British Sea Power - The Great Skua Chords & Tabs

The Great Skua
British Sea power
--
Tab by Nasher (NS)

One of my favourite BSP songs, enjoy!


Intro/Verse
----------------

Guitar 1

Hold these notes and let ring. Keep playing whilst guitar 2 comes in

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-----------4--------------0---------------0------------------|
D|---5-----------5--------------5---------------5----------------| x4
A|-----3-----------3--------------3---------------3--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2

Comes in after Guitar 1 has played once

- First Part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--8-5-5------8-5-5----------3-5-5------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

- Second part

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus
---------------

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-2----------------------------5------(let ring)----------------|
D|-3----(x16)-------------------5--------------------------------| x2
A|-3----------------------------3--------------------------------|
E|-1-------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2
---------------

Add a tiny bit of distortion

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----4-4---4-4-4-4-----0-0---0-0-0-0-----0-0---0-0-0-0--|
D|---5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5-----5-5---5-5-5-5--| x4
A|-3-----------------3-----------------3-----------------3----------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Breakdown
---------------

Guitar 1

(You can play either full chords or power chords)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/british_sea_power/the_great_skua_tab.html ]
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------4-------------2------------0--------------------|
D|-7--(x16)------5--(x16)------3--(x16)-----2--(x16)-------------| x4
A|-7-------------5-------------3------------2--------------------|
E|-5-------------3-------------1------------0--------------------|

Guitar 2

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------4-4-5-5--------------------------4-4-5-5--|
D|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

Both Guitars

e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5---(let ring)------------------------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|

---------------

(repeat Verse2)

---------------

(repeat Breakdown)

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Outro (woooooahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)
---------------

e|-1------------1------------0-----------------------------------|
B|-3--(x16)-----1--(x16)-----1--(x16)----------------------------|
G|-2------------2------------0-----------------------------------|
D|-0------------3------------2-----------------------------------| x2
A|--------------3------------3-----------------------------------|
E|--------------1------------------------------------------------|


Finish on Open C

e|----0-------------------------------|
B|----1-------------------------------|
G|----0------------(let ring)---------|
D|----2-------------------------------|
A|----3-------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|




| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note