Mystery Girl tab by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Mystery Girl
by Yeah Yeah Yeahs
from the EP "Yeah Yeah Yeahs"
tabbed by Chris Schulz

Chords:

  EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe   EADGBe
E7: 022130 A7: X02223 G: 355543 F#: 244322 F: 133211

  EADGBe   E A D G B e   E A D G B e
E: 022100 A: X 12 14 14 14 12 B: X 14 16 16 16 14

Here are some rhythm structures, they're not completely right, but they sound close. The
are written above the notes.

This one I'll call E5:
  1& 2& 3& 4 &  1 &2 &3 & 4
A|-2--4--5--4-2-|---4--5--5--4-|
E|-0--0--0--0-0-|---0--0--0--0-|

This is A5:
  1& 2& 3& 4 &  1 &2 &3 & 4
D|-2--4--5--4-2-|---4--5--5--4-|
A|-0--0--0--0-0-|---0--0--0--0-|
E|-----------------------------|

For the E-slide, start on the low E string at the 12th fret and tremolo pick while
down to open.

INTRO:

| G | F# F | E-slide |


VERSE:
      E5
It was the struggle of the century
      A5
And all the grown men came to see
  E5
The girl who could tame the tiger, yeah, yeah
  A5
The heart of the Southern lover
   E5
They found her under the sea
       A5           A7
She said she came from cell block 3

(On the last A5, stop at measure 2, beat 1&. Replace the remaining notes with A7 in rhythm.)

PRE-CHORUS:

(For the pre-chorus, hit the bass note twice, then the full chord, a total of four times
chord)

  E7
The girl hit hot like a barracuda baby
  A7
She floated on air like a crest of a wave
     E7
She was a primal institution
     A7
She was a danger to herself, yeah
F#        E
Mad lovin' by the cold hearted
E-slide
Take a deep breath, babe cause we've just started

CHORUS:

The rhythm changes here:

E5*:
  1& 2& 3 & 4 &
A|-2--4--5-5-4--|
E|-0--0--0-0-0--|

A5*:
  1& 2& 3 & 4 &
D|-2--4--5-5-4--|
A|-0--0--0-0-0--|
E|--------------|

E5*      A5*
Mystery Girl, Mystery Girl
E5*         A5*
Keep on fakin' your mystery world
      E5*       A5*
Cause the mystery boys will be your toys, yeah
  E5*        A5*      G A B E-slide
The mystery boys will be your toys

VERSE:
   E5
Not a day goes by I wanna disappear
 A5
Into her a eyes of mother of pearl
    E5
And my head feels dead from all this useless fightin'
    A5                 A7
But my heart ain't dead cause it keeps on lovin'

PRE-CHORUS

CHORUS

OUTRO:

repeat G A B over the lyrics

The mystery boys will be your toys, yeah
The mystery boys will be your toys
They'll be your toys, yeah girls
They'll be your toys, alright...