Tabbed by Mike Mason (please send corrections to mikemasonacoustic@gmail.com)
This is what I gathered from watching live videos on YouTube and sitting here with my
guitar for an hour or so.
The whole song uses notes around F#minor (or just an F#, it doesn't really matter).
F#minor is played like this:
e|-11-|
B|-11-|
G|-11-|
D|-14-|
A|-14-|
e|-11-|
Intro:
Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------14-14-13-13-11-11-------11-11-11-13----11-11-11-13----11-11-11-13--| x3
A|--14-14-------------------14-14--------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------14-14-13-13-11-11-------11-11-11-13----11-11-11-11--11-11-11-------| x1
A|--14-14-------------------14-14--------------------------------------14-14-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*
* = Mute string
Guitar 2:
Guitar 2 plays this 8 times for every one bar above
e|---------------------|
B|--14-14-14-14----16--|
G|--------------16-----|x32
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
This section is all palm muted
Verse 1:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_1975/chocolate_tab_ver_2.html ]
Guitar 2 plays the above througout
Verse 2:
Guitar 1:
e|---------------------|
B|---------------------|
G|---------------------|
D|--11-11-11-11-11h13--|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
h = hammer on
Guitar 2 plays the same pattern as verse 1
Chorus:
same as the intro for both guitars
Verses 3 & 4:
only bass plays
Pre-chorus:
Guitar 1:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|--------14-14-13-13-11-11-------11-11-11-13--| x3
A|--------------------------14-14--------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|--11-11-11-13--| x6
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|--------14-14-13-13-11-11-------11-11-11-13----11-11-11-11--11-11-11-------|
A|--14-14-------------------14-14--------------------------------------14-14-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|---------------------|
B|--14-14-14-14----16--|
G|--------------16-----|
D|---------------------|
A|---------------------|
E|---------------------|
This section is all palm muted
Repeat Chorus
Bridge:
Guitar 2:
e|-------------------------|
B|--------16-14------14----|
G|--16-16-------16------16-|x8
D|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|
This section is all palm muted
Repeat Chorus
Repeat Bridge