Days Before You Came

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This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

Days Before You Came by PLACEBO, taken from the album "BLACK MARKET MUSIC" (2000).

Guitars performed by Brian Molko.

Tabbed by Scott Lee Andrews - scottleeandrews@hotmail.com

Disclaimer: This guitar tab is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song.

It is intended solely for private study, scholarship, or research. The music and lyrics belong to their

respective copyright owners. Reproduction or distribution of this material for commercial or profit-making

enterprise is strictly prohibited. The majority of the Placebo tabs found online were created by myself

as part of the Placebo website THeBSH.com in 1999/2000, which acted at the official Placebo website until

around 2003. My tabs are based from live performances as visual confirmation of finger placements unless

otherwise stated.

See:

https://web.archive.org/web/20001203233600/http://www.thebsh.com/tab/cont.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20010208140856/http://www.thebsh.com/tab/tab.htm

Tabs have been reworked/updated.

Placebo "standard" tuning, with bottom F up a semitone to F# = F#, Bb, Eb, Ab, C, C.

Part A

C  |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |------------------------------------------------------|
G# |------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
Bb |------------------------------------------------------|
F# |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------|
Eb |--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
Bb |-------------------------------------|
F# |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |--12--12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12--12--15-14-14-14-|
F# |--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0--| x4

Part B

C  |--------------------------------------------------------|
C  |--------------------------------------------------------|
G# |--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5--|
Bb |--------------------------------------------------------|
F# |--------------------------------------------------------|
C  |---------------------------------------------------------|
C  |---------------------------------------------------------|
G# |---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |--7--7--7-7-7----8-8-8-8--8--7--7-7-7-7-----8-8-8-8-8-8--|
F# |--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--| x2 (* On second time)

Part A

C  |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |------------------------------------------------------|
G# |------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
Bb |------------------------------------------------------|
F# |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------|
Eb |--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
Bb |-------------------------------------|
F# |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |--12--12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12--12--15-14-14-14-|
F# |--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0--| x2

Riff

C  |-------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------|
Bb |-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-2-2-2-3-0---|
F# |-------------------------------------------------| x4

Part B

C  |--------------------------------------------------------|
C  |--------------------------------------------------------|
G# |--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |--7-7-7-7-7-7--7--7--7-7--7--5-5-5-5-5-5--5--5--5--5-5--|
Bb |--------------------------------------------------------|
F# |--------------------------------------------------------|
C  |---------------------------------------------------------|
C  |---------------------------------------------------------|
G# |---------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |---------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |--7--7--7-7-7----8-8-8-8--8--7--7-7-7-7-----8-8-8-8-8-8--|
F# |--0--0--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--0--0--0-0-0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0--| x2 (* both times)

Part A

C  |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |------------------------------------------------------|
G# |------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
Bb |------------------------------------------------------|
F# |------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------|
Eb |--9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--|
Bb |-------------------------------------|
F# |-------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb |--12--12-12-12-12-12-12--10-10-10--12-12-12-12-12--12--15-14-14-14-|
F# |--0---0--0--0--0--0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--0--0---0---0--0--0--0--| x2

Riff

C  |-------------------------------------------------|
C  |-------------------------------------------------|
G# |-------------------------------------------------|
Eb |-------------------------------------------------|
Bb |-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-(3)-2-2-2-3-0---|
F# |-------------------------------------------------|

*Overdub

C  |---------------------------------------|
C  |---------------------------------------|
G# |---------------------------------------|
Eb |--13-13-13-14-14-14-10-10-10-12-12-12--|
Bb |---------------------------------------|
F# |---------------------------------------|

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| X Behind the bridge - Picking pattern is approximate

| (x) Harmonic

| ~ Vibrato

| / Slide (Down)

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