ATOMIC by BLONDIE for guitar
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Tabbed by Daniel Clarke
Email: tabs[at]danielclarke.com
Clean tone
I have tabbed the individual parts and told you where
they appear in the song and how to repeat them, I've not written every note out!
I have not tabbed the bass solo.
Watch out for the C chord that starts 2 beats ealier than the end of the bar!
Intro
(0:00)
|Em | |C | |Am | |D |Bm |
-3-2-0----3-2-0-----7-5-------7-5-------10-9-7---10-9-7--15-14-12-------
------------------------7---------7-------------------------------15-12-
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(0:13)
Main Riff:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/blondie/atomic_tab.html ]
|Em | |C | |Am | |D |Bm |
-0-3-2---0-----------0-3-2--0-------------0-3-2--0---------0-3-2--5-----7-------
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(0:42)
Verse
||:E5 | |A5 |(fill 1)|D5 | |B5 | :|| repeat x4
(1:25)
Pre-chorus
|G5 | |D5 | |Em | |A5 |B5 |
play Em at the VIIth position
(1:38)
"Atomic":
Play Main Riff x 1 with fill 2 over the top
Play Main Riff x 2 with main lead part filtered slightly (treble down), with fill 2 over the top. Loads of synth here.
Play Main Riff x 1 (normal tone again) with fill 2 over the top
(2:36)
Bass Solo in Em
(3:05)
|Em | C* | | |Am | |D |Bm |
*Note that this C actually starts 2 beats before the end of the bar, not QUITE like in the main riff.
(3:19)
Repeat Main Riff til end, with fill 2 on guitar 2.
Fill 1:
---0--5-0-4-0-2-0---
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This is on guitar 2
Fill 2:
||:-----0-----0--------:|| (the note is on beats 2 & 4)
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This is on guitar 2
