Arabian Knights Chords & Tabs
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From jjr1001@hermes.cam.ac.uk Fri Apr 4 17:02:17 1997
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:42:12 +0000 (GMT)
From: "J.J. Rickard"
To: guitar@olga.net
Subject: TAB: Arabian Knights by Siouxsie and the Banshees
Arabian Knights - Siouxsie and the Banshees
(transcribed by Elissa L. Feit)
Bass: part 1
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
G------------------|-----------------|
D------------------|-----------------| The intro uses the first 2
measures
A--7-7-7-----------|-----------------|
E--------7-8-8-8-7-|-8-8-8-7-5-5-5-5-| Repeat 4 times then play:
G------------------|-----------------|
D------------------|-----------------|
A--7-7-7-----------|-----------------| 2X
E--------7-5-5-5-7-|-8-8-8-7-5-5-5-5-|
Guitar: intro main verse
C maj 7 B- B-
E-----7-----|---------| E-----7-----|---------|----7-----|---------|
B----8------|---------| B----8------|---------|---8------|---------|
G---9-------|--9------| G---9-------|--9------|--9-------|--9------|
D--10-------|---------| D--(9)------|---------|-(9)------|---------|
A-----------|---------| A--(7)------|---------|-(7)------|---------|
E-----------|---------| E--(7)------|---------|-(7)------|---------|
(arpeggiate) (arpeggiate)
B- C B- C
E-----7---------|-----8--------|----7---------|-----8--------|
B----8----------|----8---------|---8----------|----8---------|
G---9------9----|---9-----(9)--|--9------9----|---9-----(9)--|
D--(9)----------|--(10)--------|-(9)----------|--(10)--------|
A--(7)----------|--(10)--------|-(7)----------|--(10)--------|
E--(7)----------|--(8)---------|-(7)----------|--(8)---------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/siouxsie_and_the_banshees/arabian_knights_tab.html ]
Bass: part 2
G------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-------------------------|
E------------------|-------------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
G--------------------------|
D--------------------------|
A--------------------------| repeat
E--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
Guitar: part 2
E- G D
E--7-7-7-7--|---------------|-(10-10-10-10)-|--------------------|
B--8-8-8-8--|--12-12-12-12--|--10-10-10-10--|-10-----10-----10---|
G--9-9-9-9--|--12-12-12-12--|--11-11-11-11--|----8-9----8-9----8-| repeat
D-----------|--12-12-12-12--|--12-12-12-12--|--------------------|
A-----------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
E-----------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|
These chords are most likely strummed 8 times rather than 4 per measure.
Bass: part 3
G-----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
D-----------|----------|---------|---------|---------|---------|
A--10-(8X)--|-10-(8X)--|---------|---------|---------|---------|
E-----------|----------|-7-(8x)--|-7-(8x)--|-3-(8X)--|-3-(8X)--|
G----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
D----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
A----------|---------|-10-(8X)--|-10-(8X)--|---------|---------|
E--7-(8X)--|-7-(8X)--|----------|----------|-7-(8X)--|-7-(8X)--|
G--------------------|---------|---------|---------|
D--------------------|---------|---------|---------|
A--------------------|-7-(8X)--|---------|---------|
E--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-|---------|-7-(8X)--|-7-(8X)--|
^
Guitar: part 3 (play the G in any position, with the D on top. This here
just happens to be a position I like)
(G) Em
E--10-10-10-10--|--12-12-12-12--|--------------------|-------------------|
B---8--8--8--8--|--12-12-12-12--|-10-----10-----10---|--10-----10-----10-|
G---7--7--7--7--|--12-12-12-12--|----8-9----8-9----8-|9----8-9----8-9----|
4X
D---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
A---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E---------------|---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
Elissa Feit (feit@cs.buffalo.edu // {rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!feit)
March comes in like a lion and goes out like a different lion.