Black Treacle Chords & Tabs
Arctic Monkeys - Black Treacle
This is Alex Turner's part for the song, which is mainly chords until the little
solo medley bit at the end of the Chorus.
VERSE 1:
G G G G G G G G
Lately I've been seeing things,
G G G G D D C C
Belly button piercings,
C C G G G G D D
In the sky at night,
D D C C C C G G
When we're side-by-side.
G G G G G G
And I don't mean to rain,
G G D D D D C C
On anybody's caboret,
C C G G G G D D
One of those games you're gonna lose,
D D C C C C G G
But you wanna play it just incase.
CHORUS 1:
C
Now it's getting dark,
D G
And the sky looks sticky,
C D G
More like black treacle than tar,
C
Black treacle,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arctic_monkeys/black_treacle_crd_ver_4.html ]
D G A Cm G
Somebody told the stars you're not coming out tonight,
Cm G
So they found a place to hide.
(On the second Cm, sometimes I like to play this: |--5~--|
|--3~--|
|--3~--|
|--5~--|
|--3~--|
|------|
SOLO THING:
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|--/14~/16------------------|
|----------14b~-14b~-12-----|
|-----------------------14--|
|---------------------------|
It's pretty much the same until the bridge:
BRIDGE:
C
Now I'm out of place,
D G
And I'm not getting any wiser,
C
I feel like the Sundance Kid,
D G
Behind a synthesizer,
Em
And I tried last night,
C D
To pack away a laugh,
G Cm
Like a key under the mat,
C D
Well it never seems to be there,
When you want it.
Repeat the solo thing over the chorus 'till end, ending on:
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--/14~/16-------------------|
|----------14b~-14b~-16-12~--|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
LEGEND/KEY:
m = Minor
~ = Let ring
/ = Slide up
b = Bend