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When The Sun Goes Down  by Arctic Monkeys

When The Sun Goes Down tab by Arctic Monkeys (Ver. 2)

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       WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN - ARCTIC MONKEYS
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Band: Arctic Monkeys
Song: When The Sun Goes Down
Album: Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)


Tabbed by: skatersic666
Email: totalrock2003@yahoo.com



Tuning: STANDARD (E A D G B e)
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Accuracy Rating: - Votes: -
This is tabbed out for guitar one and guitar two. Guitar two comes
at the start of the distortion part. Listen to the CD to get the
strumming correct.

Any correcton i will be happy to change.
The chord names are a little dogey but you get the jist of it.

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::VERSES ONE AND TWO:: GUITAR ONE
 B            Eb7   E7
  1.I said who's that girl there  I wonder what went wrong so that
  2.And  what  a scummy man   Just give him half a chance Id bet
|---------------------x----------------------------------------------|
|-x-------------------x----8----x--9----------------------------x----|
|-8-------------------x----6----x--8----------------------------x----|
|-9-------------------x----8----x--9----------------------------x----|
|-9-------------------x----6----x--7---------------------------------|
|-7-------------------x----------------------------------------------|
   B7              E7              B7
 she had to roam the streets she dun't do major credit cards I doubt
 he'd rob you if he can      Can see it in his eyes yeah...got
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----4----------------------x-----9--------------------x-------4-----|
|----3----------------------x-----8--------------------x-------3-----|
|----4----------------------x-----9--------------------x-------4-----|
|----2----------------------x-----7--------------------x-------2-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                   C#m      F#5 E5 D# C# D#
 she does recipts It all not quite legitimate
  a driving ban   amoung ..... offences
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------x--------------5--------x-(5)/--------7-7--7---|
|---------------------x--------------6--------x-(6)/--11-9--8-6--8---|
|---------------------x--------------6--------x-(6)/--11-9--8-6--8---|
|---------------------x--------------4--------x-(4)/--9--7--6-4--6---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


::VERSE THREE::
 G#m           D#m         G#m
   And ive seen him with girls of the night and he told Roxanne to
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--------------x---------7---------------x--12--------------------|
|-13--------------x---------8---------------x--13--------------------|
|-13--------------x---------8------------------13--------------------|
|-11-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
     D#m       G#m           D#m
 put on her red light   There all infected but he'll be alright
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------7------------x--12------------------x----7------------------|
|--------8------------x--13------------------x----8------------------|
|--------8------------x--13------------------x----8------------------|
|--------x-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
        C#m   D#m    E7     F#7
 'cause he's a scumbag don't you know
|---------------------x---------x----------x-------------------------|
|-x-------------5---5-x---7---7-x----9---9-x---11--------------------|
|-x-------------6---6-x---8---8-x----8---8-x---10--------------------|
|-x-------------6---6-----8---8------9---9-----11--------------------|
|---------------4---4-----6---6------7---7-----9---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
                 B
 I said he's a scumbag don't you know
|---------------------------------2----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------3----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------2----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

::INTERLUDE::
 Gm F#m Bm                       Gm F#m Bm
GUITAR ONE
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-4--3---4------------------------------------------------4--3---4---|
|-5--4---4------------------------------------------------5--4---4---|
|-5--4---2------------------------------------------------5--4---2---|
|-3--2----------------------------------------------------3--2-------|
||
||GUITAR TWO
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Gm F#m Bm                       Gm F#m Bm
GUITAR ONE
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-4--3---4------------------------------------------------4--3---4---|
|-5--4---4------------------------------------------------5--4---4---|
|-5--4---2------------------------------------------------5--4---2---|
|-3--2----------------------------------------------------3--2-------|
||          Bm
||GUITAR TWO
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------3--3--3--3------3-3-3-3-3----------------------|
|---------------------4--4--4--4------4-4-4-4-4----------------------|
|---------------------4--4--4--4------4-4-4-4-4----------------------|
|---------------------2--2--2--2------2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Gm F#m Bm                       Gm F#m Bm
GUITAR ONE
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------3-------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-4--3---4------------------------------------------------4--3---4---|
|-5--4---4------------------------------------------------5--4---4---|
|-5--4---2------------------------------------------------5--4---2---|
|-3--2----------------------------------------------------3--2-------|
||          Bm
||GUITAR TWO
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3------------------|
|---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------|
|---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------|
|---------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

GUITAR ONE
|--------------------------------|
|--------3-----------------------|
|-4--3---4-----------------------|
|-5--4---4-----------------------|
|-5--4---2-----------------------|
|-3--2---------------------------|
||
||GUITAR TWO
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------0-2-4-|
|----------------------2-2-------|
|----------3-3--2-2--2-----------|

 BOTH GUITARS
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------0-2-4-| x3 THEN |-----------------4-2-0---|
|----------------------2-2-------|     |-------------2-2---------|
|----------3-3--2-2--2-----------|     |-3-3--2-2--2-------------|



::VERSE FOUR:: (No guitars only drums and bass)

Although you're trying not to listen
I bet your eyes are staring at the ground
She maks a subtle proposition
Im sorry love i'll have to turn you down

