Teddy Picker Chords & Tabs
TEDDY PICKER - ARCTIC MONKEYS
Just recently found out how to play this song, and so I thought I'd show you - the
people of Ultimate Guitar - how to play this. I've seen some tabs for this and they're just
a little bit wrong. I'm pretty sure this is 100% correct.
ALEX TURNER - E A D G B E
JAMIE COOK - E A D G B E
Intro (Gt.1 + Gt.2):
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|------6-5-------6-5-------6-5-------6-5----|
|--5-5-----4-5-5-----4-5-5-----4-5-5-----4--|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|----------------------3--|
|--0-0-4-0--0-0-0-4-0-----|
Verse (Gt.2 continues playing INTRO, while Gt. 1 plays these chords occasionally):
|-------------------------|
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|--5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|--7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7--|
|-------------------------|
Chorus (Gt. 1):
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10------9------5-------10------9-------------|
|-10(x8)--9(x8)--5(x16)--10(x8)--9(x8)--8------|
|-10------9------7-------10------9------8(x8)--|
|--8------7------7--------8------7------6------|
|----------------------------------------------|
Chorus (Gt. 2):
|---------0---------------------0-------------|
|--1------0------1-------1------0-------------|
|--2(x8)--1------2(x16)--2(x8)--1------8------|
|--3------2(x8)--2-------3------2(x8)--8(x8)--|
|--3------2------0-------3------2------6------|
|--x------0------x-------x------0-------------|
Verse 2 (Gt.2 - Gt.1 optional)
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------6-5--------6-5--------6-5--------6-5--|
|--5--5-5-----5--5-5-----5--5-5-----5--5-5------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------6-5--------6-5--|
|--0--0-0-4-0--0--0-0-4-0--5--5-5-----5--5-5------|
NOTE: After the lyric: "That says that we are...", go back to VERSE 1.
End of Chorus 2 (as the beginning is the same as CHORUS 1; Gt. 1):
|---------------|
|-10-10-9-9-5~--|
|-10-10-9-9-5~--|
|-10-10-9-9-7~--|
|--8--8-7-7-7~--|
|---------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/arctic_monkeys/teddy_picker_tab_ver_5.html ]
(Gt. 2):
|----------0~--|
|--1-1-1-1-0~--|
|--2-2-2-2-1~--|
|--2-2-3-3-2~--|
|--0-0-3-3-2~--|
|--x-x-x-x-0~--|
NOTE: I can't tell if Jamie plays this or a mini-tremolo solo, but this is easier.
SOLO (Gt. 1; Gt.2 keeps on playing VERSE 2 until CHORUS 3):
|--0-5/13-12~-12-12-12-15-15-15--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------| (x2)
|--17-17-17-13-12~-12-12-12-15-15-15--|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--17-17-17-13-12~-10-10-8-7-5--|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|--5~/17--5~/17--5~/17--5~17--|
|--5~/----5~/----5~/----5~/---|
|--5~/----5~/----5~/----5~/---|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--17-17-17-15-15-15-13-13-12------------17--|
|-----------------------------13-12----------|
|-----------------------------------14~------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
CHORUS 3 is exactly the same as CHORUS 1, until the OUTRO (Gt.1):
|--------------------------------------|
|-10----9----5-------10----9-----------|
|-10----9----5(x16)--10----9----8------|
|-10----9----7-------10----9----8(x8)--|
|--8----7----7--------8----7----6------|
|--------------------------------------|
(Gt. 2):
|-------0-----------------0-----------|
|--1----0----1-------1----0-----------|
|--2----1----2(x16)--2----1----8------|
|--3----2----2-------3----2----8(x8)--|
|--3----2----0-------3----2----6------|
|--x----0----x-------x----0-----------|
(Gt. 1 + Gt. 2):
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|------6-5--------6-5-------6-5-------6-5----|
|--5-5------4-5-5-----4-5-5-----4-5-5-----4--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------7--|
|---------------------3~------------------7--|
|--0-0-4-0--0-0-0-4-0---------------------5--|
And that's it! Any questions, critcisms or compliments will be welcomed in the comment
section below. I hope you get as much as you can with this tab, and thanks for reading!
KEY:
~ = Let ring
/ = Slide up
x = Mute