Being Gabriel Chords & Tabs
Artist: Biffy Clyro
Title: Being Gabriel
Tabbed by: Dave The Bookie (dave_the_bookie@hotmail.com)
Standard Tuning (high to low): E B G D A E
Intro
G1 (clean)
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|--9-9-10-10101010--7-7-9-9999--5-5-7-7777-----|
|--7-7-10-10101010--5-5-9-9999--3-3-7-7777-----|
|--0-0--8--8-8-8-8--0-0-7-7777--0-0-5-5555-----|
Next bit (very light distortion)
G1 (clean) with G2 (very light distortion)
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|--9-9-9-9999--9-9-10-10101010-----------------|
|--7-7-9-9999--7-7-10-10101010-----------------|
|--0-0-7-7777--0-0--8--8-8-8-8-----------------|
G1 (heavy distortion)
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|--7-7-9-9999--5-5-7-7777----------------------|
|--5-5-9-9999--3-3-7-7777----------------------|
|--0-0-7-7777--0-0-5-5555----------------------|
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|--9-9-9-9999-9-9-10-10101010--7-7-9-9999--5-5-7-7777---| x2
|--7-7-9-9999-7-7-10-10101010--5-5-9-9999--3-3-7-7777---|
|--0-0-7-7777-0-0--8--8-8-8-8--0-0-7-7777--0-0-5-5555---|
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|-------------1111--1111--111111------|--11h12--|
|--2-2-202-22-1010--1010--101010--x4--|---------|
|--2-2-202-22--9-9---9-9---9-9-9------|---------|
|--0-0-000-00--8-8---8-8---8-8-8------|---------|
Verse
G1 (clean)
(played very quickly)
|-(7)--(7)-----|--(7)--------10------------------|
|--7h8--7--x2--|---7h8---7-8----8-7--------------|
|--7----7------|---7----7-7-7--7-7---------------| x2 then vocals
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|--xx-x-x--7----7--7-7-7-7-77-7------------------|
|--xx-x-x--7----7--7-7-7h8-88-8------------------|
|--xx-x-x--9----9--7-7-7-7-77-7------------------|
|--xx-x-x--9----9--------------------------------| x4
|--xx-x-x--7----7--------------------------------|
|--00-0-0----------------------------------------|
This is the fuzzy background riff played by G2 through
'He sleeps in a tender world' whilst G1 plays the bit
after the verse again
G1
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|--9-.--------------------------------------------------|
|--9-.--------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----2-3--------------------------------------------|
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|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3/5-55-5---5555-5-5-5-5---5555------
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3/5-55-5h7-7777-7p5-5-5h7-7777------
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5/7-77-7---7777-7-7-7-7---7777------
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---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7------------------------|
---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7------------------------|
---xx-x-x-9-.----------xx-x-x-9-.----------------------|
---xx-x-x-9-.----------xx-x-x-9-.----------------------|
---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7------------------------|
---00-0-0--------------00-0-0--------------------------|
|--3-33-3---3333-3---3-3-3---3333----------------------
|--3-33-3h5-5555-5p3-3-3-3h5-5555----------------------
|--5-55-5---5555-5---5-5-5---5555----------------------
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|--5-55-5---5555-5---5-5-5---5555----------------------
|--5-55-5h7-7777-7p5-5-5-5h7-7777----------------------
|--7-77-7---7777-7---7-7-7---7777----------------------
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---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7--------777777----------|
---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7--------777777----------|
---xx-x-x-9-.----------xx-x-x-9-.------999999----------| Gradually
---xx-x-x-9-.----------xx-x-x-9-.------999999----------| getting
---xx-x-x-7------------xx-x-x-7--------777777----------| harder
---00-0-0--------------00-0-0--------------------------|
Chorus
G2 (heavy distortion)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/biffy_clyro/being_gabriel_tab.html ]
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|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555/7-77-7-7777-7-77-7777-------
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555/7-77-7-7777-7-77-7777-------
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333/5-55-5-5555-5-55-5555-------
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---------2-22222-22222-2222---------------------------|
---2-----2-22222-22222-2222-x2------------------------|
----0-00-0-00000-00000-0000---------------------------|
G1 (clean)
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555--7-77-7-7777-7-77-7-7777---
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555--7-77-7-7777-7-77-7-7777---
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
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---xx-x-x-7-77777-77777-7777--------------------------|
---xx-x-x-7-77777-77777-7777--------------------------|
---xx-x-x-9-99999-99999-9999--x2----------------------| x4
---xx-x-x-9-99999-99999-9999--------------------------|
---xx-x-x-7-77777-77777-7777--------------------------|
---00-0-0---------------------------------------------|
After being played twice vocals then come in. Then extra distortion
is put on G2 and then played 2 more times.
Post-Chorus
G1 (clean)
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555--7-77-7-7777-7-77-7-7777---
|--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555--7-77-7-7777-7-77-7-7777---
|--3-33-3-3333-3-33-3-3333--5-55-5-5555-5-55-5-5555---
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---xx-x-x-7------7----------7----xx---
---xx-x-x-7--------7--------7----xx---
---xx-x-x-9-.--------7------9-.--xx---
---xx-x-x-9-.---------------9-.--xx---
---xx-x-x-7-----------------7----xx---
---00-0-0--------------0-00------xx---
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--11/12-12-1212-12-12----------------- x4
---x--x--x--x-x--x--x-----------------
---9/10-10-1010-10-10-----------------
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---xx-x-x-7------7----------7----xx---
---xx-x-x-7--------7--------7----xx---
---xx-x-x-9-.--------7------9-.--xx---
---xx-x-x-9-.---------------9-.--xx---
---xx-x-x-7-----------------7----xx---
---00-0-0--------------0-00------xx---
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--11/12-12-1212-12-12--1111/12-12-1212-12/14-12---
---x--x--x--x-x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x-x--x--x--x---
---9/10-10-1010-10-10---9-9-10-10-1010-10/12-10---
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--11/12-12-1212-12-12--1111/12-12-1212-12x16x12---
---x--x--x--x-x--x--x---x-x--x--x--x-x--xx-xx-x---
---9/10-10-1010-10-10---9-9-10-10-1010-10x14x10---
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--1111/12-1212-9-9-9-11-12------------------------ x2
---x-x--x--x-x-x-x-x--x--x------------------------
---9-9-10-1010-7-7-7--7--7------------------------
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|-----------3--0-0-3--------5/7-5-3-5-------------
|------0------------------------------------------
|--------0----------------0-----------------------
|----2------------------4-------------------------
|--3------------------5---------------------------
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---------7----7-------7--------------------------|
---------7------7-----7--------------------------|
---------9-.------7---9--------------------------|
------9--9-.----------9--------------------------|
----7----7------------7--------------------------|
--0----------------------------------------------|
Then repeat chorus riff twice then finish with this:
G1 (heavy distortion)
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|--5555---------77777----------------------------|
|--5555---------77777----------------------------|
|--3333---------55555----------------------------|
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G1 (clean)
|--7---------------------------------------------|
|---7----------7-8-7-----------------------------|
|----9--------7------7---------------------------|
|-----9----7h9---------7-9-----------------------|
|------7-----------------------------------------|
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Enjoy!
