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You Dont Care About Us

Placebo
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Tab3

Bass1

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

Song

Normal Placebo Tuning (F Bb Eb Ab C C)

Verse:

C |--------------------------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-----------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
Eb|-7-7-7-6-7-6----------6-7-6--------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|
Bb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7--------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--|
F |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5---10---10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-| Repeat

Chorus:

C |-------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--11--11-11-11--11-11-11-11-11---|
Eb|-x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x---x--x--x---x--x--x--x--x----|
Bb|-11--11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11--12--12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12---|
F |-9---9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9---10--10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10---|

"It's your age..." bit

C |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-11-11-11-11-11-11-14-14-14-14-13-13-13-13-13-13----|
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-----|
Bb|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |----------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2

Post-bridge:

C |---------------------------------------------------------|
C |---------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------------13-13-13--13-13--13-13-14-15---------|
Eb|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-7---------------------------------------|
Bb|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------|
F |--------------------4--4--4---4--4---4--4--5--6----------| Repeat x2

Alternate Version

Transcribed by Alexandre Viano

Tuning: Placebo (F Bb Eb Ab C C)

(Tab for two guitars)

--------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro / Verse:

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0-0-0---|-0---0---0-0--0--|
A|-0---0---0-0-0---|-0---0---0--0--0-|-9---9---9-9-9---|-9---9---9-11-12-|
E|-9---9---9-9-9---|-9---9---9--10-12|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-5-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------6-7-6---|---------6-7-6---|-----------------|-11--11--11-11-11|
A|-5---5---------7-|-7---7-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5---5---5---|/10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-0---0---0-0-0---|-0-0-0---0-0-0---|
A|-0---0---0-0-0---|-0---0---0--0--0-|-9---9---9-9-9---|-7-7-7---5-5-5---|
E|-9---9---9-9-9---|-9---9---9--10-12|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|---------6-7-6---|---------6-7-6---|-----------------|-0---0---0--0--0-|
A|-5---5---------7-|-7---7-----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-5---5---5-5-5-5-|-5---5---5---5---|/10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|

Chorus:

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|-11--11--11--11--|-11--11--11-11-11|
D|-11--11--11--11--|-11--11--11--11--|-12--12--12--12--|-12--12--12-12-12|
A|-11--11--11--11--|-11--11--11--11--|-12--12--12--12--|-12--12--12-12-12|
E|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10-10-10|
e|-9---9---9--9--9-|-9---9---9--9--9-|-10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|
B|-9---9---9--9--9-|-9---9---9--9--9-|-10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|
G|-10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|-11--11--11-11-11|-11--11--11-11-11|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-9---9---9--9--9-|-9---9---9--9--9-|-10--10--10-10-10|-10--10--10-10-10|

(Played by Brian. Very abrupt chords & some harmonics effects. Strum up...)

Bridge ("It's your age..."):

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-14--14--14--14--|-----------------|-14--14--14--14--|-----------------|
G|-13--13--13--13--|-11--11--11--11--|-14--14--14--14--|-13--13--13--3---|
D|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|-0---0---0---0---|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-11--11--11--11--|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-11--11--11--11--|-9---9---9---9---|-12--12--12--12--|-11--11--11--11--|
E|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--| (x2)

This part is played by Brian after the last chorus.

End:

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6---------|
A|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6-5-7-----|
E|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4-5-7-----|
e|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4---------|
B|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4---------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6-5-7-----|
E|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4-5-7-----|

(Add harmonics)

+ + + + + + + +

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2-|
D|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6-6-6---2-|
A|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6-6-6---0-|
E|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4-5-4-----|
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------7-|
A|-7---7---7-7-7---|-7---7-7-7-7-----|-6---6---6-6-6---|-6---6-6-6-6---7-|
E|-5---5---5-5-5---|-5---5-5-7-5-----|-4---4---4-4-4---|-4---4-4-5-4---5-|

(Add harmonics)

Bridge 2: ("It's a matter of trust...")

(Guitar 2, Guitar 1 plays something like chorus)

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|
E|-9---9---9---9---|-9---9---9---9---|-10--10--10--10--|-10--10--10--10--|

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