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MIAMI - Foals
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Tabbed by: DaveS
Tuning: Standard
As usual, loops a-plenty on this track. But this is as best as I can make out two
defined guitar parts.
Guitar 1 (LEFT)
Intro (after Guitar 2 plays its muted line once)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----12------12------12--------------------------------------------------|
D|-14------12------14------12---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------14------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
The big riff of the song
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-------11-----11-----------------------------------|
D|----------14----14----12~------14-----14~-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-14------------------------------------------------|
D|----------14----14--------12-14~--12-14~--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse (muted) repeat throughout
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------15-----------15--------------------------------------------------|
G|-1616-16----16--1616----16------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-------11-----11-----------------------------------|
D|----------14----14----12~------14-----12~-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-14------------------------------------------------|
D|----------14----14--------12-14~--12-14~--------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-------11-----11-----------------------------------|
D|----------14----14----12~------14-----12~-------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------15-17-17----------------------|
G|-12141212----12----11-14------------16-16-------------------------------|
D|----------14----14--------12-14~-12-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Verse
Chorus
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/foals/miami_tab.html ]
Bridge section (listen out for the timing of the 17s)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17(x24)-17-17-17-17-1515-17-15-----------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------16--------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (x2 this time)
Ending is just Guitar 2.
Guitar 2 (RIGHT)
Intro (muted)x2
e|-----------------------------------------19-19--------------------------|
B|-17--17-17--17-15-17-17----17--17-17--17-------17-----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
As Guitar 1 plays the riff, there’s a guitar in the background playing these chords:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2----1010---7-7----1010---2-2----1010---7-7----1010------------------|
E|-0-0----8-8----5-5----8-8----0-0----8-8----5-5----8-8-------------------|
Verse – more chords. Let the bottom E ring on that first chord.
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2----5-7-10--2----5-7-10--2----5-7-5--2---5-7-10-----------------------|
E|-0~~--3-5-8---0~~--3-5-8---0~~--3-5-3--0~~-3-5-8------------------------|
There’s also this loop from ‘Cut through the waves...’ (muted)
e|---------------------------------------------1919-----------------------|
B|-17-17-1717-1717-15-1515-----17-17-1717-1717------17--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2-2----1010---7-7----1010---2-2----1010---7-7----1010------------------|
E|-0-0----8-8----5-5----8-8----0-0----8-8----5-5----8-8-------------------|
Verse (as before)
Chorus
Bridge section (continue throughout)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------12----------------12---------------------------------------------|
G|-12-14-------------12-14------------------------------------------------|
D|----------12-14-------------12-14---------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus (x2)
End
e|---------------------------------------------1919-----------------------|
B|-17-17-1717-1717-15-1717-----17-17-1717-1717------17--------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-17-17-1717-1717-15-1515-----17-17-1717-1717-1515-----------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------16--------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Enjoy!
I’m going to be working on total life forever for a while... hope to eventually get a
album tab together if people want.
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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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