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RIOT VAN - ARCTIC MONKEYS
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Band: Arctic Monkeys
Song: Riot Van
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)
Listen to the CD to get the strumming/timing correct.
Any corrections i will be happy to change.
Strum the chords lightly and kind of rake them if you get what I mean
to give them the effect used in the song
For the solo, use sligh distortion and i tink either a tremolo or
vibrate effect (but im not 100% certain about that)
In the chorus between the C#m to the Bm you can slide down.
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::VERSE ONE::
F#m C#m Bm
Up rolled the riot van and sparked excitement in the boys
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F#m C#m Bm
But the policemen look annoyed
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F#m C#m Bm
Perhaps these are ones they should avoid
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F#m C#m Bm
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::CHORUS::
A C#m Bm
They got a chase last night from men with trunchens dressed in hats
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E A C#m
Didnt do that much wrong still ran away though
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|-2-2-2----2----0------7--7--7--7-----7--7--0----6--6--6--6---6--6--0|
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Bm E
laugh .. laugh
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::VERSE TWO::
F#m C#m Bm
& please just stop tal----king 'cause they won't find us if you do
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F#m C#m Bm
All those silly boys in blue
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F#m C#m Bm
Well they won't catch me and you
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F#m C#m Bm
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arctic_monkeys/riot_van_tab_ver_2.html ]
::CHORUS::
A C#m Bm
Have you been drinking son? you dont look old enough to me
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|-7--7--7--7--7--7--0-------6--6--6--6---6--6--0----4-4-4-4--4-4-0---|
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E A C#m
Im sorry officer is there a certain age your
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Bm E
be? cause no body told me and up ...
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::VERSE THREE::
F#m C#m Bm
rolls the riot van and these lads just wind the coppers up
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F#m C#m Bm
They ask why they don't catch proper crooks
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F#m C#m Bm
Get thier address and thier names
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F#m C#m Bm
took But he couldn't care ...
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:SOLO: With slight distortion and tremolo or vibrato effect (i think)
N.C N.C
less
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::VERSE FOUR/OUTRO::
F#m C#m Bm
Thrown in the riot van and all the coppers kicked him in
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F#m C#m Bm
And there was no way he could win
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F#m C#m Bm
Just had to take it on the chin
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F#m C#m Bm
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THANK YOU.
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
|(4) Ghost note - Optional to play it or not
P.M Palm Mute
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