Semi Mental Chords & Tabs
BIFFY CLYRO
As recorded by Biffy Clyro
(From the 2006 Album PUZZLE)
Words and Music by Biffy Clyro
Arranged by Biffy Clyro
Transcribed by Mark Dean
C
x 0 1 2 x x
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Lead'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Backing (Very Quiet)'
Intro
Q=180
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----|
|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)--------|-(1)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
Pre-Verse
D5 G#5 D5 G#5
4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||--0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6---||
||o-0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6--o||
||--0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6---||
Verse
D5 G#5 D5 G#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6----||
Pre-Chorus
F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q +H +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10------(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|---10--(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|-8-(8)--(8)------(8)---------|--(8)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------12------(12)---------|-(12)--------------------|
|-----12--(12)-----(12)---------|-(12)--------------------|
|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10------(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|---10--(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|-8-(8)--(8)------(8)---------|--(8)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------12------(12)---------|-(12)----------------|
|-----12--(12)-----(12)---------|-(12)----------------|
|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)----------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
D5 F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||o-0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------7------(7)---------|--------10----(10)-------|
||-----7--(7)-----(7)---------|---10--(10)---(10)-------|
||o-5-(5)-(5)-----(5)---------|-8-(8)--(8)----(8)-------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)----||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)---o||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)----||
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|----------14------(14)---------|----------12------(12)------------||
|-----14--(14)-----(14)---------|-----12--(12)-----(12)------------||
|-12-(12)-(12)-----(12)---------|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)-----------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Pre-Verse
D5 G#5 D5 G#5
4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|---------------|-------------------|------------------o||
||--------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------||
||--0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6---||
||o-0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6--o||
||--0-----0-----|-0-----6-6-6-6-|-(6)-0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6---||
Verse
D5 G#5 D5 G#5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
||----0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6-|---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0-6-6-6-6----||
Pre-Chorus
F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|
| Gtr II
| E E Q +H +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10------(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|---10--(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|-8-(8)--(8)------(8)---------|--(8)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
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G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-(5)-5-5-5-(5)--|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------12------(12)---------|-(12)--------------------|
|-----12--(12)-----(12)---------|-(12)--------------------|
|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)--------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|-3--3----3--(3)---3--3-3-(3)-|---3--3-3-(3)-3-3-3-(3)-|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
|--------10------(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|---10--(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)-------------------|
|-8-(8)--(8)------(8)---------|--(8)-------------------|
|-----------------------------|------------------------|
G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)-|---5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|
| E E Q +H +W
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------12------(12)---------|-(12)----------------|
|-----12--(12)-----(12)---------|-(12)----------------|
|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)---------|-(10)----------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------|
Chorus
D5 F5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E E
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||--0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||o-0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0---0--(0)--0--0-0-(0)-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-------------------------|
||---------7------(7)---------|--------10----(10)-------|
||-----7--(7)-----(7)---------|---10--(10)---(10)-------|
||o-5-(5)-(5)-----(5)---------|-8-(8)--(8)----(8)-------|
||----------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 G5
E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E E E E +E 4x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)----||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)---o||
|--7---7----7--(7)---7--7-7-(7)-|--5---5----5--(5)---5--5-5-(5)----||
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H 4x
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|----------14------(14)---------|----------12------(12)------------||
|-----14--(14)-----(14)---------|-----12--(12)-----(12)------------||
|-12-(12)-(12)-----(12)---------|-10-(10)-(10)-----(10)-----------o||
|-------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge
A5 D5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-|
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
||o-----------------|-------------------------|
||------------------|-------------------------|
G5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---o||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-----------------|--------------------||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Wx2
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
A5
E. S E E +H E. S S S S S H
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|------------3-(3)----|
||--2--2-5-0-(0)----|-2--2----------4-----|
||--2--2------------|-2--2-3p2p0----------|
||o-0--0------------|-0--0----------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
E. S E E +H E. S S S S S H
|------0-0-(0)----|--------------------||
|------6-5-(5)----|------------3-(3)--o||
|-2--2-5-4-(4)----|-2--2----------4----||
|-2--2------------|-2--2-3p2p0---------||
|-0--0------------|-0--0--------------o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
A5 E5 D5 G5
E. S E E +H E E E E E E E E E. S E E +H E E E E E E E E
||-------0-0-(0)----|-----------------|------0-0-(0)----|--------------------||
||o------6-5-(5)----|-----------------|------6-5-(5)----|-------------------o||
||--2--2-5-4-(4)----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-7--7-5-4-(4)----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----||
||--2--2------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-7--7------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
||o-0--0------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-5--5------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---o||
||------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0--0------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
Out-Chorus
D5 F5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-3--3---3--3--3--3-3-3-|-6--6----6--6---6--6-6-6-|
||--2--2---2--2--2--2-2-2-|-5--5----5--5---5--5-5-5-|
||--0--0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||o-0--0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
||--0--0---0--0--0--0-0-0-|-3--3----3--3---3--3-3-3-|
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H
||------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------------|
||---------7----(7)-------|--------10----(10)-------|
||-----7--(7)---(7)-------|---10--(10)---(10)-------|
||o-5-(5)-(5)---(5)-------|-8-(8)--(8)----(8)-------|
||------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 G5
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-10--10---10--10--10--10-10-10-|--8---8----8--8---8--8-8-8---o||
|--9---9----9---9---9---9--9--9-|--7---7----7--7---7--7-7-7----||
|--7---7----7---7---7---7--7--7-|--5---5----5--5---5--5-5-5----||
|--7---7----7---7---7---7--7--7-|--5---5----5--5---5--5-5-5---o||
|--7---7----7---7---7---7--7--7-|--5---5----5--5---5--5-5-5----||
|
| E E Q +H E E Q +H 4x
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------o||
|----------14-----(14)----------|----------12----(12)----------||
|-----14--(14)----(14)----------|-----12--(12)---(12)----------||
|-12-(12)-(12)----(12)----------|-10-(10)-(10)---(10)---------o||
|-------------------------------|------------------------------||
Outro
W +W +W +W
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|
+W +W +W +W
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|------------|--------|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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