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YOU PROBABLY COULDN'T SEE FOR
THE LIGHTS BUT YOU WERE LOOKING - ARCTIC MONKEYS
STRAIGHT AT ME
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Band: Arctic Monkeys
Song: You Probably Couldn't See For The Lights But You Were Looking
Straight At Me
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)
This is tabbed out for guitar one and guitar two.
Listen to the CD to get the timing correct.
Any correcton i will be happy to change.
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:INTRO:GUITAR ONE B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
|GUITAR TWO| B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
| B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
| B5 D G5 C#|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------11--x--12--10----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--12--11----------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9----12--x--10--11----------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7----10--x------9-----------------|
B5 B5 F#5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-----------------||----x-9--------x-9-----11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11--11-----------------||-x--x-9-----x--x-9-----9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9---9------------------||-x--x-7-----x--x-7--------------------------------------------------|
| B5 B5 F#5 N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11---------------------||----x-9--------x-9-----11-11-11-11--11-11-11-11----9--7------9--7---||-x--x-9-----x--x-9-----9--9--9--9---9--9--9--9----------9---------9-||-x--x-7-----x--x-7-------------------------------7---------7--------|
:VERSE ONE: GUITAR TWO N.C One look sends it coursing through the veins oh how the feeling races|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----9---7-----------------------------------------------4----------||---------------9--7------------------5----7---7--5---7------5---4---||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.C Back up to their brains to form expressions on there stupid faces|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----9--7-----------------------------------------------4-----------||------------9----7------------------5--7-----7--5----7-----5---4----||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.C They don't want to say hello Like I want to say hello Well|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----9------7---------------------------------------4---------------||----------------9--7-----------------5-7--7-5----7------5-4---------||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
:CHORUS: N.C my heart beats at its peak when you're coming up to speak Oh|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---------9----7---------------------------------------------4-------||-------------------9--7----------------5-7--7----5--7----------5-4--||---7----------------------------------------------------------------|
B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 B5 D5 E5And I'm so tense, never ten ser Could all go a bit Frank |--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------9-x--11-x-----------------------------9-x---||---------9-x-x--12-x-x--9-x--11-x-12--9-x-x---------12-x-x----9-x---||---------9-x-x--12-x-x--7-x--9--x-12--9-x-x---------12-x-x----7-x---||---------7-x-x--10-x-x------------10--7-x-x---------10-x-x----------|
F#5 D5 B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 B5 D5 E5 Sepn cer and im talking gibberish Tip of the tounge but I can't|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-x-----------------------9-x--11-x-------------------------9-x---||-11-x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--9-x--11-x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x-----9-x---||-9--x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--7-x--9--x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x-----7-x---||------10---7-x-x----10-x-x------------10---7-x-x---10-x-x-----------|
F#5 D5 B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 B5 D5 E5 deliver it ..Properly__________ Oh its all getiing on|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-x-----------------------9-x--11-x------------------------9-x----||-11-x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--9-x--11-x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x----9-x----||-9--x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--7-x--9--x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x----7-x----||------10---7-x-x----10-x-x------------10---7-x-x---10-x-x-----------|
| N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||----------/9-9------7-7-------------------/9-9-----7-7--------------||---------------------------9-9---7----5----------------------9-9----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
top of me And if it wernt this dark you could see how red my face|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-x-----------------------9-x--11-x------------------------9-x----||-11-x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--9-x--11-x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x----9-x----||-9--x-12---9-x-x----12-x-x--7-x--9--x-12---9-x-x---12-x-x----7-x----||------10---7-x-x----10-x-x------------10---7-x-x---10-x-x-----------|
|N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||----------/9-9------7-7-------------------/9-9-----7-7--------------||-7----5----------------------9-9---7----5--------------------9-9----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
has gone yea|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-11-x---------------------------------------------------------------||-11-x-12------------------------------------------------------------||-9--x-12------------------------------------------------------------||------10------------------------------------------------------------|
| N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-7----5-------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
:PRE-VERSE: B5 A5 B5 N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------7-7--/9--9-9-9---7-7-7--9-9-9\-||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
B5 A5 B5 N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7--/9--9-9-9---7-7-7--9-9-9\-||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9---------------------------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
B5 A5 B5 N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------7-7-7--/9--9-9-9--7------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
|B5 A5 B5 N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--7-7--/9--9-9-9---7-------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-7--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9---------------------------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-5--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7---------------------------------|
:VERSE TWO: GUITAR TWO N.CEverybody's trying to crack the jokes and that to make you smile|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||---9-7------------------------------------------------4-------------||------------9--7-----------------5-7-7-------5---7--------5---4-----||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.C Those that claim that they're not showing off are drowning in denial|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||------9----7------------------------------------------------4-------||-----------------9----7---------------------5-7-7--5-----7-----5--4-||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.C They're not half as bad as me say anything and I'll agree 'cause when|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------9---7-------------------------------------4-----------------||----------------9--7-----------5-7-7-------5---7------5----4--------||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
N.CWhen it comes to acting up, I'm sure I could write the book and now that|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||----9---7-----------------------------------------------------------||--------------9--7----------------5-7-7-------------5---7-----------||-7------------------------------------------------------------------|
:CHORUS: D5 B5ur more than a part in the play|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---||-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
