Elvis Costello & The Attractions - Whats so funny bout peace love and understanding
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Tuning: E A D G
*My tabs are meant to be read in conjunction with listening to the song.
In other words, there are no specific notations to account for note/rest duration.
However, you will find that I've made an attempt to strategically space the notes
and rests within their respective measures in order to represent the appropriate
durations.
Time signature: 4/4
[Intro] 3x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E||3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------3-------5-------3---2---|
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3-------3-------3-----------|
[Verse] 2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------------------------------|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------0---0---1---1---2---2---|
2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------2---2---3---3---4---4---|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------4-------5-------6---|7---7---------------------------|
A|5---7-7-7-----------------------|--------4---4---5---5---6---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------4-------5-------6---|7-------------------------------|
A|5---7-7-7-----------------------|----5---5---5---5---3---2---0---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Instrumental] 3x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E||3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------3-------5-------3---2---|
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3-------3-------3-----------|
[Verse] 2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------------------------------|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------0---0---1---1---2---2---|
2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------2---2---3---3---4---4---|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Chorus]
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------4-------5-------6---|7---7---------------------------|
A|5---7-7-7-----------------------|--------4---4---5---5---6---7---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|------------4-------5-------6---|7-------------------------------|
A|5---7-7-7-----------------------|----5---5---5---5---3---2---0---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Instrumental] 3x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E||3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------3-------5-------3---2---|
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3-------3-------3-----------|
[Verse] 2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------------------------------|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------0---0---1---1---2---2---|
2x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||----------------2---3---5-------|3---3---r-------3---3---2---0---||
E||3---3---r---3---------------3---|------------3-------------------||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7---7-------5-------4-------2---|0---0---0---2-------3-------4---|
E|--------0-----------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------4-------7-------4-------|--------2---2---3---3---4---4---|
A|5---5-------5-------5-------5---|3---3---------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Pre-Chorus]
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5---|4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
[Outro] 2x
G||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D||0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12----------|
A||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E||------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D|------------4-------5-------6---|7---7---------------------------||
A|5---7-7-7-----------------------|--------4---4---5---5---6---7---||
E|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
G|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D|0---0---------10-11-12-12-----12-12-|12---0---------10-11-12-12-------0---|
A|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|7-------------------------------|
3x
G||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
D||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
A||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E||3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---2-2-||
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|2---2---3---3---4---4---5---5---|
E|3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3---|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
7
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| r Release
3
-----------------------------|| note inside pointed parenthesis still ringing from previous measure
|| measure gets repeated (see number of times above measure, e.g. 4x)
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