The Fratellis - A Heady Tale Chords & Tabs

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			     A HEADY TALE - The Fratellis
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Tabbed by: Mono
Email: bowdowntothemono@hotmail.co.uk

Right, this song has the piano as the main instrument, so the guitar is mainly rhythm 
Off we go.

EDIT: Sorted the piano riff, thanks to mambomonkey :)

Tuning: Standard (EADGBe)

Piano verse (same chords as verse below)

When the guitar comes in, it goes like this.
Verse (The rhythm's quite jazzy, listen to the song):
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------4444-------------------------------|
G|----5----5----7777----5----5----5555-5555----5----5----7777----5----5---|
D|-55-5-55-5----7777-55-5-55-5----5555-5555-55-5-55-5----7777-55-5-55-5-5-|
A|-55-3-55-3-x4-5555-55-3-55-3-x2-3333-3333-55-3-55-3-x2-5555-55-3-55-3-5-|
E|-33---33-----------33---33----------------33---33-----------33---33---3-|

Chorus:
e|-----------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------|
G|-5~--------7777---------5555-------|
D|-5~---5555-7777-5-7-8-9-5555-5555--|
A|-3~---5555-5555-5-7-8-9-3333-5555--|
E|------3333------3-5-6-7------3333--|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_fratellis/a_heady_tale_tab.html ]
The next bit of the chorus contains a simple guitar part and a piano riff that can be 
on guitar.
Guitar part (listen for the rhythm):
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|
D|--------------------------|
A|-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---|
E|--------------------------|

Piano riff (This should be right, according to mambomonkey):
e|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|
B|----10----9----7------------10--10--10--10-------9----7-----|
G|----8-----8----8------------8---8---8---8--------8----8-----|
D|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|x2
A|----9-----9----9------------9---9---9---9--------9----9-----|
E|----7-----7----7------------7---7---7---7--------7----7-----|

Play the beginning of verse a couple of times
Verse
Chorus

Bridge:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------5~---7~-|
D|-55-55-555--------------------------------55-55-555------5~---7~-|
A|-55-55-555- x2, then do end of chorus x2 -55-55-555- x2 -3~---5~-|
E|-33-33-333--------------------------------33-33-333--------------|

Piano Interlude

Last Chorus:
e|-------------------------|
B|-------------------------|
G|-5~----7~----5~----7~----|
D|-5~-5~-7~-5~-5~-5~-7~-5--|
A|-3~-5~-5~-5~-3~-5~-5~-5--|
E|----3~----3~----3~----3--|

Repeat chorus to fade out

The End. Very good song.

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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