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THE GAP – Birds of Tokyo
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Tabbed by: MKParker53
Email: M.K.Parker53@gmail.com
Great song off the new self-titled album. This is quite rough, I’m sure it’s not 100%
glad to receive comments for improvements. Thanks :)
To use lyrics as a guide, the note where the lyrics start has an arrow(^) pointing to
first word of the line. The rest of the line does not follow in time.
Tuning: Drop D
(Main Riff - Verse)
I’ve been at the bottom I’ve been living in hell...
e|------------[-----------------^-----------------------------------------------|
B|------------[-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-5-55-55-55-[-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55--------|
D|-5-55-55-55-[-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-55-33-5-6-|
A|-3-33-33-33-[-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-33-5-6-|
D|---------33-[----------33----------33----------33----------33----------33-5-6-|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/birds_of_tokyo/the_gap_tab.html ]
|| (Pre-Chorus)
Maybe with the lights out we can be bad, It started when your eyes rolled back in
head
e|-^----------]-[Repeat Bracket Once]---------^---------------------------------|
B|-|----------]---------------------------/-------------------------------------|
G|-|----------]----5-55-55------------/-----------------------------------------|
D|-66-66-66-8-]----5-55-55-33-5-6666666666666666-8888888888888888---------------|
A|-66-66-66-8-]----3-33-33-33-5-6666666666666666-8888888888888888---------------|
D|-66-66-66-8-]------------33-5-6666666666666666-8888888888888888---------------|
(Chorus) – In later choruses, most chords here represent several strums
See I, can fool them all, with you there’s no way, I’ve got nothing at all
e|-^----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------13-13-13-13----------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-6-8-13-13---13-13-13-13--33-11---------------------------------------------|
A|-3-6-8-13-13---11-11-10-10--33-11---------------------------------------------|
D|---6-8-13-13---------10-10--33-11---------------------------------------------|
[Verse] (Without Repeat)
[Chorus] x2
(Bridge/Outro) || (Heavy man-choir, no guitar)
So let me go, free yourself, the world you know is somewhere else
e|------------^--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-8-6-8--------------------------------------|
A|------------3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-8-6-8--------------------------------------|
D|------------3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-5-6-8-3-8-6-8--------------------------------------|
