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FOOL’S GOLD ~ MIDDLE EAST
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Tabbed by Kate Prendergast
January 2012
Beautiful song, awesome Australian band; a shame the Middle East has disbanded so early
in their music career.
This is my first tab, so go easy on me. The guitar here is very soft, so I had immense
difficulty picking up the tabs for the chorus, so I resorted to some possible chord
shapes instead. If anyone has a keener ear than me, please pull me up and put it right!
Standard tuning, capo 4
INTRO AND PART ONE
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---------0---------------0--------0-----------| x4
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Those steady eyes and that ready smile
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-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------| x2
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Can contain the turmoil deep inside
For a while and then you crack
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-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Like us all your nose will run
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---------0---------------0--------2-----------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Like a tap onto the floor
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---0-------------0----------------------------|
-----0---0---------------0-------0------------|
-------0-----0-------0-------0----------------|
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---3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
-----------------3----------------------------|
---0---------------------0-------1------------|
-----0---0------------------------------------|
-------0-----0-------0-------0----------------|
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---3-------3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
0:28 CHORUS CHORDS
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--1-----------------1-------------------------|
--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|
--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|
--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|
-----------3-------------------0--------------|
And that will be the
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----2-------2---------------------------------|
----3-------3--------0-----------0------------|
----3-------3--------2-----------2------------|
----1----------------3-----------3------------|
grossest thing of
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-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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all
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---------0---------------0--------0-------------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2------------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----------------|
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0:40 PART THREE
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---------0---------------0--------0-----------| x2
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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The speeding dial and those
Flashing lines
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---------1---------------1------1-----------------|
-----0-------0-------0-------0--------------------| x2
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3------------------|
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Only assimilate the feeling
Of beating time
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---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------|
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In this race
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---------0---------------0--------0-----------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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0:58 CHORUS CHORDS
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--1-----------------1-------------------------|
--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|
--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|
--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|
-----------3-------------------0--------------|
Everything else
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------------1--------1-----------0------------|
----2-------2---------------------------------|
----3-------3--------0-----------0------------|
----3-------3--------2-----------2------------|
----1----------------3-----------3------------|
catches up with you
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-----------------1----------------1-----------|
---------0---------------0--------------------| x2
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_middle_east/fools_gold_tab.html ]
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--1-----------------1-------------------------|
--0--------0--------2----------0--------------|
--2--------0--------2----------2--------------|
--3--------2--------0----------2--------------|
-----------3-------------------0--------------|
And there’s just one thing
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----2-------2----------------------------------|
----3-------3--------0-----------0-------------|
----3-------3--------2-----------2-------------|
----1----------------3-----------3-------------|
Left that you can do
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-----------------0-----------------------------|
---------0---------------0---------------------|
-----0-------0-------0-------0-----------------|
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------|
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-----------------3-----------------------------|
-----------------------0----------1------------|
---------0-------------------------------------|
-----0-------0-------0-------0-----------------|
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---------------|
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1:21PART FOUR
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---------0---------------0--------0-----------| x2
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Cause what we have
Is good as gold
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---------2---------------2-------2------------|
-----3-------3-------3-------3----------------|
---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------|
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Malleable
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---------0---------------0-------0------------|
-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------|
---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2--------------|
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Good to hold
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---------0---------------0--------0-----------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Moulding is good
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--------0---1------0------------1-------------|
---------------------------0--------0---------|
-----2----------2------2----------------------|
---3------3---3------3---3----3---3-----------|
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(1:36) Cause life is change
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---------2---------------2-------2------------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------|
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And change is good
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----------1-----------------1-----------------|
-----3--------3--------3--------------0-------|
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---1---1----1---1----1---1------1-------------|
And you are good
(repeat x2)
On the first repeat, the last bar is:
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---------0----------------0-------------------|
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-----2-------2-------2-------2----------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
On the second repeat, the last bar is omitted, and the guitar harmony ceases entirely.
Very quietly, it enters in again at 2:20 very quietly, with a crescendo to full at 2:32
2:30 PART FIVE
During this section I can hear a guitar doing this…
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-------------------0---0---0---0--------------|
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-----------------1----------------------------|
---------0---------------2---0----------------|
-----2-------2-------2----------------0-------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----2------------|
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And you’re changing me
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---------1---------------1--------------------|
-----------------2-----------------0----------|
-----2-------2-------2-------2--0-------------|
---0---0---0---0---0---0---0------------------|
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Changing me
(Repeat x3)with a few variations.
2:50 PART SIX (END)
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-----2-------2-------2--------------------------|
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3----2---------------|
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---------1---------------1------1-------------|
-----0-------0-------0-------0----------------| x2
---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3--------------|
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Anddddd during the last bar, another guitar finishes off with this.
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----------1------------1----------------------|
-----2-----------0----------------------------|
---3---3------2----0--------------------------|
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Enjoy!
