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A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

The Magnetic Fields
Tab
4.8(4)

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

Song

A Chicken With Its Head Cut Off

T H E M A G N E T I C F I E L D S

Tabbed By Aaron Bridgeman (rokken@sicness.net)

http://bogans.arecool.net

Great weird song.

KEY FOR CHORD STRUMMING:

x = play the chord here (or in tab cases to this tab, repeat previous chord)

R = rest. no noise from your guitar.

e|-x-x-R--x-|
B|-x-x-R--x-|
G|-x-x-R--x-|
D|-x-x-R--x-|
A|-x-x-R--x-|
E|-x-x-R--x-|

Use this pattern the whole song except for the breakdown

INTRO / VERSE CHORDS: (G D F C)

e|-3------2------1------0------|
B|-3------3------1------1------|
G|-4------2------2------0------|
D|-5-(x2)-0-(x2)-3-(x2)-2-(x2)-|
A|-5-------------3------3------|
E|-3-------------1-------------|

INTRO / VERSE BASSLINE: (transcribed 'cause it's catchy)

G|------4-5-4------------------2-3-2--------------|
D|--5----------5---------2--3---------3-----------|
A|------------------5--5------------------3--3--5-|
E|------------------------------------------------|

CHORUS CHORDS: (G C D C G)

e|-3------0------2------0------3------|
B|-3------1------3------1------3------|
G|-4------0------2------0------4------|
D|-5-(x4)-2-(x4)-0-(x2)-2-(x2)-5-(x4)-| (x2)
A|-5------3-------------3------5------|
E|-3---------------------------3------|

BREAKDOWN CHORDS:

e|-0--x-x--x-x--2--x-x--x-x--3--x-x--x-x--0--x-x--x-x--|
B|-1--x-x--x-x--3--x-x--x-x--3--x-x--x-x--0--x-x--x-x--|
G|-0--x-x--x-x--2--x-x--x-x--4--x-x--x-x--1--x-x--x-x--|
D|-2--x-x--x-x--0--x-x--x-x--5--x-x--x-x--2--x-x--x-x--|
A|-3--x-x--x-x---------------5--x-x--x-x--2--x-x--x-x--|
E|---------------------------3--x-x--x-x--0--x-x--x-x--|

That's it. Joy.

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