Take Back The City Chords & Tabs
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Note: I'm tabbing this mostly from memory, so there's probably going to be some wrong
parts...keep in mind that Snow Patrol, while talented, are not the most accomplished
musicians, so I try to keep it simple and playable.
Capo on 6th fret, move it to suit vocals.
Intro
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|--7777-5555-44444444-|x2
D|--7777-5555-44444444-|
A|--5555-3333-22222222-|
E|---------------------|
Verse 1
e|---------------------| |------------|
B|---------------------| |--000000000-| (Coincides with the "woah" bit)
G|--7777-5555-44444444-|x3|--222222222-|
D|--7777-5555-44444444-| |--222222222-| Play four times
A|--5555-3333-22222222-| |--000000000-|
E|---------------------| |------------|
Prechorus Thingy:
-Note: Light distortion on
E A G^ C? (not 100% sure)
e|-------0000-|-------0000-|-------3333-|-------0000-|
B|-------0000-|-------2222-|-------3333-|-------1111-| Goes like "It's a
G|-------1111-|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------0000-| mess" DAHDAHDAHDAH...
D|-------2222-|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------2222-|
A|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------2222-|-------3333-| Play four times
E|-------0000-|------------|-------3333-|------------|
Chorusy Thing:
A C
e|------------------|
B|-00000000---------|
G|-22222222-55555555|
D|-22222222-55555555| x4
A|-00000000-33333333|
E|------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/snow_patrol/take_back_the_city_tab_ver_2.html ]
Lead guitar picks a few random notes here,
probably from pentatonic scale (at a guess:
e|-63---------|
B|---3--------|
D|----5-------|
G|------------| or something like that, you could probably leave it
A|------5br---|
E|---------3br|
Verse 2
E G C A
e|---------------------| |------------| (During this the lead guitar plays
B|---------------------| |--000000000-| ocassional chords)
G|--7777-5555-44444444-|x3|--222222222-|
D|--7777-5555-44444444-| |--222222222-| Play twice
A|--5555-3333-22222222-| |--000000000-|
E|---------------------| |------------|
Prechorus Thingy:
E A G^ C? (not 100% sure)
e|-------0000-|-------0000-|-------3333-|-------0000-|
B|-------0000-|-------2222-|-------3333-|-------1111-|
G|-------1111-|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------0000-|
D|-------2222-|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------2222-| Play four times
A|-------2222-|-------0000-|-------2222-|-------3333-|
E|-------0000-|------------|-------3333-|------------|
Chorusy Thing:
A C
e|------------------|
B|-00000000---------|
G|-22222222-55555555|
D|-22222222-55555555| x8
A|-00000000-33333333|
E|------------------|
Outro (clean):
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|--7777-5555-44444444-|
D|--7777-5555-44444444-|
A|--5555-3333-22222222-|
E|---------------------|
And there you have it. Nice song, good to hear songs about Belfast that don't involve
bombs or shootings and stuff...