E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| CRYING LIGHTNING - Arctic Monkeys E|E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Tabbed by: Ollie Milton Tuning: Standard (EADGBe) Crying Lightning was the first single from the third Arctic Monkeys album, 'Humbug', released in 2009. UPDATE: JULY 27TH 2009 The first time this was tabbed was when they started playing this live, now, having the studio version I have made some corrections. UPDATE: AUGUST 11TH 2009 Thanks to Nick Pike and Simon Fowler for their corrections. I have included them here. ======================================================================== [Intro/Verse] Bass arr. for guitar G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------6-------------------------------| A|----------/8-8-8-\---------7-7-7----------/10-10-10-3-3-3---0-2-3| E|5-555-555----------5-555-5--------5-555-5-----------------4------| (Jamie) E|----5----------7-----5-----8-------12-| B|--5---| LET RING-----5-----8------12----| G|5----------------5-----9-----13-------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| [Intro and 2nd Verse] (Alex) E|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| B|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| G|------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|-----------------| D|------|-------0-3-------|-------3-2-------|-------0-/5-3-2-0-|---0-2-3---------| A|------|-0-2-3-----------|-0-2-3-----------|-0-2-3------------|-3---------0-2-3-| E|0-1-4-|-----------0-1-4-|-----------0-1-4-|------------------|---------4-------| [Verse] (Jamie) E|----5----------7-----5-----8----------| B|--5---| LET RING-----5-----8---8-9v-----| G|5----------------5-----9--------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| E|----5----------7-----5-----8---/12----| B|--5---| LET RING-----5-----8---8--------| G|5----------------5-----9--------------| D|--------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------| [Bridge] E|------------------|----------------------|----------------| | B|------------------|----------------------|----------------| | G|------------------|----------------------|----------------| | D|------------------|----------------------|----------------| | A|--------7-6----x8-|---7---6-------6------|---7---6--------| | E|5-5-5-8-----4-----|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3-|-8---4---5-0-1-4| | [Verse 2] (Jamie) E|5/13--5/12--5/10--8\4-| B|----------------------| G|----------------------| D|----------------------| A|----------------------| E|----------------------| E|5/13--17\12--5/10--8\4-| B|-----------------------| G|-----------------------| D|-----------------------| A|-----------------------| E|-----------------------| [Intro] (Alex plays as shown above) [Chorus] Alex plays the chords F Dm and Am (Cookie plays) E|-------------12|----------------5| B|-------------12|----------------5| G|---9-7-------12|------9-7-------5| D|10-----7-10----|---10-----10-7---| A|---------------|-----------------| E|---------------|-----------------| [Bridge] E|----------------| B|----------------| G|----------------| D|----------------| A|----------7-6---| E|5-5-5-5-8-----4-| x4 [Solo] E|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------| B|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------10-8-10-8---| G|5-7-7-5-7-|-5-7-5-7-5--|-5-7-5-/9-| 5-7-5--|-5-7-5-9-5-7-5-----------9-| D|----------|-----------7|----------|------7|---------------------------| A|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------| E|----------|------------|----------|-------|---------------------------| E|-------------------| | B|8h10p8-------------| | G|-------9-5h7p5h7---| | D|-----------------7-| | A|-------------------| | E|-------------------| | E|---------------------| B|---------------------| G|---------------------| D|---------------------| A|---7---6-------6-----| E|-8---4---5-8-7-----x3| 5^^ Let ring. Drums play (First half of vocals in chorus. No guitar) In with chorus F Dm Am ************************************ | x Dead note | h Hammer-on | p Pull-off | / Slide up | \ Slide down