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City Of Bugs Tabs

(ver. 1)
The Cribs
This song is my personal fave from the new album Ignore the Ignorant
Prepare for a loooonnngg tab, should be mostly correct though :)

Intro

Distorted Bass
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|5-/14-9\0-|

Guitar 1
e|--------------|
B|--------------|
G|---4--6-44664-|
D|666-66--------|
A|--------------|
E|--------------| A few times

then

e|----------------------------------7-7-7-7--|
B|9999999999999999999999999979797979-9-9-9-9-|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-------------|
B|----7--------|
G|2/4---4~-----|
D|-------------|
A|-------------|
E|-------------|

e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|----7-------2~------7------4~-----7------2-------|
G|2/4---4~--1-----2/4---4~-1----2/4---4~-1---1bbbb-|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|

Verse 1
Guitar 1
e|----------7-7-7------------7-7-7------------7-7-7-------------------|
B|9999999979-9-9-9-9999999970-9-9-9-9999999979-9-9-9-9999999970000000-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|----2-------------2------------2---------7777--|
B|------------2------------4-------------4-9999b-|
G|2/4---4~--1---2/4---4~-1---2/4---4~--1---------|
D|-----------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus
Guitar 2 - However odd the tab may look, it basically just slides up the neck on those 
strings to the 12th fret
e|////////////////////////////////////12-|
B|////////////////////////////////////12-|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Guitar 1
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|66xxxx66xxxx6666-|
D|66xxxx66xxxx6666-|
A|44xxxx44xxxx4444-|
E|-----------------|

Chorus
Guitar 2 - Tremolo Picking
e|12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~4~~0~~~~~~~2~4~7~-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

e|7777/5-5/4-4/2-2/4-5/4-4/2-2--------------|
B|----------------------------4/5~----------|
G|------not tremolo this part---------------|
D|------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------|

Guitar 1 - When playing the 9s, mess around with a little bit of bending
e|999999999-99-999999977-77-|
B|999999999-99-999999977-77-|
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|x3

not so sure about this part
e|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------------|
B|------------------9--9--9--9---|
G|-------------------9--9--8--8--|
D|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---9--9--9--9-|
A|-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------|

Verse 2 is the same as Verse 1

Pre Chorus

First Chorus again

Chorus 2

Guitar 2 now play this part for the Chorus
It plays this part in all the Chorus sections from now on,
instead of the part it played in the first chorus
Tremolo Picking
e|12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|12~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5~7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|0~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~2~~4~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~-|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

e|7777/5-5/4-4/2-2/4-5/4-4/2-2-------------|
B|-----------------------------4b5~--------|
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|

Guitar 2 plays the same part as Chorus 1

Guitar 1 plays this

e|9-7---12------9-7---12---------7---9-7-----7---9-7---|
B|----9----12-9-----9----12-9--9---9-----7-9---9-----7-|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

End Chorus
e|--7-----7-----7-----7------------------|
B|9---7/9---7/9---7/9---9--9--9--9---9~~-|
G|-----------------------9--9--8--8--8~~-|
D|------------------------9--9--9--9-9~~-|
A|---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|

Verse 3 same as 1st and 2nd Verse

Pre-Chorus

Chorus 1

Chorus 2 - Guitar 1 skip End Chorus and go straight to Outro

Outro

Guitar 1

e|--7-----7-|
B|9---7/9---|
G|----------|
D|----------|
A|----------|
E|----------| A hell of a lot

e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|9999/7-7/6-6/4-4/6-7/6-6/4-4-1/2-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|x2

Play this chord until the end of the song, bent upwards slightly
e|9999999999-|
B|9999999999-|
G|-----------|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|

Guitar 2
e|7777/5-5/4-4/2-2/4-5/4-4/2-2-----|
B|-----------------------------4b5-|
G|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------| A lot

After Guitar 1 plays low version of main riff twice, switch to this
All tremolo
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|16~~~~14~~~~13~~~~11~~~~~14~~~~~13~~~~~11~~~~~8~9~~~~|
D|x~~~~~x~~~~~x~~~~~x~~~~~~x~~~~~~x~~~~~~x~~~~~~x~x~~~~|
A|14~~~~12~~~~11~~~~9~~~~~~12~~~~~11~~~~~9~~~~~~6~7~~~~|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

Thats all

God that took me a long time!!!!
            
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