| N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------7--------------------7---------------------------------||-------9-----------9----7---9------------9-----7--------------------||----------------------------------------------------9--7--9---------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D5 E5 F#5 D5 D5 B5 Its slightly easier to think what to say|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------|-------------------------------------------------------||----9-11-----|-------------------------------------------------------||-12-9-11-12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9||-12-7-9--12--|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--9-9-9||-10------10--|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--7-7-7|
|D5 E5 F#5 D5 N.C |-------------|-------------------------------------------------------||-------------|--------7-------------------------7--------------------||----9-11-----|--9----------------9----7---9------------9-----7-------||-12-9-11-12--|--------------------------------------------------9--7-||-12-7-9--12--|-------------------------------------------------------||-10------10--|-------------------------------------------------------|
B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 D5 You had us all |------------------------|--------------------------------------------||------------------------|--------------------------------------------||----------------9-11----|--------------------------------------------||-9-9-9-9-9---12-9-11-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||-9-9-9-9-9---12-7-9--12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||-7-7-7-7-7---10------10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
|N.C D5 E5 F#5 D5 N.C|------------------------|--------------------------------------------||------------------------|---------7------------------------7---------||----------------9-11----|--9----------------9----7---9------------9--||-9-----------12-9-11-12-|--------------------------------------------||-------------12-7-9--12-|--------------------------------------------||-------------10------10-|--------------------------------------------|
D5 B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 D5 standing on our heads Doing it out best tricks|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------9-11----|-----------------------------------||-12--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-9-11-12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||-12--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---12-7-9--12-|12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12||-10--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---10------10-|10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10|
|N.C D5 E5 F#5 D5 N.C|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||----------------------------------|---------7------------------------7||-7------------------------9-11----|--9----------------9----7---9------||------9---7---9--------12-9-11-12-|-----------------------------------||-----------------------12-7-9--12-|-----------------------------------||-----------------------10------10-|-----------------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 C#5 B5 yeah|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-12--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--------12-11-9----------------||-12-12-12-12--13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13--------12-11-9----------------||-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--------10-9--7----------------|
|N.C|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--9-------7--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-7-------------------||--------------------------------------------------9--(5)\-----------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
:PRE-OUTO: B5 F#5 D5 B5 F#5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------11----------------------11-------||---------------------------------9-11-12-----------------9-11-12----||---------------------------------9-9--12-----------------9-9--12----||---------------------------------7----10-----------------7----10----|
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| B5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 B5 F#5 D5 E5 F#5 D5 B5 F#5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------9-x--11-x----------11-------9-x-11----------11------||-9-x-x--12-x-x--9-x--11-x-12-x-x-9-11-12----9-x-11-12-x-x-9-11-12---||-9-x-x--12-x-x--7-x--9--x-12-x-x-9-9--12----7-x-9--12-x-x-9-9--12---||-7-x-x--10-x-x------------10-x-x-7----10-----------10-x-x-7----10---|
N.C B5 F#5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------11-------------------------------------------------||---------------9-11-12----------------------------------------------||-7---9---------9-9--12----------------------------------------------||-------10------7----10----------------------------------------------|
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| B5 F#5 D5 B5 F#5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-x-11----------11-------------------------------------------------||-9-x-11-12-x-x-9-11-12----------------------------------------------||-7-x-9--12-x-x-9-9--12----------------------------------------------||--------10-x-x-7----10----------------------------------------------|
:OUTRO: D5 F#5 B5 E5 D5 F#5 Ne______ver______ a________gain__ Ne______ver______|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x-----------9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--||-10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x--9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x---10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x--||-------------------------7-7-7-x------------------------------------|
| D5 F#5 B5 E5 D5 F#5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x-----------9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x--||-10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x--9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x---10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x--||-------------------------7-7-7-x------------------------------------|
B5 E5 D5 F#5 B5 E5 a__gain_ no will be there another one quite as|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x-------------9-9-9-x-----||--9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x----9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x-----||--9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x---10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x----9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x-----||--7-7-7-x--------------------------------------7-7-7-x--------------|
| B5 E5 D5 F#5 B5 E5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x-------------9-9-9-x-----||--9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x---12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x----9-9-9-x--9-9-9-x-----||--9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x---10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x----9-9-9-x--7-7-7-x-----||--7-7-7-x--------------------------------------7-7-7-x--------------|
D5 F#5 desirable as you|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x---------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x---------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|D5 F#5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x---------------------------------------------||-12-12-12-x--11-11-11-x---------------------------------------------||-10-10-10-x--9--9--9--x---------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
One look sends it pulsing thorugh the veins oh how the feel races|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|B5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-12------------------------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9-12------------------------------||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-10------------------------------|
D5 backed up to thier brains to form expressions on thier stupid faces|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------12-12-12----12-12---12-12-12-12||-------------------------------------12-12-12----12-12---12-12-12-12||-------------------------------------10-10-10----10-10---10-10-10-10|
| B5 D5|--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--12-12-12----12-12---12-12-12-12||-9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--9-9-9-9--12-12-12----12-12---12-12-12-12||-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7--10-10-10----10-10---10-10-10-10|
IF YOU LIKE THIS TAB PLEASE RATE IT
THANK YOU.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
P.M Palm Mute
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