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Song

40 ft by FRANZ FERDINAND:

Tabbed by Telecaster. Extremely addictive song from a very promissing band.

Straightforward but ear candy nonetheless. Enjoy!

Standard Tuning

h - hammer on

p - pull off

b - bend string up

r- release bend

/ - slide up

\ - slide down

x - mutes string

(palm muted)

E------------------------------

B---4---------4---4---------4--
G-5---5--4--4---3---3--4--4----      x 4  (from begining to 0:18)

D------------------------------

A------------------------------

E------------------------------

p h p h p h p h

E------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------

G----------3--2--3--2--3-------------------------      x 4  (from 0:18 to 0:37)
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3--
A-3----------------------3-----------------------

E------------------------------------------------

"As I glanced once upon the foam

40 feet beneath my feet

The cold has come flows through the molten veins

Cooling all the blood to slush congeals around again

Oh la la la la la la la la la la la..."

[Cm] [G] [F]

E--x--3--3--3-----3--3--3--x-                                          E--1--
B--x--4--4--4-----3--3--3--x-                                          B--1--

G--x--5--5--5-----4--4--4--x- x 6 (from 0:50 to 1:04) and then strum: G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain"

D--x--5--5--5-----5--5--5--x-					       D--3--
A--x--3--3--3-----5--5--5--x-					       A--3--
E-----------------3--3--3----					       E--1--

p h p h p h p h

E------------------------------------------------

B------------------------------------------------

G----------3--2--3--2--3-------------------------      x 2  (from 1:08 to 1:17)
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3--
A-3----------------------3-----------------------

E------------------------------------------------

"Soft scales upon my drying arms

Burn my back beneath the sun

I am cold beneath the burning haze

Looking down, looking down, down, down again"

Mess around with Cm chord, eg: [G]

E-------------------------------------						E--3--
B--------3-----------3----------3-----						B--3--
G-----4-----4-----4-----4----------4--    (from 1:18 to 1:27)  and then strum:  G--4--
D--4-----------4--------------5-------						D--5--
A--------------------------3----------						A--5--
E-------------------------------------						E--3--

"Oh la la la la la la la la la la la..."

[Cm] [G] [F]

E--x--3--3--3-----3--3--3--x--                                          E--1--
B--x--4--4--4-----3--3--3--x--                                          B--1--

G--x--5--5--5-----4--4--4--x-- x 6 (from 1:32 to 1:45) and then strum: G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain"

D--x--5--5--5-----5--5--5--x--						D--3--
A--x--3--3--3-----5--5--5--x--						A--3--
E-----------------3--3--3-----						e--1--

p h p h p h p h p h p h p h

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G----------3--2--3--2--3-----------------------------------3--2--3--2--3--2--3--3--3--4- x 2 (from 1:50 to 2:09)
D----4--5-------------------4--5--3--1--3--1--3------4--5-------------------------------   (listen to the track
A-3----------------------3------------------------3-------------------------------------             for timing)

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/ / \

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------3--4--10--13--12--5--5--3--5--5--8--8--5--8--5--8--9--------------------
A--3--3--4--5--5--------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

G----------------------------7--8--7------------------------------------------------------
D--10--10--8--10--10--8--10-----------10--10--8--10--10--8--9-----------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

h p h

"La la la la la..." B--11--13--11--13-- x 3 (with delay)

[F]

E--1--
B--1--

G--2-- "Oh, and forty feet remain" D--3--

D--3--
A--3--
e--1--

(from 3:00 to end)

/

E--------------------------11-------------------------------------------------------------
B--13--12--11--12--13--13-----11--13--13--13--12--11--11--13--11--13--12--11--12----------

G-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E------11------------------11---------------------------------------------------------
B--13------13--12--11--13------13--12--11--13--13--12--13--13--12--11--11--12--13-----

G-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

D-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

b r

A second guitar is doing some bending sounds: G--15--(17)--15--

Specially tabbed for FranzFerdinand.org

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