Hey. This is the easiest way to play it.
timing is hard to get across on tablature, so use your own intuition when playing
cheers
Verse riff
G|-----|--------------------------------------------------|
D|-----|------------------3-55--55--55--55----------------|
A|---3-|---55--55--55--555-----------------03-------------|
E|--5--|--------------------------------------------------|
^only play first time
Pre Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------------------------------|
A|-----------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
Chorus
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------|
E|-----------------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1----------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/f/franz_ferdinand/this_fire_btab_ver_5.html ]
Pre Bridge
G|-----------------|
D|-----------------|
A|-5-5-5-5---------|
E|-----------------|
Bridge
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2------|
A|---------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----------------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|-22222222-2-------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
This is whats played, get the order yourselves, its not too hard at all, and i found
good practise.
Tom Carroll