Tuning: Half step down (D#G#C#F#A#D#)
Key: Eb/Cm
Chords are not transposed with the tuning, so an Eb is played like an E in
standard tuning, a Cm is played like a C#m and so on.
Intro:
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|----12h14p12p0------12h14p12p0--|----12h14p12p0-------12h14p12p0--|-17-|
|-13--------------13-------------|-13--------------13--------------|-16-|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|----|
Riff 1
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-17--14--12--14--|--|--|-12-|--|-14-|--|-12-|
|-16--14--13--14--|--|--|-13-|--|-14-|--|-13-|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
|-----------------|--|--|----|--|----|--|----|
((b)
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
|-14-|-16-17-|-12-|--|-14-|-16-17-|-17-||-17-|-17-17-17-17-17-17-17-|
|-14-|-14-14-|-13-|--|-14-|-14-14-|-16-||-14-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||-16-|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
|----|-------|----|--|----|-------|----||----|----------------------|
Riff 2
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----12h14p12p0-----12h14p12p0--|----12h14p12p0------12h14p12p0--|
|-13-------------13-------------|-13-------------13--------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-9----------9----------|-9----------9----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-8----------8----------|-8----------8----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
1..
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|---7h9p7p0----7h9p7p0--|
|-9----------9----------|-9----------9----------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
2..
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-9-9-9-9-9-7-7-|-7-9-9-10-10-9-9-9-|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9-9-9--9--9-9-9-9-|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
Outro (7/8)
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|-4-6-8h9-|-4-6-8h9-| |-11-9-8\4-|-11-9-8\-|
|---------|---------| X7 |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
|---------|---------| |----------|---------|
Riff 1a
Ab/EbEb
Well how's your view of thing today
Ab/Eb
Got up young to fade away
Eb
The sinners sin but aren't aware
Our fables take us everywhere
AbAb/#11 AbEb
I can't keep up with you
AbAb/#11 AbEb
I can't keep up
Riff 1b
Ab/EbEb
I can't compete with history
Ab/Eb
We'll film it live but dub our tale
Eb
The mystery must stay inside
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/bubbles_tab_ver_4.html )
Look at our homes, look at our lives
AbAb/#11 AbEb
In control of the morning
AbAb/#11 AbFm7
In control of the sea
Riff2
CmAb
You are creating all the bubbles at night
BbCm
I'm chasing round trying to pop them all the time
CmAb
We don't need to trust a single word they say
BbCm
You are creating all the bubbles at play
EbFmGm
There's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl
AbEb
And she's down by the river
CmAb
In her own creepy world, there's a girl, there's a girl
Bb
And she's down by the river
CmAb
It's time to consider
CmEb
That baby is a sinner
Fm
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
GmAb
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Eb
She'll wash away your sins and go home
Riff 1b
Ab/EbEb
I only once upset my kin
Ab/Eb
Accused him of a moral slip
Eb
He came back and claimed a change
I know his life's the same again
AbAb/#11 AbEb
I can't ask him again
AbAb/#11 AbFm7
I should let it go
Riff2
CmAb
You are creating all the bubbles at night
BbCm
I'm chasing round trying to pop them all the time
CmAb
We don't need to trust a single word they say
BbCm
You are creating all the bubbles at play
EbFmGm
There's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl, there's a girl
AbEb
And she's down by the river
CmAb
In her own creepy world, there's a girl, there's a girl
Bb
And she's down by the river
CmAb
It's time to consider
CmEb
That baby is a sinner
Fm
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
GmAb
She'll wash away your sins (wash away your sins)
Eb
She'll wash away your sins and go home
Outro 7/8
|Cm|Cm|Cm|Cm|Ab|Ab|Ab|Ab|
|Cm|Cm|Cm|Cm|Ab|Ab|Eb|Eb|
X4
Starting at third repetition
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|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12...-|
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|--9--9--9--9--9--9--9...-|
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Last repetition
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|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|-11-|-11-|-11h14p11-|-11-|-11-|-11-|-11h14p11-|-11-|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|----|----|----------|----|----|----|----------|----|
|--9----|--9----11----|----------|--9----11----|----|--|
|-12b14-|-12b14-14b16-|----------|-12b14-14b16-|----|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|-------|-------------|-11h14h11-|-------------|-11-|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|-------|-------------|----------|-------------|----|--|
|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|----------|----------|-------|-------|
|-11-9-8\4-|-11-9-8\4-|-11----|-11----|
|----------|----------|----11-|----11-|
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