::PRE-CHORUS:: GUITAR ONE
               Gm    F#    Bm
 And he must be up to summot          Want half a chance
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x------|
|---------------------------x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x------|
|---------------------------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x------|
|---------------------------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x------|
|---------------------------x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x-----------------------|
   Gm    F#    Bm           Gm    F#
 ...more than likly  I got a feeling in my stomache
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-------------------------------|
|--x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-------x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x------|
|--x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x------------------------x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x------|
 Bm            Gm    F#    Bm
 I start to wonder what his story might be what....might be yeah
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x---------|
|-4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x--------x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x---------|
|-4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x--------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x---------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x--------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x---------|
|------------------------x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x--------------------------|


::CHORUS ONE:: BOTH GUITARS
 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down           yeah
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5   F#5     B5          A    F#
 Around here               around  here   arh
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11-----------------------6---------3---------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11--9-9-9-----9-9-x------7---------4---------------|
|-7-7-7--7/9--9---9---9-9-9-----9-9-x------7---------4---------------|
|---------------------7-7-7-----7-7-x------5---------2---------------|


::BRIDGE INTO VERSE FIVE:: BOTH GUITARS
                             And look here
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------------|     |-------------------------|
|--------------------------0-2-4-| x3 THEN |-----------------4-2-0---|
|----------------------2-2-------|     |-------------2-2---------|
|----------3-3--2-2--2-----------|     |-3-3--2-2--2-------------|

   Gm    F#    Bm           Gm    F#
 comes a Ford Mondeo  Isnt   he      Mr.Inconspicuois
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-------------------------------|
|--x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-------x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x-------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x------|
|--x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x------------------------x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x------|

 Bm            Gm    F#    Bm
 And he doesnt even    have to say 'owt she understand she
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x----------------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x---------|
|-4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x--------x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x---------|
|-4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x--------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x---------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x--------x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x---------|
|------------------------x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x--------------------------|

   Gm    F#    Bm         N.C
 here to get picked up I bet shes delighted when....him  pulling
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------3-3-x-x-3-3-x-x-------------------------------|
|--x-4-4-x-x--3-3-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x-------------------------------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--4-4-x-x-4-4-x-x--------------------0-2-4------|
|--x-5-5-x-x--4-4-x-x--2-2-x-x-2-2-x-x----------------2-2------------|
|--x-3-3-x-x--2-2-x-x---------------------3-3--2-2--2----------------|

 in...eye because she must be...freezing Scantily...beneath sky
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------0-2-4-------------------0-2-4----------------------|
|-------------2-2---------------------2-2--------------------2-2-----|
|-3-3--2-2--2-------------3-3--2-2--2------------3-3--2-2--2---------|

 Bm
 She don't stop in the winter no
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3--3--------3-----------3------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--------4-----------4------------------------------------------|
|-4--4--------4-----------4------------------------------------------|
|-2--2--------2-----------2------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|


::CHOUS TWO::
 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down           yeah
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down            and
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5   F#5     B5
 Around here
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11-------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11--9-9-9-----9-9-x--------------------------------|
|-7-7-7--7/9--9---9---9-9-9-----9-9-x--------------------------------|
|---------------------7-7-7-----7-7-x--------------------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 Over  the river   going  out of town
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5    F#5    B5
 They say it changes when the sun goes down
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11----------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9---9/11-----11--11---9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-7--7----7---7/9------9---9----9---9---9-----9-9-x------------------|
|-------------------------------7---7---7-----7-7-x------------------|

 E5   F#5     B5          A    F#
 Around here               around  here     Arh
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11-----------------------6---------3---------------|
|-9-9-9--9/11-11--11--9-9-9-----9-9-x------7---------4---------------|
|-7-7-7--7/9--9---9---9-9-9-----9-9-x------7---------4---------------|
|---------------------7-7-7-----7-7-x------5---------2---------------|

::OUTRO::
 B          Eb7  E7
  And what a scummy man  Just give him half a chance i bet he'll
|---------------------6---x------------------------------------------|
|---------------------8---x--9--------------------------------x------|
|-8-------------------7---x--8--------------------------------x------|
|-9-------------------8---x--9--------------------------------x------|
|-9-------------------6------7---------------------------------------|
|-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
 B7           E7               B7
  rob you if he can   See it in his eyes yeah that he got a nasty
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4----------------x-----9--------------------x---------4-----------|
|--3----------------x-----8--------------------x---------3-----------|
|--4----------------x-----9--------------------x---------4-----------|
|--2----------------x-----7--------------------x---------2-----------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

        C#m   D#m    E7     F#7
 plan hope your not involved at all
|---------------------x---------x----------x-------------------------|
|----x----------5---5-x---7---7-x----9---9-x---11--------------------|
|----x----------6---6-x---8---8-x----8---8-x---10--------------------|
|----x----------6---6-----8---8------9---9-----11--------------------|
|---------------4---4-----6---6------7---7-----9---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

               B
|-10--10--10--10--10----9-----7--------------------------------------|
|-11--11--11--11--11----11----7--------------------------------------|
|-11--11--11--11--11----11----8--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------7--------------------------------------|


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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
 P.M Palm Mute
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