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When The Sun Goes Down

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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: [email protected]



Tuning: STANDARD (E A D G B e)

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 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>-------------|
|------------<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>-------------|
|------------<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>-------------|
|------------<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>--<3>-<3>---<3>---<3>---<3>-------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  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
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