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Beggars – Bombay Bicycle Club
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Tabbed by: Neil Wicker
Email: wicker101@hotmail.co.uk
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Capo 1 (all notes relative to capo)
e|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0----------------------------------------------------|
G|--------2--------0-------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------2--------0--------------0-------|
A|-----2-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----|
“Your guard isn’t on”
e|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--4--------4s5--s4--2-----0-|------------0-------0-----2-----0----|
A|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|--0---0---0---0---0---0---5-|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--|
“Barr- iers op- en”
(repeat x2 and on the last repeat shorten the end to this -
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--------0-------0----|
A|---------------------|
D|--5---5---5---5---5--| )
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------0-----2-----5--------------------------------|
D|----2-----0-----2---------------------------0-------0--------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5--------|
“And leaving, quiet and burned”
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bombay_bicycle_club/beggars_tab.html ]
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2--------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2--------0-----------------------2---------------4-----------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0-----0-----0-------0-----5-|
“..nights we sought all the words”
e|-------------------------------0-----|
B|---------------3---------------------|
G|---------4---------------4-----------|
D|-----5-------5-------5-------5-------| x3
A|-------------------------------------|
D|---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-----|
“And if I could have one more”
e|----------2--|
B|----------3--|
G|--9---9---2--|
D|--0---0---0--|
A|--9---7------|
D|--9---9------|
(strum or pick these chords, still relative to capo)
“guardian on the wall”
Chorus: (strum these, I put *’s where you should change chord)
e|--------------2---|
B|--------------3---|
G|--4---9---9---2---|
D|--0---0---0---0---| x2
A|--5---9---7-------|
D|--5---9---9-------|
* * * *
“Riding a fleet of beggars and cons
Taking it back, it won't be long”
Verse 2: (played the same as verse 1)
Chorus: (same x2)
(these are the pull-offs that start here but it sounds better just strumming to
the end with just one guitar)
e|-----------------2----|
B|-----------------3----|
G|--4p0—-7p0--7p0—-4p2--|
D|--0--------------0----|
A|--5----9----9---------|
E|--5----9----9---------|
(Riding a fleet of beggars and cons
Taking it back, it won't be long)
[x3]
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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