Placebo
Special K
Black Market Music
tabbed by Dan Young
corrections to dan19ch@hotmail.com
[Standard Tuning]
Note: The song from the CD has 2 guitars. I've added "Alternate" sections
of some parts of the song which you can use if you have another guitarist.
Intro (Acoustic)
Chord is repeated a bunch of times (listen to the CD).
e-----|
b-----|
g--3--|
d--3--|
a--1--|
E-----|
Verse (Distortion)
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g------------------------------|
d--4--4-4----------------------| x 2 then play Intro chord
a--4--4-4---3-4-6-4-3-3h4-4----|
E--2--2-2----------------------|
**See Note at bottom
Pre-Chorus (Distortion)
e-----| -----| ------|
b-----| -----| ------|
g--6--| x 16 then --8--| x 8 then --11--| x 8
d--6--| --8--| --11--|
a--4--| --6--| ---9--|
E-----| -----| ------|
Chorus (Distortion)
e-----| -----|
b-----| -----|
g--6--| x 16 then --3--| x 16 then repeat entire Chorus
d--6--| --3--|
a--4--| --1--|
E-----| -----|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/p/placebo/special_k_tab_ver_5.html ]
Post-Chorus (Distortion)
e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g--------------------------------------|
d--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-3-3-3-3h4----| x 3
a--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------------|
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
e--------------------------------------|
b--------------------------------------|
g-------------------3-3-3-1-1-1-1h3-3--|
d--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------3--|
a--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------1--|
E--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------------------|
That's it! The rest of the song is the same with a couple of small differences
which are easy to figure out. I can tab these out if there is a demand for
them. Keep reading for variations on the verse.
Alternate Verse I (Distortion)
e------------------------------|
b------------------------------|
g-----------5-6-8-6-5-5h6-6----|
d--4--4-4----------------------| x 2 then play Intro chord
a--4--4-4----------------------|
E--2--2-2----------------------|
Alternate Verse II (Distortion)
You will notice that one guitar always plays the verse this way. It's much too
boring for me though so I play the other verses.
e-----|
b-----|
g-----|
d--4--| x 16? then play Intro chord
a--4--|
E--2--|
**Note: After you play the very first verse and when you switch back to the intro
chord, play this:
e-----| -4-
b-----| ---
g--3--| a few times then --- (Soft acoustic in the background)
d--3--| ---
a--1--| ---
E-----| ---
