Bloody Valentine Chords & Tabs
Author/Artist: Good Charlotte
Title: Bloody Valentine
Album: The young and the hopeless
Transcribed by: Fraser Thomson
Email: rip_kurt_cobain@hotmail.com
Drop C
d Pedal options: Classic reverb (amp reverb good)
a Phaser pedal(set to low frequency)
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C
G
C
INTRO
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---5-----------------10----|---5-----7-----9-----10---------------------------
---5-----5-----7-----10----|---5-----5-----7-----10---------------------------
---3-----5-----7-----8-----|---3-----5-----7-----8----------------------------
---------5-----7-----------|---------5-----7----------------------------------
(clean guitar) opp. reverb, slight phaser
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-33333333-33333333-33333333-33333333------------------------------------------
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heavy guitar (orchestra fills the progression)up AND downstrokes are used
VERSE
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-10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555-
-10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555-
-10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555--10-10-10-10-10---7-55555-
verse riff all palm muted
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--3-3-3-3-3-3--3h5------------------------------------------------------------
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after the last measure of the verse riff play this
PRE CHORUS
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--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5--333333333333-------------------------
--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5--333333333333-------------------------
--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5--333333333333-------------------------
you mourn the death...the night..he...died
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--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5-|xx3-xx3-xx3-3h5-|-3333333333333------
--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5-|xx3-xx3-xx3-3h5-|-3333333333333------
--0----0--2--3-----------7777-7--5555-5-|xx3-xx3-xx3-3h5-|-3333333333333------
you mourn the death...one last time (THIS) (OR THIS)
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/g/good_charlotte/bloody_valentine_tab.html ]
CHORUS
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--5-5-555----------------------------|-5-5-555--------------------------------
--5-5-555--555-555--7-7-777--333-333-|-5-5-555--555-555--7-7-777--333-333-----
--3-3-333--555-555--7-7-777--333-333-|-3-3-333--555-555--7-7-777--333-333-----
-----------555-555--7-7-777--333-333-|----------555-555--7-7-777--333-333-----
oh my love...please dont' cry...
BASS VERSE
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-10-10-10-10-10--7--555555--|-10-10-10-10-10--7--555555-----------------------
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-10-10-10-10-10--7-555555-3333333h5-------------------------------------------
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guitar comes in with ^^^ each time bass plays 5th fret, same with guitar. ----------------------|----------------------|--------------------------------
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-10-10-10-10-10--7-5--|--10-10-10-10-10--7-5-|-10-10-10-10-10--7-5-3333333h5--
then guitar comes in wih same part as bass (keep playing till verse ends)
BRIDGE
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--5--------|--------6----------|----------10----------------------------------
--5--------|--------5----------|----------10----------------------------------
--3--------|--------5----------|----------8-----------------------------------
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he dropped you off........followed him home... phaser/reverb (x5)
OUTRO
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all i know is i love you....toni...ght...TONIGHT (fade out) end with