The Age Of The Understatement Chords & Tabs
The Age Of The Understatement Tab
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age Of The Understatement
Tabbed by Aled Parry.
email: aparry491@btinternet.com
Tuning: Standard E
This song is played very quick with continuous strumming.
Intro
e|-2-222-22-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22--7-777-77--9-999-99--2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-22|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33--7-777-77--9-999-99--3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-33|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44--7-777-77--9-999-99--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44| x2
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44--5-555-55--7-777-77--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x10
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
Verse
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x7
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
Decided to sneak off away
From your stomach and try your pulse
Encaptured what seemed all unknowing
And candid
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-2-222-22--3-333-33---|
D|-----------4-444-44---|
A|-----------4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
but they suspected it was false
Break
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x4
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
Verse
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x7
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
She’s playful, but boring would warn you
Be careful of her brigade
In order to tame this relentless marauder
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-2-222-22--3-333-33---|
D|-----------4-444-44---|
A|-----------4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
Move away from the parade
Pre-Chorus
e|---------------------2-222-22--2-222-22--|
B|-5-555-55--3-333-33--3-333-33--3-333-33--|
G|-6-666-66--4-444-44--4-444-44--4-444-44--|
D|-7-777-77--5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44--|
A|-7-777-77--5-555-55--2-222-22--2-222-22--| x3
E|-----------------------------------------|
And she was walking on the tables in the glasshouse
And verily bedraggled in the wind
Subtle in her method of seduction
e|-2-222-22--2-222-22----------------------|
B|-3-333-33--3-333-33--2-222-22--2-222-22--|
G|-2-222-22--2-222-22--3-333-33--3-333-33--|
D|---------------------4-444-44--4-444-44--|
A|---------------------4-444-44--4-444-44--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Twenty little tragedies begin
Break
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x8
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
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Pre-Chorus
e|---------------------2-222-22--2-222-22--|
B|-5-555-55--3-333-33--3-333-33--3-333-33--|
G|-6-666-66--4-444-44--4-444-44--4-444-44--|
D|-7-777-77--5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44--|
A|-7-777-77--5-555-55--2-222-22--2-222-22--| x3
E|-----------------------------------------|
And she would throw a feather bower in the road
If she thought that it would set the scene
Unfittingly dipped into your companions
e|-2-222-22--2-222-22----------------------|
B|-3-333-33--3-333-33--2-222-22--2-222-22--|
G|-2-222-22--2-222-22--3-333-33--3-333-33--|
D|---------------------4-444-44--4-444-44--|
A|---------------------4-444-44--4-444-44--|
E|-----------------------------------------|
Enlightened them to make you see
Chorus x4
e|-2-222-22--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22--7-777-77--9-999-99--2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-22-|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33--7-777-77--9-999-99--3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-33-|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44--7-777-77--9-999-99--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-|
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44--5-555-55--7-777-77--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-44-|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And there’s affection to rent
The age of the understatement
Before the attraction ferments
Kiss me properly and pull me apart
Affection to rent
The age of the understatement
But before this attraction ferments
Kiss me properly and pull me apart
e|----------------------------------------------------------2-222-22-2-222-22-|
B|--3-333-33-3-333-33--2-222-22--2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-2--3-333-33-3-333-33-|
G|--4-444-44-4-444-44--3-333-33--3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-3--4-444-44-4-444-44-|
D|--5-555-55-5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-4--4-444-44-4-444-44-|
A|--5-555-55-5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-4--2-222-22-2-222-22-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ahhhhh, Ahhhh… x2
Bridge x2
e|----------------------------------------------------------2-222-22-2-222-22-|
B|--3-333-33-3-333-33--2-222-22--2-222-22-2-222-22-2-222-2--3-333-33-3-333-33-|
G|--4-444-44-4-444-44--3-333-33--3-333-33-3-333-33-3-333-3--4-444-44-4-444-44-|
D|--5-555-55-5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-4--4-444-44-4-444-44-|
A|--5-555-55-5-555-55--4-444-44--4-444-44-4-444-44-4-444-4--2-222-22-2-222-22-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
And my fingers scratch at my hair
Before my mind can get too reckless
The idea of seeing you here
Is enough to make the sweat go cold
e|----------------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
B|--3------------------2------------------2-----------------3-----------------|
G|--4------------------3------------------3-----------------4-----------------|
D|--5------------------4------------------4-----------------4-----------------|
A|--5------------------4------------------4-----------------2-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ahhhhh, Ahhhh…
e|-2-222-22-------------|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22---|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33---|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44---| x8
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44---|
E|----------------------|
Outro:
e|-2-222-22--------------------------------2-|
B|-3-333-33--2-222-22--7-777-77--9-999-99--3-|
G|-4-444-44--3-333-33--7-777-77--9-999-99--4-|
D|-4-444-44--4-444-44--7-777-77--9-999-99--4-|
A|-2-222-22--4-444-44--5-555-55--7-777-77—-2-|
E|-------------------------------------------|
