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A Heady Tale by The Fratellis
A Heady Tale
Chords:
G5 3-5-5-X-X-X G 3-2-0-0-0-3
C5 X-3-5-5-X-X C X-3-2-0-1-0
D5 X-5-7-7-X-X D X-X-0-2-3-2
Cm X-3-5-5-4-3 D7 X-X-0-2-1-2
A5 5-7-7-X-X-X Cadd9 X-3-2-0-3-X
A#5 6-8-8-X-X-X B X-X-4-4-4-2
B5 7-9-9-X-X-X A X-0-2-2-2-0
D7* 10-12-10-11-10*-10
10* - slide on B between 12/13 occasionally
B|--13-12-10---13-12-13-12-10--|
Intro:
(Piano only)
G C G C
G C G C
Verse 1:
(Piano only)
G C G
Pull me up a chair
C G C
And keep your money
G C G C G C G C G C
There's no guarantees
D
Won't you please forgive me?
D7 G C G C G C G C
But you know cold-blooded women make me sneeze
C
And I'll kick you out the door
Cm G C G C G C G C
If for just one minute you lie
D Cadd9 B
They'll come crashing through the wall
A D7 Cadd9 B A G C G C G C G C
And leave you crawling 'til the minute you die
Verse 2:
G C G C
Pour yourself a drink or three
G C G C G C G C G C G C
And maybe we'll think clearer for a while
D
You may be an embarassment
D7 G C G C G C G C
But I love the way your clothes are never in style
C
Living's much too easy
Cm G C G C G C G C
And dying will be some kind of bore
D Cadd9 B A
Well you swear that you're original
D7 Cadd9 B A G C G C G C G C
But I know I've seen those jealous eyes before
Chorus 1:
C5
So steal a watch right off my wrist
G5
Oh and shake me by the hand
D5
We could disappear for days
G5 A5 A#5
And they wouldn't understand
B5 C5
Gypsy blood will get you far
G5 D7*
And we will not miss you when you go
Bridge 1:
D7*...
G C G C
G C G C
Verse 3:
G C G C G
Tear another hole in my brown shoes
C G C G C G C G C G C
And we can all sleep for a while
D
Well I told you once before
D7 G C G C G C G C
I love your braces and your hesitant smile
C
Please don't get me wrong
Cm
It's only right that you can stamp on my heart
D Cadd9 B A
Well I see you and your friends someplace
D7 Cadd9 B A G C G C G C G C
You know I just can't tell you apart
Chorus 2:
C5
And though they'll hunt you like a dog
G5
But they won't take you alive
D5
Cause you made big piles of money
G5 A5 A#5
Stacked up twenty storeys high
B5 C5
Well the boys in every bar
G5 D7*
They will not miss you when you go
Bridge 2:
D7*...
C C C C G C
C C C C G C
D7*...
C C C C G C
C C C C G C
C5 D5
D5 (hard to explain, but strum quickly, then pull off and strum open, and mute almost instantly)
(Piano only)
G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 C5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5
Chorus 3:
C5
So steal the watch right off my wrist
G5
Oh and shake me by the hand
D5
We could disappear for days
G5
And they wouldn't understand
C5
Gypsy blood will get you far
G5
Though it's far away from me
D5
Look me up when you get home
G5
And maybe then we'll see
C5
Well they'll hunt you like a dog
G5
But they won't take you alive
D5
Cause you made big piles of money
G5 A5 A#5
Twenty storeys high
B5 C
The boys in every bar
G5
Well they'll miss you when you're gone
D5
You can tell a Heady Tale
G5 A5 A#5
And we'll both keep screaming on
B5 C5 G5 D5 G5
La la... la la... la la... la la
C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la
B5 C5 G5 D5 G5
La la... la la... la la... la la
C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5
La la... la la... la la... la la la
C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5 B5
C5 G5 D5 G5 A5 A#5 B5...
Play to fade
(Optional Live Outro):
C5 C5 C5
G5 G5 G5
D5 D5 D5
G5 G5 G5
C5 C5 C5
G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5 G5
D5 D5 D5
G5 G5 G5
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version 2
Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)
Piano verse (same chords as verse below)
When the guitar comes in, it goes like this.
