book
And signed it just in [B]case
Our walk was over [A]love
Cause I've got one more up my [C#m]sleeve
Bring it out [Abm]tonight
Cause if I am the [B]joke
Then you're the punchline[E]
------------------
-Into Chorus
------------------
Then:
A C#m Abm B x2
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|--11111111-11/13-13-\8-88------------------| x7
D|---x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-xx------------------|
A|---9-9-9-9--9/11-11-\6-66------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
and on the last time:
| End on: (on the same beat as the B chord below)
e|--------------------------------|------------|
B|--------------------------------|------------|
G|--16-16-16-16--16\14-14-14-1414-|-\13--------|
D|---x--x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x-x-|---x--------|
A|--14-14-14-14--14\12-12-12-1212-|-\11--------|
E|--------------------------------|------------|
End on:
But it's the [B]art of the state
That's gonna keep me awake
I need a [E]second opinion
Not a second to waste
