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Petite Mort Tabs

(ver. 1)
Bad Books
Tuning: Half-Step Down

Style: Swing(8th notes = dotted 8th notes)

Chords

   Em      B7       C     Cm/A      G       D      Am      D7       E*     C/G     D*      E     A7
eb|-0-|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |-3-|   |-3-|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-10|  |-0-|  |-0-|
Bb|-0-|   |-0-|   |-1-|   |-4-|   |-3-|   |-3-|   |-1-|   |-1-|   |-9-|   |-1-|   |-10|  |-0-|  |-2-|
Gb|-0-|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |-5-|   |-0-|   |-2-|   |-2-|   |-2-|   |-9-|   |-0-|   |-11|  |-1-|  |-0-|
Db|-2-|   |-1-|   |-2-|   |-5-|   |-0-|   |-0-|   |-2-|   |-0-|   |-9-|   |-2-|   |--0|  |-2-|  |-2-|
Ab|-2-|   |-2-|   |-3-|   |-0-|   |-2-|   |-x-|   |-0-|   |-x-|   |-x-|   |-3-|   |--0|  |-2-|  |-0-|
Eb|-0-|   |-x-|   |-x-|   |-x-|   |-3-|   |-2-|   |-x-|   |-2-|   |-x-|   |-3-|   |--x|  |-0-|  |-x-|
  
Intro

    + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
eb|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
Bb|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
Gb|-----------------------------------------------------------0---------------------------------------|
Db|-----------2---------------2---------------2-----------2-------2-----------2---------------9---9---|
Ab|-------3-------3-------3-------3-------2-------2---0-------------------3-------3------10-----------|
Eb|---3---------------3---------------0-------------------------------3-------------/10---------------|

Main Riff

   +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  
eb|-/10-10-10--0--2--3--5--7--8-(0)-7-(0)-5-(0)-2-(0)-|
Bb|-/10-10-10--x-(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)---(0)---(0)---(0)----|
Gb|-/11-11-11--x--2--4--5--7--9-----7-----5-----2-----|
Db|--/0-----------------------------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------------------------|

   Em                       B7                      C           Cm/A        G           D
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-5--------------3--5-----------------------------------------------3----------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------4-----------------------2--------4--2----------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------5-----------4----------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    Am          D7          Em          E*          C/G         D*          G           B7
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-2-----------------------------------------------------------2-----------4-----------2----------|
Db|-------------4-----------2-----------------------5----------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1 

Em                             B7
Petite Mort, I'm asking for an answer
C              Cm/A           G        D
Petite Mort, you sang until you slept
Am               D7                 Em        E
Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
C/G              D                     G        B7
Petite Mort, the sleeping's all that's left

    Em                         B7
You took apart the sympathetic angle
         C              Cm/A         G      D        
When you catered to the bitterness inside
Am                   D7                Em        E
Resigned yourself to depths I couldn't handle
  C/G           D                 G
A million daily deaths before you die


Chorus 
(Play the first four bars of the intro during the first four chords of each chorus.)

C/G
    Gathered a bouquet
              Em
Of roses and posies
                    A7
And straightened my tie
       C/G                 G               Main Riff
When I got there, you were nowhere I could find


Verse 2

        Em                      B7
Through layer after layer of subconscious
  C            Cm/A          G        D
I hunted for a reason in the woods
  Am             D7              Em        E
I tore apart the map and started backwards
  C/G              D                G        B7
I couldn't picture living there for good

  Em                                B7
I left you there to finish starting fires
      C                 Cm/A           G        D
And I left you there to propagate your lie
  Am                 D7           Em        E
I left you there cos honey, I was tired
  C/G               D               G
I left you but that doesn't make it right


Chorus 

C/G
    I remember your bedroom
        Em
Ivy and clover
            A7
You kept me alive
       C/G                G               Main Riff
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside


Verse 3

    Em                             B7
Now Petite Mort, I'm asking for an answer
    C                Cm/A           G        D
Now Petite Mort, you sang until you slept
    Am               D7                 Em        E
Now Petite Mort, you took yourself, you bastard
    C/G              D                     G        B7
Now Petite Mort, the sleeping's all that's left

   Em                       B7                      C           Cm/A        G           D
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-5--------------3--5-----------------------------------------------3----------------------------|
Gb|-------------------------4-----------------------2--------4--2----------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------------------------------------------5-----------4----------|
Ab|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
    Am          D7          Em          E*          C/G         D*          G           B7
    1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +  1  +  2  +  3  +  4  +
eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-2-----------------------------------------------------------2-----------4----------------------|
Db|-------------4-----------2-----------------------5----------------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-----0----|
Eb|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Chorus

C/G
    Oooooh Oooh Oooooh
       Em
Oooooh Oooh Oooooh
       A7
Oooooh Oooh
       C/G                G               D
Knives drawn, the butcher world waited outside            
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