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Countdown

Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Tab

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

Song

Band:Yeah Yeah Yeahs

Song:Countdown

Album:Maps Single

tabbed by Dan Steadman

guitar by Nick Zinner

Main Riff

e|--------------------------------------------
B|--------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------
D|-9/11-11-11-11----9/14--7-7-----------------
A|-7/9--9--9--9-----7/12--5-5-----------------
E|--------------------------------------------

"sailors of the red like the sun"

e|----------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------
D|-----------------------14---------------
A|-7/9-9-9-9----9/12-12--12---------------
E|-5/7-7-7-7----7/10-10-------------------

Solo

e|--15-15-13-13------------------------
B|---------------13-13-11-11-----------
G|-------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------
e|--15-15-13-13------------------------
B|---------------13-13-10b-------------
G|-------------------------------------
D|-------------------------------------
A|-------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------

Pre-Chorus

e|-----------------------------------------------------
B|-----------------------------------------------------
G|-----------------------------------------------------
D|------------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11---7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------
E|-9---9--9--9--9--9--9--------------------------------

"All your loves gonna pout for me your love that breaths breaze..."

Chorus

e|----------------------------------------------------------------------
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------
D---------------------------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-------
A|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--9-9-9-9-9-9-9--12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-------
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--10-10-10-10-10-10----------------------

"countdown countdown countdown well countdown"

Bridge? type thing

e|-------
B|-------
G|-------
D|-11----  strum around 19 times
A|-9-----
E|-------

"Yeah!"

Order:

Main Riff

Solo

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Bridge

Main Riff

Bridge

Pre-Chours

Bridge

Main Riff

That's it. This is my first tab, I'm sure it's correct though.

I e-mailed Nick himself an asked him if it was correct so. please rate this high!

Comments

Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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