The Wombats - Cheetah tongue
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Tuning: E A D G B E
This is how it appears he plays it live, tabbed by gabrielhedleycole
There are two ways of playing the intro, the proper one is the one with just single notes
[Intro]: (How matt plays it live with bass playing the lower notes)
"I cut off my head and my cheetah tongue......"
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A|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10----12-12-12-12-12-12-12----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
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[Intro]: (With added bass notes to make it sound better)
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D|--------------------------------------------------7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
A|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10----12-12-12-12-12-12-12----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E|--12-12-12-12-12-12-12----10-10-10-10-10-10-10----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9--| (x6)
[Verse]: Matt
"You won me over, my orange cola......"
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D|---12p11----------------12p11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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G|---------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|---12p11----------------12p11----------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\-------|
D|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---------|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-------|
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[Chorus]: looks difficult but its not
"I cut off my head and my cheetah tongue.." Theres some weird pull off type sounds when listening to the
record, i think its just added sound effects in the chorus
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G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| (x4)
[Verse 2]: Matt
"You're a hammer, sweet firecracker......"
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D|---12p11----------------12p11-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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G|---------------------------------------------12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
D|---12p11----------------12p11----------------x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--|
A|--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
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G|-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14-14\-------|
D|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---------|
A|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12\-------|
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[Chorus]:
"I cut off my head and my cheetah tongue.."
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B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| (x4)
"oooohh, ooohh......"
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G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| (x4)
[Bridge]:
"oh come a little closer...."
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B|--0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-3-0-0-0-0-0---3-3-3-3-3---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0----|
G|--0-0-0-0-0---4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-0-0---4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0----|
D|--2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-0-2-2-2-2-2---4-4-4-4-4---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---0----|
A|--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---2----|
E|--0-0-0-0-0---------------------------0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---------------------------------------3----|
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D|-12p11------------------------12p11----------------------------------------|
A|-------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0------0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------------------|
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[Chorus]:
"I cut off my head and my cheetah tongue.."
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B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| (x4)
"oooohh, ooohh......"
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G|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-------------------------------------------------------|
D|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-12-12--7-7-7-7-7-7-7--7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|
A|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x---x-x-x-x-x-x-x--x-x-x-x-x-x-x---|
E|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--10-10-10-10-10-10-10--5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5---| (x4)
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| x Dead note
| h Hammer-on
| p Pull-off
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