Verse (The rhythm's quite jazzy, listen to the song):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------4444-------------------------------|
G|----5----5----7777----5----5----5555-5555----5----5----7777----5----5---|
D|-55-5-55-5----7777-55-5-55-5----5555-5555-55-5-55-5----7777-55-5-55-5-5-|
A|-55-3-55-3-x4-5555-55-3-55-3-x2-3333-3333-55-3-55-3-x2-5555-55-3-55-3-5-|
E|-33---33-----------33---33----------------33---33-----------33---33---3-|
Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-5~--------7777---------5555-------|
D|-5~---5555-7777-5-7-8-9-5555-5555--|
A|-3~---5555-5555-5-7-8-9-3333-5555--|
E|------3333------3-5-6-7------3333--|
The next bit of the chorus contains a simple guitar part and a piano riff that can be
on guitar.
Guitar part (listen for the rhythm):
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------|
A|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
E|--------------------------|
Piano riff (This should be right, according to mambomonkey):
e|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|
B|----10----9----7------------10--10--10--10-------9----7-----|
G|----8-----8----8------------8---8---8---8--------8----8-----|
D|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|x2
A|----9-----9----9------------9---9---9---9--------9----9-----|
E|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|
Play the beginning of verse a couple of times
Verse
Chorus
Bridge:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------5~---7~-|
D|-55-55-555--------------------------------55-55-555------5~---7~-|
A|-55-55-555- x2, then do end of chorus x2 -55-55-555- x2 -3~---5~-|
E|-33-33-333--------------------------------33-33-333--------------|
Piano Interlude
Last Chorus:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-5~----7~----5~----7~----|
D|-5~-5~-7~-5~-5~-5~-7~-5--|
A|-3~-5~-5~-5~-3~-5~-5~-5--|
E|----3~----3~----3~----3--|
Repeat chorus to fade out
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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version 3
Intro:
G C G
G A D
G C A
G E A D G
G
Well grab a chair and keep your money
C G
Oh you know thereʼs no guarantees
G
Well I've told you once before
A D
Big legged? women make me sneeze
G
And Iʼll kick you out the door
C A
Oh if you would only lie
G E
And theyʼll come crashing though the wall
A D G
Till the minute that you die
G
Well Pour a drink or three
C G
And maybe We can all sleep for a while
G
Well I've told you once before
A D
I love your innocent smile
G
Livingʼs much too easy
C A
To be dead would be a bore
G E
Well you swear that youʼre alive
A D G
But I've seen your kind before
D
So steal the watch from off my wrist
C G
Oh and shake me by the hand
G
We could disappear for days
A D
And they wouldnʼt understand
G
Gypsy blood will get you far
C A
Though it's far away from me
G E
Look me up when you get home
C G
And then maybe then we'll see
G
Well Tear a hole in my brown shoes
C G
We could all sleep for a while
G
Well I love your pretty webbed feet
A D
Though they have never been in style
G
Well I've told you once before
C A
That you could break my heart
G E
Well Iʼve seen you and you around
A D G
But I can't tell you apart
D
Though theyʼll hunt you like a dog
C G
Well they wont take you alive
G
Coz you've made them piles of money
A D
Stacked up twenty stories high
G
And the boys in every bar
C A
Well they'll miss you when you gone
G E
You can tell a heady tale
C G
And we'll both keep screamin on
G C G
So if you listen very carefully about right now
G A D
you can probably hear a lawnmower outside in the garden.
G C A
So not only have you got a free song,
G E A D G
but you've got a lawnmower in the back garden!
OK!
D
Well steal the watch from off my wrist
C G
Oh and shake me by the hand
G
We could disappear for days
A D
And they wouldnʼt understand
G
Gypsy blood will get you far
C A
Though that's far away from me
G E
Look me up when you get home
C G
And maybe then we'll see
D
And oh theyʼll hunt you like a dog
C G
But they wont take you alive
G
Coz you've made them piles of money
A D
Stacked up twenty stories high
G
And the boys in every bar
C A
Well they'll miss you when you gone
G E
You can tell a heady tale
C G
and we'll both keep screamin on
G E
You can tell a heady tale
C G
and we'll both keep screamin on
G E
You can tell a heady tale
C G
and we'll both keep screamin on
C
La La
G
La La
D
La La
G
La La
C
La La
G
La La
D
La La
G
La La
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