Dangerous Animals Chords & Tabs
Band: Arctic Monkeys
Song: Dangerous Animals
Album: Humbug
INTRO:
gtr. 1:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------6-------4-5-------------|
E|3----------6-----------4-------|
gtr. 2:
e|18~~~--------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
VERSE:
gtr. 1 repeats Intro Riff
gtr. 2 only plays occasionally
at 0:33:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------6-------4-5----4-5------|
E|3----------6-------4-------4---|
last bar in verse:
gtr. 1:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------6-------4-5-----6-------|
E|3----------6-------------------|
gtr. 2:
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------8-------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|
PRE-CHORUS:
gtr. 1:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|3--------------6----------------------------------------3-------|
E|--------------------------------6-------------------------------|
gtr. 2:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|5------------------------------/15~~~~~~------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS:
gtr. 1:
A_____ N - I - M - A - L makes my
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-------1---3---1-------1---3-----------------------------------|
E|----3---------------1-----------3---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---|
head pi-rou-ette more than
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-------1---3---1-------1---3-----------------------------------|
E|----3---------------1-----------3---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---|
I would be wil-ling to con-fess D - A -
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-------1---3---1-------1---3-----------------------------------|
E|----3---------------1-----------3---3---1---3---3---3---3---3---|
N - G - E - R - O - U - S
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|1-------1---3---1-------1---3-------------------5-------3-------|
E|----3---------------1-----------3---3---1---3-------------------|
gtr. 2: plays those hammer-ons throughout the whole chorus
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------3-h-5-----------3-h-5-----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------3-h-5-------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
AFTER CHORUS 1: only guitar 2 + bass + drums
starting at C note of last guitar one Chorus bar
e|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------|5----------------------------------------------3-------|
A|3-------|---------------------------------------6---------------|
E|--------|-------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|5-----------------------------------------------3---------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------6-------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arctic_monkeys/dangerous_animals_tab.html ]
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-----------------------------------------------4--5--3--4h5----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 2:
only guitar 2
"audience" bit
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|8---7-5/7-8-7---|
D|--8-------------|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
then: repeated several times
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-------7----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
last bars of Verse 2 ("the acrobat"):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-------7--------------------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|7--------------------8-------7--------------------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------[6]------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
note in brackets played by guitar 1 (start of pre-chorus)
- PRE-CHORUS
- CHORUS 2
AFTER CHORUS 2:
gtr. 1:
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------| repeated
A|----------------5-------3-------|
E|3---3---1---3-------------------|
then:
gtr. 1: dont let the chords ring out - listen for proper timing
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|8-----------------------8------8--------------------------------|x6
A|5-----------------------5------5--------------------------------|
E|6-----------------------6------6--------------------------------|
gtr. 2:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|3---------------------------------------------------------------|
^^ x2 let ring the second time
then:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------8-------7----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
^^ x4
SOLO: you've definitely got to listen to the song to get the timing right
gtr. 2:
e|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----|-------------6---5---/9--8-----6-8-----13b(15)r13-15-11-13---8h9---|
G|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|6---|5---3-5------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----|---------5---------------------------------------------------------|
E|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|8-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------6-7-5-6-7---------------------------5-5b(6)r5---5h6p5-----------|
D|--------------------6-5-------6-8---6---x-5-8---------------------8-------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------|
B|8----------------------|
G|--5---5-6--------------|
D|----8-----6-5----------|
A|-----------------------|
E|-----------------------|
gtr. 1: repeats this
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------|
A|-------6-------4-5-------------|
E|3----------6-----------4-------|
and plays the following two gtr. 2 parts in the solo an octave lower
gtr. 2 gtr. 1
e|-----------------------| e|--------------|
B|-----------------------| B|--------------|
G|6-7-5-6-7--------------| G|--------------|
D|----------6-5----------| D|--------------|
A|-----------------------| A|4-5-3-4-5-----|
E|-----------------------| E|----------4-3-|
e|-----------------------| e|--------------|
B|8----------------------| B|--------------|
G|--5---5-6--------------| G|--------------|
D|----8-----6-5----------| D|5-------------|
A|-----------------------| A|--3---3-4-----|
E|-----------------------| E|----6-----4-3-|
After the solo the main riff is repeated until the end of the song
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x ... mute note
h ... hammer-on
p ... pull-off
/ ... slide up
\ ... slide down
~ ... vibrato